THE UNOFFICIAL HOWLIN' WOLF WEB SITE
The Chess Box
Track Listing:
- DISC 1:
- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie
- Wolf Is At Your Door, The
- Mr. Highway Man
- Bluebird
- Saddle My Pony
- That's All Right, (Well)
- My Last Affair
- Just My Kind
- Work For Your Money
- Mama Died And Left Me
- All Night Boogie (All Night Long)
- Streamline Woman
- Crazy About You Baby
- You Gonna Wreck My Life
- Neighbors
- I'm The Wolf
- Rockin' Daddy
- Baby How Long
- Evil
- I'll Be Around
- Forty Four
- Who Will Be Next
- Don't Mess With My Baby
- DISC 2:
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- You Can't Be Beat
- I Asked For Water
- Natchez Burnin', The
- Who's Been Talkin'
- Tell Me
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
- I Didn't Know
- Moaning For My Baby
- Change My Way
- I Better Go Now
- Howlin' For My Darling
- I've Been Abused
- Mr. Airplane Man - (previously unreleased alternate take)
- Wang Dang Doodle
- Back Door Man
- Spoonful
- Down In The Bottom
- Shake For Me
- Red Rooster, The
- You'll Be Mine
- Just Like I Treat You
- I Ain't Superstitious
- Goin' Down Slow
- Tail Dragger
- Hidden Charms
- Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy
- Built For Comfort
- DISC 3:
- Love Me Darlin'
- Killing Floor
- My Country Sugar Mama
- Louise
- I Walked From Dallas
- Tell Me What I've Done
- Don't Laugh At Me
- Ooh Baby (Hold Me)
- New Crawlin' King Snake
- My Mind Is Ramblin'
- Commit A Crime
- Dust My Broom
- I'm The Wolf
- Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road - (prev unreleased, solo version)
- Mary Sue
- Hard Luck
- Red Rooster
- Moving
Release date: 11/05/1991
Original release date: 1991 Label: Chess
Catalog: 9332
Additional Notes:
This, the fifth in the series of Chess boxes, contains 71 tracks sequenced chronologically from 1951-1973. Digitally remastered from original master tapes and 78s, it includes 2 previously unknown solo acoustic guitar and vocal performances ("Ain't Going Down That Dirt Road" and "I'm The Wolf"), 4 segments from HOWLIN' WOLF TALKS and 17 tracks either previously unreleased in the U.S. or on LP.
28 of the tracks are in stereo, including previously unissued versions of "Killing Floor", "Spoonful" and "I Ain't Superstitious". The package includes a 32-page LP-sized booklet, with 2 sets of liner notes containing a biography, track-by-track annotation, a Chess discography and rare photos.