Rare white label promo release of the 1982 Chess label (CH-9102) release. Like new vinyl and a frame-ready LP cover that has no ring wear and no holes, slices or seam splits. 14 tracks (listed below) that were recorded between 1950-1963 by Chess blues masters Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Bo Diddley, and Little Walter. Also includes one track from John Lee Hooker. Back cover text describes these tracks as " true funk, thick, flesh sounds cut raw from life and cured in the sweat, smoke and whiskey of a hundred clubs and a thousand nights on Chicago's Southside". 'Nuff said.
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Tracklist
Howlin' Wolf | Down In The Bottom | 2:05 |
Muddy Waters | Rollin' 'N' Tumblin' | 2:59 |
John Lee Hooker | Walkin' The Boogie | 2:53 |
Muddy Waters | Evans Shuffle (Ebony Boogie) | 2:10 |
Little Walter | Mellow Down Easy | 2:40 |
Howlin' Wolf | Evil | 3:01 |
Muddy Waters | Still A Fool | 3:12 |
Little Walter | Hate To See You Go | 2:16 |
Howlin' Wolf | I Ain't Superstitious | 2:48 |
Bo Diddley | She's Mine, She's Fine | 2:42 |
Muddy Waters | Just To Be With You | 3:12 |
Bo Diddley | I'm A Man | 2:41 |
Sonny Boy Williamson | Bring It On Home | 2:35 |
Muddy Waters | Mannish Boy | 2:53 |