The Chess Story

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Limited Edition, Numbered, Remastered

Limited numbered edition of 10,000 copies.

The box set contains:
- separate 70-page booklet
- 13 CDs tracing the history of the Chess label from 1947 to 1975
- 1 CD intervies with Phil and Marshall Chess
- 1 CD ROM including visual clips of major Chess artists & previously unseen footage of Chicago and Chess Records.
Interactive catalogue & artist listing of all Chess recordings. Chart history of top singles.

Label Code: LC 01056
Price Code (F): UN 881
Rights Society (Boxed separately): BIEM MCPS
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Tracklist

CD 1: 1947-1950
CD 2: 1950-1951
CD 3: 1952-1954, Part One
CD 4: 1952-1954, Part Two
CD 5: 1955-1956, Part One
CD 6: 1955-1956, Part Two
CD 7: 1957-1959, Part One
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hey Bo Diddley
double bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Frank Kirkland
guitar:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer)
maracas:
Jerome Green
vocals:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
recording of:
Hey! Bo Diddley
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
Bo Diddley4.352:13
2Fattenin' Frogs for Snakes
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (from 1955-08-12 until 1958-03-27)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:21
3Long Lonely Nights
recording of:
Long Lonely Nights
writer:
Bernice Davis, Douglas Henderson, Lee Andrews and Mimi Uniman
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Lee Andrews & the Hearts42:55
4Mona (I Need You Baby)
Bo Diddley2:23
5Cool Off Baby
Billy "Curley" Barrix2:10
6Flat Foot Sam
T.V. Slim2:10
7Happy Happy Birthday Baby
The Tuneweavers2:19
8Rock and Roll Music
producer:
Leonard & Phil Chess (Legendary US production duo)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (from 1957-05-06 until 1957-05-15)
drums (drum set):
Fred Below (from 1957-05-06 until 1957-05-15)
electric guitar and lead vocals:
Chuck Berry (from 1957-05-06 until 1957-05-15)
piano:
Lafayette Leake (from 1957-05-06 until 1957-05-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Universal Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (from 1957-05-06 until 1957-05-15)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 19) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 128)
recording of:
Rock and Roll Music (from 1957-05-06 until 1957-05-15)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Isalee Music Publishing Company and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Chuck Berry4.352:33
9Before You Accuse Me
double bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Frank Kirkland
guitar:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer)
maracas:
Jerome Green
vocals:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
recording of:
Before You Accuse Me
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Big Seven Music, EMI Longitude Music, EMI Songs Scandinavia AB, Figure Music and Longitude Music
Bo Diddley43:07
10That's Why I Love You So
Al Kent2:18
11My Soul
Clifton Chenier2:54
12Go Ahead
Billy Miranda1:48
13Ninety Nine
Sonny Boy Williamson2:39
14Book of Love
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1958 (recordings) (number: 12) and Paste: The 50 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of All Time (number: 29)
recording of:
Book of Love
writer:
Warren Davis, George Malone and Charles Patrick
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Nom Music, Inc.
part of:
Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
The Monotones52:21
15Look Out Mabel
G.L. Crockett2:39
16Sittin' on Top of the World
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1957-12)
double bass:
Alfred Elkins (in 1957-12)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (in 1957-12)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (in 1957-12) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (in 1957-12)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1957-12)
piano:
Hosea Lee Kennard (in 1957-12)
cover recording of:
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett) (in 1957-12)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
version of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
recording of:
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
version of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
Howlin’ Wolf2:34
17The Walk
Jimmy McCracklin2:47
18Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)
Eddie Fontaine2:56
19Ten Commandments of Love (Full version)
recording of:
Ten Commandments of Love (Commandments of Love) (in 1958-08)
lyricist and composer:
Marshall Paul
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), BMG Rights Management (France) (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint “BMG (2008–present)), Tristan Music Ltd. and ロックンロール ミュージック
The Moonglows4:07
20Yea Yea
The Kendall Sisters2:30
21Sweet Little Sixteen
double bass:
Willie Dixon (in 1957-12)
drums (drum set):
Jasper Thomas (in 1957-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
Chuck Berry (in 1957-12)
piano:
Johnnie Johnson (in 1957-12)
recorded at:
Sheldon Recording Studios, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1957-12)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 272)
recording of:
Sweet Little Sixteen (in 1957-12)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Isalee Music Publishing Company and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Chuck Berry0.13:13
22Tornado
Dale Hawkins42:28
23Four O'Clock in the Morning
Stanley Mitchell & The Tornados2:34
24Say Man
drums (drum set):
Frank Kirkland
guitar:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
maracas and lead vocals:
Jerome Green
vocals:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
Bo Diddley3:13
25Everybody Rock (New Orleans Beat)
recording of:
Everybody Rock
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy McCracklin
Jimmy McCracklin2:24
26Anything to Say You're Mine
Lula Reed2:22
27Your Funeral and My Trial
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (from 1955-08-12 until 1958-03-27)
guitar:
Eugene Pearson (guitar, blues)
piano:
Lafayette Leake
recording of:
Your Funeral & My Trial
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:32
28Moanin' for My Baby
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (on 1958-04-03)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (on 1958-04-03) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (on 1958-04-03)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1958-04-03)
piano:
Hosea Lee Kennard (on 1958-04-03)
tenor saxophone:
Adolph "Billy" Duncan (on 1958-04-03)
recording of:
Moanin' for My Baby (on 1958-04-03)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
Howlin’ Wolf2:46
CD 8: 1957-1959, Part Two
CD 9: 1960-1961
CD 10: 1962-1964
CD 11: 1965-1966
CD 12: 1967-1968
CD 13: 1969-1975
CD 14: The Chess Story