The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions

Chess records 1971 – CH-60008

notes,
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions is an album by blues musician
Howlin' Wolf released in 1971 on Chess Records, and on Rolling
Stones Records in Britain.[5] It was one of the first super session
 blues albums, setting a blues master among famous musicians
 from the second generation of rock and roll, in this case Eric Clapton,
Steve Winwood, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman.

credits:

Bass, Cowbell – Bill Wyman
Drums, Congas – Charlie Watts
Guitar [Acoustic] – Howlin' Wolf (tracks: B4)
Guitar [Lead] – Eric Clapton
Guitar [Rhythm] – Hubert Sumlin
Harmonica – Howlin' Wolf (tracks: A4, B2), Jeff Carp
Piano – Ian Stewart (tracks: A1, B1, B5, B7), Lafayette Leake (tracks: A3, A4, B4), Steve Winwood
Producer – Norman Dayron
Vocals – Howlin' Wolf

Recorded    May 2–7, 1970 Olympic Sound Studios, London, England
Engineer – Glyn Johns

tracklist:

A1         Rockin' Daddy
Bass – Phil Upchurch3:43    
A2         I Ain't Superstitious
Bass – Klaus Voormann
Drums – "Richie"*
Horns – Dennis Lansing, Joe Miller , Jordan Sandke3:34    
A3         Sitting On Top Of The World    3:51    
A4         Worried About My Baby    2:55    
A5         What A Woman!    3:02    
A6         Poor Boy    3:04    
B1         Built For Comfort    2:10    
B2         Who's Been Talking?
Piano – John Simon3:03    
B3         The Red Rooster (Rehearsal)    1:58    
B4         The Red Rooster    3:47    
B5         Do The Do    2:20    
B6         Highway 49    2:47    
B7         Wang-Dang-Doodle    4:29

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Howlin' Wolf – Down In The Bottom - Little Baby

Chess Records 1961

 

CREDITS:

rec. May 1961 in Chicago, IL;
written by Willie Dixon
Howlin' Wolf, vocal,  guitar;
Johnny Jones, piano;
Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Rogers, guitar;
Willie Dixon, bass;
Sam Lay, drums        

 

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The Chicago Cubs Clark St. Band – Slide

 

Chess records1969– 2075

tracklist:

A    The Chicago Cubs–    Pennant Fever
Arranged By – Richard Rome*
Lyrics By – Kal Mann
Written-By – Cooly*, Davenport*
2:19
B    The Chicago Cubs Clark St. Band–    Slide
Arranged By – Richard Rome*
Written By – N. Alfred
Written-By – R. Spain*

2:25

 

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Jackie Harris ‎– No Kind Of Man

Chess records 1965  ‎– single 1946

credits:

 

Al Perkins Guitar 

 

Written & produced by Al Perkins

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Elmore James John Brim ‎– Whose Muddy Shoes

 Chess records 1969  ‎– LP-1537Compilation

notes:

 

notes:
Madison Blues" is a blues song by American blues musician Elmore James
He recorded it in 1960 for Chess Records, during a session
that also produced "Talk to Me Baby" ("I Can't Hold Out") and
"The Sun Is Shining",James recorded the song with his long-time
 backup band, the Broomdusters: tenor saxophonist J. T. Brown,
pianist Little Johnny Jones, and second guitarist Homesick James,
 with drummer Odie Payne.

credits:

Compiled By, Producer – T.T. Swan
    Design – Cathy Swan
    Engineer – Dave Purple
    Harmonica [Harp] – Jimmy Reed (tracks: B6),
    Little Walter (tracks: A1, A5, B2, B3)
    Producer [Originally Produced By] – Leonard & Phil Chess
    Supervised By – Marshall Chess

Date recorded in Chicago:
1-17-53: A2/A4/A6/B4/B5
3-53: B2
5-4-53: A1
3-54: B6
4-5-56: A5/B3
4-60: A3/A7/B1/B7  

tracklist:

 A1     –John Brim     Ice Cream Man     2:41
A2     –Elmore James     Whose Muddy Shoes     3:05
A3     –Elmore James     Madison Blues     2:22
A4     –John Brim     I See My Baby     3:00
A5     –Elmore James     You Got Me     3:00
A6     –Elmore James     My Best Friend     3:12
A7     –Elmore James / John Brim     The Sun Is Shining     2:40
B1     –Elmore James     Talk To Me Baby     2:12
B2     –John Brim     Rattlesnake     3:05
B3     –John Brim     Be Careful     2:40
B4     –Elmore James     Dust My Broom     3:00
B5     –Elmore James     Tool Bag Bogie     3:13
B6     –John Brim     Tough Times     3:00
B7     –Elmore James / John Brim     Call It Stormy Monday     2:25

 

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Elmore James ‎– I Can't Hold Out

 

 Chess records 1960  ‎– 1756

 

credits & notes

For the recording session, James, who sang and played slide guitar, was accompanied by his long-time backing band the Broomdusters:
J. T. Brown on saxophone,
Johnny Jones on piano,
Odie Payne on drums,
 Homesick James on guitar.

    Chicago, April 1960
     Producer     Leonard Chess, Phil Chess


 Tracklist
A     I Can't Hold Out     2:12
written by Willie Dixon
B     The Sun Is Shining     2:35
Written-By – E. James

 

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Ramsey Lewis trio – Encore! / Ramsey Lewis In Tokyo (Vol. 2)

 

Chess records 1968  – SMJ-7525

credits:

    Bass [Uncredited] – Cleveland Eaton
    Drums [Uncredited] – Maurice White
    Photography By – T. Arihara*
    Piano [Uncredited] – Ramsey Lewis

Recorded "Live" at Tokyo Sankei Hall '68/10/18


tracklist:  

A1        Maiden Voyage    12:04
A2        The Look Of Love    6:06
A3        Goin' Out Of My Head    3:39
B1        Black Orfeus Medley    8:40
B2        Look-A-Here    7:15
B3        Kampai!    7:34

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Sonny Boy Williamson ‎– The Real Folk Blues

 

Chess records 1966 ‎– LP-1503

notes:

Bring It On Home
Sonny Boy Williamson's version of the song was recorded on January 11, 1963
in Chicago. Accompanying Williamson on vocals and harmonica were
Matt "Guitar" Murphy on guitar, Milton Rector on bass guitar, Al Duncan on drums,
 and either Lafayette Leake or Billy Emerson on organ.

Williamson's version was not released until three years after its recording
 in early 1966 when it appeared on The Real Folk Blues and was released as a single (Checker 1134)

 Edited By – Ron Malo
Producer – Marshall Chess
Written-By – Sonny Boy Williamson


tracklist:

A1     One Way Out     2:44
A2     Too Young To Die     2:55
A3     Trust My Baby     2:42
A4     Checkin' Up On My Baby     1:55
A5     Sad To Be Alone     2:55
A6     Got To Move     2:25
B1     Bring It On Home
Written-By – Willie Dixon 2:35
B2     Down Child     2:32
B3     Peach Tree     2:34
B4     Dissatisfied     2:42
B5     That's All I Want
Written-By – Willie Dixon 2:15
B6     Too Old To Think     2:10

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Mitty Collier ‎– Shades Of A Genius

 

Chess records 1965 ‎– LP-1492

notes:

Mitty Lene Collier (born June 21, 1941)[1] is an American
church pastor, gospel singer and former rhythm and blues singer.

credits:

Arranged By – Bert Keyes, Phil Wright, Riley Hampton
recorded at Ter Mar Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois,
Engineer – Ron Malo
Producer – Roquel Davis


Design – Michael Reid Design
Liner Notes – Grover Lewis

tracklist:

A1 Come Back Baby
Written-By – Ray Charles
A2 I Had A Talk With My Man Last Night
Written-By – James Cleveland*
A3 Would You Have Listened
Written-By – Teddy Powell
A4 I Gotta Get Away From It All
Written-By – Lloyd Reese
A5 My Babe
Written-By – Willie Dixon
A6 Hallelujah (I Love Him So)
Written-By – Ray Charles
B1 Drown In My Own Tears
Written-By – Henry Glover
B2 No Faith, No Love
Written-By – B. Davis*, L. Caston*
B3 Let's Get Together
Written-By – B. Davis*
B4 Let Them Talk
Written-By – Sonny Thompson
B5 Little Miss Loneliness
Written-By – B. Davis*, T. Clarke*
B6 Ain’t That Love
Written-By – Ray Charles 

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Muddy Waters ‎– Folk Singer

Chess records 1963‎– LP-1483

notes:

Folk Singer is the second studio album and fourth album
overall by Muddy Waters, released in January 1964 by
Chess Records. The album features Waters on acoustic guitar,
 backed by Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums,
and Buddy Guy on acoustic guitar. It is Waters's only all-acoustic album.

credits:

    Muddy Waters – guitar, vocals
    Buddy Guy – guitar
    Sammy Lawhorn – guitar
    James Madison – guitar
    Otis Spann – harmonica, piano
    Francis Clay – drums
    Clifton James – drums
    S.P. Leary – drums
    Willie Dixon – bass
    Milton Rector – bass
    J.T. Brown – clarinet, tenor saxophone

Written-By – M. Morganfield* (tracks: A1, A2, A5, B1, B3, B4)
Willie Dixon – producer
Ralph Bass – producer
Recorded    September 1963
Studio    Tel Mar Recording, Chicago, Illinois
Ron Malo – engineer



tracklist:

A1        My Home Is In The Delta    3:58
A2        Long Distance    3:30
A3        My Captain
Written-By – W. Dixon
5:10
A4        Good Morning School Girl
Written-By – Sonny Boy Williamson
3:12
A5        You Gonna Need My Help    3:10
B1        Cold Weather Blues    4:41
B2        Big Leg Woman
Written-By – John Temple*
3:25
B3        Country Boy    3:27
B4        Feel Like Going Home    3:51tracklist:

A1        My Home Is In The Delta    3:58
A2        Long Distance    3:30
A3        My Captain
Written-By – W. Dixon
5:10
A4        Good Morning School Girl
Written-By – Sonny Boy Williamson
3:12
A5        You Gonna Need My Help    3:10
B1        Cold Weather Blues    4:41
B2        Big Leg Woman
Written-By – John Temple*
3:25
B3        Country Boy    3:27
B4        Feel Like Going Home    3:51

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Jamo Thomas ‎– Must I Holler

Chess Records 1966 ‎– single 1971

Tracklist:

A     Must I Holler
written by J. Thomas
producer M. Higgins& B. Gardner
    
B     I'll Be Your Fool
written by J. Thomas
producer J. Thomas

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Chuck Berry ‎– New Juke Box Hits

Chess Records 1961 ‎– LP 1456

Crédits

    Bass – Willie Dixon
    Drums – Eddie Hardy
    Guitar – Chuck Berry, Matt "Guitar" Murphy*
    Lead Vocals – Chuck Berry
    Piano – Johnnie Johnson
    Tenor Saxophone – L.C. Davis
    Written-By – Chuck Berry

tracklist:

A1     I'm Talking About You 1:40
A2     Diploma For Two 2:22
A3     Thirteen Question Method 2:07
A4     Away From You     2:31
A5     Don't You Lie To Me 1:56
A6     The Way It Was Before 2:41
B1     Little Star 2:38
B2     Route 66 2:36
Written-By – Bobby Troup
B3     Sweet Sixteen 2:37
Written-By – B.B. King
B4     Run Around     2:24
B5     Stop And Listen 2:19
B6     Rip It Up  1:50
Written-By – Marascalco*, Blackwell*

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Chuck Berry ‎– Back Home

 Chess records 1970 ‎– LPS-1550

Crédits 

    A&R – Chuck Berry
    Composed By – Chuck Berry
    Chuck Berry – guitar, vocals
    Bob Baldori – harmonica, piano (overdubs)
    Lafayette Leake – piano
    Phil Upchurch – bass guitar

Recorded    November 21st, 1969; April 27th, 1970; September 1970
Studio    Ter Mar Studios, Chicago
Malcolm Chisholm – engineer

 Tracklist

A1     Tulane     2:35
A2     Have Mercy Judge     2:40
A3     Instrumental     2:47
A4     Christmas     3:27
A5     Gun     2:45
B1     I'm A Rocker     4:34
B2     Flyin' Home     4:17
B3     Fish & Chips     2:50
B4     Some People     4:10

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Howlin' Wolf – The Back Door Wolf

 

Chess Records 1973 – CH 50045

credits:
    Coordinator – Mia Krinsky
    Engineer – Malcolm Chisholm
    Producer – Ralph Bass
    Supervised By  – Bob Scerbo


tracklist:

A1        Moving
Written-By – C. Burnett*
A2        Coon On The Moon
Written-By – E. Shaw*
A3        Speak Now Woman
Written-By – J. Odom*
A4        Trying To Forget You
Written-By – E. Shaw*
A5        Stop Using Me
Written-By – C. Burnett*
B1        Leave Her Walking
Written-By – E. Shaw*
B2        The Back Door Wolf
Written-By – E. Shaw*, R. Bass*
B3        You Turn Slick On Me
Written-By – E. Williams Jr.*
B4        Watergate Blues
Written-By – E. Shaw*
B5        Can't Stay Here
Written-By – A. McMahon*

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Muddy Waters – The Best Of Muddy Waters

 

Chess records 1958  – LP 1427

notes:
The Best of Muddy Waters is a greatest hits album by
 Muddy Waters released by Chess Records in April 1958.
 The twelve songs were originally issued as
singles between 1948 and 1954
The album is the first by Waters and the third
by Chess on the long playing (or LP record)

credits:
    Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
    Ernest "Big" Crawford – bass on "Long Distance Call",
 "Louisiana Blues", "Honey Bee", "I Want You To Love Me", and "I Can't Be Satisfied"
    Willie Dixon – bass on "I Just Want To Make Love To You", "I'm Ready",
    and "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"
    Little Walter – harmonica on tracks A-1, A-2, A-3, A-6, B-1, B-2, and B-4; 

guitar on B-5
    Walter "Shakey" Horton – harmonica on B-3 (as credited on LP – 

Little Walter is the
    harmonica player on all tracks on this collection where harmonica is present.)
    Jimmy Rogers – guitar on tracks A-1, A-4, A-6, B-1, B-3, and B-4
    Otis Spann – piano on A-1, A-6, B-1, B-3, and B-4
    Fred Below – drums on A-1, A-6, and B-1
    Elgin Evans – washboard on A-3; drums on B-3 and B-4
    Leonard Chess – bass drum on B-2 and B-5

   Recorded:    Chicago, April 1948 – September 1, 1954
                        Sheldon Recording Studios, Inc.
     Producer    Leonard Chess, Phil Chess

tracklist:

A1        I Just Want To Make Love To You
Written-By – Dixon*
2:50
A2        Long Distance Call
Written-By – Morganfield*
2:39
A3        Louisiana Blues
Written-By – Morganfield*
2:52
A4        Honey Bee
Written-By – Morganfield*
3:20
A5        Rollin' Stone
Written-By – Morganfield*
3:05
A6        I'm Ready
Written-By – Dixon*
3:02
B1        Hoochie Coochie
Written-By – Dixon*
2:49
B2        She Moves Me
Written-By – Morganfield*
2:55
B3        I Want You To Love Me
Written-By – Morganfield*
3:01
B4        Standing Around Crying
Written-By – Morganfield*
3:19
B5        Still A Fool
Written-By – Morganfield*
3:12
B6        I Can't Be Satisfied
Written-By – Morganfield*
2:41

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Jackie Ross ‎– Full Bloom

Chess records 1964 ‎– 1489

credits:

Written-By – B. Davis* (tracks: A4, B1 to B5),

C. Smith* (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2, B4, B5),

C. Jones* (tracks: A3, A5),

 Du Bose Heyward* (tracks: A6),
Errol Garner* (tracks: B6),

G. Gershwin* (tracks: A6),

Johnny Burke (tracks: B6),

L. Caston* (tracks: A3 to A5, B2, B3),

W. McKinley* (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B4, B5)

vocal: Jackie Ross

Arragements by Riley Hampton and Phil Wright
recorded: Ter Mar Recording Studio
Engineer: Ron Malo
Supervision: Billy Davis

tracks list:

A1 Selfish One 2:55

A2 Everything But Love 2:45

A3 Wasting Time 3:30

A4 I Had A Talk With My Man 3:30

A5 Be Sure You Know 2:53

A6 Summertime 3:35

B1 I've Got The Skill 2:49

B2 Change Your Ways 2:59

B3 Don't Take My Love 2:45

B4 Haste Makes Waste 2:15

B5 (I Wanna Hear It) From You 2:25

B6 Misty 3:58

 

 

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 Howlin' Wolf – Who's Been Talking?   Tell Me

SINGLE CHESS RECORDS 1750

credits:

Written by C. Burnett

Feb 1960

this single is a part  of the lp Howlin' Wolf (album)
 
Performers
    
    Howlin' Wolf – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
    William Johnson – guitar
    Freddy Robinson – guitar
    Jimmy Rogers – guitar
    Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers – guitar
    Hubert Sumlin – guitar
    Jody Williams – guitar
    Henry Gray – piano
    Johnny Jones – piano
    Hosea Lee Kennard – piano
    Lafayette Leake – piano
    Otis Spann – piano
    Odel brown organ?
    Buddy Guy – bass
    Fred Below – drums
    Junior Blackman – drums
    Sam Lay – drums
    S.P. Leary – drums
    Sammy Lewis – drums
    Earl Phillips – drums
    J. T. Brown – saxophone
    Donald Hankins – baritone saxophone
    Arnold Rogers – tenor saxophone

Production

    Ralph Bass – producer
    Ron Malo – engineer

 

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Billy Stewart – Billy's Blues Part 1 and Part 2

 Billy Stewart – Billy's Blues Part 1 & 2

 

chess records 1956    single 1625 

 notes: this is the first single of Billy Stewart

also published on Argo records 5256
By 1955, a  recording contract with Diddley's label,
Chess Records and Diddley played guitar
on Stewart's 1956 recording of "Billy's Blues"

credits:

    Written-By – Stewart, William
    featuring   Bo Diddley

   tracklist:
A        Billy's Blues Part 1
Written By – Stewart, Williams
B        Billy's Blues Part 2
Written By – Stewart, Williams

 

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Billy Stewart ‎– Unbelievable 

 

Chess Records 1965 ‎                      LPS-1499

 notes:
LP/LPS-1499 - Unbelievable  Original Title
was changed to Summertime after the song hit

credits:
Arrangements : Philip Wright
Engineer : Ron Malo
Album production and supervision : Billy Davis
Recorded : Ter Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, October 1965

tracklist:

A1     Summertime    4:12   
A2     Foggy Day    4:15   
A3     Teach Me Tonight    4:58   
A4     Canadian Sunset    2:48   
A5     Time After Time    2:37   
A6     Misty    3:15   
B1     Moon River    3:55   
B2     My Funny Valentine    3:59   
B3     Love Is Here To Stay    2:52   
B4     That Old Black Magic    3:10   
B5     Almost Like Being In Love    2:18   
B6     Over The Rainbow    3:48

 

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