The London Bo Diddley Sessions (1973)

About this title: After Howlin' Wolf made the Billboard album charts in 1970 with his London Howlin' Wolf Sessions release, Chess duly began preparing similarly titled albums by its remaining roster of stars -- Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry followed the Wolf -- and in 1973 this Bo Diddley release came along. Actually, a lot of it was done in Chicago, with the London portion of the sessions added, seemingly to justify the title. And it did sell better than Bo's other original albums of this era. It remains in print on compact disc, one of a only handful of his albums so released. As with Muddy Waters' London ... read more

Tracks:

1. Don't Want No Lyin' Woman
2. Bo Diddley
3. Going Down
4. Make a Hit Record
5. Bo-Jam
6. Husband-In-Law
7. Do the Robot
8. Sneakers on a Rooster
9. Get out of My Life

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.