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With the exception of a vinyl compilation issued in the early '80s (His Greatest Sides, Vol. 1), there'd never really ever been a single-disc Howlin' Wolf best-of package available. That all changed with this entry in MCA/Chess' 50th Anniversary series, a 20-track retrospective that serves as the perfect introduction to the man and his music, some of the very best the blues has to offer. While some naysayers will always decry the exclusion -- or inclusion -- of any given number of tracks on any artist's best-of compilation, it's pretty hard to fault what's been collected here. Starting with the two-sided smash that brought him from Memphis to Chicago ("Moanin' at Midnight" b/w "How Many More Years"), this compilation hits all the high points and essential tracks, illustrating how his music developed into the mid-'60s. Eleven of the 20 tunes on here are either written or co-written by Willie Dixon, and Wolf's original takes on "Back Door Man," "Spoonful," "The Red Rooster," "Wang Dang Doodle," and "I Ain't Superstitious" are truly the definitive ones, a place where personality and material symbiotically become as one. Even if you have already have this material, die-hard Wolf fans -- and audiophiles in particular -- will want to investigate this package as the master transfers used here are absolutely stunning, with stereo mixes of "Killing Floor," "Built for Comfort," "Hidden Charms" (with the full-length Hubert Sumlin guitar solo), "Shake for Me," and the long version of "Going Down Slow" being particular standouts. This is a set so essential that it should be on everyone's Top Ten first purchases in building the perfect blues collection. While Wolf's music will take you to many places (both musically and spiritually), here's where you start to absorb it all. [His Best contains the same tracks as the 2007 Geffen release The Definitive Collection].
© Cub Koda /TiVo
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CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Howlin' Wolf, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Willie Steele, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Carl Germany, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hubert Sumlin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Howlin' Wolf, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Spann, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jody Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Earl Phillips, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Sumlin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Howlin' Wolf, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Johnson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Earl Phillips, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hosea Lee Kennard, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
Walter Vinson, ComposerLyricist - CHESTER BURNETT, Arranger, Work Arranger - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Hubert Sumlin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Howlin' Wolf, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Alfred Elkins, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lonnie Chatmon, ComposerLyricist - Earl Phillips, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Hosea Lee Kennard, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1960 Geffen Records
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hubert Sumlin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Howlin' Wolf, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Spann, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Fred Below, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hubert Sumlin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Howlin' Wolf, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Spann, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Fred Below, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hubert Sumlin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Howlin' Wolf, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Otis Spann, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Fred Below, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1961 Geffen Records
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Hubert Sumlin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Lay, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Rogers, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Howlin' Wolf, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Gray, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - James B. Oden, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Marshall Chess, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Hubert Sumlin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Lay, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew McMahon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Guy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Howlin' Wolf, Vocals, Harmonica, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - J.T. Brown, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Lafayette Leake, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Hankins, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Hubert Sumlin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Lay, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew McMahon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buddy Guy, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Howlin' Wolf, Harmonica, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Lafayette Leake, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Hankins, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Arnold Rogers, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
With the exception of a vinyl compilation issued in the early '80s (His Greatest Sides, Vol. 1), there'd never really ever been a single-disc Howlin' Wolf best-of package available. That all changed with this entry in MCA/Chess' 50th Anniversary series, a 20-track retrospective that serves as the perfect introduction to the man and his music, some of the very best the blues has to offer. While some naysayers will always decry the exclusion -- or inclusion -- of any given number of tracks on any artist's best-of compilation, it's pretty hard to fault what's been collected here. Starting with the two-sided smash that brought him from Memphis to Chicago ("Moanin' at Midnight" b/w "How Many More Years"), this compilation hits all the high points and essential tracks, illustrating how his music developed into the mid-'60s. Eleven of the 20 tunes on here are either written or co-written by Willie Dixon, and Wolf's original takes on "Back Door Man," "Spoonful," "The Red Rooster," "Wang Dang Doodle," and "I Ain't Superstitious" are truly the definitive ones, a place where personality and material symbiotically become as one. Even if you have already have this material, die-hard Wolf fans -- and audiophiles in particular -- will want to investigate this package as the master transfers used here are absolutely stunning, with stereo mixes of "Killing Floor," "Built for Comfort," "Hidden Charms" (with the full-length Hubert Sumlin guitar solo), "Shake for Me," and the long version of "Going Down Slow" being particular standouts. This is a set so essential that it should be on everyone's Top Ten first purchases in building the perfect blues collection. While Wolf's music will take you to many places (both musically and spiritually), here's where you start to absorb it all. [His Best contains the same tracks as the 2007 Geffen release The Definitive Collection].
© Cub Koda /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:06
- Main artists: Howlin' Wolf
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
© 2001 Geffen Records This Compilation ℗ 2001 Geffen Records
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