VA - A Complete Introduction To Chess [2010] (4 x CD's)

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VA - A Complete Introduction To Chess [2010] (4 x CD's)

An indispensible guide to the legendary Chess label. Beautifully presented, 36-page booklet with extensive sleeve notes, rare photos and track-by-track guide by Mojo writer and music expert Lois Wilson. Packaged in a compact DVD sized hardcover book. Includes hits by Chuck Berry, Etta James, Fontella Bass & Ramsey Lewis plus key tracks by pioneers - Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker & more. 100 tracks.

This 4 x CD compilation is the cradle of rock and roll. Chess Records is where The Rolling Stones wanted to go as soon as they landed in America. Chess records was in the right place at the right time and the talent that recorded in the Chess Studio, which by the way was run by two Jews, brought the blues from the South to Chicago. They were the innovators, the true stars of an art form they were shaping out of the streets of Chicago. Chess was the birth place of big city Blues, Soul and Rock and Roll. Don't expect modern production values, these are live in the studio recordings without over dubs or other electronic trickery. Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, the list of artists is longer than Route 66. The first two CD's are an excellent over view of Chess' R&B output. CD3 is all about Soul Music, while CD4 reveals Chess Records in the Sixties getting experimental with Muddy and the Wolf updating their sound to appeal to the contemporary record buyers, stabs at psychedelia and more R&B gems. It's a solid collection from a label that was a prime mover and innovator and a must have if you're interested in hearing where all the riffs and Rock moves originated. A must for your collection.  (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01    Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats    Rocket 88    2:47
02    Chuck Berry    Maybellene    2:18
03    Bo Diddley    Bo Diddley    2:44
04    Howlin' Wolf    How Many More Years    2:42
05    Lowell Fulson    Reconsider Baby    3:08
06    Little Walter    Juke    2:43
07    Sonny Boy Williamson    Don't Start Me Talkin'    2:32
08    Muddy Waters    I can't Be Satisfied    2:39
09    John Lee Hooker    Leave My Wife Alone    2:45
10    Bo Diddley    I'm A Man    2:58
11    Little Walter    My Babe    2:39
12    Elmore James    Dust My Broom    2:59
13    Eddie Boyd    Third Degree    3:14
14    Hownlin' Wolf    Moanin' At Midnight    2:53
15    Muddy Waters    I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man    2:50
16    Moonglows    Sincerely    3:10
17    Jimmy Witherspoon    When The Lights Go Out    2:50
18    John Lee Hooker    Sugar Mama    3:13
19    Rosco Gordon    Booted    3:02
20    Willie Mabon    Seventh Son    2:51
21    Muddy Waters    Mannish Boy    2:53
22    Willie Dixon    Crazy For My Baby    2:49
23    Sugar Boy Crawford    Jock-A-Mo    2:25
24    Little Walter    Last Night    2:42
25    Clarence 'Frogman' Henry    Ain't Got No Home    2:20
26    Willie Dixon    Pain In My Heart    3:18

CD2

01    Chuck Berry    Rock And Roll Music    2:33
02    Bo Diddley    You Can't Judge A Book By The    3:07
03    Eddie Fontaine    Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leave    2:53
04    Jimmy McCracklin    The Walk    2:45
05    Howlin' Wolf    Smokestack Lightnin'    3:06
06    Muddy Waters    Forty Days And Forty Nights    2:50
07    Etta James    Something's Got A Hold On Me    2:46
08    Bobby Charles    See You Later, Alligator    2:47
09    Chuck Berry    Johnny B. Goode    2:37
10    Dale Hawkins    Susie Q    2:12
11    Jimmy Rogers    Walking By Myself    2:46
12    Etta James    I Just Want To Make Love To Yo    3:05
13    Sonny Boy Williamson    Nine Below Zero    3:41
14    Howlin' Wolf    The Red Rooster    2:25
15    Elmore James    Talk To Me Baby    2:14
16    Marathons    Peanut Butter    1:57
17    Sensations    Let Me In    3:01
18    Vibrations    The Watsui    2:37
19    Clarence 'Frogman' Henry    (I Don't Know Why) But I Do    2:19
20    Etta James    At Last    2:58
21    Corsairs    Smokey Places    3:00
22    Dave 'Baby' Cortez    Rinky Dink    2:50
23    Harvey & The Moonglows    Ten Commandments Of Love    4:04
24    Andre Williams    Cadillac Jack    3:06
25    Clarence 'Frogman' Henry    You Always Hurt The One You Lo    2:27
26    Fontella Bass    Don't Mess Up A Good Thing    3:00

CD3

01    Fontella Bass    Rescue Me    2:52
02    Sugar Pie DeSanto    Soulful Dress    2:48
03    John Lee Hooker    One Bourbon, One Scotch, One B    2:59
04    Chuck Berry    Promised Land    2:22
05    Howlin' Wolf    300 Pounds Of Joy    3:03
06    Little Milton    We're Gonna Make It    2:38
07    Chuck Berry    No Particular Place To Go    2:40
08    Tommy Tucker    Hi Heel Sneakers    2:48
09    Ramsey Lewis Trio    Wade In The Water    3:45
10    Tony Clarke    Landslide    2:12
11    Terry Callier    Look At Me Now    2:39
12    Jan Bradley    Mama Didn't Lie    2:00
13    Jaynetts    Sally Go Round The Roses    2:57
14    Jackie Ross    Selfish One    3:16
15    Billy Stewart    Summertime    2:40
16    Tony Clarke    The Entertainer    2:34
17    Billy Stewart    Sitting In The Park    3:15
18    Knight Brothers    Temptation 'bout To Get Me    3:23
19    Radiants    Voice Your Choice    2:32
20    Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces    Searching For My Love    2:29
21    Etta James    In The Basement (Part 1)    2:20
22    Rawsey Lewis Trio    The 'In' Crowd    3:18
23    Mitty Colliers    I Had A Talk With My Man Last    3:41
24    Billy Stewart    I Do Love You    2:57
25    Maurice & Mac    You Left The Water Running    2:39
26    Dells    Oh, What A Night    4:05

CD4

01    Etta James    Tell Mama    2:20
02    Koko Taylor    Wang Dang Doodle    3:00
03    Howlin' Wolf    Evil    4:06
04    Rotary Connection    I Am the Black Gold of the Sun    5:38
05    Muddy Waters    Tom Cat    3:36
06    Marlena Shaw    California Soul    2:55
07    Radiants    Hold On    2:52
08    Valentinos    Sweeter Than the Day Before    2:36
09    Denise La Salle    A Love Reputation    2:41
10    Dorothy Ashby    Afro-Harping    2:58
11    Marlena Shaw    Woman of the Ghetto    5:57
12    Irma Thomas    Good to Me    2:32
13    Etta James    I'd Rather Go Blind    2:32
14    Laura Lee    Dirty Man    2:51
15    Terry Callier    Ordinary Joe    4:12
16    Soulful Strings    Burning Spear    2:40
17    Solomon Burke    Let Me Wrap My Arms Around You    3:59
18    Gene Chandler    To Be a Lover    2:51
19    Pigmeat Markham    Here Comes the Judge    2:40
20    Dells    Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation    4:35

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