VARIOUS ARTISTS – LET’S PLAY CHESS: THE CHESS RECORDS ANTHOLOGY – 2-LP – VINYL LP

Description

The story of Chess Records is the story of American popular music in the second half of the twentieth century. Best-known for capturing the sound of acoustic blues, originating from the Mississippi Delta and filtered through Chicago’s South Side, going electric and for releasing some of the earliest rock n’ roll singles, Chess also has a deep catalog of jazz, R&B and soul recordings. The legacy of Chess Records endures more than 75 years later. Curated by Grammy-winning producer, Chess Records scholar and current Rolling Stones drummer Steve Jordan, Let’s Play Chess: A Chess Records Anthology presents 25 of the label’s best, some of the most important and thrilling recordings to be found on any label.

• • – Disc 1 –
• 1Muddy Waters – (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
• 2Little Walter – Juke
• 3Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin’
• 4Chuck Berry – Maybellene
• 5Lowell Fulson – Reconsider Baby
• 6Etta James – at Last
• 7The Moonglows – Sincerely
  • – Disc 2 –
• 1Ramsey Lewis Trio – the “In” Crowd
• 2Fontella Bass – Rescue Me
• 3Tommy Tucker – High Heel Sneakers
• 4Buddy Guy – First Time I Met the Blues
• 5Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats – Rocket 88
• 6Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode
  • – Disc 3 –
• 1John Lee Hooker – Ground Hog Blues
• 2Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
• 3Billy Stewart – I Do Love You
• 4The Dells – Stay in My Corner
• 5Etta James – All the Way Down
  • – Disc 4 –
• 1Little Walter – Crazy Mixed Up World
• 2Muddy Waters – Rollin’ Stone
• 3Otis Rush – So Many Roads, So Many Trains
• 4Sonny Boy Williamson – Don’t Start Me to Talkin’
• 5Jimmy Rogers – That’s All Right
• 6Howlin’ Wolf – Spoonful
• 7Gene Ammons – My Foolish Heart