Various Artists, The Best of Chess Blues, 1987 on Chess / MCA
Great 2xLP 80s compilation of the post-war blues that made Chess such a critical label, issued by MCA who acquired the rights to the Chess catalog in the mid-eighties.
- Muddy Waters– Rollin’ Stone
- Robert Nighthawk– Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel)
- Eddie Boyd & The Chess Men– 24 Hours
- Willie Mabon– Seventh Son
- Lowell Fulson–Reconsider Baby
- Muddy Waters– (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
- Howlin’ Wolf– Smokestack Lightnin’
- Little Walter & His Night Cats– Juke
- J.B. Lenoir– Eisenhower Blues
- Jimmy Rogers– Walking By Myself
- Howlin’ Wolf– Back Door Man
- Elmore James– Madison Blues
- Sonny Boy Williamson– Your Funeral My Trial
- Otis Rush– So Many Roads, So Many Trains
- Buddy Guy– My Time After Awhile
- Sonny Boy Williamson– Bring It On Home
- John Lee Hooker– One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
- Etta James– Baby What You Want Me To Do
- Little Milton– Stormy Monday
- Koko Taylor– Wang Dang Doodle
My copy—via Mel’s Record Shop in Amesbury MA—is a 1987 pressing by MCA Records’ plant in Gloversville, NY.
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