The Chess Years 1952-1963

~ Release by Little Walter (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Juke
2:40
2Can't Hold Out Much Longer
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1952-05-12) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1952-05-12)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1952-05-12)
membranophone:
Elgin Evans (on 1952-05-12)
vocals:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1952-05-12)
recording of:
Can’t Hold Out Much Longer (on 1952-05-12)
lyricist and composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
32:55
3Blue Midnight
3:00
4Boogie
3:00
5Mean Old World
guitar:
Dave Myers (in 1952-10) and Louis Myers (Blues musician, 1929-1994) (in 1952-10)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (in 1952-10)
membranophone:
Fred Below (in 1952-10)
vocals:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (in 1952-10)
recording of:
Mean Old World (in 1952-10)
lyricist and composer:
Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and BMG Rights Management (US) LLC (file releases under its imprint “BMG (2008–present)” if the release has an imprint)
2:51
6Sad Hours
guitar:
Dave Myers (in 1952-10) and Louis Myers (Blues musician, 1929-1994) (in 1952-10)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (in 1952-10)
membranophone:
Fred Below (in 1952-10)
recording of:
Sad Hours (in 1952-10)
composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
3:08
7Don't Have to Hurt No More
3:00
8Crazy Legs
recording of:
Crazy Legs
lyricist and composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
3:21
9Tonight With a Fool
2:50
10Off the Wall
guitar:
Dave Myers (in 1953-01) and Louis Myers (Blues musician, 1929-1994) (in 1953-01)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (in 1953-01)
membranophone:
Fred Below (in 1953-01)
recording of:
Off the Wall (in 1953-01)
composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
2:48
11Tell Me Mama
guitar:
Dave Myers (in 1953-01) and Louis Myers (Blues musician, 1929-1994) (in 1953-01)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (in 1953-01)
membranophone:
Fred Below (in 1953-01)
vocals:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (in 1953-01)
recording of:
Tell Me Mama (in 1953-01)
lyricist and composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
2:43
12Quarter to Twelve
3:11
13Blues With a Feeling
3:02
14Last Boogie
2:29
15Too Late
2:34
16Fast Boogie
2:49
17Light Out
2:45
18Fast Large One
2:46
19You're So Fine
guitar:
Dave Myers (in 1953) and Louis Myers (Blues musician, 1929-1994) (in 1953)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (in 1953)
membranophone:
Fred Below (in 1953)
vocals:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (in 1953)
recording of:
You’re So Fine (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
3:01
20Come Back Baby
2:51
21Rocker
recording of:
Rocker
lyricist and composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
3:06
22Oh Baby
2:47
23I Got to Find My Baby
2:43
24Big Leg Mama
2:44
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Mercy Babe
32:15
2Last Night
2:55
3You'd Better Watch Yourself
2:00
4Blue Eight
3:10
5Last Night
2:30
6Mollow Down Easy
2:40
7Thunderbird
2:30
8My Babe
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1955-01-25)
guitar:
Leonard Caston (father of Leonard "Lenny" Caston jr.) (on 1955-01-25) and Robert Lockwood, Jr. (on 1955-01-25)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1955-01-25)
membranophone:
Fred Below (on 1955-01-25)
vocals:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1955-01-25)
recording of:
My Babe (on 1955-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), BMG Bumblebee, Bug Music (music publishing), Bug Music Ltd. and Hoochie Coochie Music
2:30
9Roller Coaster
2:51
10I Got to Go
2:45
11Little Girl
3:02
12Crazy for Me Baby
2:47
13Cant't Stop Loving You
2:46
14Hate to See You Go
2:16
15One More Chance With You
2:47
16Who
2:21
17Boom, Boom Out Goes the Lights
1:35
18It Ain't Right
2:20
19Flying Saucer
1:50
20It's Too Late Brother
2:35
21Teenage Beat
2:45
22Take Me Back
3:04
23Just a Feeling
2:45
▼ CD 3
#TitleRatingLength
1Nobody but You
2:02
2Temperature
1:56
3Shake Dancer
2:45
4Everybody Needs Somebody
2:51
5Temperature
2:45
6Ah'm Baby
2:45
7I Had My Fun
2:18
8The Toddle
recording of:
The Toddle
lyricist and composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
2:36
9Confessin' the Blues
recording of:
Confessin’ the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
3:01
10Key to the Highway
recording of:
Key to the Highway
lyricist and composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
arrangement of:
Key to the Highway
2:43
11Rock Bottom
2:16
12You Gonna Be Sorry
2:46
13Baby
1:57
14My Baby Sweeter
2:26
15Crazy Mixed Up World
recording of:
Crazy Mixed Up World
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
2:00
16Worried Life
2:38
17Everything's Going to Be Alright
2:48
18Mean Old Frisco
2:30
19Back Track
2:40
20One of These Mornings
2:52
21Blue and Lonesome
recording of:
Blue and Lonesome
writer:
Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Music Co.
2:55
22Me and Piney Brown
2:25
23Break It Up
2:25
24Goin' Down Slow
2:50
▼ CD 4
#TitleRatingLength
1I Don't Play
recording of:
I Don't Play (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
2:15
2As Long as I Have You
2:36
3You Don't Know
2:29
4Just Your Fool
cover recording of:
Just Your Fool
writer:
Walter Jacobs
2:15
5Up the Line
2:09
6I'm a Business Man
2:53
7Dead President
2:43
8Southern Feeling
recording of:
Southern Feeling
writer:
Willie Dixon and Billy “The Kid” Emerson (rock 'n' roll on Sun, Vee-Jay & Chess Records)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
2:56
9Juke (alternate take)
3:03
10Blue Midnight (alternate take)
2:56
11Off the Wall (alternate take)
2:53
12My Kind of Baby
3:05
13I Love You So
2:29
14Instrumental
2:50
15Temperature (take 30)
3:26
16Temperature (take 35-36)
3:30
17Ah'w Baby (alternate take)
2:45
18Rock Bottom (alternate take)
2:27
19Walkin' On (alternate take)
2:37
20Everything's Gonna Be Alright (take 1)
4:25
21Everything's Gonna Be Alright (alternate take)
3:04
22Mean Old Frisco (take 1-2)
3:10
23Blue and Lonesome (take 1)
recording of:
Blue and Lonesome
writer:
Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell Music Co.
4:56
24My Babe
2:34