Album · 1991
The Chess Box
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Moanin' at Midnight
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2:56
2
How Many More Years
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2:43
3
Howlin' Wolf Boogie
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2:39
4
The Wolf Is at Your Door
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2:58
5
Mr. Highway Man
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2:48
6
Howlin' Wolf Talks #1
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1:58
7
Bluebird
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2:50
8
Saddle My Pony
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2:34
9
(Well) That's All Right
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3:03
10
My Last Affair
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2:58
11
Just My Kind
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3:03
12
Work for Your Money
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2:20
13
Mama Died and Left Me
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3:14
14
All Night Boogie (All Night Long)
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2:15
15
Streamline Woman
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2:46
16
Crazy About You, Baby
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2:22
17
You Gonna Wreck My Life (No Place to Go)
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2:35
18
Neighbors
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2:46
19
Howlin' Wolf Talks #2
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1:48
20
I'm the Wolf
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2:53
21
Rockin' Daddy
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3:03
22
Baby, How Long
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2:55
23
Evil
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2:55
24
I'll Be Around
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3:14
25
Forty Four
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2:50
26
Who Will Be Next
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2:32
Disc 2
1
Don't Mess With My Baby
The Chess Box
2:39
2
Smokestack Lightnin'
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3:08
3
You Can't Be Beat
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3:06
4
Howlin' Wolf Talks #3
The Chess Box
0:57
5
I Asked for Water
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2:50
6
The Natchez Burnin'
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2:10
7
Who's Been Talking
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2:23
8
Tell Me
The Chess Box
2:58
9
Sittin' on Top of the World
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2:34
10
I Didn't Know
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2:36
11
Moaning for My Baby
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2:49
12
Change My Way
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3:32
13
I Better Go Now
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2:43
14
Howlin' for My Darling
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2:33
15
I've Been Abused
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2:38
16
Mr. Airplane Man
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3:22
17
Wang Dang Doodle
The Chess Box
2:24
18
Back Door Man
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2:48
19
Howlin' Wolf Talks #4
The Chess Box
0:27
20
Spoonful
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2:45
21
Down in the Bottom
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2:35
22
Shake for Me
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2:16
23
The Red Rooster
The Chess Box
2:28
24
You'll Be Mine
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2:28
25
Just Like I Treat You
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2:57
26
I Ain't Superstitious
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2:54
27
Goin' Down Slow
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4:02
28
Tail Dragger
The Chess Box
2:57
Disc 3
1
Hidden Charms
The Chess Box
2:24
2
Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
The Chess Box
3:08
3
Built for Comfort
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2:41
4
Love Me Darlin'
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2:55
5
Killing Floor
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2:53
6
My Country Sugar Mama
The Chess Box
2:39
7
Louise
The Chess Box
2:46
8
I Walked From Dallas
The Chess Box
3:18
9
Tell Me What I've Done
The Chess Box
2:52
10
Don't Laugh at Me
The Chess Box
3:17
11
Ooh Baby (Hold Me)
The Chess Box
2:41
12
New Crawlin' King Snake
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2:59
13
My Mind Is Ramblin'
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2:55
14
Commit a Crime
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3:10
15
Dust My Broom
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2:58
16
I'm the Wolf (acoustic solo)
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5:10
17
Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road
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5:53
18
Mary Sue
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3:06
19
Hard Luck
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3:15
20
The Red Rooster
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5:59
21
Moving
The Chess Box
2:45
In print
First pressed 1991 — 5 pressings.
Credits
DZN, The Design Group
Design
Vartan
Design
Doug Schwartz
Engineer
Marc Wilder
Engineer
Steven Lasker
Engineer
Abb Locke
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Abe Smothers
Instrument · guitar
Adolph "Billy" Duncan
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Albert Williams
Instrument · piano
Alfred Elkins
Instrument · bass
Andrew McMahon
Instrument · bass
Arnold Rogers
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Bill Johnson
Instrument · piano
Buddy Guy
Instrument · bass
Cassell Burrows
Instrument · drums
Donald Hankins
Instrument · baritone saxophone
Earl Phillips
Instrument · drums
Eddie Shaw
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Fred Below
Instrument · drums
Freddie King
Instrument · guitar [possibly]
Henry Gray
Instrument · piano
Hosea Lee Kennard
Instrument · piano
Howlin’ Wolf
Instrument · acoustic guitar
Hubert Sumlin
Instrument · guitar
Jimmy Rogers
Instrument · guitar
Jody Williams
Instrument · guitar
J.T. Brown
Instrument · tenor saxophone
Lafayette Leake
Instrument · piano
L.C. Hubert
Instrument · piano [either]
L.D. McGhee
Instrument · guitar
Lee Cooper
Instrument · guitar
Lee Eggleston
Instrument · piano
Little Johnny Jones
Instrument · piano
Otis “Big Smokey” Smothers
Instrument · guitar
Otis Spann
Instrument · piano
Sam Lay
Instrument · drums
S.P. Leary
Instrument · drums
Willie Johnson
Instrument · guitar
Willie Steele
Instrument · drums
Chris Morris (15)
Liner Notes
Dick Shurman
Liner Notes
Bill Inglot
Mix
John Strother
Mix
Brian Smith (40)
Photography
Chess Files
Photography
David Gahr
Photography
Doug Fulton
Photography
Ernest Withers
Photography
Frank Scott
Photography
Henry Diltz
Photography
John Rockwood
Photography
Lillie Burnett
Photography
Michael Ochs Archives
Photography
Peter Lee (21)
Photography
Ray Flerlage
Photography
Showtime Archives
Photography
Steve Cushing
Photography
University Of Mississippi, Blues Archives
Photography
Andy McKaie
Producer · compilation producer
Barbara Kauffman (3)
Producer · compiled by [album by album listings]
Leonard Chess
Producer · co-producer
Phil Chess
Producer · co-producer
Willie Dixon
Producer · co-producer
Alex Atkins
Writer
Elmore James
Writer
John Lee Hooker
Writer
Lonnie Graham
Writer
Mel London
Writer
Muddy Waters
Writer
Sonny Boy Williamson
Writer
St. Louis Jimmy Oden
Writer