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In the mid-'60s, Chess Records released a great series of compilations of '40s and '50s singles by some of its best blues artists, all of them called The Real Folk Blues. The Howlin' Wolf entry is possibly the best of the batch, and one of the best introductions to this mercurial electric bluesman. Opening with the savage "Killing Floor," the album doesn't let up in intensity, and it happily focuses on Wolf's less-anthologized sides, which gives the album a freshness a lot of blues compilations lack. From the sly "Built for Comfort" and "Three Hundred Pounds of Fun" to the apocalyptic "Natchez Burning," every track is pure Chicago blues at its finest. The album's only flaws are its skimpy 32-minute running length and the inexplicable omission of perhaps Wolf's greatest single, the amazing "How Many More Years."
© Rovi Staff /TiVo
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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.
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer
℗ 1965 Geffen Records
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Marshall Chess, Producer
℗ 1958 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 - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Marshall Chess, Producer
℗ 1957 Geffen Records
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Marshall Chess, Producer
℗ 1964 Geffen Records
Charles Stepney, Producer - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - Gene Barge, Producer - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Marshall 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.
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - 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
℗ 1959 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 - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Marshall Chess, Producer
℗ 1965 Geffen Records
CHESTER BURNETT, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Producer - Howlin' Wolf, MainArtist - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Marshall Chess, Producer
℗ 1965 Geffen Records
Album review
In the mid-'60s, Chess Records released a great series of compilations of '40s and '50s singles by some of its best blues artists, all of them called The Real Folk Blues. The Howlin' Wolf entry is possibly the best of the batch, and one of the best introductions to this mercurial electric bluesman. Opening with the savage "Killing Floor," the album doesn't let up in intensity, and it happily focuses on Wolf's less-anthologized sides, which gives the album a freshness a lot of blues compilations lack. From the sly "Built for Comfort" and "Three Hundred Pounds of Fun" to the apocalyptic "Natchez Burning," every track is pure Chicago blues at its finest. The album's only flaws are its skimpy 32-minute running length and the inexplicable omission of perhaps Wolf's greatest single, the amazing "How Many More Years."
© Rovi Staff /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:30
- Main artists: Howlin' Wolf
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Blues
© 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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