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Tag: Original Chess Masters

  • Various Artists, The Best of Chess Blues, 1987 on Chess / MCA

    Various Artists, The Best of Chess Blues, 1987 on Chess / MCA

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

  • Sonny Boy Williamson, The Real Folk Blues, 1966 on Chess

    Sonny Boy Williamson, The Real Folk Blues, 1966 on Chess

    This album was first released in the UK in 1965 as In Memorium, (Williamson died in May of 1965). In the US it was retitled to The Real Folk Blues and released in 1966. Later reissues have appeared with either title in different regions. This is one of my favorite blues albums of all time…