4x CD
Chess Blues
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 2 February 1993
Tracklist
- CD 1: 1947–1952
- 1Lollypop MamaClarence Samuels2:49
- 2Bilbo Is DeadAndrew Tibbs2:57
- 3Johnson Machine GunSunnyland Slim2:52
- 4Fly Right, Little GirlSunnyland Slim2:36
- 5Little Anna MaeMuddy Waters2:33
- 6I Can’t Be SatisfiedMuddy Waters2:433.5 ★
- 7My Sweet Lovin’ WomanRobert Nighthawk2:52
- 8I Feel Like Going HomeMuddy Waters3:113.0 ★
- 9She Ain’t NowhereSunnyland Slim2:47
- 10Florida HurricaneSt. Louis Jimmy2:56
- 11Memory of Sonny BoyForrest City Joe3:17
- 12Tonky BoogieForrest Sykes3:10
- 13Cryin’ the BluesLaura Rucker2:42
- 14My Head Can’t Rest AnymoreBaby Face Leroy3:12
- 15Big Town PlayboyLittle Johnny Jones2:57
- 16Sweet Black AngelRobert Nighthawk3:04
- 17Rollin’ StoneMuddy Waters3:084.0 ★
- 18LuedellaJimmy Rogers2:53
- 19Mother EarthMemphis Slim2:43
- 20Dr. Ross’ BoogieDoctor Ross2:38
- 21Joliet BluesJohnny Shines2:41
- 22Moanin’ at MidnightHowlin’ Wolf2:572.0 ★
- 23All Night Long (alternate)Muddy Waters3:49
- 24Mr. Commissioner (alternate)Arbee Stidham3:14
- 25Gettin’ Old and GreyHowlin’ Wolf2:37
- CD 2: 1952–1954
- 1Walkin’ the Boogie (alternate)John Lee Hooker2:34
- 2JukeLittle Walter2:48
- 3Conjur ManMemphis Minnie2:59
- 4Who’s Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I’m GoneMuddy Waters3:055.0 ★
- 5Broken Heart (alternate)Memphis Minnie2:59
- 6Truckin’ Little WomanWillie Nix2:40
- 7Funeral Hearse at My DoorRocky Fuller3:16
- 8Hard Time Gettin’ StartedEddie Boyd2:32
- 9Don’t Need No HorseLittle Walter3:19
- 10Eight BallGus Jenkins3:13
- 11Fast BoogieLittle Walter2:49
- 12I’m MadWillie Mabon2:39
- 13Ice Cream ManJohn Brim2:484.0 ★
- 14Whose Muddy ShoesElmore James3:19
- 15Got to Have ItWillie Mabon3:07
- 16I Declare That Ain’t RightHenry Gray3:07
- 17RememberAlberta Adams2:54
- 18Untitled InstrumentalHenry Gray & Morris Pejoe2:22
- 19Blues With a FeelingLittle Walter3:08
- 20Hoochie Coochie ManMuddy Waters2:533.8 ★
- 21Forty FourHowlin’ Wolf2:501.0 ★
- 22Got to Find My Baby (alternate)Little Walter3:08
- 23EvilHowlin’ Wolf2:565.0 ★
- 24Reconsider BabyLowell Fulson3:11
- 25Mama Talk to Your DaughterJ.B. Lenoir2:19
- CD 3: 1954–1960
- 1Mellow Down EasyLittle Walter2:44
- 2My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble)Muddy Waters3:13
- 3My BabeLittle Walter2:43
- 4You Got to Love MeBilly Boy Arnold2:27
- 5Walking the BluesWillie Dixon3:05
- 6Don’t Start Me to Talkin’Sonny Boy Williamson2:365.0 ★
- 7Smokestack Lightnin’Howlin’ Wolf3:093.0 ★
- 829 WaysWillie Dixon2:11
- 9Right to Love YouPaul Gayten & Myrtle Jones2:39
- 10Ain’t Nobody’s BusinessJimmy Witherspoon2:43
- 11I’m Leaving YouOtis Spann2:42
- 12Break of DayHowlin’ Wolf2:47
- 13Please Don’t GoFloyd Dixon3:33
- 14Keep It to YourselfSonny Boy Williamson2:51
- 15Walking by MyselfJimmy Rogers2:492.0 ★
- 16Got My Mojo WorkingMuddy Waters2:534.0 ★
- 17Fattening Frogs for Snakes (alternate)Sonny Boy Williamson2:42
- 18Slow LeakeLafayette Leake3:04
- 19Sitting on Top of the WorldHowlin’ Wolf2:351.0 ★
- 20She Don’t KnowJ.B. Lenoir2:24
- 21Your Funeral and My TrialSonny Boy Williamson2:30
- 22Key to the HighwayLittle Walter2:49
- 23Double Trouble (alternate)Muddy Waters3:31
- 24Come on HomeEddie Boyd2:39
- 25The Goat (band track)Sonny Boy Williamson2:23
- 26So Many Roads, So Many TrainsOtis Rush3:10
- CD 4: 1960–1967
- 1First Time I Met the BluesBuddy Guy2:20
- 2Too PoorDetroit Jr.2:17
- 3Blue ShadowsLowell Fulson2:27
- 4The ShakedownLloyd Glenn2:28
- 5The Sun Is Shining (alternate)Elmore James2:42
- 6Calling on My DarlingAlbert King3:06
- 7The Red RoosterHowlin’ Wolf2:283.0 ★
- 8Nine Below ZeroSonny Boy Williamson3:29
- 9Goin’ Down SlowHowlin’ Wolf4:044.0 ★
- 10SatisfiedLittle Milton2:18
- 11Something’s Got a Hold on MeEtta James2:504.0 ★
- 12WrinklesThe Big Three Trio2:38
- 13Bring It on HomeSonny Boy Williamson2:375.0 ★
- 14Good Moanin’ BluesBig Walter Horton4:14
- 15Killing FloorHowlin’ Wolf2:512.0 ★
- 16What Kind of Man Is That?Koko Taylor3:05
- 17We’re Gonna Make ItLittle Milton2:413.0 ★
- 18Wang Dang DoodleKoko Taylor3:024.0 ★
- 19Dirty Work Goin’ OnLittle Joe Blue2:47
- 20One Bourbon, One Scotch, One BeerJohn Lee Hooker3:003.5 ★
- 21Jinglin’ BabyEddie Burns2:07
- 22That’s Why I Don’t MindMuddy Waters2:58
- 23Keep It to MyselfBuddy Guy2:31
- 24Sitting Here AloneHound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers3:45
- 25I’d Rather Go BlindEtta James2:344.0 ★
Release credits
- drums (drum set) [16]
- drums (drum set) [15]
- saxophone [25]
- drums (drum set) [11]
- guitar [25]
- alto saxophone [19]
- bass [14, 19], double bass [19]
- bass [15]
- electric bass guitar [15]
- tenor saxophone [15]
- harmonica [11, 15]
- harmonica [4], lead vocals [4]
- piano [5]
- guitar [4]
- tenor saxophone [3.26, 4.1]
- guitar [1, 18], guitar family [15], lead vocals [1]
- bass [22]
- organ [25]
- saxophone [25]
- saxophone [24]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- guitar [19]
- electric bass guitar [25]
- saxophone [24]
- baritone saxophone [1, 15], bass saxophone [15], saxophone [18]
- drums (drum set) [3.7, 3.19, 2.21, 2.23]
- guitar [20]
- guitar [13]
- drums (drum set) [2], membranophone [2-3, 5, 13]
- double bass [6, 8]
- piano [16]
- lead vocals [25], vocal [11]
- guitar [21]
- trombone [24]
- saxophone [25]
- drums (drum set) [16]
- drums (drum set) [4.1, 4.8, 4.18, 2.20, 3.5-6, 3.11, 3.21], foot stomps [5], membranophone [19]
- guitar [22]
- saxophone [18], tenor saxophone [18]
- trumpet [25]
- drums (drum set) [22]
- tenor saxophone [8]
- membranophone [24]
- lead vocals [16], piano [9]
- harmonica [16]
- piano [7, 19]
- guitar [7], harmonica [1.22, 3.7, 3.19, 2.21, 2.23, 4.9, 4.15], lead vocals [4.7, 4.9, 4.15, 2.21, 2.23, 3.7, 3.19], vocal [2.23, 4.15, 1.22]
- guitar [4.7, 4.9, 4.15, 3.7, 3.19, 2.21, 2.23], guitar family [15]
- bass [1, 18]
- guitar [22]
- bass [4]
- harmonica [22]
- tenor saxophone [1]
- maracas [4]
- guitar [25]
- guitar [3.6, 3.15, 2.2, 2.20, 4.9], lead vocals [15], vocal [15]
- guitar [2.21, 2.23, 3.19]
- guitar [13], vocal [13]
- guitar [2.1, 4.20], lead vocals [20], vocal [1]
- piano [11]
- guitar [18]
- saxophone [24]
- lead vocals [18], vocal [18]
- piano [4.8, 4.15, 4.18, 3.5, 3.8, 3.21, 3.26]
- membranophone [19]
- saxophone [24]
- piano [1]
- lead vocals [15], piano [4.7, 1.15]
- vocal [17]
- guitar [3, 5]
- harmonica [3.16, 3.22, 2.2-3, 2.13, 2.19-20], lead vocals [22]
- guitar [19]
- guitar [24], vocal [24]
- guitar [4.8, 3.22]
- executive [20], producer [8]
- bass guitar [26], guitar [11]
- guitar [3, 5], vocal [3, 5]
- piano [19], vocal [19]
- guitar [16]
- guitar [3.6, 4.22, 1.6, 1.8, 1.15, 1.17, 2.2, 2.20], instrument [22], lead vocals [1.8, 4.22], vocal [3.16, 1.6, 1.8, 1.17, 2.20]
- drums (drum set) [26]
- guitar [26], lead vocals [26]
- lead vocals [11], piano [3.4, 3.6, 3.11, 3.15-16, 3.22, 4.8, 4.22, 2.20-21, 2.23]
- guitar [16]
- piano [24]
- trumpet [24]
- editor [8], producer [20]
- bass guitar [11]
- arranger [25], producer [25], recording [25]
- guitar [3.11, 3.15, 3.21, 4.8]
- guitar [16], lead vocals [16]
- drums (drum set) [25]
- editor [20]
- drums (drum set) [7, 9, 15]
- guitar [22]
- harmonica [14]
- harmonica [3.6, 3.21, 4.8], vocal [3.6, 3.21, 4.8]
- organ [25], piano [25]
- tenor saxophone [19]
- background vocals [18], bass [1.16, 4.8, 3.5, 3.8, 3.11, 3.15-16, 3.22, 3.26], double bass [4.7, 4.9, 4.15, 3.6-7, 3.15, 3.21, 2.20-21, 2.23], lead vocals [5], producer [18], spoken vocals [9]
- guitar [1.22, 3.7]
- drums (drum set) [22]
- drums (drum set) [22]
- background vocals [1.19, 4.11], bass [3, 5], drums (drum set) [15], electric bass guitar [7], guitar [11], instrument [20], membranophone [15]
- bass drum [15], guitar [14], hi-hat [15], lead vocals [14]
Issues
C- C4x CD2 February 1993