Great 2xLP 80s compilation of the post-war blues that made Chess such a critical label, issued by MCA who acquired the rights to the Chess catalog in the mid-eighties.

  • Muddy Waters– Rollin’ Stone
  • Robert Nighthawk– Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel)
  • Eddie Boyd & The Chess Men– 24 Hours
  • Willie Mabon– Seventh Son
  • Lowell Fulson–Reconsider Baby
  • Muddy Waters– (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
  • Howlin’ Wolf– Smokestack Lightnin’
  • Little Walter & His Night Cats– Juke
  • J.B. Lenoir– Eisenhower Blues
  • Jimmy Rogers– Walking By Myself
  • Howlin’ Wolf– Back Door Man
  • Elmore James– Madison Blues
  • Sonny Boy Williamson– Your Funeral My Trial
  • Otis Rush– So Many Roads, So Many Trains
  • Buddy Guy– My Time After Awhile
  • Sonny Boy Williamson– Bring It On Home
  • John Lee Hooker– One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
  • Etta James– Baby What You Want Me To Do
  • Little Milton– Stormy Monday
  • Koko Taylor– Wang Dang Doodle

My copy—via Mel’s Record Shop in Amesbury MA—is a 1987 pressing by MCA Records’ plant in Gloversville, NY.