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Music : The Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues
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The Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues by: Howlin' Wolf List Price: $13.98 CD-Charts Price: $9.97 You Save: $4.01 (29%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD Brand: HOWLIN' WOLF EAN: 0008811282028 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Chess Manufacturer: Chess Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Chess Release Date: March 12, 2002 Studio: Chess Sales Rank: 112697 MPN: 008811282028 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: HOWLIN' WOLF Title: REAL FOLK BLUES/MORE REAL FOLK BLUES Street Release Date: 03/12/2002 Genre: BLUES TRADITIONAL Amazon.com: Sam Phillips, whose Sun Records spawned the careers of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Roy Orbison, considered Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett his greatest discovery. Not so much stylist as raw, unbridled force of nature, the Wolf had all the musical subtlety of the enraged, 300-pound linebacker he so closely resembled. The tracks here were originally collected from his rich Chess Records catalog for a pair of albums that belatedly tried to cash in on the '60s folk boom. But in eschewing many of the Willie Dixon-penned songs ("Spoonful," "The Red Rooster," "Wang Dang Doodle," et al.) that built his career and later inspired the likes of Eric Clapton and (especially) Mick Jagger and the Stones, the albums collected here lean heavily on Burnett originals, many of which (like "Killing Floor" and "Louise") rework staples of his early days in the Mississippi Delta. The riveting mid-'60s band performances (highlighted by the fiery licks of protégé-sideman Hubert Sumlin) that make up much of this collection's first half represent some of the most compelling blues recordings. While more primitive recordings from the early '50s dominate the second half, they offer a compelling glimpse of Burnett's sound stripped to its elemental core on tracks like the haunting dirge "No Place to Go" and the buoyant "Neighbors" and "Rockin' Daddy." --Jerry McCulley Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Blues to the bone....Excellent disc all around - great sound quality, great selection of songs, dynamite guitar work and "signature sound" singing. When you listen to Wolf sing the Blues, you are getting the Real Deal as far as I'm concerned. When I listen to today's Blues artists, they're nice and everything but most of them have never seen a hard day in their life compared to people like Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Howlin' Wolf. The Blues for them came from having survived hard times and bringing the feeling of being a survivor to life in their music. If you want to see where the real Blues comes from, give this one a spin and you won't be disappointed. Rating:  - what a shamei bought this cd and was very disappointed by a skip right at the beginning of "300pounds of heavenly joy". i exchanged it for a new one but it was the same. evidently they are all defective from the digital master. i've tried to contact universal but it's near impossible. i recommend waiting to buy this one until the defect is addressed. it's a shame that the utmost care would not be taken in remastering such classic and important recordings. Rating: - An essential pairingLike the two long-players before it (Moanin' In The Moonlight and Howlin' Wolf - the "rocking chair" album), to which this makes an essential companion, these two albums, released in 1966 and 1967, were collections of material recorded over a period of more than a decade, mostly previously available on singles. The series of Folk Blues albums had been designed by Chess Records to package the blues to a new, younger audience, and were compiled and annotated by Willie Dixon, who produced a number of Howlin' Wolf records as well as playing bass and writing some classic songs. Both albums present a coherent overview of the Wolf's distinctive viscerality in the company of the most simpatico and skilled players he could have found. The ... Read More: Rating:  - ****1/2This CD brings together Howlin' Wolf's two original "Folk Blues" LPs on one disc, "The Real Folk Blues" from 1966 and "More Real Folk Blues" from 1967. Some of these songs are well-known Wolf singles (and none of them are too "folkish"), but there are also a number of rarities here, and while MCA/Chess's "His Best" is the best place to start, this twofer-CD is a very fine purchase for those fans who want a little more than just the hits. And it should certainly be noted that a number of these songs can only be found here and on the three-disc Chess Box, and one or two of the "More Real Folk Blues" songs are not available on CD anywhere else. The best-known song here has to be the awesome 1964 single "Killing Floor", which kicks ... Read More: Rating: - The WolfWhat can I say? It's the Wolf. The remastered cuts are superb, and I only wish I could have seen this man in person. 24 of the best of the Wolf. A must-buy for anyone who loves the blues and wants a lot of his best on one cd. |
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