The Chess Box

~ Release by Muddy Waters (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: 1947 to 1954
▼ CD 2: 1954 to 1959
#TitleRatingLength
1I Just Want to Make Love to You
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-04-13)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1954-04-13) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1954-04-13)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1954-04-13)
membranophone:
Fred Below (on 1954-04-13)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-04-13)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1954-04-13)
recording of:
I Just Wanna Make Love to You (on 1954-04-13)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
recording of:
I Just Wanna Make Love to You
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
52:52
2I’m Ready
recording of:
I’m Ready
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Unart Music Corp. (ended) and Hoochie Coochie Music
53:05
3Smokestack Lightnin’
recording of:
Smokestack Lightning
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
53:09
4Young Fashioned Ways
recording of:
Young Fashioned Ways
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
53:02
5Mannish Boy
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 229)
recording of:
Mannish Boy
writer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer), Mel London and McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd. and Tristan Music Ltd.
part of:
Risky Business (film soundtrack)
4.352:57
6Trouble No More
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1955-11-03)
guitar:
Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1955-11-03)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1955-11-03)
membranophone:
Francey Clay (on 1955-11-03)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1955-11-03)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1955-11-03)
recording of:
Trouble No More (Muddy Waters lyrics) (on 1955-11-03)
additional lyricist:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
lyricist and composer:
Sleepy John Estes
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music (music publishing) and Watertoons Music
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
52:42
7Forty Days and Forty Nights
recording of:
Forty Days and Forty Nights
lyricist and composer:
Bernard Roth
4.52:53
8Just to Be With You
recording of:
Just to Be With You
writer:
Bernard Roth
53:15
9Don’t Go No Farther
52:56
10Diamonds at Your Feet
52:26
11I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1956-12-01)
bass:
Willie Dixon
guitar:
Pat Hare
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
instruments:
Francis Clay
piano:
Otis Spann
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
52:52
12Rock Me
recording of:
Rock Me
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
53:12
13Look What You Done
recording of:
Look What You’ve Done
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
arranger:
Kris Johnson (trumpet)
52:22
14Got My Mojo Working
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1958-12-01)
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Francis Clay
guitar:
Pat Hare
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
piano:
Otis Spann
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 360)
recording of:
Got My Mojo Working (original version)
lyricist and composer:
Preston Foster
publisher:
Dare Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4.52:52
15Good News
52:49
16Evil
52:20
17She’s Nineteen Years Old
recording of:
She's Nineteen Years Old
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
53:19
18Close to You
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1958-11)
bass:
Andrew Stephenson or Willie Dixon (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
drums (drum set):
Francis Clay
guitar:
Pat Hare
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
piano:
Otis Spann
tenor saxophone:
J.T. Brown (saxophonist)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
recording of:
Close to You (in 1958-08)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
53:05
19Walkin’ Thru the Park
bass:
Andrew Stephenson (in 1958)
guitar:
Pat Hare (in 1958) and Luther Tucker (in 1958)
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter) (in 1958)
membranophone:
Francey Clay (in 1958)
piano:
Otis Spann (in 1958)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1958)
recording of:
Walking Through the Park (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
52:48
20Blues Before Sunrise (with false starts, dialogue)
53:53
21Lonesome Road Blues (1959)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
bass:
Andrew Stephenson (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
guitar:
Pat Hare (from 1959-06 until 1959-08) and Muddy Waters (blues musician) (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter) (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
membranophone:
Francis Clay (from 1959-06 until 1959-08) and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
piano:
Otis Spann (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
recording of:
Lonesome Road Blues (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
lyricist and composer:
Big Bill Broonzy
43:04
22Take the Bitter With the Sweet (dialogue, false start, alt. take)
53:53
23She’s Into Something
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1959-07)
bass:
Andrew Stephenson
drums (drum set):
Francis Clay
guitar:
Pat Hare
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
piano:
Otis Spann
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
52:47
24Southbound Train
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
bass:
Andrew Stephenson (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
guitar:
Pat Hare (from 1959-06 until 1959-08) and Muddy Waters (blues musician) (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter) (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
membranophone:
Francis Clay (from 1959-06 until 1959-08) and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
piano:
Otis Spann (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
recording of:
Southbound Train (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
lyricist and composer:
Big Bill Broonzy
publisher:
Robert Mellin, Inc.
42:55
25Double Trouble
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
bass:
Andrew Stephenson (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
guitar:
Pat Hare (from 1959-06 until 1959-08) and Muddy Waters (blues musician) (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter) (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
membranophone:
Francis Clay (from 1959-06 until 1959-08) and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
piano:
Otis Spann (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
recording of:
Double Trouble (from 1959-06 until 1959-08)
lyricist and composer:
Otis Rush
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4.52:49
▶ CD 3: 1960 to 1972

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Release group

part of:The Chess Box (compilation box sets series published by Chess) (order: 3)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/83985 [info]