| Chess Blues-Rock Songbook: The Classic Originals | 
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Sales Rank: 131990
Category: Music
Artist: Various Artists
Publisher: Chess
Studio: Chess
Manufacturer: Chess
Label: Chess
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.6
UPC: 076732938928
EAN: 0076732938928
ASIN: B000005KQZ
Release Date: August 26, 1997
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Disc 1
| • | (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters | | • | Mother Earth - Memphis Slim | | • | I Don't Know - Willie Mabon | | • | Sugar Mama - John Lee Hooker | | • | 24 Hours - Eddie Boyd | | • | Ice Cream Man - John Brim | | • | Jock-A-Mo - Sugar Boy Crawford | | • | Wang Dang Doodle - Willie Dixon | | • | I Just Want to Make Love to You - Muddy Waters | | • | Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson | | • | Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir | | • | My Babe - Little Walter | | • | I'm a Man - Bo Diddley | | • | Seventh Son - Willie Mabon | | • | See You Later, Alligator - Bobby Charles | | • | Trouble No More - Muddy Waters | | • | Roll over Beethoven - Chuck Berry | | • | Who Do You Love? - Bo Diddley |
Disc 2
| • | Rock & Roll Music - Chuck Berry | | • | Walking by Myself - Jimmy Rogers | | • | Mona - Bo Diddley | | • | Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry | | • | Susie-Q - Dale Hawkins | | • | Memphis - Chuck Berry | | • | Back in the U.S.A. - Chuck Berry | | • | Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf | | • | Madison Blues - Elmore James | | • | Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf | | • | You Shook Me - Muddy Waters | | • | Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf | | • | Bring It on Home - Sonny Boy Williamson | | • | Help Me - Sonny Boy Williamson | | • | Hi-Heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker | | • | Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf | | • | More and More - Little Milton | | • | Tell Mama - Etta James |
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DON'T BE A DUMMY!!!!!! July 14, 2004
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Don't be a dummy. Any fool knows the brothers Chess, Leonard and what's his name virtually wrote the book when it comes to Chicago Blues. It's a no brainer. Now I ask you, where else do you find a more classic lineup of stars? From Muddy to Wolf, from Little Milton to Buddy Guy, John Lee to JB, (Lenoir that is) And let's not forget Willie Dixon and Bo Diddley and so many more.And what about the songs from Hi Heel Sneekers to Mona, to Suzie Q to I Just Want To Make Love To You.......to Sweet Little Sixteen to Trouble No More..........Well you know the rest. Afterall the title of the record is Blues-Rock Songbook......That says it all....So don't be a dummy...All right?
The best compilation of its kind November 10, 2003
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is no mere publishing sampler. "The Classic Originals" gathers 36 of the very best blues and early rock n' roll singles cut at the legendary Chess studios in Chicago, and it provides the perfect introduction to men like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and numerous other recording artists from the 50s and 60s.
And these are not just the obvious choices that any compiler with an ounce of insight could have made. There are numerous lesser-known songs here which are just as magnificent as "Hoochie Coochie Man" or "Johnny B. Goode", like Elmore James' gritty, slide guitar driven "Madison Blues", Willie Mabon's swinging "The Seventh Son", or pianist Eddie Boyd's slow blues "24 Hours".
Howlin' Wolf is represented by four of his best songs, including the thundering steam engine "Killing Floor", one of the very best blues singles ever issued, and other highlights include Memphis Slim's stately "Mother Earth", the classic "Walking By Myself" by Jimmy Rogers, and Chuck Berry's rollicking "Roll Over Beethoven".
But this is all highlights, really, and while this well-annotated double-disc retrospective doesn't deliver the definitive word on any of the artists included, it provides the very best place for newcomers or "mid-level" fans to get better acquainted with the best and most succesful blues label of the post-war years.
I really can't praise this compilation enough. Get it right away, and enrich your life!
....and people get snooty over "classic" rock! July 27, 2000
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Most fans of classic rock forget how very, very close it is and came from the blues and R & B. This is a great place to find that out if you don't really know. Chess records places songs from their collection on this 2 disk set that are used for the basis for rock tunes to come. It even lists which bands covered or used these songs in the booklet.Forgetting that, this is a great bunch of music with some TRUE classics on it. Great introduction to some classic blues as well.
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