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Various Artists - by cd (1992)

Track listing:
  1. 24 hours eddit boyd and his chessmen 3:30
  2. eisenhower blues j b lenoir 2:22
  3. stormy monday little milton 4:27
  4. boom boom (out go the lights) little walter 2:52
  5. Lollypop Mama Clarence Samuels 2:50
  6. Bilbo Is Dead Andrew Tibbs 2:58
  7. Johnson Machine Gun Sunnyland Slim 2:54
  8. Fly Right, Little Girl Sunnyland Slim 2:38
  9. Little Anna Mae Muddy Waters 2:35
  10. I Can't Be Satisfied Muddy Waters 2:45
  11. My Sweet Lovin' Woman Robert Nighthawk 2:51
  12. I Feel Like Going Home Muddy Waters 3:12
  13. She Ain't Nowhere Sunnyland Slim 2:48
  14. Florida Hurricane St. Louis Jimmy 2:57
  15. Memory of Sonny Boy Forest City Joe 3:19
  16. Tonky Boogie Forrest Sykes 3:11
  17. Cryin' the Blues Laura Rucker 2:43
  18. My Head Can't Rest Anymore Baby Face Leroy 3:14
  19. Big Town Playboy Little Johnny Jones 2:57
  20. Sweet Black Angel Robert Nighthawk 3:06
  21. Rollin' Stone Muddy Waters 3:09
  22. Luedella Jimmy Rogers 2:55
  23. Mother Earth Memphis Slim 2:46
  24. Dr. Ross' Boogie Dr. Isaiah Ross 2:40
  25. Joliet Blues Johnny Shines 2:42
  26. Moanin' at Midnight Howlin' Wolf 2:58
  27. All Night Long (alternate) Muddy Waters 3:52
  28. Mr. Commissioner (alternate) Arbee Stidham 3:15
  29. Gettin' Old and Grey Howlin' Wolf 2:40
  30. Walkin' the Boogie (alternate) John Lee Hooker 2:37
  31. Juke Little Walter 2:49
  32. Conjur Man Memphis Minnie 3:01
  33. Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone Muddy Waters 3:06
  34. Broken Heart (alternate) Memphis Minnie 3:00
  35. Truckin' Little Woman Willie Nix 2:41
  36. Funeral Hearse at My Door Rocky Fuller 3:18
  37. Hard Time Gettin' Started Eddie Boyd 2:33
  38. Don't Need No Horse Little Walter 3:18
  39. Eight Ball Gus Jenkins 3:14
  40. Fast Boogie Little Walter 2:49
  41. I'm Mad Willie Mabon 2:40
  42. Ice Cream Man John Brim 2:49
  43. Whose Muddy Shoes Elmore James 3:21
  44. Got to Have It Willie Mabon 3:08
  45. I Declare That Ain't Right Henry Gray 3:09
  46. Remember Alberta Adams 2:55
  47. Untitled Instrumental Henry Gray & Morris Pejoe 2:23
  48. Blues with a Feeling Little Walter 3:09
  49. Hoochie Coochie Man Muddy Waters 2:54
  50. Forty Four Howlin' Wolf 2:51
  51. Got to Find My Baby (alternate) Little Walter 3:10
  52. Evil Howlin' Wolf 2:57
  53. Reconsider Baby Lowell Fulson 3:13
  54. Mama Talk to Your Daughter J. B. Lenoir 2:22
  55. Mellow Down Easy Little Walter 2:45
  56. My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) Muddy Waters 3:13
  57. My Babe Little Walter 2:42
  58. You Got to Love Me Billy Boy Arnold 3:06
  59. Walking the Blues Willie DIxon 2:37
  60. Don't Start Me to Talkin' Sonny Boy Williamson 3:09
  61. Smokestack Lightning Howlin' Wolf 2:27
  62. 29 Ways Willie Dixon 2:11
  63. Right to Love You Paul Gayten & Myrtle Jones 2:40
  64. Ain't Nobody's Business Jimmy Witherspoon 2:44
  65. I'm Leaving You Otis Spann 2:43
  66. Break of Day Howlin' Wolf 2:48
  67. Please Don't Go Floyd Dixon 3:32
  68. Keep It to Yourself Sonny Boy Williamson 2:52
  69. Walking by Myself Jimmy Rogers 2:50
  70. Got My Mojo Working Muddy Waters 2:53
  71. Fattening Frogs for Snakes [alternate take] Sonny Boy Williamson 2:43
  72. Slow Leake Lafayette Leake 3:04
  73. Sitting on Top of the World Howlin' Wolf 2:35
  74. She Don't Know J. B. Lenoir 2:23
  75. Your Funeral and My Trial Sonny Boy Williamson 2:32
  76. Key to the Highway Little Walter 2:50
  77. Double Trouble [alternate take] Muddy Waters 3:33
  78. Come on Home Eddie Boyd 2:40
  79. Goat [Band Track] Sonny Boy Williamson 2:23
  80. So Many Roads, So Many Trains Otis Rush 3:15
  81. First Time I Met The Blues Buddy Guy 2:23
  82. Too Poor Detroit Jr. 2:18
  83. Blue Shadows Lowell Fulson 2:29
  84. The Shakedown Lloyd Glenn 2:31
  85. The Sun Is Shining (Alternate) Elmore James 2:45
  86. Calling On My Darling Albert King 3:07
  87. The Red Rooster Howlin' Wolf 2:29
  88. Nine Below Zero Sonny Boy Williamson 3:32
  89. Goin' Down Slow Howlin' Wolf 4:09
  90. Satisfied Little Milton 2:19
  91. Something's Got A Hold On Me Etta James 2:51
  92. Wrinkles The Big Three Trio 2:39
  93. Bring It On Home Sonny Boy Williamson 2:38
  94. Good Moanin' Blues Walter Horton 4:18
  95. Killing Floor Howlin' Wolf 2:53
  96. What Kind Of Man Is That? Koko Taylor 3:08
  97. We're Gonna Make It Little Milton 2:43
  98. Wang Dang Doodle Koko Taylor 3:05
  99. Dirty Work Goin' On Little Joe Blue 2:50
  100. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer John Lee Hooker 3:03
  101. Jinglin' Baby Eddie Burns 2:09
  102. That's Why I Don't Mind Muddy Waters 3:01
  103. Keep It To Myself Buddy Guy 2:34
  104. Sitting Here Alone Hound Dog Taylor 3:48
  105. I'd Rather Go Blind Etta James 2:36

Notes

Superlative 4 CD box set, featuring important tracks by all the main stars of the label (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson), as well as much previously unreleased material. A well-done retrospective of Chicago blues in its heyday, as recorded by America's greatest blues label, Chess. — Cub Koda

Superlative 4 CD box set, featuring important tracks by all the main stars of the label (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson), as well as much previously unreleased material. A well-done retrospective of Chicago blues in its heyday, as recorded by America's greatest blues label, Chess.