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Released four months after Bo's death -- and roughly a year and a half after Universal's single-disc The Definitive Collection -- the double-disc Gold is a thorough 41-track overview of Diddley's classic Chess recordings, containing all the usual suspects and filling out the margins with some of Bo's bluesier material. This emphasis on blues gives Gold a different spin than Chess UK's 2006 set The Story of Bo Diddley, which was a full 13 tracks longer than this 2008 comp and gave a lot of space to Bo's weirder work, like when he called out Khrushchev, or when he opened up to funkier grooves. Given a choice, The Story is a preferable pick to Gold as it gives a fuller portrait of Bo, but that doesn't mean that Gold is a bad compilation -- far from it, actually, as its 41 tracks are all first-rate, indicating the consistency of Diddley's catalog even if it doesn't quite hint at his range.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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BO DIDDLEY, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Arnold, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - BO DIDDLEY, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clifton James, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Boy Arnold, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Madeline Hyde, Composer - BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist - Francis J. Henry, Author - Ron Malo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1962 Geffen Records
BO DIDDLEY, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Lee Riley, Producer - Stan Kessler, Producer
℗ 1955 Geffen Records
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - HARVEY FUQUA, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 Geffen Records
WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist - Jerome Green, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 Geffen Records
WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
BO DIDDLEY, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
BO DIDDLEY, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jody Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Clifton James, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Green, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist - Kent Harris, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
BO DIDDLEY, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clifton James, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Green, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clifton James, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Green, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ELLAS MCDANIEL, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist - Earl McDaniels, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jerome Green, Vocals, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Lafayette Leake, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Kirkland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ELLAS MCDANIEL, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alan Freed, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - HARVEY FUQUA, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ELLAS MCDANIEL, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
ELLAS MCDANIEL, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, MainArtist
℗ 1994 Geffen Records
Eric Burdon, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Otis Spann, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Clifton James, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Green, Vocals, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
BO DIDDLEY, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerome Green, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ELLAS MCDANIEL, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Geffen Records
ELLAS MCDANIEL, ComposerLyricist - Gene Barge, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - BO DIDDLEY, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clifton James, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Green, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Peggy Jones, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
ELLAS MCDANIEL, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Green, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
ELLAS MCDANIEL, ComposerLyricist - Unknown, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - BO DIDDLEY, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Green, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Peggy Jones, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lafayette Leake, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse James Johnson, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Billy Downing, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
Vivian, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Unknown, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - BO DIDDLEY, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jerome Green, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Peggy Jones, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Kirkland, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse James Johnson, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Billy Downing, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lily "Bee Bee" Jamieson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gloria Morgan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1961 Geffen Records
BO DIDDLEY, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - RALPH BASS, Producer - Samuel Bernard Smith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Geffen Records
WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - BO DIDDLEY, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RALPH BASS, Producer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
BO DIDDLEY, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Marshall Chess, Producer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Released four months after Bo's death -- and roughly a year and a half after Universal's single-disc The Definitive Collection -- the double-disc Gold is a thorough 41-track overview of Diddley's classic Chess recordings, containing all the usual suspects and filling out the margins with some of Bo's bluesier material. This emphasis on blues gives Gold a different spin than Chess UK's 2006 set The Story of Bo Diddley, which was a full 13 tracks longer than this 2008 comp and gave a lot of space to Bo's weirder work, like when he called out Khrushchev, or when he opened up to funkier grooves. Given a choice, The Story is a preferable pick to Gold as it gives a fuller portrait of Bo, but that doesn't mean that Gold is a bad compilation -- far from it, actually, as its 41 tracks are all first-rate, indicating the consistency of Diddley's catalog even if it doesn't quite hint at his range.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 41 track(s)
- Total length: 01:55:47
- Main artists: Bo Diddley
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Blues
© 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2008 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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