The Chess Box

~ Release by Muddy Waters (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: 1947 to 1954
2▶CD: 1954 to 1959
3▼CD: 1960 to 1972
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1I Feel So Good (live)
live recording of:
I Feel So Good
lyricist and composer:
Big Bill Broonzy
publisher:
Robert Mellin, Inc.
32:57
2You Shook Me
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1962-06-27)
guitar:
Earl Hooker (on 1962-06-27)
membranophone:
Bobby Little (drummer) (on 1962-06-27)
organ:
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (on 1962-06-27)
piano:
Lafayette Leake (on 1962-06-27)
tenor saxophone:
A.C. Reed (on 1962-06-27)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1962-06-27)
recording of:
You Shook Me (on 1962-06-27)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
additional writer:
J.B. Lenoir
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), BMG Rights Management (US) LLC (file releases under its imprint “BMG (2008–present)” if the release has an imprint) and Hoochie Coochie Music
32:46
3You Need Love
recording of:
You Need Love (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Hoochie Coochie Music
52:45
4Twenty Four Hours
52:31
5Elevate Me Mama (alternate take)
53:05
6So Glad I’m Living
52:54
7My Love Strikes Like Lightning
52:44
8You Don’t Have to Go (alternate take)
recording of:
You Don’t Have to Go
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
32:51
9Things That I Used to Do
recording of:
The Things That I Used to Do
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Jones (US blues guitarist, aka Guitar Slim)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Venice Music
53:14
10My Home Is in the Delta
engineer:
Ron Malo
producer:
Ralph Bass and Willie Dixon
double bass:
Willie Dixon (in 1963-09)
drums (drum set):
Clifton James (in 1963-09)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1963-09) and Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1963-09)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1963-09)
recorded at:
Ter-Mar Recording Studios (1950s–1970s recording & mastering studio) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1963-09)
recording of:
My Home Is in the Delta (in 1963-09)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Watertoons Music
44:00
11Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
engineer:
Ron Malo
producer:
Ralph Bass and Willie Dixon
double bass:
Willie Dixon (in 1963-09)
drums (drum set):
Clifton James (in 1963-09)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1963-09) and Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1963-09)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1963-09)
recorded at:
Ter-Mar Recording Studios (1950s–1970s recording & mastering studio) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1963-09)
cover recording of:
Good Morning, School Girl (in 1963-09)
lyricist:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (in 1937)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Georgia Music Corp. and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
recording of:
Good Morning, School Girl
lyricist:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (in 1937)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Georgia Music Corp. and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
43:14
12The Same Thing
engineer:
Ron Malo
producer:
Ralph Bass and Willie Dixon
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1964-04-09)
drums (drum set):
S.P. Leary (on 1964-04-09)
guitar:
James "Pee Wee" Madison (on 1964-04-09)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1964-04-09)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1964-04-09)
recording of:
The Same Thing (on 1964-04-09)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
3.652:42
13You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had
engineer:
Ron Malo
producer:
Ralph Bass and Willie Dixon
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1964-04-09)
drums (drum set):
S.P. Leary (on 1964-04-09)
guitar:
James "Pee Wee" Madison (on 1964-04-09)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1964-04-09)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1964-04-09)
recording of:
You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had (on 1964-04-09)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Watertoons Music
3.752:57
14Short Dress Woman
recording of:
Short Dress Woman
writer:
J.T. Brown (saxophonist)
52:47
15Making Friends
52:38
16Black Night (Hornless alternate mix)
53:18
17Bird Nest on the Ground
52:54
18Country Boy (live)
live recording of:
Country Boy
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
54:42
19Sugar Sweet (alternate “Fathers and Sons” take)
recording of:
Sugar Sweet
writer:
Mel London
32:18
20All Aboard (alternate “Fathers and Sons” take)
recording of:
All Aboard
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Watertoons Music
52:40
21Going Down Slow (live)
live recording of:
Goin’ Down Slow
lyricist and composer:
James Burke Oden (blues singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Leeds Music, MCA Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
54:09
22Who’s Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I’m Gone (original hornless London mix)
55:06
23Can’t Get No Grindin’ (What’s the Matter With the Meal)
recording of:
Can’t Get No Grindin’
writer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
52:49

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Release group

part of:The Chess Box (compilation box sets series published by Chess) (order: 3)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/83985 [info]