| | Howlin Wolf Chess Box CD Howlin Wolf Discography of CDs
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This, the fifth in the series of Chess boxes, contains 71 tracks sequenced chronologically from 1951-1973. Digitally remastered from original master tapes and 78s, it includes two previously unknown solo acoustic guitar and vocal performances ("Ain't Going Down That Dirt Road" and "I'm the Wolf"), four segments from HOWLIN' WOLF TALKS and 17 tracks either previously unreleased in the US or on LP.
28 of the tracks are in stereo, including previously unissued versions of "Killing Floor", "Spoonful" and "I Ain't Superstitious". The package includes a 32-page LP-sized booklet, with 2 sets of liner notes containing a biography, track-by-track annotation, a Chess discography and rare photos.
Chester "Howlin' Wolf'" Burnett's razor-like voice was one of the signature sounds of post-war Chicago electric blues, and the three-disc CHESS BOX is the definitive document of his landmark recordings for the label that the Chess brothers made into the ultimate conduit for classic Chicago blues. Though coming from similar stylistic roots to his contemporary Muddy Waters, the Wolf had more of an edge to his sound. Where Muddy came across as a confident, grounded man, Burnett often seemed desperate and slightly crazed, as if he might come unhinged at any moment. The physically huge Burnett was indeed an intimidating presence, and such tracks as "Evil" and "How Many More Years" bear a dark, almost scary aura. The Wolf's monolithic status is further borne out when one considers how many of the songs included here ("Smokestack Lightnin'," "Killing Floor," "Spoonful") were the building blocks for nearly every important US and UK rock band that began in the first half of the 1960s. THE CHESS BOX is an absolutely essential slab of blues history.
Personnel includes: Howlin' Wolf (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Willie Johnson, Hubert Sumlin (guitar); J.T. Brown (tenor saxophone); James Cotton (harmonica); Hosea Lee Kennard, Lafayette Leake, Johnny Jones (piano); Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy (bass); Willie Steele, Sam Lay (drums).Musician (1/92, p.88) - "..whatever your taste, you'd have to be deaf not to respond to Wolf's Chicago classics..."Moanin' At Midnight" is one of the great moments in audio history.." Click on price to add to cart | Magic Sam West Side Soul CD (1967)
$9.85 Although singer/guitarist Magic Sam learned from the Chicago blues greats, his 1967 debut album, WEST SIDE SOUL, pretty much marks the dividing line between the classic Chicago style and what we know as contemporary electric blues today. His serpentine, tremolo-laden ...
| | Chess Box CDs (1989)
$20.25 THE CHESS BOX is a comprehensive box set with a 12-page booklet that includes extensive liner notes (including insights from Willie Dixon himself), and photos from 1941 to 1988.
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$64.29 This release includes a bonus DVD featuring live footage of Black Sabbath performing "Black Sabbath," "Paranoid," "Iron Man," and "Blue Suede Shoes" on the German television show THE BEAT CLUB.
Recorded between 1972 & 1978. Includes liner notes by Chris Welch ...
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| | Blue Girls, Vol. 2: 1928-1930 CD (1997) Import
$13.35 Blue Girls, Vol. 2 (1928-1930) contains a selection of material from the obscure female blues singers Katherine McDavid, Margaret Thornton, Mozelle Alderson, Issie Ringgold and Mary Dixon. For specialists and academics, there is some interesting music here, but for anyone ...
| | Tommy Bankhead Message To St. Louis CDs (2000)
$13.59 Recorded at The Benton Park Studio, St. Louis, Missouri on July 15 & 16, 1999. Includes liner notes by Michael Kuelker.
Personnel: Tommy Bankhead (vocals, guitar); Bob Lohr (piano).
Recording information: The Benton Park Studio St Louis MO (07/15/1999-07/16/1999).
Personnel: Tommy Bankhead (vocals, ...
| | Homesick James & Snooky Pryor CD (1980) (Import) United Kingdom
$14.95 Includes 3 bonus tracks.
Personnel: Homesick James Williamson (vocals, guitar); Snooky Pryor (vocals, guitar, harp).
Audio Remixer: Alex Munkas.
Liner Note Author: Sam Burckhardt.
Recording information: Heinz Studios, Vienna, Austria.
Photographers: Hannes Folterbauer; Homesick James Williamson.
| | Trojan Dub Box Set Vol. 2 CDs (2000) Limited Edition
$14.49 From the seemingly bottomless vaults of Trojan Records comes this very fine collection of dub from the '70s: reggae's classical period and the high point of dub as a producer's art form. One in a series of limited-edition box sets, ...
| | Ben Weaver Living In The Ground CD (2003)
$12.69 "Weaver's bleach-boned delivery conjures nightmare visions of Tom Waits' psychotic half-brother gunning a jalopy to hell." - UNCUT"Weaver's brand of youthful rebellion comes filtered through the mad-staring eyes of a corn chewing old-timer." - Q
| | Queen Kind Of Magic CD (1986) Limited Edition; Remastered
$37.25 Some songs on this album appear in different form in the film HIGHLANDER.
A KIND OF MAGIC primarily functioned as a musical backdrop for the movie HIGHLANDER, but unlike Queen's other motion picture soundtrack (1980's FLASH GORDON), the album doesn't contain ...
| | Betty Snowbiz CD (2004)
$8.39 Quirky New York vocal trio Betty are best known for their self-referential off-Broadway show Betty Rules (and, to some, for doing the theme song to the cult-fave pay cable show The L Word), but over the course of several albums, ...
| | Adham Shaikh Collectivity CD (2007) (Import)
$18.39 Little terrain exists that Shaikh has not canvassed. These 10 songs, ranging 6-8 minutes in length (actually shorter than previous works), emit a similar pattern. They build a basic foundation of bass and drums, most often mid-tempo with a few ...
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