Album

The Chess Box

Willie Dixon

1988 · Blues

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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The Chess Box by Willie Dixon

The Chess Box is a Blues album by Willie Dixon, originally released in 1988. On Gatefold: 10 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

  1. 1My Babe2:42
  2. 2Violent Love2:22
  3. 3Third Degree3:16
  4. 4Seventh Son2:54
  5. 5Crazy For My Baby2:51
  6. 6This Pain In My Heart3:19
  7. 7(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man2:47
  8. 8Evil (Is Going On)2:54
  9. 9Mellow Down Easy2:43
  10. 10When the Lights Go Out2:52
  11. 11Young Fashioned Ways3:00
  12. 12Pretty Thing2:50
  13. 13I'm Ready3:04
  14. 14Do Me Right2:54
  15. 15I Just Want To Make Love To You2:53
  16. 16Tollin' Bells3:06
  17. 1729 Ways2:09
  18. 18Walking the Blues3:04
  19. 2.1Spoonful2:47
  20. 2.2You Know My Love2:42
  21. 2.3You Can't Judge a Book By It's Cover3:10
  22. 2.4I Ain't Superstitious2:53
  23. 2.5You Need Love2:42
  24. 2.6Little Red Rooster2:26
  25. 2.7Back Door Man2:50
  26. 2.8Dead Presidents2:46
  27. 2.9Hidden Charms2:22
  28. 2.10You Shook Me2:41
  29. 2.11Bring It On Home2:36
  30. 2.12Three Hundred Pounds of Joy3:06
  31. 2.13Weak Brain, Narrow Mind4:25
  32. 2.14Wang Dang Doodle3:02
  33. 2.15The Same Thing (Live At Super Cosmic Jamboree / 1969)5:56
  34. 2.16Built for Comfort2:40
  35. 2.17I Can't Quit You Baby6:41
  36. 2.18Insane Asylum (feat. Willie Dixon)4:22

Sound DNA

  • Blues
  • Chicago & Electric Blues
  • raw
  • triumphant
  • bluesy

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Includes a 12-page booklet with lengthy liner notes and complete session information.
All recordings digitally remastered from the original mono and stereo Chess masters.
Tracks 1-2 & 2-13 previously unreleased.
Tracks 1-6 & 2-8 previously unreleased on album.
Tracks 1-5, 1-11, 1-17 & 2-5 previously unreleased on U.S. album.
Track 2-15 from "Fathers And Sons (opens in a new tab)"

Credits

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Performers

  • Al DuncanDRUMS
  • Billy Boy ArnoldHARMONICA
  • Billy EmersonORGAN
  • Billy HadnottBASS
  • Bo DiddleyVOCALS, GUITAR
  • Bob NeelyTENOR SAXOPHONE
  • Buddy GuyBASS GUITAR GUITAR
  • Casey JonesDRUMS
  • Clifton JamesDRUMS
  • Dave MyersGUITAR
  • Donald "Duck" DunnBASS
  • Donald HankinsBARITONE SAXOPHONE
  • Earl BrownALTO SAXOPHONE
  • Earl HookerGUITAR
  • Earl PhillipsDRUMS
  • Eddie BoydVOCALS, PIANO WRITTEN-BY, PIANO, VOCALS
  • Eddie ChambleeTENOR SAXOPHONE
  • Ernest CottonTENOR SAXOPHONE

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