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The Complete Rpm & Chess Singles
Howlin Wolf
The Complete Rpm & Chess Singles
Howlin Wolf
Chester Burnett, better known as Howlin' Wolf, was one of the most important and influential figures in Chicago Blues through the 1950s, and along with Muddy Waters helped to establish the electric blues style that laid the foundations for rock music in subsequent decades. With his imposing physical presence and loud, almost fearsome voice, he was a powerful and impressive performer, who wrote and popularised songs which have become classic standards of the genre, like "Spoonful", "Smokestack Lightning", "Killing Floor" and "Red Rooster", which became fixtures in the repertoire of bands like The Rolling Stones, who very much championed his cause and widened his reputation in the latter years of his career. This collection brings together both sides of all the singles he released through the RPM and Chess labels during the first hugely important decade of his career, along with bonus tracks comprising recordings made at sessions during this period which were not released as singles at the time. It's a great-value 80-track 3-CD set, which showcases one of the major personalities of the blues.
, AS & BS 1951-62
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 3 |
Released | April 14, 2014 |
EAN/UPC | 0824046903923 |
Label | ACROBAT ACTRCD9039 |
Genre | Blues |
Dimensions | 126 × 141 × 23 mm · 166 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- Riding in the Moonlight (Rpm 333) 1951
- Morning at Midnight (Rpm 333) 1951
- Passing by Blues (Rpm 340) 1951
- Crying at Daybreak (Rpm 340) 1951
- Moanin' at Midnight (Chess 1479) 1951
- How Many More Years (Chess 1479) 1951
- My Baby Stole off (Rpm 347) 1952
- I Want Your Picture (Rpm 347) 1952
- Wolf is at Your Door (Chess 1497) 1952
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie (Chess 1497) 1952
- Getting Old and Grey (Chess 1510) 1952
- Mr Highway Man (Chess 1510) 1952
- Saddle My Pony (Chess 1515) 1952
- Worried All the Time (Chess 1515) 1952
- Oh, Red! (Chess 1528) 1952
- My Last Affair (Chess 1528) 1952
- All Night Boogie (Chess 1557) 1954
- I Love My Baby (Chess 1557) 1954
- No Place to Go (Chess 1566) 1954
- Rockin' Daddy (Chess 1566) 1954
- Baby How Long (Chess 1575) 1954
- Evil is Going on (Chess 1575) 1954
- I'll Be Around (Chess 1584) 1955
- Forty-four (Chess 1584) 1955
- Who Will Be Next (Chess 1593) 1955
- I Have a Little Girl (Chess 1593) 1955
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2. CD
- Come to Me Baby (Chess 1607) 1955
- Don't Mess with My Baby (Chess 1607) 1955
- Smokestack Lightning (Chess 1618) 1956
- You Can't Be Beat (Chess 1618) 1956
- I Asked for Water (Chess 1632) 1956
- So Glad (Chess 1632) 1956
- Goin' Back Home (Chess 1648) 1957
- My Life (Chess 1648) 1957
- Somebody in My Home (Chess 1668) 1957
- Nature (Chess 1668) 1957
- Poor Boy (Chess 1679) 1958
- Sittin' on Top of the World (Chess 1679) 1958
- I Didn't Know (Chess 1695) 1958
- Moaning for My Baby (Chess 1695) 1958
- I'm Leaving You (Chess 1712) 1958
- Change My Way (Chess 1712) 1958
- Howlin' Blues (Chess 1726) 1959
- I Better Go Now (Chess 1726) 1959
- I've Been Abused (Chess 1735) 1959
- Mister Airplane Man (Chess 1735) 1959
- You Gonna Wreck My Life (Chess 1744) 1959
- The Natchez Burning (Chess 1744) 1959
- Who's Been Talking (Chess 1750) 1960
- Tell Me (Chess 1750) 1960
- Spoonful (Chess 1762) 1960
- Howlin' for My Baby (Chess 1762) 1960
- Wang Dang Doodle (Chess 1777) 1961
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3. CD
- Back Door Man (Chess 1777) 1961
- Little Baby (Chess 1793) 1961
- Down in the Bottom (Chess 1793) 1961
- Shake for Me (Chess 1804) 1961
- The Red Rooster (Chess 1804) 1961
- You'll Be Mine (Chess 1813) 1962
- Goin' Down Slow (Chess 1813) 1962
- Just Like I Treat You (Chess 1823) 1962
- I Ain't Superstious (Chess 1823) 1962
- Mama's Baby (Chess 1844) 1962
- Do the Do (Chess 1844) 1962
- Keep What You Got (Sept. 1951)
- California Blues (Dec. 18th 1951)
- California Boogie (Dec. 18th 1951)
- My Troubles and Me (Jan 23rd 1952)
- Worried About My Baby (Feb 12. 1952)
- Brown Skin Woman (Feb 12. 1952)
- House Rockin' Boogie (Feb 12. 1952)
- Driving This Highway (Feb 12. 1952)
- The Sun is Rising (Feb 12. 1952)
- Stealing My Clothes (Feb 12. 1952)
- I'm the Wolf (Feb 12. 1952)
- Highway My Friend (1953)
- Hold Your Money (1953)
- Stay Here Till My Baby Comes Back (1953)
- Crazy About You Baby (1953)
- Streamline Woman (1953)