Various Artists - Let's Play Chess: A Chess Records Anthology [2LP]

The story of Chess Records is the story of American popular music in the second half of the twentieth century.

Best-known for capturing the sound of acoustic blues, originating from the Mississippi Delta and filtered through Chicago's South Side, going electric and for releasing some of the earliest rock n' roll singles, Chess also has a deep catalog of jazz, R&B and soul recordings.

The legacy of Chess Records endures more than 75 years later. Curated by Grammy-winning producer, Chess Records scholar and current Rolling Stones drummer Steve Jordan, Let's Play Chess: A Chess Records Anthology presents 25 of the label's best, some of the most important and thrilling recordings to be found on any label.

Tracklist

LP 1

1. Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
2. Little Walter - Juke
3. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
4. Chuck Berry - Maybellene
5. Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
6. Etta James - At Last
7. The Moonglows - Sincerely
8. Ramsey Lewis Trio - The "In" Crowd
9. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
10. Tommy Tucker - High Heel Sneakers
11. Buddy Guy - First Time I Met the Blues
12. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
13. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

LP 2

1. John Lee Hooker - Ground Hog Blues
2. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
3. Billy Stewart - I Do Love You
4. The Dells - Stay in My Corner
5. Etta James - All the Way Down
6. Little Walter - Crazy Mixed Up World
7. Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
8. Otis Rush - So Many Roads, So Many Trains
9. Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me To Talkin'
10. Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right
11. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
12. Gene Ammons - My Foolish Heart