Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 (iTunes Version)

~ Release by Howlin’ Wolf (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1I'm Not Joking
2:55
2Mama Died and Left Me
guitar:
Willie Johnson (American electric blues guitarist)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf
recording of:
Mama Died and Left Me
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
3:11
3All Night Boogie (All Night long)
drums (drum set):
Fred Below (on 1953-10-28)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (on 1953-10-28) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (on 1953-10-28)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1953-10-28)
piano:
Hosea Lee Kennard (on 1953-10-28)
recording of:
All Night Boogie (on 1953-10-28)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
52:11
4I Love My Baby
2:55
5Highway My Friend
2:15
6Hold Your Money
2:19
7Streamline Woman
drums (drum set):
Fred Below (in 1953-10)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (in 1953-10) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (in 1953-10)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1953-10)
piano:
Hosea Lee Kennard (in 1953-10)
recording of:
Streamline Woman (in 1953-10)
writer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
2:43
8California Blues #2
2:20
9Stay Here Til My Baby Comes Back
2:37
10Crazy About You Baby
drums (drum set):
Fred Below (in 1953-10)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (in 1953-10) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (in 1953-10)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1953-10)
piano:
Hosea Lee Kennard (in 1953-10)
recording of:
Crazy About You, Baby (in 1953-10)
writer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:19
11No Place to Go (You Gonna Wreck My Life)
recording of:
No Place to Go
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
2:53
12You Gonna Wreck My Life (alternate take)
recording of:
You Gonna Wreck My Life
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
version of:
No Place to Go
2:34
13Neighbors
double bass:
Willie Dixon (in 1954-03)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (in 1954-03)
guitar:
Lee Cooper (Blues guitarist) (in 1954-03) and Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (in 1954-03)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1954-03)
piano:
Otis Spann (in 1954-03)
recording of:
Neighbors (in 1954-03)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
2:43
14I'm the Wolf
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-04-18)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (on 1954-04-18)
guitar:
Lee Cooper (Blues guitarist) (on 1954-04-18) and Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (on 1954-04-18)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1954-04-18)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-04-18)
recording of:
I'm the Wolf (on 1954-04-18)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
2:50
15Rockin' Daddy
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-04-18)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (on 1954-04-18)
guitar:
Lee Cooper (Blues guitarist) (on 1954-04-18) and Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (on 1954-04-18)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1954-04-18)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-04-18)
recording of:
Rockin' Daddy (on 1954-04-18)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
3:01
16Baby How Long
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-05-25)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (on 1954-05-25)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (on 1954-05-25) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (on 1954-05-25)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1954-05-25)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-05-25)
recording of:
Baby How Long (on 1954-05-25)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
2:54
17Evil (Is Going on)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1954-05-25)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-05-25)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (on 1954-05-25)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (on 1954-05-25) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (on 1954-05-25)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1954-05-25)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-05-25)
vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1954-05-25)
recording of:
Evil (aka “Evil Is Going On”) (on 1954-05-25)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
52:53
18I'll Be Around
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-05-25)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (on 1954-05-25)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (on 1954-05-25) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (on 1954-05-25)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1954-05-25)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-05-25)
recording of:
I'll Be Around (on 1954-05-25)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
3:11
19Forty Four
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1954-10)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (in 1954-10)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (in 1954-10)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (in 1954-10) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (in 1954-10)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1954-10)
piano:
Otis Spann (in 1954-10)
cover recording of:
Forty-Four (Howlin’ Wolf version) (in 1954-10)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
version of:
Forty-Four (traditional blues, without lyrics)
recording of:
Forty-Four (Howlin’ Wolf version)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
version of:
Forty-Four (traditional blues, without lyrics)
2:48
20Who Will Be Next
double bass:
Willie Dixon (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (in 1955-03)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (in 1955-03) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (in 1955-03)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1955-03)
piano:
Henry Gray (in 1955-03)
recording of:
Who Will Be Next? (in 1955-03)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
2:32
21I Have a Little Girl
2:33
22Come to Me Baby
2:25
23Don't Mess With My Baby
double bass:
Willie Dixon (in 1955-03)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (in 1955-03)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (in 1955-03) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (in 1955-03)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1955-03)
piano:
Henry Gray (in 1955-03)
recording of:
Don't Mess With My Baby (in 1955-03)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
2:37
24Smokestack Lightnin'
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1956-01)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Willie Dixon (in 1956-01)
drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Phillips (in 1956-01)
guitar:
Willie Johnson (Member of The Famous Flames) (in 1956-01), Willie Johnson (American electric blues guitarist) (in 1956-01) and Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (in 1956-01)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1956-01)
piano:
Hosea Lee Kennard (in 1956-01)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 285)
recording of:
Smokestack Lightning (in 1956-01)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
53:06
25You Can't Be Beat
double bass:
Willie Dixon (in 1956-01)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (in 1956-01)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (in 1956-01) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer) (in 1956-01)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1956-01)
piano:
Henry Gray (in 1956-01)
recording of:
You Can't Be Beat (in 1956-01)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
3:09
26I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1956-07-19)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (on 1956-07-19)
guitar:
Willie Johnson (Member of The Famous Flames) (on 1956-07-19) and Otis “Big Smokey” Smothers (on 1956-07-19)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1956-07-19)
piano:
Hosea Lee Kennard (on 1956-07-19)
recording of:
I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) (on 1956-07-19)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
2:49
27So Glad
22:07
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