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Two-CD, 45-song compilation covers Fulson's Chess years, which spanned 1954 to 1963. Fulson didn't have a great deal of commercial success at Chess (the big exception being "Reconsider Baby," which leads off this set), and his jazzy West Coast form of R&B/blues was considerably more polished than the electrified Delta blues for which Chess is most renowned. Most of this, in fact, was recorded not in Chicago, but in Los Angeles, where Fulson could work with combos more sympathetic to his style. You'd have to consider this Fulson's peak, however, and the two discs' worth of material is not excessive, due to the consistency of his material and vocal confidence throughout the decade. It's not without its weird moments of rawness, either, as in "Blues Rhumba," the Bo Diddleyesque guitar that opens "Please Don't Go," Willie Dixon's classic dirge moaning blues "Tollin' Bells," and the (deliberately?) out of tune guitar licks that open "K.C. Bound" with a bang. "Smokey Room" and "Be on Your Merry Way" were previously unreleased in the U.S.; "Father Time" and the alternate takes of "Lonely Hours" and "Check Yourself" were previously unreleased anywhere.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Lowell Fulson, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David "Fathead" Newman, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Leroy Cooper, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Choker Campbell, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Phillip Gibeaux, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Beasley, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Fats Morris, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Drake, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chick Booth, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1954 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1997 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Louis L. Griffin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1957 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1957 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1957 Geffen Records
DISC 2
William G. Harvey, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - William Harvey, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Calvin C. Brown, ComposerLyricist - Harold Connor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 Geffen Records
William G. Harvey, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Calvin C. Brown, ComposerLyricist - Harold Connor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - James A. Lane, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stanley J. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
Stanley J. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
Stanley J. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
Stanley J. Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
Ferdinand Washington, ComposerLyricist - Freddie Washington, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Lloyd C. Glenn, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1961 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1961 Geffen Records
J. Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - B. Rogers, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1961 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Gladys Patterson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1962 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Louis L. Griffin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Geffen Records
Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1962 Geffen Records
Ferdinand Washington, ComposerLyricist - Freddie Washington, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 Geffen Records
Ferdinand Washington, ComposerLyricist - Freddie Washington, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1963 Geffen Records
Ferdinand Washington, ComposerLyricist - Freddie Washington, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1997 Geffen Records
Ferdinand Washington, ComposerLyricist - Freddie Washington, ComposerLyricist - Lowell Fulson, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1963 Geffen Records
Albumbeschreibung
Two-CD, 45-song compilation covers Fulson's Chess years, which spanned 1954 to 1963. Fulson didn't have a great deal of commercial success at Chess (the big exception being "Reconsider Baby," which leads off this set), and his jazzy West Coast form of R&B/blues was considerably more polished than the electrified Delta blues for which Chess is most renowned. Most of this, in fact, was recorded not in Chicago, but in Los Angeles, where Fulson could work with combos more sympathetic to his style. You'd have to consider this Fulson's peak, however, and the two discs' worth of material is not excessive, due to the consistency of his material and vocal confidence throughout the decade. It's not without its weird moments of rawness, either, as in "Blues Rhumba," the Bo Diddleyesque guitar that opens "Please Don't Go," Willie Dixon's classic dirge moaning blues "Tollin' Bells," and the (deliberately?) out of tune guitar licks that open "K.C. Bound" with a bang. "Smokey Room" and "Be on Your Merry Way" were previously unreleased in the U.S.; "Father Time" and the alternate takes of "Lonely Hours" and "Check Yourself" were previously unreleased anywhere.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 45 track(s)
- Total length: 02:01:31
- Main artists: Lowell Fulson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Blues
© 1997 Geffen Records ℗ 1997 Geffen Records
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