Willie Dixon, The Chess Box CH3-16500 Three Record Set 1990 Chicago Blue

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Label: Chess – CH3-16500 Series: The Chess Box Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Box Set Country: US Released: Jan 2, 1990 Genre: Blues Style: Chicago Blues A1 Little Walter– My Babe Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Fred Below Guitar – Leonard Caston (2), Robert Lockwood Jr. Vocals, Harmonica – Little Walter 2:40 A2 Willie Dixon With The Big Three Trio– Violent Love Backing Vocals, Guitar – Ollie Crawford Lead Vocals, Bass – Willie Dixon Tenor Saxophone – Harold Ashby Vocals [Probably], Piano – Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston* 2:20 A3 Eddie Boyd– Third Degree Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Percy Walker Guitar – Lee Cooper (2) Tenor Saxophone – Little Sax Crowder Vocals, Piano – Eddie Boyd 3:13 A4 Willie Mabon– Seventh Son Band – Unknown Artist Vocals, Piano – Willie Mabon 2:52 A5 Willie Dixon & His All Stars*– Crazy For My Baby Backing Vocals, Guitar – Ollie Crawford Drums – Fred Below Piano – Lafayette Leake Tenor Saxophone – Harold Ashby Vocals, Bass – Willie Dixon 2:49 A6 Willie Dixon– Pain In My Heart Drums – Fred Below Piano – Lafayette Leake Tenor Saxophone – Harold Ashby Vocals, Bass – Willie Dixon 3:18 B1 Muddy Waters– (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Fred Below Guitar – Jimmy Rogers Harmonica – Little Walter Piano – Otis Spann Vocals, Guitar – Muddy Waters 2:45 B2 Howlin' Wolf– Evil Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Earl Phillips Guitar – Hubert Sumlin, Jody Williams Piano – Otis Spann Vocals, Harmonica – Howlin' Wolf 2:52 B3 Little Walter– Mellow Down Easy Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Fred Below Guitar – Dave Myers, Robert Lockwood, Jr.* Vocals, Harmonica – Little Walter 2:40 B4 Jimmy Witherspoon– When The Lights Go Out Band [Remainder Of Band] – Unknown Artist Bass – Willie Dixon Vocals – Jimmy Witherspoon 2:50 B5 Muddy Waters– Young Fashioned Ways Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Francey Clay* Guitar – Jimmy Rogers Harmonica – Little Walter Piano – Otis Spann Vocals – Muddy Waters 2:59 B6 Bo Diddley– Pretty Thing Drums – Frank Kirkland Harmonica – Billy Boy Arnold Maracas, Backing Vocals – Jerome Green Vocals, Guitar – Bo Diddley 2:49 C1 Muddy Waters– I'm Ready Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Fred Below Guitar – Jimmy Rogers Harmonica – Little Walter Piano – Otis Spann Vocals – Muddy Waters 3:02 C2 Lowell Fulson– Do Me Right Alto Saxophone – Earl Brown (5) Bass – Billy Hadnott Piano – Lloyd Glenn Saxophone [Other Saxes], Drums – Unknown Artist Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Chamblee Vocals, Guitar – Lowell Fulson 2:52 C3 Muddy Waters– I Just Want To Make Love To You Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Fred Below Guitar – Jimmy Rogers Harmonica – Little Walter Piano – Otis Spann Vocals, Guitar – Muddy Waters 2:50 C4 Lowell Fulson– Tollin' Bells Bass – Billy Hadnott Drums, Piano, Saxophone [Other Saxes] – Unknown Artist Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Chamblee Vocals, Guitar – Lowell Fulson 3:04 C5 Willie Dixon– 29 Ways Backing Vocals, Guitar [Probably] – Ollie Crawford Drums – Fred Below Piano – Lafayette Leake Vocals, Bass – Willie Dixon 2:08 C6 Willie Dixon– Walkin' The Blues Drums, Percussion – Fred Below Piano – Lafayette Leake Vocals, Bass – Willie Dixon 3:01 D1 Howlin' Wolf– Spoonful Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Fred Below Guitar – Hubert Sumlin, Unknown Artist Piano – Otis Spann Vocals – Howlin' Wolf 2:45 D2 Otis Rush– You Know My Love Bass – Willie Dixon Bass Guitar – Matt Murphy Drums – Odie Payne Tenor Saxophone – Bob Neely Vocals, Guitar – Otis Rush 2:40 D3 Bo Diddley– You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover Bass – Unknown Artist Drums – Frank Kirkland Maracas – Jerome Green Vocals, Guitar – Bo Diddley 3:08 D4 Howlin' Wolf– I Ain't Superstitious Backing Vocals, Bass – Willie Dixon Bass Guitar – Jimmy Rogers Drums – Sammy Lay* Guitar – Hubert Sumlin Piano – Henry Gray Vocals, Guitar – Howlin' Wolf 2:52 D5 Muddy Waters– You Need Love Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Casey Jones (2) Guitar – Earl Hooker Organ – John "Big Moose" Walker* Tenor Saxophone – Ernest Cotton, J.T. Brown Vocals – Muddy Waters 2:39 D6 Howlin' Wolf– Little Red Rooster Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Sammy Lay* Guitar – Hubert Sumlin Piano – Johnny Jones* Vocals, Guitar – Howlin' Wolf 2:25 E1 Howlin' Wolf– Back Door Man Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Fred Below Guitar – Hubert Sumlin, Unknown Artist Piano – Otis Spann Vocals – Howlin' Wolf 2:48 E2 Little Walter– Dead Presidents Bass Guitar – Jack Meyers Drums – Al Duncan Guitar – Buddy Guy Organ – Billy Emerson Piano – Lafayette Leake Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Jarrett Gibson Vocals, Harmonica – Little Walter 2:45 E3 Howlin' Wolf– Hidden Charms Baritone Saxophone – Donald Hankins Bass Guitar – Buddy Guy Drums – Sammy Lay* Guitar – Hubert Sumlin Piano – Lafayette Leake Tenor Saxophone – J.T. Brown Vocals – Howlin' Wolf 2:21 E4 Muddy Waters– You Shook Me Bass – Willie Dixon Drums – Casey Jones (2) Guitar – Earl Hooker Organ, Piano – John "Big Moose" Walker* Tenor Saxophone – Ernest Cotton, J.T. Brown Vocals – Muddy Waters 2:40 E5 Sonny Boy Williamson (2)– Bring It On Home Drums – Al Duncan Electric Bass – Milton Rector Guitar – Matt Murphy Organ – Lafayette Leake Vocals, Harmonica – Sonny Boy Williamson (2) 2:33 E6 Howlin' Wolf– 300 Pounds Of Joy Baritone Saxophone – Donald Hankins Bass Guitar – Buddy Guy Drums – Sammy Lay* Guitar – Hubert Sumlin Piano – Lafayette Leake Tenor Saxophone – J.T. Brown Vocals – Howlin' Wolf 3:02 E7 Willie Dixon– Weak Brain, Narrow Mind Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Willie Dixon 4:24 F1 Koko Taylor– Wang Dang Doodle Backing Vocals, Producer – Willie Dixon Drums [Either] – Fred Below Drums [Or] – Clifton James Electric Bass – Jack Myers Guitar – Johnny "Twist" Williams* Piano – Lafayette Leake Tenor Saxophone – Gene Barge Vocals – Koko Taylor 2:59 F2 Muddy Waters– The Same Thing Bass – Donald "Duck" Dunn Drums – Sammy Lay* Guitar – Mike Bloomfield Harmonica – Paul Butterfield Piano – Otis Spann Vocals, Guitar – Muddy Waters 5:54 F3 Howlin' Wolf– Built For Comfort Baritone Saxophone – Donald Hankins Bass Guitar – Buddy Guy Drums – Sammy Lay* Guitar – Hubert Sumlin Piano – Lafayette Leake Tenor Saxophone – J.T. Brown Vocals – Howlin' Wolf 2:33 F4 Little Milton– I Can't Quit You Baby Arranged By, Conductor – Gene Barge Band [Remainder] – Unknown Artist Drums – Al Duncan Producer – Calvin Carter Vocals, Guitar – Little Milton 6:38 F5 Koko Taylor– Insane Asylum Band [Remainder] – Unknown Artist Guitar – Buddy Guy Piano, Organ – Lafayette Leake Producer – Willie Dixon Rhythm Guitar – Johnny "Twist" Williams* Tenor Saxophone – Gene Barge Vocals – Koko Taylor, Willie Dixon 4:19 Copyright © – MCA Records, Inc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – MCA Records, Inc. Recorded At – Super Cosmic Joy-Scout Jamboree Manufactured By – MCA Records, Inc. Engineered At – MCA Whitney Recording Studios Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders Lacquer Cut At – Artisan Sound Recorders Pressed By – MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville Published By – Hoochie Coochie Music Published By – Bug (2) Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. Published By – Arc Music Corp. Published By – Fort Knox Music Co. Published By – Trio Music Corp. Art Direction – Vartan (4) Compiled By – Andy McKaie, Don Snowden Coordinator, Reissue Producer – Andy McKaie Design – DZN, The Design Group Mastered By – Greg Fulginiti Transferred By [Digitally] – Gary Hollis Written-By – B. Emerson* (tracks: E2), Eddie Boyd (tracks: A3), J.B. Lenoir (tracks: E4), Willie Dixon Includes a 12-page book with lengthy liner notes and complete session information. All of the recordings are digitally remastered from original mono and stereo Chess masters.
Tracks A2 & E7 previously unreleased. Tracks A6 & E2 previously unreleased on album Tracks A5, B5, C5 & D5 previously unreleased on U.S. album
Digitally transferred from original mono and stereo Chess masters by Gary Hollis at MCA Studios, Glendale, Ca. Mastered by Greg Fulginiti, Artisan, Los Angeles, Ca.
A1: Chicago, January 25, 1955, Checker single 811, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI A2: probably Chicago, 1951, previously unreleased, Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc., BMI A3: Chicago, 1953, Chess single 1541, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI A4: Chicago, 1955, Chess single 1608, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI A5: probably Chicago, 1953 or 1954, Checker single 828 (as by Willie Dixon & His All Stars), Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI A6: probably Chicago, 1951, Checker single 851, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI B1: Chicago, January, 1954, Chess single 1560, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI B2: Chicago, May 25, 1954, Chess single 1575, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI B3: Chicago, late 1954, Checker 805, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI B4: Chicago, June 1954, Checker single 798, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI B5: Chicago, February 3, 1955, Chess single 1602, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI B6: Chicago, July 1955, Checker single 827, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI C1: Chicago, September 1, 1954, Chess single 1578, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI C2: Los Angeles, January 13, 1955, Checker single 820, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI C3: Chicago, April 13, 1954, Chess single 1571, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI C4: Chicago, February 9, 1956, Checker single 841, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI C5: Chicago, 1956, Checker single 851, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI C6: Chicago, May or July 1955, Checker single 822, Fort Knox Music Co./Trio Music Co., BMI D1: Chicago, 1960, Chess 1726, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI D2: Chicago, September 29, 1960, Chess single 1775, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI D3: Chicago, 1962, Checker single 1019, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI D4: Chicago, December 1961, Chess single 1823, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI D5: Chicago, October 12, 1962, Chess single 1839, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI D6: Chicago, 1961, Chess single 1804, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI E1: Chicago, 1960, Chess single 1777, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI E2: Chicago, February 5, 1963, Checker single 1081, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI E3: Chicago, August 14, 1963, Chess single 1890, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI E4: Chicago, June, 1962, Chess single 1827, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI E5: Chicago, January 11, 1963, Checker single 1134, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI E6: Chicago, August 14, 1963, Chess single 1870, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI E7: Probably New York City, 1964, previously unreleased F1: Chicago, 1965, Checker single 1135, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI F2: Live at the Super Cosmic Joy-Scout Jamboree, April 24, 1965, Chess album 2-127, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI F3: Chicago, August 14, 1963, Chess single 1870, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI F4: Probably Chicago, late 1968, Checker LPS 3011, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug, BMI F5: Chicago, 1967, Checker single 1191, Hoochie Coochie Music adm. by Bug/Arc Music Corp., BMI