The Chess Box

~ Release by Willie Dixon (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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2▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Length
1	Spoonful recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1960-06) double bass: Willie Dixon (in 1960-06) drums (drum set): Fred Below (in 1960-06) guitar: Hubert Sumlin (in 1960-06) piano: Otis Spann (in 1960-06) lead vocals: Howlin’ Wolf (in 1960-06) part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2010), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 154) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 219) recording of: Spoonful (in 1960-06) lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Arc Music Corp., Hoochie Coochie Music, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. and Mathews Music	Howlin’ Wolf	2:47
2	You Know My Love	Otis Rush	2:42
3	You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover	Bo Diddley	3:11
4	I Ain't Superstitious recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1961-12) double bass: Willie Dixon (in 1961-12) drums (drum set): Sam Lay (in 1961-12) guitar: Howlin’ Wolf (in 1961-12), Jimmy Rogers (in 1961-12) and Hubert Sumlin (in 1961-12) harmonica and lead vocals: Howlin’ Wolf (in 1961-12) piano: Henry Gray (in 1961-12) vocals: Howlin’ Wolf (in 1961-12) recording of: I Ain’t Superstitious (in 1961-12) lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Hoochie Coochie Music	Howlin’ Wolf	2:53
5	You Need Love recording of: You Need Love (in 1962) lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Hoochie Coochie Music	Muddy Waters	2:43
6	Little Red Rooster recording of: Little Red Rooster lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Hoochie Coochie Music	Howlin’ Wolf	2:26
7	Back Door Man recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1960-06) double bass: Willie Dixon (in 1960-06) drums (drum set): Fred Below (in 1960-06) guitar: Hubert Sumlin (in 1960-06) harmonica and lead vocals: Howlin’ Wolf (in 1960-06) piano: Otis Spann (in 1960-06) recording of: Back Door Man (in 1960-06) lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon writer: Chester Burnett publisher: Arc Music, Arc Music Corp., Hoochie Coochie Music and Watertoons sub-publisher: BMG Rights Management (France), Sony Music Publishing France and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部	Howlin’ Wolf	2:51
8	Dead Presidents	Little Walter	2:46
9	Hidden Charms recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1963-08-14) baritone saxophone and bass saxophone: Donald Hankins (on 1963-08-14) bass guitar: Buddy Guy (on 1963-08-14) drums (drum set): Sam Lay (on 1963-08-14) guitar: Hubert Sumlin (on 1963-08-14) harmonica and lead vocals: Howlin’ Wolf (on 1963-08-14) piano: Lafayette Leake (on 1963-08-14) tenor saxophone: J.T. Brown (on 1963-08-14) vocals: Howlin’ Wolf (on 1963-08-14) cover recording of: Hidden Charms (on 1963-08-14) lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon	Howlin’ Wolf	2:22
10	You Shook Me recording of: You Shook Me lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon additional writer: J.B. Lenoir publisher: Arc Music, Arc Music Corp., BMG Rights Management (US) LLC and Hoochie Coochie Music	Muddy Waters	2:42
11	Bring It on Home recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States producer: Marshall Chess editor: Ron Malo bass guitar [bass]: Milton Rector (on 1963-01-11) drums (drum set): Al Duncan (on 1963-01-11) guitar: Matt Murphy (on 1963-01-11) harmonica: Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1963-01-11) organ: Lafayette Leake and [unknown] (on 1963-01-11) vocals: Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1963-01-11) cover recording of: Bring It On Home (original Willie Dixon version) (on 1963-01-11) lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Hoochie Coochie Music	Sonny Boy Williamson	2:36
12	300 Pounds of Joy recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1963-08-14) baritone saxophone: Donald Hankins (on 1963-08-14) drums (drum set): Sam Lay (on 1963-08-14) guitar: Buddy Guy (on 1963-08-14) and Hubert Sumlin (on 1963-08-14) piano: Lafayette Leake (on 1963-08-14) tenor saxophone: J.T. Brown (on 1963-08-14) lead vocals: Howlin’ Wolf (on 1963-08-14) recording of: 300 Pounds of Joy (on 1963-08-14) lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Hoochie Coochie Music	Howlin’ Wolf	3:06
13	Weak Brain, Narrow Mind recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1964-04-04) recording of: Weak Brain, Narrow Mind (on 1964-04-04) lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon	Willie Dixon	4:26
14	Wang Dang Doodle recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1965-12-07) producer: Willie Dixon bass: Jack Meyers (on 1965-12-07) drums (drum set): Fred Below guitar: Buddy Guy (on 1965-12-07) and Johnny "Twist" Williams (on 1965-12-07) piano: Lafayette Leake (on 1965-12-07) saxophone [sax]: Gene Barge (on 1965-12-07) and Donald Hankins (on 1965-12-07) tenor saxophone: Gene Barge background vocals: Willie Dixon (on 1965-12-07) lead vocals: Koko Taylor vocals: Koko Taylor (on 1965-12-07) part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1995) cover recording of: Wang Dang Doodle (on 1965-12-07) lyricist: Willie Dixon (in 1960-06) composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Hoochie Coochie Music	Koko Taylor	3:02
15	The Same Thing recording of: The Same Thing lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Arc Music, Arc Music Corp. and Hoochie Coochie Music	Muddy Waters	5:57
16	Built for Comfort recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1963-08-14) baritone saxophone: Donald Hankins (on 1963-08-14) bass guitar: Buddy Guy (on 1963-08-14) drums (drum set): Sam Lay (on 1963-08-14) guitar: Hubert Sumlin (on 1963-08-14) harmonica: Howlin’ Wolf (on 1963-08-14) piano: Lafayette Leake (on 1963-08-14) tenor saxophone: J.T. Brown (on 1963-08-14) vocals: Howlin’ Wolf (on 1963-08-14) cover recording of: Built for Comfort (on 1963-08-14) lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Bug Music	Howlin’ Wolf	2:40
17	I Can't Quit You Baby drums (drum set): Big Al Downing (on 1968-11-25) electric bass guitar: Phil Upchurch (on 1968-11-25) electric guitar: Cash McCall (on 1968-11-25) piano: Donny Hathaway (on 1968-11-25) saxophone and trumpet: [unknown] (on 1968-11-25) solo electric guitar and lead vocals: Little Milton (on 1968-11-25) cover recording of: I Can’t Quit You Baby (on 1968-11-25) lyricist and composer: Willie Dixon publisher: Conrad Music and Hoochie Coochie Music	Little Milton	6:41
18	Insane Asylum	Koko Taylor	4:23

Credits

Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/1935263 [info]
ASIN:	US: B000002P8I [info]

Release group

part of:	The Chess Box (order: 2) Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Album (number: 1990) (order: 27)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/360091 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000198333 [info]