The Best of Chess Blues, Vol. 1 (1990)

About this title: Yet another of many Chess starter discs, Best of Chess Blues, Vol. 1 offers a slim but strong mix of classic Chicago blues from the late ‘40s through the ‘50s. Including several key electric blues cuts and plenty seeds from which both early rock ‘n' roll and the bluesier side of the British Invasion took inspiration, the 14 tracks touch on both the legendary (Muddy Waters' "Rolling Stone" and Lowell Fulson's "Reconsider Baby") and dark-horse gems (Robert Nighthawk's "Black Angel Blues" and J.B. Lenoir's "Eisenhower Blues"). And in between? Well, just several more milestones by the likes of ... read more

Tracks:

1. Rollin' Stone [Waters]
2. Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) [McKullum]
3. 24 Hours [Boyd]
4. Seventh Son [Dixon]
5. Reconsider Baby [Fulson]
6. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man [Dixon]
7. Smokestack Lightning [Howlin' Wolf]
8. Juke [Little Walter]
9. Eisenhower Blues [Lenoir]
10. Walking by Myself [Lane]
11. Don't Start Me to Talkin' [Williamson]
12. Boom, Boom Out Goes the Lights5 [Lewis]

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