Artist: VA
Title: Chess Rhythm & Roll
Year Of Release: 1947-67/1994
Label: MCA/Chess
Genre: Rhythm & Blues, Blues, Rock & Roll, Doo Wop
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 04:21:16
Total Size: 849 Mb / 1,1 Gb (scans)
Tracklist:Disc 1: 1947-195501. The Five Blazes - Chicago Boogie
02. Clarence Samuels - Boogie Woogie Blues
03. The Dozier Boys - Hey Jack
04. Earl & His BLues Rockers - Little Boy, Little Boy
05. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
06. Rosco Gordon - Booted
07. Jackie Brenston - Leo The Louse
08. Bobby Lewis - Mumbles Blues
09. Willie Mabon - I Don't kNow
10. Mitzi Mars - Roll 'Em
11. Danny Overbea - Train, Train, Train
12. Sugar Boy Crawford - Jock-A-Mo
13. The Coronets - Should I
14. Jimmy Binkley & His Combo - Wine, Wine, Wine
15. Leon D. Tarver & The Chordones - I'm A Young Rooster
16. The El Rays - Darling I Know
17. The Swans - Will You Be Mine
18. Larry Liggett - The Man Is Walking
19. The Daps - Love Your Lovin' Ways
20. The Moonglows - Sincerely
21. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
22. The Flamingos - Need Your Love (alternate)
23. Chuck Berry - Maybellene
24. The Moonglows - No One
25. Paul Gayten - If You Love Me, Tell Me So
Disc 2: 1955-195701. Bobby Charles - See You Later Alligator
02. Bobby Tuggle - The $64,000 Question
03. The Flamingos - I'll Be Home
04. Bullmoose Jackson - Heavyweight Baby
05. Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business
06. Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love
07. Earl Hooker - Frog Hop
08. The Four Tops - Country Girl
09. The Moonglows - See Saw
10. Stanley Mitchell & The Tornados - Four O'Clock In The Morning
11. Bobby Charles - Laura Lee
12. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - Ain't Got No Home
13. Clifton Chenier - The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle)
14. The Pastels - Been So Long
15. Chuck Berry - School Day
16. Johnnie & Joe - Over The Mountain, Across The Sea
17. Jody Williams - Lucky Lou
18. The Tune Weavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
19. Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q
20. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - Lady With The Hat Box
21. Paul Gayten - Nervous Boogie
22. Dick Glasser - Crazy Love
23. Eddie Bo - Walk That Walk
24. T.V. Slim - Flatfoot Sam
25. Lee Andrews & The Harts - Teardrops
Disc 3: 1957-195901. G.L. Crockett - Look Out Mabel
02. The Monotones - Book Of Love
03. Jimmy Nelson - Mr. Big Wheel
04. Eddie Fontaine - Nothin's Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees)
05. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
06. Bo Diddley - Say Man
07. Jimmy McCracklin - Everybody Rock (The New Orleans Beat)
08. The Kents - I Found My Girl
09. The Students - I'm So Young
10. Bo Diddley - I Love You So (first version)
11. Johnny Fuller - You Got Me Whistlin'
12. The Brothers - Lazy Susan
13. Dale Hawkins - La-Do-Dada
14. Chuck Berry - Do You Love Me
15. Rusty York - Sugaree
16. Bo Diddley - What Do You Know About Love
17. Sugar Pie DeSanto - I Want To Know
18. Oscar Boyd & The Calvaes - Anna Macora
19. The Sonics - This Broken Heart
20. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Um Huh My Baby
21. The Falcons - This Heart Of Mine
22. Gene Simmons - Goin' Back To Memphis
23. Rod Bernard - This Should Go On Forever
24. Chuck Berry - Let It Rock
25. The Miracles - All I Want Is You
Disc 4: 1960-196702. L.C. Cooke - I Need Your Love
03. Etta & Harvey - My Heart Cries
04. The Sensations - Let Me In
05. Little Milton - Saving My Love For You
06. The Marathons - Peanut Butter
07. The Vibrations - You're Mine
08. The Corsairs - Smokey Places
09. The Tune Weavers - Your Skies Of Blue
10. Billy Stewart - Reap What You Sow
11. Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
12. Jan Bradley - Mama Didn't Lie
13. Cookie & His Cupcakes - Got You On My Mind
14. Tommy Tucker - High Heel Sneakers
15. The Gems - That's What They Put Erasers On Pencils For
16. The Jaynetts - Sally Go 'Round The Roses
17. Chuck Berry - No Particplar Place To Go
18. Bill & Will - Goin' To The River
19. Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure - Don't Mess Up A Good Thing
20. Little Milton - Who's Cheatin' Who
21. Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces - Seaching For My Love
22. Big Maybelle - Maybelle Sings the Blues
23. The Dells - O-O I Love You
24. Etta James - Tell Mama
In addition to being one of the world's premier blues imprints, Chicago-based Chess Records presented some of rock & roll's earliest participants. Chess Rhythm & Roll (1994) is a five-plus hour celebration of essential proto-rockers cut between 1947 and 1967. The four-CD assemblage is a companion to the Chess Blues (1992) box set and picks up during the label's formative days when their repertoire was expanding to a greater audience beyond the realm of R&B. Boasting a total of 99 selections, this collection far exceeds your average "oldies" package, charting the course from ensembles including the jumpin' and jivin' Five Blazes -- whose "Chicago Boogie" commences the festivities -- to the plethora of talent who fused their own unique performance styles to create the foundation of practically every note of popular music that followed. It goes without saying that prolific pioneers Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry have significant spin time. However, it is the attention given to lesser-known artists and "one-hit wonders" that makes the anthology required listening for enthusiasts of all stripes and respective tastes. While the track list tells the story completely and perhaps more succinctly, it only intimates the impact of platters such as Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88," Willie Mabon's "I Don't Know," Sugar Boy Crawford's "Jock-A-Mo," the Moonglows' "Sincerely," Clarence "Frogman" Henry's "Ain't Got No Home," Clifton Chenier's "The Big Wheel," Dale Hawkins' "Suzie-Q," the Monotones' "Book of Love," Tommy Tucker's "High Heel Sneakers" and scores of others found here. Before the artists made names for themselves on Atlantic Records, Chess likewise introduced listeners to Eddie Floyd and Sir Mack Rice, who were bandmates in the Falcons ("This Heart of Mine"), not to mention future Motown superstars Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ("All I Want Is You") and the Four Tops ("Country Girl") -- all of whom got their start on Chess. Slipped in among the classics are no less than 39 rarities, 14 of which are debuted in this omnibus. The sonics are superior, as is the accompanying 64-page booklet, housing reams of photos as well as thorough credits and fact-filled song-by-song annotations. To call Chess Rhythm & Roll essential is an understatement by any measure of the word.
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