Music CD - Howlin' Wolf: Howlin' Wolf: His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)

	Music CD: Howlin' Wolf: His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) Artist: Howlin' Wolf List Price: $13.98 Our Price: $11.27 Your Save: $ 2.71 ( 19% ) Availability: Manufacturer: Chess
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Tracks: 1. Moanin' At Midnight 2. How Many More Years 3. Evil 4. Forty-Four 5. Smokestack Lightnin' 6. I Asked For Water 7. Who's Been Talkin' 8. Sitting On Top Of The World 9. Howlin' For My Darling 10. Wang Dang Doodle 11. Back Door Man 12. Spoonful 13. Shake For Me 14. The Red Rooster 15. I Ain't Superstitious 16. Goin' Down Slow 17. Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy 18. Hidden Charms 19. Built For Comfort 20. Killing Floor
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0076732937525 Label: Chess Manufacturer: Chess Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Chess Release Date: 1997-04-08 Studio: Chess
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: More of the Hour of the Wolf Comment: This review was used for Howlin' Wolf: The London Sessions. Except for the references to the Rolling Stones it applies here. Additionally the quality on this Anniversary edition is probably slightly better. One of my first exposures to the world of Chicago-style blues, after a steady dirt of country-style Delta blues, was the Rolling Stones' version of the Willie Dixon classic Little Red Rooster back in the early 1960's. I thought that was a song to beat all songs and it had nothing to do its allegorical nature, you know, about sex. What, moreover, capped it for me the fact that it was originally banned in Boston- from the radio airwaves of the times. Naturally that made this teenager want to hear it even more. All this is by way of saying-yes; the Stones did a great version of that song but if you really want it heard then you must go to the master- Howlin' Wolf. That big gravelly voiced man who, in pictures that I have seen, seems to be inhaling the microphone lets it all hang out as he struts his stuff on that number. In Do the Do, Little Red Rooster, Killing Floor and on and on the Wolf sweats, bleeds, sucks up the whiskey, has another one for good measure and gets down on his knees, sometimes literally, to belt out the blues. In this two-disc set of Howling Wolf classics some of those Stones did exactly what I mentioned above-went to the source. Listen in to the dialogue when the Wolf tells these trained musicians how to do the do here on Little Red Rooster. And they are all ears. That says it all. Moreover, the musical excitement builds as song after song gets you in a true blue mood. This is all about sex, about whiskey, about hardworking weeks to get to fun-loving Saturday nights. Yes, the hour of the Wolf is just before the dawn. Get this masterwork. You will not regret it. Customer Rating: Summary: Blame it on the sopranos Comment: It was the use of "Goin' Down Slow" in an episode of The Sopranos' last season that finally prompted me to correct a long running omission: no Howlin' Wolf in my collection. Let me be brief and clear: You've heard a lot of these songs from The Doors, Cream, Steppenwolf, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin - to name a few. But if you haven't heard these versions by Howlin' Wolf, you just haven't heard them yet. Just listen to "Spoonful" and ask yourself if you ever want to hear Cream's version again. Yes, it's that good. Since this CD spans recordings from the early 50's to the mid 60's, there are stylistic progressions and the sound quality starts to improve significantly after the first handful of tracks. But, during the period when these tracks were recorded, recorded Blues was released mostly on singles, so compilations are the way to go. Unless you want to spring for the three-CD set from Chess, you simply won't find a better single disc representation of this legendary Chicago bluesman. Start here to find out why Howlin' Wolf was such a huge influence not just on the Blues, but on some of the greatest rock bands of all time. Customer Rating: Summary: Deserted Island Good! Comment: Put this album of Howlin Wolf in your top ten albums to listen to on that old preverbial desert island. I find this recording inspiring, relaxing, invigerating, mesmerizing, fullfilling and totally enjoyable. What more could you ask for in a CD? - Ciao Customer Rating: Summary: ESSENTIAL!!! Comment: As Sam Phillips of Sun Records said so poetically when he first heard Chester Arthur Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf, "This is it, this is where the soul of man never dies." It's hard to top that for commentary. Late at night, there is very little in music more deliciously frightening than hearing "300 Pounds of Heavenly Joy" in a dark room or driving down a lonely stretch of highway. Customer Rating: Summary: Howling Good Wolf Retrospective Comment: "Howlin' Wolf: His Best" is an excellent collection of much of the best work of the blues artist gifted with one of the most unique voices in popular voices. Chester Arthur Burnett was a great harmonica player, a talented guitar player, but his voice, thirty years after his death, is still an amazing instrument. His rich, lupine voice conjures images of a big furry wolf with long fangs singing behind a microphone. And did Howlin'Wolf sing! Songs like "Evil," "Smokestack Lightning," ""The Red Rooster," " I Ain't Superstitious," "Goin' Down Slow," and "Killing Floor" attest to his talent and ability to wring every ounce of feeling and emotion from every song. Howlin' Wolf was a true American original, and this collection makes the case without allowing room for argument. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Chester Burnett's ferocious growl was a staple of Chicago's electric-blues heyday. This 20-song compilation ranges from his 1951 debut "Moanin' at Midnight" with Willie Johnson on guitar to 1964's "Killing Floor" with Buddy Guy on guitar. His scratchy, sawed-off vocal approach and his energetic harmonica grace original classics such as "How Many More Years" and "Smokestack Lightnin'." By 1960, he became, along with Muddy Waters, the foremost interpreter of Willie Dixon's songs, lending his coarse voice to legendary Dixon cuts such as "Wang Dang Doodle," "Back Door Man," "Spoonful," "The Red Rooster," and "I Ain't Superstitious." Wolf's style was based on primal raw power, and he ranks among the genre's most distinctive performers. --Marc Greilsamer