Chicago Box (Bonus DVD) [Box set] [Enhanced] [Original recording remastered]

Product Description
The only boxed set covering their entire 36-year career. Produced with Chicago's involvement, this massive collection gathers over 100 songs on five CDs. It features hit singles, classic album cuts, band favorites, and three previously unreleased tracks from the fan-requested Stone Of Sisyphus project. A bonus DVD contains rare 1972 concert performances and a promotional film for Chicago XIII. Extensive liner notes include two essays, detailed track-by-track analysis, and a ton of archival photos.

Walter Parazaider (sax, woodwinds), Lee Loughnane (trumpet), James Pankow (trombone), Robert Lamm (keyboards, vocals), Terry Kath (guitar, vocals), Danny Seraphine (drums), and Peter Cetera (bass, vocals) formed Chicago in the Second City in 1967. They released their debut album, Chicago Transit Authority, in 1969. The double LP sold more than two million copies on the strength of sweet pop hits and psychedelic rock explorations that appealed to traditional Top 40 fans as well as hipper listeners tuning in to the new free-form FM radio.

This was just the start of Chicago's enduring popularity, which includes five consecutive #1 albums, 21 Top 10 singles, and worldwide sales of over 120 million. Chicago continues to be a major concert draw, their lineup now including Bill Champlin (keyboards, vocals), Jason Scheff (bass, vocals), Keith Howland (guitar), and Tris Imboden (drums), along with founding members Lamm, Parazaider, Loughnane, and Pankow.

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Chicago Box (Bonus DVD) [Box set] [Enhanced] [Original recording remastered]

Average customer rating: Buddy Guy - Blues The Blues legend plays on. Kudos to Legacy!! This Buddy Guy DVD is a Must! BUDDY GUY DVD MUST HAVE FOR ALL FANS

Can't Quit the Blues Buddy Guy Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music Box Sets at 30% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hooker 10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads)/ (CD/DVD) The Road to Escondido Bring 'Em In Live from Across the Pond ASIN: B000IU3YMS Release Date: 2006-10-31

Tracks:

1. The Way You Been Treating Me
2. Sit And Cry (The Blues)
3. This Is The End
4. Untitled Instrumental
5. First Time I Met The Blues
6. Ten Years Ago
7. Let Me Love You Baby
8. Stone Crazy
9. When My Left Eye Jumps
10. Hoodoo Man Blues
11. In The Wee Hours
12. I Can't Quit The Blues
13. One Room Country Shack
14. T-Bone Shuffle
15. When You See The Tears From My Eyes (Live)
16. I Smell A Rat
17. She Suits Me To A T
18. D.J. Play My Blues

Tracks:

1. Damn Right, I've Got The Blues
2. Mustang Sally
3. Five Long Years
4. Mary Ann
5. She's Nineteen Years Old
6. Miss Ida B
7. Feels Like Rain
8. 7-11
9. I Smell Trouble
10. Someone Else Is Steppin' In (Slippin' Out, Slippin' In)
11. My Time After Awhile (Live)
12. Your Mind Is On Vacation
13. Midnight Train
14. Totally Out Of Control

Tracks:

1. Nobody Understands Me But My Guitar
2. Baby Please Don't Leave Me
3. Done Got Old
4. Honey Bee
5. Tramp
6. Crawlin' Kingsnake
7. Moanin' And Groanin'
8. Bad Life Blues
9. I Can't Be Satisfied (Live)
10. First Time I Met The Blues (Live)
11. I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled And Crazy
12. Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed
13. I Miss You
14. Cut You Loose
15. The Price You Gotta Pay

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Robert Cray says that Buddy Guy's guitar solos sound like laughter from space, but they can also peal like the cries of lost souls attempting to cross the River Styx. If these 47 songs on three CDs plus a DVD boasting a new 75-minute documentary and six performances from the Montreux Jazz Festival prove anything, it's that Guy is one of the most dynamic, diverse, expressionistic, and emotional guitarists--in any genre. The set neatly examines the 70-year-old Chicago blues legend's half-century career, starting with a ragged but soulful "The Way You Been Treating Me" cut in 1957 at a radio station in Guy's native Louisiana that finds him developing his searing, exploratory style. A year later, he's in Chicago working with tunesmith Willie Dixon, and the rest is history (chronicled in Anthony DeCurtis's excellent lines notes) that leads from the glory days of Chess Records to Guy's early breakout recordings for Vanguard to his modern-day mastery. The most recent recordings often find him working with acolytes: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keb' Mo', Jonny Lang, Bonnie Raitt, Keith Richards, and John Mayer (who duets with Guy on the unreleased "I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled & Crazy"). B.B. King, who along with Guitar Slim was Guy's most important early influence, also joins Clapton and Guy on a stirring acoustic version of John Lee Hooker's "Crawlin' Kingsnake."

This set makes the argument for Guy's ever-continuing growth as a musician--not only as a player whose frenzy, improvisational instincts, and tonal control keep stretching with age, but as a stylist who was unafraid to put aside his trademark electric approach in 2003 to make the acoustic Blues Singer (represented here by "Bad Life Blues" and the Hooker tune) and to embrace primal North Mississippi juke joint music with Sweet Tea, which lends this set a pair of Junior Kimbrough covers. Guy's sole artistic weakness is his songwriting. He's never been prolific, and even in the '60s his lyrics drew on well-established clichés. But, as these performances attest, his playing's never been less than daring--and his voice knows every nuance of heartache and joy. --Ted Drozdowski

Customer Reviews:

Buddy Guy - Blues.......2007-07-08

This was a gift to a friend who learned to play the guitar at age 60 and really loves blues music. He was thrilled with this CD.

The Blues legend plays on........2007-05-24

Buddy Guy is 70 years old and still plays like he is 20. This Box set is well wirth buying if you dig the blues. Buddy is one hell of a ax man that lives and breaths the blues. This is for the old and the new fans. I listen to Buddy and am always captivated by his playing. Buddy is Eric Claptons favorite player. Jam on America.
May 23, 2007. TCBRN.

Kudos to Legacy!!.......2007-05-15

Now this is what I am talking about!! A quality product that makes everyone happy: both for newbies and long time Buddy fans like me. If you are a Buddy Guy aficionado like me, you probably have already 85% of this material. So the question is: is it worth it? YES!!! Not only because they have included some outsanding never before released outtakes, but mainly because there is a great DVD included that alone makes your money worth. Legacy really went the extra mile to make a great DVD and not just a throwaway like they did with the SRV box. Plus the booklet includes some great photos. Get it, this box is a winner!!

This Buddy Guy DVD is a Must!.......2007-04-16

This Boxed Set is an excellent overview of Buddy Guy's career. It is well presented and has a comprehensive song selection but the absolute highlight is the DVD. Like Albert King, early B.B. King and just about everyone else, material on these legends is scarce! The DVD contains eleven performances from different stages of Guy's career. The first two are from Montreux in 1974 with Junior Wells, Pinetop Perkins and Bill Wyman on Bass. This is a must because this set is not longer available in the States. Junior also plays his chromatic harp, in the style of Little Walter, on "Ten Years Ago" and they also do a slow version of Junior's "Hoodoo Man Blues" (a title, interestingly which came from a Louis Jordan tune). It is fantastic. Buddy plays through a solid state Japanese-made amp for the first time (they were the Montreux House Amps that year)and it has quite an unsual sound. It is similar to the one he had playing through the Leslie Speakers when his amp blew up while recording on Junior's original "Hoodoo Man" LP(1962). These two numbers remind me of seeing Buddy in NY in 1967 by himself (Jr and the Band didn't show up)he just carried on and played out the door of the Cafe Au GoGo with his long lead, just like in "Drownin' On Dry Land" in this set.

"Messin' with the Kid" and "Come On This House" are also gems from Montreux in 1978. On the first two tunes in 1974 they were essentially backing Muddy Waters (as they did in the 1950s) but here they are stars in their own right after the release of their early 1970s hit LP. It is great and features "Fast Fingers" Jimmy Dawkins on second Guitar (his only ever early video clip as far as I know! He is also featured on the recent Delmark release "Tail Dragger"). He plays a better solo on "Messin' With The Kid" than Buddy!

"Sweet Little Angel", a Robert Nighthawk hit and B.B. King tune recorded many times (B.B.'s most famous version: "Live At The Regal")has been done many times by Buddy too. This one is done at Montreux in 1992. I like his version on the "Real Deal" DVD with the SNL Band. This however, is also a strong version.

"Damn Right, I Got The Blues" is from Buddy's comeback period commencing in the early 1990s when there was a short Blues Revival period following the death of SRV. We are still at Montreux in 1998 and the band cooks for this performance. It is great.

"Drowning On Dry Land", "Tramp",and "Mustang Sally" are from Montreux again in 2002. It is important to note that these are NOT the performances issued last year with the Carlos Santana package. These are good, but in all honesty, the band on the Santana set is much better, for one thing the keyboardist from Otis Rush's band is magnificent. Buddy does the Buddy thing at the end and sings without a mike when it fails.

The final two performances are acoustic, something he has added to his shows since the middle 1990s. The performance of "What I'd Say", since Ray Charles has died, is particularly interesting. The solo acoustic "Louise McGhee" from 2004 closes the set.

The 75 minute documentary with this DVD is also a must to see. OK, most of it we have heard many times over the years on other releases, about going to Chicago (he remembers the day in September), and meeting Muddy Waters who fed him and so on. This is all well done and presented and you can watch this many times. The snippets of performances are what really shines here. "Red House" with Joe Satriani is cool and the clips of him (I think it's at Antones!!! In Dallas!) of "The Things I Used to Do" and others we wish they would release that whole set!!!!

Interesting final note: this DVD like so many Blues DVDs in the last 5 years or so (AFBF 3 Vols; Albert King in Sweden and more)was produced by Janie Hendrix and Experience Hendrix Productions. Janie Hendrix is not Jimi's daughter if you are interested. Jimi's father Al remarried and Janie was his stepdaughter from his second marriage.

BUDDY GUY DVD MUST HAVE FOR ALL FANS.......2007-04-16

After watching the complete dvd with all the performance footage, both myself and my wife were in awe and we have seen Buddy three times. One of the shows he came right to us on one of his audience walks, jamming right in our faces! He was totally amazing, smiling all the time. Anyhow, the dvd made us reminice of the shows. The early footage with Junior Wells is good quality and really does justice to all the perfomances. I think the reason it is a good production is the fact that it is produced by Experience Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix's Estate business) and Eddie Kramer is the engineer on the whole production. Buddy tells some great stories during the interview. The cd's give a good overview of Buddy's career with some nice previously unreleased tracks. I would pay just for the DVD, so the bonus is the cd's!!

Average customer rating: Doo Wop Box is a necessity for collectors and fans the original era of rock music DooWop Box THE DOO WOP BOX Doo Wop

The Doo Wop Box Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Doo Wop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Beach Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Oldies | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Northern | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Vintage Rock & Roll | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Vocal Pop & Oldies | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music R&B & Soul | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Rock, Rhythm and Doo Wop, Vol. 1: The Greatest Songs From Early Rock 'n' Roll The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need Golden Era of Rock 'n' Roll: 1954-1963 Street Corner Serenade: The Greatest Doo Wop of the '50s and '60s ASIN: B00000333M Release Date: 1994-05-17

Tracks:

1. It's Too Soon To Know - Orioles
2. Count Every Star - Ravens
3. The Glory Of Love - Five Keys
4. Gee - Crows
5. Crying In The Chapel - Orioles
6. Money Honey - Cyde McPhatter & Drifters
7. Golden Teardrops - Flamingos
8. A Sunday Kind Of Love - Harp-Tones
9. I - Velvets
10. Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite - Spaniels
11. Sh-Boom - Chords
12. Gloria - CADILLACS
13. Hearts Of Stone - Jewels
14. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - Penguin
15. Sincerely - Moonglows
16. Mary Lee - Rainbows
17. Close Your Eyes - Five Keys
18. (Will You) Come Back My Love - Wrens
19. Story Untold - Nutmegs
20. Only You (And You Alone) - PLATTERS
21. Why Don't You Write Me? - Jacks
22. When You Dance - Turbans
23. At My Front Door - El Dorados
24. The Great Pretender - PLATTERS
25. Lily Maebelle - Valentines

Tracks:

1. Speedoo - CADILLACS
2. Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & Teenagers
3. I'll Be Home - Flamingos
4. Devil Or Angel - Clovers
5. Church Bells May Ring - Willows
6. Little Girl Of Mine - Cleftones/Jimmy Wright & His Orchestra
7. I Want You To Be My Girl - Frankie Lymon & Teenagers
8. In the Still Of The Night - Five Satins
9. The Closer You Are - Channels
10. Oh What a Night - Dells
11. A Thousand Miles Away - HEARTBEATS
12. Please Say You Want Me - Schoolboys/Leroy Kirkland Orchestra
13. Come Go With Me - Dell Vikings
14. I'm So Happy (Tra-La-La-La-La-La) - Lewis Lymon & Teenchords
15. Walking Along - Solitaires
16. Little Darlin' - Gladiolas
17. Don't Ask Me To Be Lonely - Dubs
18. Florence - Paragons
19. Deserie - Charts
20. Whispering Bells - Dell-Vikings
21. Tonite, Tonite - Mello-Kings
22. Long Lonely Nights - Lee Andrew & Hearts
23. Baby Oh Baby - Shells
24. Tell Me Why - Norman Fox & Rob-Roys
25. Buzz-Buzz-Buzz - Hollywood Flames
26. Tear Drops - Lee Andrew & Hearts

Tracks:

1. Been So Long - Pastels
2. Get A Job - Silhouettes
3. Book Of Love - Monotones
4. Maybe - Chantels
5. I Wonder Why - Dion & Belmonts
6. One Summer Night - Danleers
7. For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & Impressions
8. You Cheated - Shields
9. I'm So Young - Students
10. Everyday Of The Week - Students
11. Little Star - Elegants
12. Tear On My Pillow - Imperials
13. Trickle, Trickle - Videos
14. Ten Commandments Of Love - Harvey & Moonglows
15. Candles - Crests
16. So Fine - Fiestas
17. Lovers Never Say Goodbye - Flamingos
18. Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners/Lenny Martin & Orchestra
19. Pizza Pie - Norman Fox & Rob Roys/Sid Bass & His Orchestra
20. Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home) - Impals/Leroy Holmes Orchestra
21. A Teenager In Love - Belmonts
22. Who's That Knocking - Genies
23. I Only Have Eyes For You - Flamingos
24. Hushabye - Mystics
25. Rockin' In The Jungle - Externals

Tracks:

1. Mope-Itty Mope - Boss-Tones
2. Oh Rose Marie - Fascinators/Jesse Stone Orchestra
3. Just To Be With You - Passions
4. Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko-Ko-Bop - Little Anthony & Imperials
5. The Wind - Jesters
6. Stay - Maurice Williams & Zodiacs
7. There's A Moon Out Tonight - Capris
8. Blue Moon - Marcels
9. Tonight I Fell In Love - Tokens/Fields-Madera Orchestra
10. Daddy's Home - Shep & Limelights
11. Barbara-Ann - Regents
12. Rama Lama Ding Dong - Edsels
13. Tonight (Could Be The Night) - Velvets
14. My True Story - Jive Five/Joe Rene & Orchestra
15. Nag - Halos
16. Lookin' For My Baby - Earls
17. Imagination - Quotations
18. Coney Island Baby - Excellents
19. Remember Then - Earls
20. Never Let You Go - Five Discs
21. Denise - Randy & Rainbows
22. Unchained Melody - Vito & Salutations
23. I Do - Marvelows
24. Morse Code Of Love - Capris
25. My Juanita (Live) - Johnny Meastro & Brooklyn Bridge

Amazon.com

The unwritten rules for doo-wop groups were deceptively simple: name your group after a bird (the Wrens, the Flamingos) or a car (the Cadillacs, the El Dorados), practice your two-, three-, or four-part harmonies on a neighborhood street corner or in the back of a candy store, and sing songs about how much you love your baby. It might have seemed like an obvious formula, but getting it just right was never easy. When it worked, that formula created some of the most joyful and unforgettable music of the 20th century. From the Orioles ("It's Too Soon to Know") to Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers ("I Want You to Be My Girl"), this four-CD collection is without a doubt the definitive introduction to the rock & roll vocal music of the 1950s and early '60s. --Percy Keegan

Customer Reviews:

Doo Wop Box is a necessity for collectors and fans.......2007-03-26

Although the Doo Wop craze is before my generation, I've always had a fascination with the music and the stories behind the music. This collection satisfied my craving for both great music and wonderful stories about the artists and the era. If you are even a casual fan of this genre do yourself a favor and get this collection-I looked at several others and I'm so happy I went with this one.

the original era of rock music.......2007-01-19

Can u imagine life as a teenager before 1953? having to listen to your parents music? THe andrews sisters? Yuck. These artists contributed not only to MUSIC but the state of world culture in an unimaginable way. They are certianly unsung heros that put way more on the line than white boys from England ever did.

the booklet alone is worth the price. i paid 60 dollars originally for this. One of 3 in a series. I have all 3, the only 3 box sets I own. I do a college rock radio show in LA and these gems are fun to squeeze into the show.

DooWop Box.......2007-01-18

I'M gald i bought the DOO WOP BOX&VARIOUS ARYISTS it's
gratify listening to the sound of the CD.

THE DOO WOP BOX.......2007-01-12

EXCELLENT - BRINGS BACK MEMORIES TO A SENIOR CITIZEN THAT CANT BE BEAT

Doo Wop.......2007-01-12

This was the best collection of music from 1948-1987. It brings back memories of the vocal groups we have maybe forgotten their names but the music we can remember. My favorite era for this music was 1955-57. All of us remember the strong emotions of some love we had at the time when we listen to Why Do Fools Fall in Love or Devil or Angel. I am so thankful that some company or group of people are preserving this music. I even listen to it with my grandchildren and they can sing some of the words a musical hertiage to pass on.

Average customer rating: beethoven piano concerti wished it was not a set Wonderful set! What is Ashkenazy up to? Beautiful, but not perfect

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Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto No. 1 In C Major, Op. 15: I. Allegro con brio
2. Piano Concerto No. 1 In C Major, Op. 15: II. Largo
3. Piano Concerto No. 1 In C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo: Allegro
4. Six Bagatelles, Op. 126: I. Andante Con Moto, Cantabile E Compiacevole
5. Six Bagatelles, Op. 126: II. Allegro
6. Six Bagatelles, Op. 126: III. Andante, Cantabile E Grazioso
7. Six Bagatelles, Op. 126: IV. Presto
8. Six Bagatelles, Op. 126: V. Quasi Allegretto
9. Six Bagatelles, Op. 126: VI. Presto-Andante Amabile E Con Moto
10. Fur Elise

Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 37: I. Allegro con brio
2. Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 37: II. Largo
3. Piano Concerto No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 37: III. Rondo: Allegro
4. Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Major, Op. 58: I. Allegro moderato
5. Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Major, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto
6. Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo: Vivace

Tracks:

1. Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major, Op. 73: I. Allegro
2. Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major, Op. 73: II. Adagio un poco mosso
3. Piano Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major, Op. 73: III. Rondo: Allegro
4. Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major, Op. 19: I. Allegro con brio
5. II. Adagio: 2. Adagio
6. Piano Concerto No. 2 In B Flat Major, Op. 19: III. Rondo: Molto allegro

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Each of these performances has its own profile. The orchestra plays incisively in the First Concerto, but Ashkenazy's plush lyricism doesn't make a good match either with the orchestra or with the music, and he makes one weird ritard in the first movement. The Second Concerto is uneventful, rather bland and pleasant. The Third Concerto seems to be the best performance of the lot, with dramatic playing by soloist and orchestra, but it's sabotaged by blurry recorded sound, the only serious problem with sound quality in the entire set. The Fourth Concerto is enlivened, at least intellectually, by Solti's approach, constantly revealing interesting unfamiliar details in the orchestral score. Ashkenazy's detachment makes this a frosty but fascinating experience. The "Emperor" is a good routine performance, nothing special. The Bagatelles aren't much of a bonus, since they're rather dully played. (Why not the "Choral" Fantasy?) There's nothing actively bad about this set, and it's reasonably priced. But Beethoven deserves better, and gets it from many performers, including the fascinating Uchida-Sanderling collaborations. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

beethoven piano concerti.......2007-05-07

the article was in good condition and i had a smooth and prompt delivary

wished it was not a set.......2006-10-27

All I can comment right now, is the performance of the Beethoven piano concerto 1 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was poor. The playing was stiff, the orchestra was below what they should be. I thought I even heard some off key notes from the band! Disappointed. Maybe I am just so used to how Martha Argerich plays it... However the rest of the discs are fantastic, what a contrast!!!!!!

Wonderful set!.......2005-05-03

Ashkenazy is more sweet in his playing than profound, Solti and the CSO are on fire, and the Decca sound is excellent! Good job!

What is Ashkenazy up to?.......2004-05-16

After purchasing Ashkenazy's complete set of the Mozart concertos, I decided to get this one of the Beethoven concertos. Although some of the reviewers had voiced complaints about this set, I felt that it couldn't be that bad. Indeed, it's not that bad, but its not that good either.

To me, it seems as if Ashkenazy has no sense of style. His approaches to these concertos are more lyrical and romantic rather than classical. Take the first, for example. Ashkenazy treats the piano line as if he were playing Chopin. Solti, on the other hand, seems to feel that louder is better. Thus we have a very bizarre dialogue between piano and orchestra in the C major concerto. The second isn't much better. Although Ashkenazy gives a much better reading, Solti again feels that the CSO must play as forcefully as possible. The concerto is rather bland in the first place and Ashkenazy's approach is nothing special. The third concerto is wonderfully played by both Ashkenazy and the CSO. Ashkenazy treatment of the piano line is more classical while Solti's boisterous approach actually works in this powerful work. However, poor recording conditions (the evident hiss in the background) ruin the largo. The G major concerto is the most interesting in the set. Solti's treatment of the orchestra accompaniment is quite inspired - this is Solti at his most tender. However, Ashkenazy's icy interpretation is detached, it seems as if he and Solti are on two entirely different pages. Although the recording is remarkable in its beauty, Ashkenazy's lack of warmth leaves a chilling cloud over the performance. The fifth is nothing special. Solti is back to being loud and Ashkenazy gives a good, routine performance.

All in all, even at a budget price, this set is not highly recommended.

Beautiful, but not perfect.......2004-02-16

This is a good set of the piano concertos. However, the main problem is in the Fifth (Emperor): the second movement is extremely slow and faltering. This is one of the most beautiful pieces ever composed and the second movement MUST be perfect, as the version of Perahia: astonishing sensible, rhythmic.

Having problems in the Fifth is almost unforgivable in a concert like this, and is the main reason to give only 3 stars instead of 5.

Average customer rating: Truly a man of God... Too Much Of Anything is Too Much Chicago's Box set Rocks!!! What Box Sets Are All About - Sit Back and Enjoy 5 Disk Chicago Boxset

Chicago Box (Bonus DVD) Chicago Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Chicago Xi Christmas: What's It Gonna Be Santa Chicago X Chicago VIII At Carnegie Hall, Vol. 1-4 (Chicago IV) ASIN: B0000A0DVG Release Date: 2003-07-22

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
3. Beginnings
4. Questions 67 To 68
5. Listen
6. South California Purples
7. I'm A Man
8. Movin' In
9. Wake Up Sunshine
10. Make Smile/So Much To Say, So Much To Give/Anxiety's Moment/West Virginia Fantasies
11. Colour My World
12. To Be Free/Now More Than Ever
13. Fancy Colours
14. 25 Or 6 To 4
15. Poem For The People
16. It Better End Soon: 1st Movement/3rd Movement/4h Movement

Tracks:

1. Loneliness Is Just A Word
2. Flight 602
3. Free
4. Mother
5. Lowdown
6. An Hour In The Shower: A Hard Risin' Morning Without Breakfast/Of To Work/Fallin' Out Dreamin' Home/Morning Blues Again
7. Saturday In The Park
8. A Hit By Varese
9. All Is Well
10. Dialogue (Part One & Part Two)
11. Something In This City Changes People
12. Feeling Stronger Every Day
13. In Tems Of Two
14. Just You 'N' Me
15. (I've Been) Searchin' So Long
16. Mongonucleosis
17. Wishing You Were Here
18. Call On Me
19. Happy Man

Tracks:

1. Harry Truman
2. Old Days
3. Brand New Love Affair - Part I & II
4. Never Been In Love Before
5. Another Rainy Day In New York City
6. Hope For Love
7. Mama Mama
8. If You Leave Me Now
9. You Are On My Mind
10. Gently I'll Wake You
11. Mississippi Delta City Blues
12. Baby, What A Big Surprise
13. Prelude (Little One)/Little One
14. Take Me Back To Chicago
15. The Greatest Love On Earth
16. Little Miss Lovin'
17. Hot Streets
18. Alive Again
19. No Tell Lover
20. Gone Long Gone

Tracks:

1. Street Player
2. Must Have Been Crazy
3. Manipulation
4. Thunder And Lightning
5. Song For You
6. The American Dream
7. Chains
8. Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Get Away
9. Love Me Tomorrow
10. What You're Missing
11. Stay The Night
12. We Can Stop Hurtin'
13. Hard Habit To Break
14. Along Comes A Woman
15. You're The Inspiration
16. Good For Nothing
17. Will You Still Love Me?
18. Niagra Falls
19. Forever
20. If She Would Have Been Faithful...

Tracks:

1. Heart In Pieces
2. I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love
3. Look Away
4. What Kind Of Man Would I Be?
5. You'[re Not Alone
6. We Can Last Forever
7. Hearts In Trouble
8. Only Time Can Heal The Wounded
9. Chasin' The Wind
10. God Save The Queen
11. You Come To My Sense
12. All The Years
13. Sonte Of Sisyphus
14. Bigger Than Elvis
15. Caravan
16. Here In My Heart
17. The Only One
18. All Roads Lead To You
19. Show Me A Sign

Album Description

The only boxed set covering their entire 36-year career. Produced with Chicago's involvement, this massive collection gathers over 100 songs on five CDs. It features hit singles, classic album cuts, band favorites, and three previously unreleased tracks from the fan-requested Stone Of Sisyphus project. A bonus DVD contains rare 1972 concert performances and a promotional film for Chicago XIII. Extensive liner notes include two essays, detailed track-by-track analysis, and a ton of archival photos.

Walter Parazaider (sax, woodwinds), Lee Loughnane (trumpet), James Pankow (trombone), Robert Lamm (keyboards, vocals), Terry Kath (guitar, vocals), Danny Seraphine (drums), and Peter Cetera (bass, vocals) formed Chicago in the Second City in 1967. They released their debut album, Chicago Transit Authority, in 1969. The double LP sold more than two million copies on the strength of sweet pop hits and psychedelic rock explorations that appealed to traditional Top 40 fans as well as hipper listeners tuning in to the new free-form FM radio.

This was just the start of Chicago's enduring popularity, which includes five consecutive #1 albums, 21 Top 10 singles, and worldwide sales of over 120 million. Chicago continues to be a major concert draw, their lineup now including Bill Champlin (keyboards, vocals), Jason Scheff (bass, vocals), Keith Howland (guitar), and Tris Imboden (drums), along with founding members Lamm, Parazaider, Loughnane, and Pankow.

Customer Reviews:

Truly a man of God..........2007-01-03

I have met and spent time in the presence of Lord Michael Ramsey and Lady Jane. A delightful couple and saints both in the true sense of the word. I look forward to reading this book and having it in my collection.

Too Much Of Anything is Too Much.......2006-12-19

Chicago is a great band. Terry Kath, Danny Seraphine, Robert Lamm, and Peter Cetera. When you do the math who is left? Robert Lamm. Lamm has decided to become Chicago. The first three discs are excellent. The rest of the box set is pure boredom. All of the 80's and 90's Dianne Warren written formulaic shmaltzy power ballads. This box was not needed. Now we have a new lineup now including Bill Champlin (keyboards, vocals), Jason Scheff (bass, vocals), Keith Howland (guitar), and Tris Imboden (drums), along with founding members Lamm, Parazaider, Loughnane, and Pankow. . The first 3 discs are excellent. If you want a career retrospective all you need is "The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning" or even better "Chicago Transit Authority" CTA is musical window to what could have been.

Chicago's Box set Rocks!!!.......2006-11-10

This compliation is great. It contains a lot of cuts that I only had on vinyl and hadn't heard in years. I got a kick out of the bonus DVD, enjoyed the photos included in the package. The box set is worth every penny.

What Box Sets Are All About - Sit Back and Enjoy.......2006-07-06

Rhino did this package the way it does all box sets, with care, respect, devotion to charts and sales, and business savvy. Chicago - The Box is extremely well crafted, from the liner notes, to the pictures, and play list.

This is the first definitive career-spanning box set by Chicago. Group Portrait would please the Kath/Guercio era fans. But I'm sure there are a number of post-Foster fans that love discs 3 - 5 but can do without #s 1 and 2.

Let's face it, folks, this is Chicago. Take it or leave it - they are a band that spans many different eras and styles. There is something for everybody, if there isn't everything for anybody.

To those one and two-star reviewers, look again. The hits from each album are included, but as much as possible Rhino has added some extra Kath in the early era, and extra Lamm in the later. This is why "We Can Stop The Hurtin'" and "Forever" were included. You have to have the hits in a box set - and Rhino has chosen wisely which extras to include.

Is it the list of songs I would have chosen? Of course not! In fact, I might have altered it by as much as 50%! But that doesn't mean I should whine and give it two or less stars! I love playing this set, and Disc 5 is dynamite, especially with the Stone of Sisyphus sampling! If there is one thing that disappoints me about the entire thing, it would be that they should have ended it on a Chicago-esque high point. The final track should have been "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher", or a standout live track from Chicago 26, like Beginnings. As it is, it does seem to just peter out (no pun intended).

I am confident that Rhino will mine the Chicago vaults for unreleased cool stuff over time. They have only completed phase one of the Chicago remasters. Look for all of Stone of Sisyphus and other mythic tracks left on the cutting room floor to appear in future collections!

5 Disk Chicago Boxset.......2006-05-11

I guess the biggest selling point of this boxset is disks 4-6, because you have digitally remastered songs from chicago 16-24.
You have "chains", "what your missing", "good for nothing" , "forever" , niagara falls" , "heart in pieces", "heart in trouble" , "only time can heal the wounded" , "you come to my senses", "god save the queen", "all the years" , "bigger than elvis" , "stone of sysphus" , "caravan", "here in my heart" ,"the only one" ,"all roads lead to you" , and "show me a sign". Disk 6 the DVD is pretty cool.
Disk 1 CTA - Chicago
Tracks 1-7 are from "Chicago transit authority"
introduction
does anybody really know what time it is ?
beginnings
question 67 and 68
listen
south california purples
i'm a man
Tracks 8-16 are from "Chicago"
movin' in
wake up sunshine
ballet for a girl in buchannon 10-12
(make me smile\so much to say so much to give\anxiety's movement\west virginia fantacies)
(colour my world)
(to be free\now more than ever)
fancy colours
25 or 6 to 4
poem for the people
it better soon (1st, 3rd , 4th movements)
over all i'm pretty satified with disk 1. it don't how they took "it better end soon 2nd movement out" i really like how they have "a ballat for a girl in buchannon" laid out in 3 tracks instead of 7 tracks. The first two chicago albums a really their best albums.
Disk 6
III - tracks 1-6
loneliness is just a word
flight 602
free
mother
lowdown
an hour in the shower
V - tracks 7-10
a hit by vare'se
all is well
saturday in the park
dialogue (1 & 2)
VI - tracks 11-14
just you n' me
something in this city changes people
in terms of two
fellin' stronger everyday
VII - tracks 15-19
(i've been) searchin' so long
mongonucleosis
wishing you were here
call on me
happy man
Their is alot of stuff I didn't like about disk 2. They choose not to add anything from IV carnegie hall, such as "a song for richard an his friends" they could of added a live version of "25 or 6 to 4". you can't not exclude music from one their most successful and popular records. I didn't like that excluded music from "live in a japan" they should of added "lowdown (japenese ver)" and "questions 67 & 68 (japanese version)" I would of used different songs from VII such as "aire" , "devils sweet", and "italian from NY" They sould of added "where do we go from here ?" from "chicago". They should of included the attire "travel suit". it would take another disk but it be worth it. I do like all 19 tracks from disk 2
Disk 3
VIII 1-4
Harry truman
old days
brand new love affair pt 1 & 2
never been in love before
X 5-10
you are on my mind
mama mama
hope for love
another rainy day in new york city
gently till i wake you
if you leave me now
XI 11-14
mississippi delta city blues
baby, what a big suprise
take me back to chicago
prelude(little ones)\little ones
hot streets 15-20
gone long gone
no tell lover
alive agian
the greatest love on earth
little miss lovin'
hot streets
overall the songs needed from this time period were added. I wish they would of added "oh, thank you great spirit" and "ain't it blue" from VIII "the inner stuggle of man" and "taken it uptown" from XI and "take a chance" and "hot streets" from hot streets just because those are some from favorite songs from those albums.
Disk 4
13 tracks 1-2
street player
must of been crazy
XIV tracks 3-6
manipulation
thunder and lightning
song for you
the american dream
16 tracks 7-10
love me tomorrow
chains
what you're missing
hard to say i'm sorry / get away
17 tracks 11-15
stay the night
we can stop the hurtin'
hard habit to break
along comes a women
you're the inspiration
usa for affrica/we are the world track 16
good for nothing
18 tracks 17-20
if she could of been faithful...
forever
will you still love me?
niagara falls
over all disk 4 is pretty good. I wish they would of added "mama take" from 13, "upon arrival" ,"hold on" from XIV, "sonny think twice" from 16 "if you leave me now" from if you leave me now "take me back to chicago" from take me back to chicago "25 or 6 to 4", "over and over" , it's allright", and "free flight" from 18. thats just because i like those songs and should include songs from all their records.
Disk 5
19 tracks 1-6
heart in pieces
look away
what kind of man should i be?
i don't wanna live without your love
we can last forever
you're not alone
days of thunder soundtrack track 7
heart in trouble
twenty 1 tracks 8-11
only time can heal the wounded
you come to my senses
god save the queen
chasin the wind
stone of sisyphus (chicago 22) the unreleased album tracks 12-14
all the years
stone of sisyphus
bigger than elvis
night & day : big band (the real chicago 22) track 15
caravan
heart and soul of chicago 67-97 (chicago 23)tracks 16-17
here in my heart
the only one
heart and soul of chicago 67-98 vol. II (chicago 24) tracks 18-19
all roads lead to you
show me a sign
They need to add "back to you" , "higher and higher" , "if i should ever loose you", from XXVI and "little drummer boy" from XXV. "25 or 6 to 5" from group portrait
This boxset should be at least 6 or 7 disks
all I like it and it worth the 40dollars I spend on it used.

Average customer rating: Original recordings of Willie Dixon's songs A lesson in blues music old master of the blues Willie Dixon was a maestro of imense proportions Great Introduction to Chess Blues

The Chess Box Willie Dixon Manufacturer: Chess ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music West Coast Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jive Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music R&B & Soul | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Chess Box :Muddy Waters The Chess Box I Am the Blues Howlin' Wolf: His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) The Chess Box ASIN: B000002P8I Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. My Babe - Little Walter
2. Violent Love - The Big Three
3. Third Degree - Eddie Boyd
4. Seventh Son - Willie Mabon
5. Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon
6. Pain In My Heart - Willie Dixon
7. Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
8. Evil - Howlin' Wolf
9. Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
10. When The Lights Go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon
11. Young Fashioned Ways - Muddy Waters
12. Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley
13. I'm Ready - Muddy Waters
14. Do Me Right - Lowell Fulson
15. I Just Want To Make Love To You - Muddy Waters
16. Tollin' Bells - Lowell Fulson
17. 29 Ways - Willie Dixon
18. Walkin' The Blues - Willie Dixon

Tracks:

1. Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf
2. You Know My Love - Otis Rush
3. You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover - Bo Diddley
4. I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf
5. You Need Love - Muddy Waters
6. Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
7. Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf
8. Dead Presidents - Little Walter
9. Hidden Charms - Howlin' Wolf
10. You Shook Me - Muddy Waters
11. Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson
12. 300 Pounds Of Joy - Howlin' Wolf
13. Weak Brain, Narrow Mind - Willie Dixon
14. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
15. The Same Thing - Muddy Waters
16. Built For Comfort - Howlin' Wolf
17. I Can't Quit You Baby - Little Milton
18. Insane Asylum - Koko Taylor

Amazon.com

Best known for his work as a songwriter, producer, and talent scout, singer-bassist Willie Dixon essentially built Chicago's Cobra and Chess labels with his sweat. Although this double-disc set does include five performances by the man from Vicksburg, Mississippi, himself, it's really a testament to his songwriting prowess, packed with recordings that made his tunes classics of blues and early rock & roll. There's Howlin' Wolf tearing through "Spoonful," "Little Red Rooster," "Evil," and "Back Door Man." There's Muddy Waters belting "You Shook Me," "Hoochie Coochie Man," and "I'm Ready." There's Bo Diddley delivering "You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover" and Koko Taylor launching her career with "Wang Dang Doodle." The set features excellent liner notes, and its only disappointment is that its label-centricity excludes Dixon's work for Cobra with then-youngsters Otis Rush and Buddy Guy. --Ted Drozdowski

Customer Reviews:

Original recordings of Willie Dixon's songs.......2007-06-22

Like many blues musicians, Willie Dixon had an interesting background. He was born, and spent his childhood, here in Vicksburg. He never had formal music education, but a local carpenter taught him harmony singing. Dixon sang bass in a local gospel quartet. Along the way, he served a couple stretches on Mississippi prison farms. He started his career as a heavyweight boxer in Chicago, but switched to music and played bass, part of the time as a house musician.

Dixon started out as a studio bass player with Chess Records when it was a fledgling company started by the Chess brothers. The present set includes 36 songs written by Dixon, and performed by a variety of artists in addition to Dixon including Muddy Waters (Hoochie Coochie Man, etc.), Howlin Wolf (I Ain't Superstitious, etc.), Bo Diddley (Pretty Thing, and You Can't Tell a Book by its Cover), Koko Taylor (Wang Dang Doodle) and many others.

The boxed set is a must addition for your collection if you have a serious interest in blues. It also makes a good gift.

I would note that the Vicksburg Blues Society and others served as co-sponsors of the Willie Dixon Wang Dang Doodle Blues Festival held in Vicksburg in 2006. The City of Vicksburg has added a Willie Dixon mural to the murals on the Mississippi River floodwall near Catfish Row (the southern end of The Delta). The mursl, featuring the legendary Blue Room in the background, was painted by the noted mural artist Robert Dafford under the sponsorship of local blues patrons Ray and Nancy Neilsen.

A lesson in blues music.......2007-01-31

This set was my introduction to the *real* blues, and to not only Willie Dixon, but Muddy Waters and others featured in the set. For newcomers to the genre, it includes a wide array of rythms and styles in the blues category, showing its depth and richness. Lots of danceable selections, but more importantly, ALL genuine blues. Highly recommended!

old master of the blues.......2006-07-03

the willie dixon chess set is a window into the early blues
that was the basis for some of the most well known rock and
roll songs of all time. from led zeppelin to the kinks willie dixon and his music was a source of inspiration and musical reinvention. sometimes you have to stay true to your roots. its
an incredible journey into the heart of original blues.

Willie Dixon was a maestro of imense proportions.......2006-05-29

I never have understood how some people have an inate quality for music and some don't. Well , Willie was one of those that definately did. It is hard to imageine the blues without the likes of Willie Dixon: the writer, the musician, the producer, the businessman. I listen to his work over and over again , each time learning new nuances I did not hear before.

How incredible is that ?

Great Introduction to Chess Blues.......2006-01-18

This box is a fantastic introdution to post-war Chicago blues and the key figure behind Chess Records' success, Willie Dixon. I am a huge fan of the Chess box sets, and this one is my favorite. With seminal tracks by blues icons like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley and Koko Taylor as well as lesser known artists and Dixon himself, this CD is definitely on my deserted island list. If you're only going to have one blues CD in your collection (which would be a tragedy), this is the one to buy. Best of all, for the quality and quantity of music, you can't beat the price!

Average customer rating: Blues 101!!! A terriffic addition to your blues collection This is it! Box set arrives like nucular bum Worth 10 Stars!

Chess Blues Various Artists Manufacturer: Chess ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Memphis Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music St. Louis Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music West Coast Blues | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Piano | Blues | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Harmonica Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jive Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1960s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1940-1949 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1960-1969 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music R&B & Soul | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974 The Chess Box :Muddy Waters The Chess Box The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 The Chess Box ASIN: B000002OBW Release Date: 1993-02-02

Tracks:

1. Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels
2. Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
3. Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
4. Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
5. Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
6. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
7. My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
8. I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
9. She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
10. Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
11. Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
12. Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
13. Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker
14. My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy
15. Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones
16. Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
17. Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
18. Luedella - Jimmy Rogers
19. Mother Earth - Memphis Slim
20. Dr. Ross' Boogie - Dr. Isaiah Ross
21. Joliet Blues - John Shines
22. Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
23. All Night Long (Alternate) - Muddy Waters
24. Mr. Commissioner (Alternate) - Arbee Stidham
25. Gettin' Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf

Tracks:

1. Walkin' The Boogie (Alternate) - John Lee Hooker
2. Juke - Little Walter
3. Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie
4. Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters
5. Broken Heart (Alternate) - Memphis Minnie
6. Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix
7. Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller
8. Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd
9. Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter
10. Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins
11. Fast Boogie - Little Walter
12. I'm Mad - Willie Mabon
13. Ice Cream Man - John Brim
14. Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James
15. Got To Have It - Willie Mabon
16. I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray
17. Remember - Alberta Adams
18. Untitled Instrumental - Henry Gray & Morris Pejoe
19. Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter
20. Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
21. Forty Four - Howlin' Wolf
22. Got To Find My Baby (Alternate) - Little Walter
23. Evil - Howlin' Wolf
24. Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
25. Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir

Tracks:

1. Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
2. My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble) - Muddy Waters
3. My Babe - Little Walter
4. You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold
5. Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon
6. Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson
7. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
8. 29 Ways - Willie Dixon
9. Right To Love You - Paul Gayten & Myrtle Jones
10. Ain't Noboby's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
11. I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann
12. Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf
13. Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon
14. Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson
15. Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers
16. Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
17. Fattening Frogs For Snakes (alternate) - Sonny Boy Williamson
18. Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake
19. Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf
20. She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir
21. Your Funeral And My Trail - Sonny Boy Williamson
22. Key To The Highway - Little Walter
23. Double Trouble (Alternate) - Muddy Waters
24. Come On Home - Eddie Boyd
25. The Goat (Band Track) - Sonny Boy Williamson
26. So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush

Tracks:

1. First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy
2. Too Poor - Detroit Jr.
3. Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson
4. The Shakedown - Lloyd Glenn
5. The Sun Is Shining (Alternate) - Elmore James
6. Calling On My Darling - Albert King
7. The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
8. Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson
9. Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
10. Satisfied - Little Milton
11. Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
12. Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio
13. Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson
14. Good Moanin' Blues - Walter Horton
15. Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
16. What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor
17. We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton
18. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
19. Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue
20. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
21. Jinglin' Baby - Eddie Burns
22. That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters
23. Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy
24. Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor
25. I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James

Customer Reviews:

Blues 101!!!.......2003-11-03

All right, students, now pay attention! Put down that racing form and pay attention right now! This here Chess Blues box set contains exactly 101 tracks. How appropriate! That makes this collection a sort of unofficial college course entitled Blues 101, and Professors Wolf, Waters, James, and Jacobs (Little Walter), etc., etc., will be your blues instructors. You will learn the Fundamentals of Blues Harp, with Little Walter ("Juke") and Sonny Boy Williamson II ("Don't Start Me to Talkin'") as your master teachers. Over here, we have a course entitled Mellow Blues, with Willie Dixon ("Walkin' the Blues") and Jimmy Witherspoon ("Ain't Nobody's Business") showing you how it's done. Then, we have instruction in Blues and the Female Voice, with Koko Taylor ("What Kind of Man Is That," "Wang Dang Doodle") and Etta James ("Somethings Got A Hold Of Me," "I'd Rather Go Blind") as your teachers. Finally, what great university would be complete without Master Classes and the best professors in the business Muddy Waters ("Got My Mojo Workin'," "I Can't Be Satisfied," "My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble"), Howlin Wolf ("Killin' Floor," "Evil," "Going Down Slow"), and John Lee Hooker ("Walkin' the Boogie," "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer") holding court for your edification. No, there is no blues university, but if there was one, the above masters would surely be the instructors and Chess Blues would certainly be the required text. As I said, it's packed with an amazing 101 songs, many of the best blues tracks ever recorded. There are a few clunkers, but very few. You will spend many enjoyable hours listening to this collection. (Trust me, it takes a few hours to listen to 101 songs once!) Get it today, and enroll in the best blues education money can buy!

A terriffic addition to your blues collection.......2003-04-22

This handsome boxset, complete with a large booklet, is a superb addition to your blues collection, even if you already have the best of the major Chess artists such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson II.

There are bound to be some tracks, especially by Waters and the Wolf, that overlap with what most blues lovers already own, but the "Chess Blues" compilers have done a very fine job assembling dozens of rarer tracks by artists like Robert Nighthawk, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Rush, Memphis Minnie McCoy, Lowell Fulson, Willie Mabon, Elmore James, Jimmy Oden and many others. And these high quality tracks, which make up the vast majority of the 101 cuts, make "Chess Blues" a very welcome supplement to the many available compilations featuring Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson II and Little Walter Jacobs.

This is it!.......2003-03-25

The Delta gave birth to the Delta Blues and Chicago gave birth to the Chicago Blues but it would not have happened without Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter and, of course, the Chess Brothers. This is their legacy - no true blues fan would be without this set as part of their collection -enough said!

Box set arrives like nucular bum.......2001-08-12

Wow, this box set arrives in my discs with the force of a nuclear bomb...I bought it for [amt.] at a local record store; get the box set any way you can. You'll survive cataclysmic disaster for sure. The artists are badasses and geniuses all.

Worth 10 Stars!.......2000-05-16

Where would the music of today be without the music on this set? Every song is a classic. Phil and Leonard Chess had an ear for talent and it shows on this set. Not only do you get classics by Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf, there is also Etta James, Ko Ko Taylor, Sonny Boy Williamson, Sunnyland Slim, Robert Nighthawk, Willie Dixon (the MAN behind many of the Waters/Wolf classics) and many, many more. The booklet is fantastic and the sound quality is very good. Simply a set you can't do without.

Average customer rating: Oredered the wrong product & returned it ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO Toe Tapping music - but disappointing DVD! the new Razzle Dazzle No Razzle Dazzle

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Tracks:

1. Overture - The Band
2. All That Jazz - Bebe Neuwirth & Co.
3. Funny Honey - Ann Reinking with Joel Grey & Michael Kubala
4. Cell Block Tango - Bebe Neuwirth & Girls
5. When You're Good to Mama - Marcia Lewis
6. All I Care About - James Naughton
7. A Little Bit of Good - D. Sabella
8. We Both Reached for the Gun - James Naughton, Ann Reinking, D. Sabella & Company
9. Roxie - Ann Reinking & Boys
10. I Can't Do It Alone - Bebe Neuwirth
11. I Can't Do It Alone (Reprise) - Bebe Neuwirth
12. My Own Best Friend - Ann Reinking & Bebe Neuwirth
13. Entr'acte - The Band
14. I Know a Girl - Bebe Neuwirth
15. Me and My Baby - Ann Reinking & Boys
16. Mister Cellophane - Joel Grey
17. When Velma Takes the Stand - Bebe Neuwirth & Boys
18. Razzle Dazzle - James Naughton & Company
19. Class - Bebe Neuwirth & Marcia Lewis
20. Nowadays - Ann Reinking & Bebe Neuwirth
21. Hot Honey Rag - The Band
22. Finale - Company

Tracks:

1. Loopin' the Loop - Fred Ebb & John Kanker
2. All That Jazz - Anna Montanaro (sung in German)
3. When You're Good to Mama - Lynda Carter
4. All I Care About - John O'Hurley
5. Roxie - Brooke Shields
6. Ten Percent - Fred Ebb & John Kander
7. Me and My Baby - Melanie Griffith
8. Razzle Dazzle - Jerry Orbach
9. Funny Honey/Me and My Baby/Nowadays - Bianca Marroquin (sung in Spanish)
10. My Own Best Friend - Liza Minnelli
11. All That Jazz - Ute Lemper
12. Nowadays - Gwen Verdon & Chita Rivera

Album Description

A deluxe edition 2 CD and DVD box set that includes: Newly recorded songs by Melanie Griffith, Brooke Shields, Lynda Carter, and John O'Hurley, legendary performances by Chita Rivera, Gwen Verdon, Jerry Orbach, Liza Minnelli, Ute Lemper and never-before-released demos by John Kander and Fred Ebb. Special bonus DVD with performance footage, interviews and more. Exclusive 68-page book featuring the provocative photos from CHICAGO's groundbreaking advertising campaign. Grammy Award-Winning Cast Recording starring Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton and Joel Grey.

Customer Reviews:

Oredered the wrong product & returned it.......2007-06-09

I made a mistake and ordered the wrong item. I returned it last week. Sorry.

ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO .......2007-03-22

For ALL fans of the musical 'CHICAGO", the 10th Anniversary CD/DVD package will plesed and amaze you. The handsome package includes the cast recoding with another CD featuring worldwife stars doing lead songs. The most trhilling part of this incredible tribute is the DVD with interviews with the orginal cast members, the director, cherographer, designer and the composer! Truly a collectors dream come true! And to make this tribute even more memorable, there has a collection of photos of the major leads over the past ten years. All fans of great musicial theater will cherish this collectors tribute to a great show.

Toe Tapping music - but disappointing DVD!.......2007-02-08

Having misplaced my original CD, I saw this on Amazon and decided to buy it. I was particularly excited about the prospect of seeing some of the songs recorded from stage productions.

CD1 is the same as the Cast Recording that I purchased before.

CD2 was a bit of "fun". It was interesting to hear the songs that were cut from the "new" show and it's not a great leap of the imagination to see why they probably were. It was also interesting to hear other peoples renditions of various songs from the show. Especially people like Liza Minelli, Melanie Griffith and even Linda Carter (yes, our very own "Wonder Woman").......

While I love the show and the music of "Chicago", I have to say I was disappointed by the DVD in this set. The feature about the re-opening of Chicago, was informative, but would have been better if intersperced with clips from the show(s) or even rehersals. The section that I was most excited about, the stage numbers of "All That Jazz", "All I Care About" and "When You're Good To Mama", were not the entire numbers recorded from a stage production......nor were they in English! There were clips from various productions (Japan, Germany...and a few others) all edited together to give the viewer a brief "taste" of the song in different languages.

I would have been much happier with the 3 songs, recorded from the stage production, sung in their entirity, in English.

That is the only bad thing I have to say about this set.

Definitely a buy for huge "Chicago" fans only. For the more casual admirer, go and buy the original cast recording album.....you'll be just as happy!

the new Razzle Dazzle.......2007-01-24

It is unfortunate that the previous reviewer (who disliked this boxed set so much he reviewed it twice) did not read the product description first to understand what he was buying. Yes, this celebration of the tenth anniversary of the revival of CHICAGO does include the original CD; those who own that disk and have only a casual interest in the show may not want to purchase this. But for less than twice the price of the single CD, this set offers a taste of the many stars who have done turns in this production since it opened (including the original 1975 production), both on Broadway and around the world, plus a DVD of interviews with those involved in the production, and a booklet full of other goodies. Perhaps no one NEEDS a version of "All That Jazz" in German, but what fun! If you can't distinguish Brooke Shield from Ann Reinking or Liza Minelli from Bebe Neuwirth, by all means don't buy this boxed set. But if you want to catch some of the razzle-dazzle you may have missed, enjoy!

No Razzle Dazzle.......2007-01-11

I enjoyed both the revival production and the revival CD of Chicago. When they came up with the marketing ploy of a special 10th anniversary multi-disc set, this "Chicago" fan bought it even if the revival CD (which I already have) is part of the set. The various artist disc of famous stars who have starred in the production in the last 10-years did not offer anything exciting or interesting in their rendition other than their famous names. Worse, the documentary was not well presented and the clip from the show was actually just a teaser. It is so sad because Chicago is now the longest running revival in Broadway history and they have decided to put up a forgettable memorabilia that "Chicago" lovers will not treasure in the years to come. Such a waste. To ironically paraphrase a line in the show, there was simply "no razzle dazzle".

Average customer rating: He's the Wolf Howling Wolf Box long album but worth every song He's the Wolf!!! The ultimate Wolf collection

The Chess Box Howlin' Wolf Manufacturer: Chess ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Chess Box :Muddy Waters The Chess Box The Chess Box The Chess Box :Chuck Berry The Howlin' Wolf Story - The Secret History of Rock & Roll ASIN: B000002OBL Release Date: 1991-11-12

Tracks:

1. Moanin' At Midnight
2. How Many More Years
3. Howlin' Wolf Boogie
4. Wolf Is At Your Door
5. Mr. Highway Man
6. Howlin' Wolf Talks #1
7. Bluebird
8. Saddle My Pony
9. That's All Right (Well)
10. My Last Affair
11. Just My Kind
12. Work For Your Money
13. Mama Died and Left Me
14. All Night Boogie (All Night Long)
15. Streamline Woman
16. Crazy About You Baby
17. You Gonna Wreck My Life
18. Neighbors
19. Howlin' Wolf Talks #2
20. I'm The Wolf
21. Rockin' Daddy
22. Baby How Long
23. Evil
24. I'll Be Around
25. Forty-four
26. Who Will Be Next

Tracks:

1. Don't Mess With My Baby
2. Smokestack Lightning
3. You Can't Be Beat
4. Howlin' Wolf Talks #3
5. I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
6. The Natchez Burnin'
7. Who's Been Talkin'?
8. Tell Me What I've Done
9. Sittin' On Top Of The World
10. I Didn't Know
11. Moanin' For My Baby
12. Change My Way
13. I Better Go Now
14. Howlin' For My Darling
15. I've Been Abused
16. Mr. Airplane Man (Alt. Take)
17. Wang Dang Doodle
18. Back Door Man
19. Howlin' Wolf Talks #4
20. Spoonful
21. Down In The Bottom
22. Shake For Me
23. The Red Rooster
24. You'll Be Mine
25. Just Like I Treat You
26. I Ain't Superstitious
27. Goin' Down Slow
28. Tail Dragger

Tracks:

1. Hidden Charms
2. Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy
3. Built For Comfort
4. Love Me Darlin'
5. Killin' Floor
6. My Country Sugar Mama
7. Louise
8. I Walked From Dallas
9. Tell Me What I've Done
10. Don't Laugh At Me
11. Ooh Baby (Hold Me)
12. New Crawlin' King Snake
13. My Mind Is Ramblin'
14. Commit A Crime
15. Dust My Broom (I Believe I'll)
16. I'm The Wolf (Acoustic)
17. Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road
18. Mary Sue
19. Hard Luck
20. The Red Rooster
21. Moving

Amazon.com essential recording

This is probably the best Wolf compilation there is in terms of comprehensiveness and digestibility. The problem with collecting the works of prolific artists is that there's so much material; fortunately, Chess made some good selections. Chronicling Howlin' Wolf's career from Memphis, through Chicago, and on into his later years. There are snippets of interviews, as well as the classic tracks you'd expect: "All Night Boogie", "Howlin' For My Darling", "Evil", "Forty Four", "Spoonful", and "I'd Better Go Now." This box set is a bit much to swallow if you're not already a fan of the Wolf, but if you are, this is a great way to get his best work in one place. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

He's the Wolf.......2007-02-17

This is not a very tough choice, if you like Howlin' Wolf or the blues get this box. It has not weak tracks, some fascinating interviews (well The Wolf talking), and many of the classic, indispensable tracks.Plus, there's, as evidenced here, no other electric blues guitarist nearly as nasty, dirty, just downright awesome as Hubert Sumlin. Buy and enjoy, this is the blues at its best.

Howling Wolf Box.......2007-01-23

I bought this box as a present and up to now have not haerd it. However, having today talked to the recipient of the gift, I can confirm that he is more than satisfied with it. The remastering is excellent and there are enough alternate takes to satisfy the most ardent completist.

long album but worth every song.......2005-12-19

this album is amazing. it's very long, but the songs never get old. i wish i could have seen the wolf in concert. that would be a great chance because he's my favorite bluesman. of course, robert johnson, blind blake and muddy waters come pretty close too but none can sing like the wolf. the best song on here is 'i asked for water (she gave me gasoline)' it's full of humor and makes me laugh every time. what's even funnier is in 'howlin wolf talks part 3' when he tells the interviewer why she gave him gasoline is because she was mad with him. i never know who he's singing to, but i'm sure they all get the message.

He's the Wolf!!!.......2003-10-02

If life were a college course in Blues Appreciation, at least three aural textbooks would be required listening: the Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson and the Chess Boxes of Muddy Waters and Howlin Wolf. Just purchasing a CD or two of any of the other blues masters will suffice (for awhile anyway), but these three giants produced so much listenable and danceable music that nothing less than complete box sets will do. Even at 71 tracks, this set still feels incomplete; where is Wolf's fabulous live recording of "Highway 49" from the Newport Folk Festival? Or "Do the Do" from London Howlin Wolf Sessions, featuring Eric Clapton and Hubert Sumlin's fantastic guitar figures? But these are minor quibbles. How can you argue with an album that starts with a lonesome Wolf moan ("Moanin at Midnight") and ends (well, one track from the end, anyway) with a frail Wolf teaching a roomful of top blues acolytes (Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts) how to play acoustic guitar on "Little Red Rooster" the way Charlie Patton himself taught Wolf some 40-50 years ago? What an experience! His powerful, gargling-battery-acid voice (only Blind Willie Johnson and Captain Beefheart had more abused throats) now a shadow of it's former self, his commanding presence still moves the assembled royalty of British blues-rock to "get on it" and produce a memorable take. In between are too many highlights to mention, including "Killing Floor" (probably the only song set in an animal slaughterhouse), "Back Door Man" (later covered memorably by the Doors), "I Ain't Superstitious" (also covered well by Jeff Beck Group and Savoy Brown), and most memorably, his signature song "Smokestack Lightning." As a bonus, there are several snippets from an interview recording just a few years before his death in which he reveals how he got his name, how he got started playing the blues, and the "hidden" meanings behind both "Smokestack Lightning" and "I Asked Her For Water". These glimpses into the real, behind-the scenes Wolf persona, each about 30 seconds to one minute long, are priceless. Throughout the set, Wolf is supported by first-rate musicians, particularly the aforementioned Sumlin, who was such a good guitarist that he was "borrowed" regularly by the likes of Muddy Waters and Little Walter, but always made his way back to Wolf's pack. This set and all it's great music should keep most listener's happy for hours. Now, when will some great writer take up the challenge of giving Howlin' Wolf the biography he deserves? (Waters and Walter already have fine bios.) Until then, the Wolf fan will just have to make do with the (excellent) liner notes from this set and play it once again to hear the magic of the Wolf moanin' at midnight, or at any time of day he so desires.

The ultimate Wolf collection.......2003-08-24

This is a sublime, exquisitely packaged collection of Howlin' Wolf's awe-inspiring brand of blues.
Just under 3 1/2 hours of music, opening with Wolf's eerie, wordless "throat singing" on 1951's "Moaning At Midnight", and ending with the opening track, "Moving", off his final studio album.

A lot of people have covered Wolf's songs, but none have come close to matching his ferocious sandpaper voice, and Howlin' Wolf in his prime was without a doubt the most electrifying performer the Chicago blues clubs had even experienced. Standing 6'4" and weighing 275 lbs, Wolf towered over everybody, literally as well as figuratively.

Starting off as a strict Charley Patton-imitator, Chester Arthur Burnett showed up in the juke joints of Mississippi in the late 30s with one of the first electric guitars anyone had ever seen, and when he finally started recording (for Sam Phillips' Sun Records in 1951), he was 41 years old and had been performing for two decades down in the cotton belt.
He suddenly had two hits on the R&B list at the same time ("Moanin' At Midnight" and the clanging, piano-driven "How Many More Years"), and in the winter of 1953, Wolf headed out of the South (in his own brand new $4,000 car), settling in Chicago, Illinois, where he would record for Chess Records right up until his death from kidney failure in January, 1976:
"-I'm the onliest one", he said, "-drove out of the South like a gentleman!"
"The Chess Box" collects every hit the Wolf ever had, as well as B-sides, album tracks, rare acoustic solo performances, and a few short interview snippets. The only thing that could have made this collection any better would have been a fourth CD of live tracks.
The first CD collects Wolf's singles from 1951-1955, including the up-tempo, R&B-styled "Mr Highway Man" (excellent piano playing by Albert Williams), the Charley Patton-classic "Saddle My Pony", a remake of John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson's "Bluebird" (oddly credited to John Lee Hooker), the classics "Evil" and "Forty-Four", and the harp-driven "Just My Kind".

The first fifteen songs feature Wolf's original lead guitarist Willie Johnson, after which Lee Cooper takes over.
Johnson's aggressive, fiery guitar playing suited Wolf's songs perfectly, and he was surrounded by a slew of excellent blues pianists, from Ike Turner to L.C. Hubert, but around 1955 a more fixed band constellation started to take form, featuring bassist, arranger and composer Willie Dixon, and a fabulous young guitar player, Hubert Sumlin, who would stay with the Wolf right up until his death, and who became an idol for guitar players like Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.

Disc 2 is even better, mixing Wolf's originals with Willie Dixon's more contemporary compositions. Highlights include the all-time blues classic "Smokestack Lightnin'", composed by the Wolf himself, and featuring some of his best harp playing, as well as axe-men Hubert Sumlin and Willie Johnson playing side by side (one of only two sides where they appear together).
And then there's Wolf's take on Tommy Johnson's awesome "I Asked Her For Water (she brought me gasoline)", Dixon's "I Ain't Superstitious", "Shake For Me", "The Red Rooster", "Howlin' For My Darling" and "Down In The Bottom", and the classic "Sitting On Top Of The World". The supremely catchy "(Meet Me) Down In The Bottom" features Johnny Johnson on piano and Jimmy Rogers on guitar, but it's Wolf himself playing the fills and the main slide guitar riff heard during the intro and the instrumental break, and he plays as well on "The Red Rooster", "You'll Be Mine" and several other tracks.

Disc 3 opens with one of Willie Dixon's best compositions for Wolf, the up-tempo, almost rock n' roll-like "Hidden Charms". Backed by two sax players, Donald Hankins and Elmore James' saxist J.T. Brown, Hubert Sumlin lays down what has been called the best guitar solo ever recorded.
Dixon's other contributions, the silly "Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy" and "Built For Comfort", are almost novelty songs, but the superb arrangement makes them work.

And the rest of the disc features mainly Wolf's own songs, plus a powerful rendition of "Dust My Broom", and a 1970 recording of "The Red Rooster" featuring Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts and Stevie Winwood.
The sax-augumented "Love Me Darlin'" rolls along like a steam train, creating a magnificent groove, and Wolf's gravelly vocals on "I Walked From Dallas" and the awesome "New Crawling King Snake" must be heard to be believed.

CD 3 also includes two interesting acoustic solo performances, as well as the funky "My Mind Is Ramblin'" and "My Country Sugar Mama" (fine harp playing by the Wolf), and the menacing "Commit A Crime".
But the best song on the disc (and probably the best song of Wolf's career) is without a doubt the magnificent "Killing Floor", Howlin' Wolf's own composition and one of the defining classics of electric Chicago blues.
It opens with a supremely catchy guitar riff from Hubert Sumlin (Buddy Guy is playing the acoustic slap-back rhythm guitar), and the two-sax horn section of Arnold Rogers and Donald Hankins plays soul-revue stabs. And when the mighty Wolf finally opens his mouth it becomes clear that though Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix may have nicked the riff, the song itself belongs forever to the Howlin' Wolf, and those who dare try to cover it do so at their peril.

An essential addition to any serious collection of electric blues.

Average customer rating: I want my blues to be blue Best ever The most complete overview of Muddy Waters' Chess sides Great place to start............. Incomplete

The Chess Box :Muddy Waters Muddy Waters Manufacturer: Chess ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Delta Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Slide Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Chess Box The Chess Box The Complete Recordings The Chess Box The Chess Box :Chuck Berry ASIN: B000002Q40 Release Date: 1989-10-13

Tracks:

1. Gypsy Woman
2. Good Looking Woman
3. Mean Disposition
4. I Can't Be Satisfied
5. I Feel Like Going Home
6. Train Fare Home Blues
7. Mean Red Spider
8. Streamline Woman
9. Little Geneva
10. Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 1
11. Rolling Stone
12. Walkin' Blues
13. Louisiana Blues
14. Evans Shuffle
15. Long Distance Call
16. Honey Bee
17. She Moves Me
18. Still A Fool
19. Stuff You Gotta Watch
20. Standing Around Crying
21. Flood
22. Baby Please Don't Go
23. Blow Wind Blow
24. Hoochie Coochie Man

Tracks:

1. I Just Want To Make Love To You
2. I'm Ready
3. Smokestack Lightnin'
4. Young Fashioned Ways
5. Mannish Boy
6. Trouble No More
7. Forty Days And Forty Nights
8. Just To Be With You
9. Don't Go No Farther
10. Diamonds At Your Feet
11. I Love The Life I Live, I Live The Life I Love
12. Rock Me
13. Look What You Done
14. Got My Mojo Working
15. Good News
16. Evil
17. She's Nineteen Years Old
18. Close To You
19. Walkin' Thru The Park
20. Blues Before Sunrise (With False Starts, Dialogue)
21. Lonseome Road Blues
22. Take The Bitter With The Sweet (Dialogue, False Start, Alt. Take)
23. She's Into Something
24. Southbound Train
25. Double Trouble

Tracks:

1. I Feel So Good (Live)
2. You Shook Me
3. You Need Love
4. Twenty Four Hours
5. Elevate Me Mama (Alt. Take)
6. So Glad I'm Living
7. Myu Love Stirkes Like Lightning
8. You Don't Have To Go (Alt. Take)
9. Things That I Used To Do
10. My Home Is In The Delta
11. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
12. The Same Thing
13. You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
14. Short Dress Woman
15. Making Friends
16. Black Night (Hornless Alt. Mix)
17. Bird Nest On The Ground
18. Country Boy (Live)
19. Sugar Sweet (Alt. 'Fathers And Sons' Take)
20. All Aboard (Alt. 'Fathers And Sons' Take)
21. Going Down Slow (Live)
22. Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone (Original Hornless London Mix)
23. Can't Get No Grindin' (What's The Matter With The Meal)

Amazon.com essential recording

For the completist, this three-CD, 72-song box remains the definitive collection of one of the leading lights of Chicago blues. The collection spans 25 years, beginning with rare early recordings with pianist Sunnyland Slim and moving through Waters's peak '50s period, which offered the legendary support of Jimmy Rogers, Little Walter, and Otis Spann. Luminaries including Pat Hare, James Cotton, Earl Hooker, Buddy Guy, and Pinetop Perkins all make valuable contributions to his '60s work. Along with his original hits and his noteworthy Willie Dixon interpretations, Chess wisely includes his lesser-known covers of Big Bill Broonzy, Howlin' Wolf, Guitar Slim, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, and Sonny Boy Williamson. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

I want my blues to be blue.......2006-10-04

I like my blues to be blue. I want hard times, heartache. I'm surprised how often Muddy sings happy songs - one's titled "So Glad I'm Living", another one "I Feel So Good." And then there are all the sexual braggadocio songs, like "My Love Strikes Like Lightning." But my favorite songs are the dark ones - songs like "Still a Fool," or "You Shook Me," a letter to a fantastic lover who's ruining his marriage and lover - and "Black Night, which, fitting its title, is just all around dark.

Muddy Waters had a great band behind him/with him - I read on Wikipedia that they were known as the Headhunters, because they would go to a club where someone else was playing, ask to sit in, then "cut the heads off" the locals with their musicianship. You hear a tight band, a group of guys that knows how to play together, on songs like "I Feel So Good" and "Bird Nest on the Ground." But the musician who really stands out is Little Walter, on the harmonica. That guy can howl, and make you feel it. He's especially hot on "Sugar Sweet."

Best ever.......2006-01-07

This is simply the best collection of blues recordings ever! If you like the real blues, you must add this set no matter the cost. It makes you long for music that can be felt and not just heard like most anything recorded in the last quarter century.

The most complete overview of Muddy Waters' Chess sides.......2004-04-03

More casual fans will probably be better served by MCA/Chess's much cheaper (but very good) two-disc compilation "The Anthology: 1947-1972". But if you're looking for the best and currently most thorough available overview of Muddy's recordings for Aristocrat and Chess, this is it.
It is not the final word on Muddy Waters - his excellent latter-day recordings with Johnny Winter as producer aren't here, and you'll need some of his live stuff as well - but these 72 tracks do include the vast majority of his best songs from 1947 and twenty-five years on.

Disc one spans 1947-1954, and most of the 24 tracks feature just Muddy Waters on slide guitar and bassist Ernest "Big" Crawford backing him, although the great Sunnyland Slim rolls the ivories on a few songs, like the delightful 1947 single "Gypsy Woman".
Muddy's arsenal of slide guitar riffs may seem limited, but his playing on the 1948 hit "I Can't Be Satisfied" and the mellow "Train Fare Home" is really great, demonstrating what a fine guitarist he actually was.

Percussion doesn't show up until two-thirds of the way through the disc, when the "classic" Muddy Waters band begins to take shape: Little Walter Jacobs on harmonica, Jimmy Rogers on second guitar, drummer Elgin Evans, and Otis Spann playing the piano.
Along with the songs already mentioned, the lean, mean "I Feel Like Going Home" and "Rollin' And Tumblin'" are among the highlights on disc 1, which ends with the tough, swinging "Blow Wind Blow" and the classic "Hoochie Coochie Man". Big Walter Horton plays superb harmonica on "Blow Wind Blow".

Disc 2 includes the majority of Muddy's classic 50s singles, from "I'm Ready" and the thumping "I Just Want To Make Love To You" to "Got My Mojo Working", the Bo Diddley-ripoff "Mannish Boy", and the superbly swinging "I Love The Life I Live, I Live The Life I Love". Harpist James Cotton appears for the first time on "I Love The Life I Live", blowing a truly inspired harmonica riff.
And there are several lesser-known songs here as well, including previously unreleased takes and singles which make their LP/CD debut on this album. Most of them are good, although not quite great, with the exception of a very fine rendition of Jimmy Oden's "Take The Bitter With The Sweet".

Disc 3 covers 1960-1972, and includes a few live recordings, as well as two alternates from the sublime "Fathers And Sons" sessions. Opening with the great live "I Feel So Good" from the Newport album, it is highlighted by Muddy's version of Eddie Boyd's "Twenty-Four Hours", the mid-60s hit singles "The Same Thing" and "You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had", and a hornless version of "Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone", one of the few good cuts from the otherwise forgettable "London Sessions" album.

There is nothing here from the misguided and completely superflous "Electric Mud", or from Muddy's last Chess-effort, "The Woodstock Album", but that detracts little or nothing from the greatness of this compilation, the finest overview of Muddy Waters' Chess sides available.

Great place to start....................2004-01-04

For those of you who like the old blues,then I suggest that you get this one.It may not have everything he ever did and there may not be very many rare tracks,but why quibble? Great playing,soulful singing and memorable melodies......Listen to this legendary bluesman who inspired The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton,among others....BUY IT!!!

Incomplete.......2003-03-31

Attempting to capture the complexity and diversity of this artist in ONE box set is doomed to be both troublesome and very incomplete.

IT SIMPLY CANNOT BE DONE.

Muddy Waters displays his command of the Blues in songs such as "I Can't Be Satisfied" and "Long Distance Call". Rarities like "Mean Red Spider" are pleasing to find.

Overall, the collection is a good start for someone who just wants to hear his laments and joys in one fell swoop. Die-hard fans should avoid this and stick to the released LP/CD.

Average customer rating: Not everything on this set is by Abbaddo. Appraising Abbado's controversial Tchaikovsky cycle

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