Various Artists - Let’s Play Chess (A Chess Records Anthology) [2LP]

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: 8803389
Barcode: 602488033893
Release Date: 05 Dec 2025
Genre: Blues

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 and 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 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.

LP1
Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
Little Walter - Juke
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
Chuck Berry - Maybellene
Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
Etta James - at Last
The Moonglows - Sincerely
Ramsey Lewis Trio - the "In" Crowd
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
Tommy Tucker - High Heel Sneakers
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met the Blues
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

LP2
John Lee Hooker - Ground Hog Blues
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Billy Stewart - I Do Love You
The Dells - Stay in My Corner
Etta James - All the Way Down
Little Walter - Crazy Mixed Up World
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
Otis Rush - So Many Roads, So Many Trains
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me to Talkin'
Jimmy Rogers - That's All Right
Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
Gene Ammons - My Foolish Heart