The Chess Box

Original Release Date:  1989

Track Listing

• 1. My Babe
• 2. Violent Love [#]
• 3. Third Degree
• 4. Seventh Son
• 5. Crazy for My Baby [#]
• 6. Pain in My Heart [#]
• 7. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
• 8. Evil
• 9. Mellow Down Easy
• 10. When the Lights Go Out
• 11. Young Fashioned Ways [#]
• 12. Pretty Thing
• 13. I'm Ready
• 14. Do Me Right
• 15. I Just Want to Make Love to You
• 16. Tollin' Bells
• 17. 29 Ways [#]
• 18. Walking the Blues
• 19. Spoonful
• 20. You Know My Love
• 21. You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
• 22. I Ain't Superstitious
• 23. You Need Love [#]
• 24. Little Red Rooster
• 25. Back Door Man
• 26. Dead Presidents [#]
• 27. Hidden Charms
• 28. You Shook Me
• 29. Bring It on Home
• 30. Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
• 31. Weak Brain, Narrow Mind [#]
• 32. Wang Dang Doodle
• 33. The Same Thing [Live]
• 34. Built for Comfort
• 35. I Can't Quit You Baby
• 36. Insane Asylum

Credits

• Billy Boy Arnold: Harmonica
• Michael Bloomfield: Guitar
• Eddie Boyd: Piano, Vocals, Performer
• Paul Butterfield: Harmonica
• Willie Dixon: Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Producer, Performer
• Lowell Fulson: Guitar, Vocals, Performer
• Lloyd Glenn: Piano
• Henry Gray: Piano
• Buddy Guy: Guitar, Guitar (Bass)
• Earl Hooker: Guitar
• Casey Jones: Drums
• Little Walter: Harmonica, Vocals, Performer
• Willie Mabon: Piano, Vocals, Performer
• Matt "Guitar" Murphy: Guitar, Guitar (Bass)
• Hubert Sumlin: Guitar
• Koko Taylor: Vocals, Performer
• Harold Ashby: Sax (Tenor)
• Eddie Chamblee: Sax (Tenor)
• Gene Barge: Arranger, Conductor, Sax (Tenor)
• Sam Lay: Drums
• Jody Williams: Guitar
• Robert Lockwood, Jr.: Guitar
• The Big Three Trio: Performer
• Fred Below: Drums
• Bo Diddley: Guitar, Vocals, Performer
• J.T. Brown: Sax (Tenor)
• Howlin' Wolf: Harmonica, Vocals, Performer
• Little Milton: Guitar, Vocals, Performer
• Calvin Carter: Producer
• Leonard Caston: Guitar, Piano, Vocals
• Francis Clay: Drums
• Lee Cooper: Guitar
• Ernest Cotton: Sax (Tenor)
• Al Duncan: Drums
• Donald "Duck" Dunn: Bass
• Greg Fulginiti: Mastering
• Jarrett Gibson: Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• Jerome Green: Maracas, Vocals (Background)
• William K. "Billy" Hadnott: Bass
• Donald Hankins: Sax (Baritone)
• Clifton James: Drums
• Frank Kirkland: Drums
• Lafayette Leake: Organ, Piano
• Andy McKaie: Reissue Producer, Compilation Producer
• Jack Meyers: Bass (Electric), Guitar (Bass)
• Muddy Waters: Guitar, Vocals, Performer
• Bob Neely: Sax (Tenor)
• Odie Payne, Jr.: Drums
• Earl Phillips: Drums
• Milton Rector: Bass (Electric)
• Jimmy Rogers: Guitar
• Otis Rush: Guitar, Vocals, Performer
• Otis Spann: Piano
• Johnny "Big Moose" Walker: Organ, Piano
• Percy Walker: Drums
• Sonny Boy Williamson I: Performer
• Sonny Boy Williamson II: Performer
• Jimmy Witherspoon: Vocals, Performer
• Ollie Crawford: Guitar, Vocals (Background)
• Little Sax Crowder: Sax (Tenor)
• Don Snowden: Liner Notes, Compilation Producer
• Johnny Williams: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Johnny Williams: Guitar
• Earl Brown: Sax (Alto)
• Lendon Flanagan: Photography
• Dave Myers: Guitar
• Gary Hollis: Digital Transfers
• Chester Burnett: Composer