From everyone I ever talked to who saw the man, all agree he never had a half-effort performance in his life. Once he started he was on. Chess Box has great stories
This must be a later Chess release like 58 or 59 by the way the logo looks! The earlier pressings on Chess had equal parts blue/white, this one has more white.
Early 1958 by my research. By mid 1959 Chess had stopped pressing 78s. Most releases of this session were on 45rpm. The 78 isn't even listed in Dock's reference book. The 45 is listed at $5 which makes it pretty common. So the 78 is rare I guess.
I think there are a couple of U.S. pressed 78's on Chess from '60, but wouldn't be my life on it.. this 78 of yours tho is definitely rare! U shouldn't part with it, I've regretted a few I've sold.. one of which many told me didn't exist (Lovers Never Say Goodbye - The Flamingos).. boy I wish I hadn't sold it! I love the Chess label by the way, hard to go wrong with that label!
Howlin wolf was and is still the best.He understood groove,confidence and dynamics and wrap the most compelling messege of lyrical genius around the whole damn thing.I absolutely HATE led zepplin for copying his material and sticking a different name on it and trying to call it theres. They did i all the time.How many more times sounds an awful lot like this tune.They never paid Howlin wolf a dime.Fuck you zepplin! Thank God for todays copyright laws. Peace be to Howlin' Wolf. - wolf
Thanks for posting this,laceup1967,- I used to have it on the 1964 LP- sounds even better after all these years- unmistakable,unforgetable, and forever unequalled and unchallenged.This enchants moreso than many Wolf recordings.Terrific!!!
I don't know if that's rhetorical, but it's all Chester Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf. He does the throat shaking too (the initial part he uses in Moanin' At Midnight, the "whoooo-hoooo" was later put to gravy in Smokestack Lighting)... Helluva vocalist.
All the Chess blues recordings such as this were done with one microphone only at the opposite end of the auditorium(a fair distance from the band/singer), giving a deep echo which can sometimes sound like two people singing.
Hope this answers your question,Blackwwoolff.
It is extremely hard to replicate this echo with electronics;-almost impossible
From everyone I ever talked to who saw the man, all agree he never had a half-effort performance in his life. Once he started he was on. Chess Box has great stories
revkenordquist 3 months ago
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this is so fabulous
fastborzoi 8 months ago
This must be a later Chess release like 58 or 59 by the way the logo looks! The earlier pressings on Chess had equal parts blue/white, this one has more white.
CrisVangel 2 years ago
Early 1958 by my research. By mid 1959 Chess had stopped pressing 78s. Most releases of this session were on 45rpm. The 78 isn't even listed in Dock's reference book. The 45 is listed at $5 which makes it pretty common. So the 78 is rare I guess.
laceup1967 2 years ago
I think there are a couple of U.S. pressed 78's on Chess from '60, but wouldn't be my life on it.. this 78 of yours tho is definitely rare! U shouldn't part with it, I've regretted a few I've sold.. one of which many told me didn't exist (Lovers Never Say Goodbye - The Flamingos).. boy I wish I hadn't sold it! I love the Chess label by the way, hard to go wrong with that label!
CrisVangel 2 years ago
kudos to the wolf man! keep on a howlin' chester b! may your legacy live forever!
boilermakerstud 2 years ago 2
Yoooooo sure hell made my day bluuee,,,laceup 1967,
full of joy with'all that Howlin' hue...
Howlin Wolf ....you're the greatest....RIP
Thanx
sitco2 2 years ago
No problem. Only to happy to share.
laceup1967 2 years ago
It brings a tear to my eye just looking at that old Chess logo spinning round on that turntable. I miss that label. :)
Muziclvr07 2 years ago 2
Nothing on earth better than the Wolf's best sides.
Raymantico 3 years ago 6
Man, this is so raw and wild.
easyfriend71 3 years ago 2
father of everything since blues till nowadays...
MoHMoHMoHMoHMoHMoH 3 years ago
Howlin wolf was and is still the best.He understood groove,confidence and dynamics and wrap the most compelling messege of lyrical genius around the whole damn thing.I absolutely HATE led zepplin for copying his material and sticking a different name on it and trying to call it theres. They did i all the time.How many more times sounds an awful lot like this tune.They never paid Howlin wolf a dime.Fuck you zepplin! Thank God for todays copyright laws. Peace be to Howlin' Wolf. - wolf
GoldLonewolf 4 years ago 7
Man, I miss records.
jjm1965 4 years ago
Thanks for posting this,laceup1967,- I used to have it on the 1964 LP- sounds even better after all these years- unmistakable,unforgetable, and forever unequalled and unchallenged.This enchants moreso than many Wolf recordings.Terrific!!!
snakeskin2u2 4 years ago
VOICE WHAT A VOICE!
OKKOKA 4 years ago
GREAT SONG! My dad has thia and the Smokestack Lightning 78s which are basically one and the same with very little musical differences.
Both great tunes!
bangkokianbanger 4 years ago
Who is that other person singing?
Blackwwoolff 5 years ago
I don't know if that's rhetorical, but it's all Chester Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf. He does the throat shaking too (the initial part he uses in Moanin' At Midnight, the "whoooo-hoooo" was later put to gravy in Smokestack Lighting)... Helluva vocalist.
TheFeloniusMonk 5 years ago
All the Chess blues recordings such as this were done with one microphone only at the opposite end of the auditorium(a fair distance from the band/singer), giving a deep echo which can sometimes sound like two people singing.
Hope this answers your question,Blackwwoolff.
It is extremely hard to replicate this echo with electronics;-almost impossible
snakeskin2u2 3 years ago
GOOD!
Goodmolly3000 5 years ago
vcl/hca - Hosea Lee Kennard piano - Jody Williams and Hubert Sumlin gtrs - Earl Phillips dms on Chess 1695 ( 1957 )
Bumblebee38 5 years ago
Gotta love vinyl
horrorshow76 5 years ago
Or in this case, shellac. ;-)
aldiakaroofus 5 years ago
i wanted to use this on myspace. why no embedding?
gabrielharter 5 years ago
Sorry about that. I'm pretty new to this. How can I fix?
laceup1967 5 years ago
Video is now embedded. Share the magic.
laceup1967 5 years ago