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This release is a little confusing, coming out as it does more than a year after the release of MCA-Chess' Little Walter rarities collection Blues with a Feeling, and two years after the double-CD anthology set that contains most of the best parts of this collection. Still, for those who can't afford either of those pricey sets, this disc, coupled with the two best-of volumes, and the other Walter compilations, fills in some holes that are well worth filling. Made up of songs cut between 1953 and 1959 -- none of which had ever appeared on LP before the original 1974 release of this collection -- the selection features Walter in his prime, playing alongside Robert Lockwood, Jr. and Louis Myers or Luther Tucker on guitar (with Muddy Waters present on slide on one indispensable track, "Rock Bottom"), mostly Willie Dixon on bass, and Fred Below on the drums, with Lafayette Leake or Otis Spann on piano. His harp work was never than first rate during the era covered by this collection, and there are some top flight instrumentals featured, but the material (check out "Crazy Legs," with its dazzling interplay between Walter on harp and Louis and Dave Myers on guitars) here also features some of Walter's best singing, including the romantic "One More Chance with You," the quietly raunchy "Temperature," and "Confessin' the Blues." The sound, as is usual on these MCA-Chess reissues, is superb, although certain tracks, such as "I Got to Go," seem slightly compressed. [A Japanese version released in 2004 includes bonus tracks.]
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Jacobs, Composer - Little Walter, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Jacobs, Composer - Little Walter, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1953 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1953 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, MainArtist - Joël Cohen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 Geffen Records
Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1953 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Walter Jacobs, ComposerLyricist - Little Walter, MainArtist - Perry Carlton Buie, ComposerLyricist - James R. Cobb, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Little Walter, MainArtist - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, ComposerLyricist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1959 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
This release is a little confusing, coming out as it does more than a year after the release of MCA-Chess' Little Walter rarities collection Blues with a Feeling, and two years after the double-CD anthology set that contains most of the best parts of this collection. Still, for those who can't afford either of those pricey sets, this disc, coupled with the two best-of volumes, and the other Walter compilations, fills in some holes that are well worth filling. Made up of songs cut between 1953 and 1959 -- none of which had ever appeared on LP before the original 1974 release of this collection -- the selection features Walter in his prime, playing alongside Robert Lockwood, Jr. and Louis Myers or Luther Tucker on guitar (with Muddy Waters present on slide on one indispensable track, "Rock Bottom"), mostly Willie Dixon on bass, and Fred Below on the drums, with Lafayette Leake or Otis Spann on piano. His harp work was never than first rate during the era covered by this collection, and there are some top flight instrumentals featured, but the material (check out "Crazy Legs," with its dazzling interplay between Walter on harp and Louis and Dave Myers on guitars) here also features some of Walter's best singing, including the romantic "One More Chance with You," the quietly raunchy "Temperature," and "Confessin' the Blues." The sound, as is usual on these MCA-Chess reissues, is superb, although certain tracks, such as "I Got to Go," seem slightly compressed. [A Japanese version released in 2004 includes bonus tracks.]
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:52
- Main artists: Little Walter
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Blues
© 1997 MCA Records Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1997 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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