Lyrics for Howlin Wolf Worried About My Baby

# year
of release title / label / notes

- Baby Ride With Me [aka Ridin' In The Moonlight]
- How Many More Years

rec. May 14, 1951 in Memphis, TN by Sam Philips; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Willie Johnson, g; Willie Steel, dr

originally unissued

Bear Family BCD 15460



- Baby Ride With Me (tk 1) [aka Ridin' In The Moonlight] #
- Baby Ride With Me (tk 2) #
- Baby Ride With Me (tk 3) #
- Baby Ride With Me (tk 4) *
- Baby Ride With Me (tk ?) []
- How Many More Years (tk 1) #
- How Many More Years (tk 3) []

rec. May 14, 1951 or c. June 1951 in Memphis, TN by Sam Philips; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; prob. Albert Williams, p; Willie Johnson, g; Willie Steel, dr

originally unissued

# Bear Family BCD 15500

* Ace CH 52

[] Ace CDCHD 333

1 1951 THE HOWLIN' WOLF

- Moanin' At Midnight (U83)
- How Many More Years (U84) #

rec. July 1951 in Memphis, TN by Sam Philips; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; # Ike Turner, p; Willie Johnson, g; Willie Steel, dr;
composer credits (both tracks) for "Carl Germany"


Chess 1479



- How Many More Years (alt tk)

rec. July 1951 in Memphis, TN by Sam Philips; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Ike Turner, p; Willie Johnson, g; Willie Steel, dr

originally unissued

Redita LP 105
Charly CDRED BOX 7

2 9/1951 HOWLING WOLF

- Riding In The Moonlight (MM1674) #   @ youtube
- Morning At Midnight (MM1677)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Keep What You Got * [Crown CLP 5240] @ youtube
- (Don't) Dog Me Around [Crown CLP 5240] @ youtube

rec. September 1951 at KWEM Radio Station, West Memphis, AR by Joe Bihari; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; # Ike Turner, p; * Calvin Newborn, g; Willie Johnson, g; Willie Steel, dr


RPM 333 (US 9/1951)

3 1951 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Passing By Blues (MM1684)   @ youtube
- Crying At Daybreak (MM1685)   @ youtube

rec. October 2, 1951 at KWEM Radio Station, West Memphis, AR by Joe Bihari; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Ike Turner, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr


RPM 340

4 1951 THE HOWLING WOLF

- My Baby Stole Off (MM1748)
- I Want Your Picture (MM1749)

rec. October 2, 1951 at KWEM Radio Station, West Memphis, AR by Joe Bihari; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Ike Turner, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr


RPM 347

5 1951 HOWLIN' WOLF

- The Wolf Is At Your Door (F1004)
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie (F1005)

rec. December 18, 1951 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Albert Williams, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr


Chess 1497



- California Blues # []
- California Boogie # []
- Look-A-Here Baby # //
- Smile At Me //

rec. December 18, 1951 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; # ts; Albert Williams, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr

originally unissued

[] Charly CR 30102

// Charly CR 30134

6 1952 THE HOWLIN' WOLF

- Getting Old And Grey (U7426) #
- Mr. Highway Man (U7427)

rec. January 23, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; # ts; L.C. Hubert, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr


Chess 1510



- Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy) [] //
- My Baby Walked Off //
- My Troubles And Me # {}
- Chocolate Drop //

rec. January 23, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; # ts; L.C. Hubert, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr

originally unissued

[] Charly CR 30101

// Charly CR 30134

{} Charly CR 30102



- Worried About My Baby #
- House Rockin' Boogie #
- Brown Skin Woman #
- Chocolate Drop (alt tk of above) []
- Driving This Highway //
- The Sun Is Rising *
- Stealing My Clothes (My Friends) *
- I'm The Wolf *

rec. February 12, 1952 in West Memphis, AR; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Ike Turner, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr

originally unissued

# Crown CLP 5240

[] Charly CH 52

// Polydor LP 2383 257

* Kent KST 9002

7 1952 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Saddle My Pony (1028) *
- Worried All The Time (1029) #

# rec. poss. December 18, 1951 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Albert Williams, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr
* rec. April 17, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, g; James Cotten, hca; L.C. Hubert or Bill Johnson, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr


Chess 1515



- Everybody's In The Mood #
- Color And Kind []
- Bluebird (Blues) (18752) #
- Dorothy Mae (tk 1) * #
- Dorothy Mae (tk 2) (18750) * //
- I Got A Woman (Sweet Woman) #
- Well That's Alright (18756) {}
- Decoration Day (Blues) (18755) {}

rec. April 17, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca, * g; * James Cotten, hca; L.C. Hubert or Bill Johnson, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr

originally unissued

# Charly CR 30134

[] Rounder SS 28

// Delta Swing LP 379

{} Charly CR 30102

8 1952 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Oh, Red!! (1037-3) #
- My Last Affair (1038-2)

rec. October 7, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; # Walter Smith, tb; # Charles Taylor, ts; L.C. Hubert or Bill Johnson, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr


Chess 1528



- Oh, Red!! (tk 1) # []
- Oh, Red!! (tk 2) # //
- My Last Affair (1038-1) //
- Champagne Velvet Blues (C.V. Wine Blues) {}
- Come Back Home (tk 1) //
- Come Back Home (tk 2) §
- Come Back Home (tk 3) \\

rec. October 7, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; # Walter Smith, tb; # Charles Taylor, ts; L.C. Hubert or Bill Johnson, p; Willie Johnson, g; b; Willie Steel, dr

originally unissued

[] Bear Family BCD 15460

// Rounder SS 28

{} Charly CR 30102

§ Bear Family BCD 15500

\\ Charly CR 30134



- I've Got A Woman (U7556) #
- Just My Kind (U7557) #
- Work For Your Money (U7558) #
- I'm Not Joking *
- Mama Died And Left Me *

rec. 1953 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; p; Willie Johnson, g; b; dr

originally unissued

# Chess LP 1512

* Chess LP 6641 125

9 1953 THE HOWLIN' WOLF

- All Night Boogie (All Night Long) (You Done Me Wrong) (U7565) (15743)
- I Love My Baby (U7566)

rec. 1953 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; p; Willie Johnson, g; b; dr


Chess 1557



- Highway (Be) My Friend
- Hold Your Money
- Streamline Woman
- California Blues
- Stay Here Till My Baby Comes Back
- Crazy About You Baby

rec. 1953 in Memphis, TN; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; p; Willie Johnson, g; b; dr

originally unissued

Blues Ball LP 2001

10 5/1954 THE HOWLIN' WOLF

- No Place To Go (U7618) (= You Gonna Wreck My Life) #   @ youtube
- Rockin' Daddy (U7621)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- You Gonna Wreck My Life (U7618 alt tk) # [Chess 1744, Chess LP 1512] @ youtube
- Neighbors (U7619) [Chess LP 1512] @ youtube
- I'm The Wolf (U7620) # [Chess LP 1512] @ youtube

rec. March 1954 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, # hca; Otis Spann, p; Lee Cooper, g; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Chess 1566 (US 5/1954)

Otis Spann discography

11 7/1954 THE HOWLIN' WOLF

- Baby How Long? (U7657) (= Baby, How Long)   @ youtube
- Evil Is Goin' On (U7658) (= Evil)   @ youtube

rec. May 25, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jody Williams, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Chess 1575 (US 7/1954)

Otis Spann discography
Hubert Sumlin discography

12 12/1954 THE HOWLIN' WOLF

- I'll Be Around (U7740)   @ youtube
- Forty Four (U7741) (= I'm Mad) (15744)   @ youtube

rec. October 1954 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jody Williams, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Chess 1584 (US 12/1954)

Otis Spann discography
Hubert Sumlin discography

13 1955 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Who Will Be Next (U7795)
- I Have A Little Girl (U7796)

rec. March 1955 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Henry Gray, p; Jody Williams, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Chess 1593

14 1955 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Come To Me Baby (U7798)
- Don't Mess With My Baby (U7799)

rec. March 1955 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Henry Gray, p; Jody Williams, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr



Chess 1607

15 2/1956 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Smoke Stack Lightning (U7985)   @ youtube
- You Can't Be Beat (U7986)   @ youtube

rec. January 1956 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Otis Spann Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Willie Johnson, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Chess 1618 (US 2/1956)


= Chess 1618 (2014 repro)

Hubert Sumlin discography

16 8/1956 HOWLIN WOLF

- I Asked For Water (8175)   @ youtube
- So Glad (8176)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Break Of Day (8177) [Chess LP 6641 125] @ youtube

rec. July 19, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Otis Spann Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Willie Johnson [?], Otis 'Smokey' Smothers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Chess 1632 (US 8/1956)

Otis 'Smokey' Smothers discography

17 2/1957 HOWLIN' WOLF

- My Life (8354)   @ youtube
- Going Back Home (8352)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Bluebird (8353) [Blues Ball 2001, Chess CHD 2-9349] @ youtube
- You Ought To Know (8355) [Blues Ball 2001, Chess CHD 2-9349] @ youtube

rec. December 1956 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Adolph 'Billy' Duncan, ts; Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Willie Johnson, Otis 'Smokey' Smothers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Chess 1648 (US 2/1957)

Otis 'Smokey' Smothers discography

18 7/1957 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Somebody In My Home (8530)   @ youtube
- Nature (8531-4)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Somebody In My Home (alt tk) [Blues Ball LP 2002]
- Nature (8531-1) [P-Vine PLP-6031]
- Nature (alt tk) (8531-6) [Blues Ball LP 2001]

rec. June 24, 1957 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Adolph 'Billy' Duncan, ts; Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Willie Johnson, Otis 'Smokey' Smothers, g 1) ; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr
1) Experts (unanimously) at Facebook: Obviously no two guitars can be heard; guitarist doesn't sound like Willie Johnson; guitarist might be "Big Smokey, or Little Smokey miscredited as Big Smokey, or maybe someone else, like L.D. McGhee" (Scott Dirks)


Chess 1668 (US 7/1957)

Otis 'Smokey' Smothers discography

19 1957 Rhythm and Blues with Howlin' Wolf


- Come To Me Baby [Chess 1607]
- Don't Mess With My Baby [Chess 1607]

- Smokestack Lightning [Chess 1618]
- You Can't Be Beat [Chess 1618]

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Paul Oliver

London RE-U 1072 (UK 1957)

20 1/1958 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Poor Boy (8616)   @ youtube
- Sittin' On Top Of The World (8618)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Walk The Camp Hall (8615) [Blues Ball LP 2001, Chess CHD 2-9349] @ youtube
- Poor Boy (alt tk) [Chess CHD 2-9349] @ youtube
- My Baby Told Me (8617) [Blues Ball LP 2001, Chess CHD 2-9349] @ youtube

rec. December 1957 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Alfred Elkins, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Chess 1679 (US 1/1958)

Hubert Sumlin discography



- I Didn't Know (8718) [Blue Night BN 073 166]
- I'm Going Away (8719-3) (I Better Go Now) [Blue Night BN 073 166]
- I Better Go Now (8720)
- I Better Go Now (9272-1, -2) (remastered tks of 8720) [P-Vine LP 6031 / Chess 1726]

rec. 1958 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Abb Locke, ts; Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Alfred Elkins, b; Earl Phillips, dr

Chess unissued

Hubert Sumlin discography

21 6/1958 HOWLIN WOLF [78 rpm] / HOWLING WOLF [78 rpm reissue & All Platinum 45 rpm reissue]

- Moanin' For My Baby (8775-1)   @ youtube
- I Didn't Know (8774)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Moanin' For My Baby (8775-3) [P-Vine PLP-6031, Chess CHD 2-9349] @ youtube
- Moanin' For My Baby (8775-4) [Blue Night BN 073 1667, P-Vine PLP-6031, Chess CHD 2-9349] @ youtube

rec. April 3, 1958 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Jody Williams, Hubert Sumlin, g; Alfred Elkins, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Chess 1695 (US 6/1958 ff.)

Hubert Sumlin discography

22 11/1958 HOWLING WOLF

- I'm Leaving You (9150)   @ youtube
- Change My Way (9152)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- I'm Leaving You (alt tk) [Blue Night BN 073 1667]
- I'm Leaving You (9150-7/10) [P-Vine PLP-6031]
- (You) Can't Put Me Out (9151) [Blues Ball LP 2002,Chess CHD 2-9349]
- Can't Put Me Out (9151-3) [Blue Night BN 073 1667]
- (You) Can't Put Me Out (alt tk) [Chess LP 6.28601
- Getting Late (9153) [Blues Ball LP 2002, Chess CHD 2-9349]

rec. c. September 1958 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Hosea Lee Kennard, p; JL.D. McGhee, Hubert Sumlin, g; S.P. Leary, dr


Chess 1712 (US 11/1958)

Hubert Sumlin discography

23 1958 Howlin' Wolf: Moanin' In The Moonlight

Chess LP-1434 track sequence:
- Moanin' At Midnight [Chess 1479]
- How Many More Years [Chess 1479] 1)
- Smokestack Lightnin' [Chess 1618]
- Baby, How Long [Chess 1575]
- No Place To Go [Chess 1566]
- All Night Boogie [Chess 1557]

- Evil [Chess 1575]
- I'm Leaving You [Chess 1712]
- Moanin' For My Baby [Chess 1695]
- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) [Chess 1632]
- Forty-Four [Chess 1584]
- Somebody In My Home [Chess 1668]

Marble Arch MAL 665 track sequence (2 tracks omitted!):
- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- Baby, How Long
- No Place To Go

- Evil
- I'm Leaving You
- Moanin' For My Baby
- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
- Somebody In My Home

Chess LP 1540 track sequence:
- Forty Four
- Evil
- Smokestack Lightning
- Somebody In My Home
- How Many More Years
- I'm Leavin' You

- All Night Long
- Moanin' For My Baby
- Baby How Long
- No Place To Go
- I Asked For Water
- Moanin' At Midnight

1) on Chess/Funckler PAR 213 cover: "How Many More Tears"

Chess/MCA CHD-5908 track sequence:
Howlin' Wolf
- Shake For Me
- The Red Rooster
- You'll Be Mine
- Who's Been Talkin'
- Wang Dang Doodle
- Little Baby
- Spoonful
- Goin Down Slow
- Down In The Bottom
- Back Door Man
- Howlin' For My Baby
- Tell Me
Moanin' In The Moonlight
- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- Baby How Long
- No Place To Go
- All Night Boogie
- Evil
- I'm Leavin You
- Moanin' For My Baby
- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
- Forty Four
- Somebody In My Home

booklet of Chess/MCA CHD-5908 (wrongly) states that there had to be one track omitted because of space problems; in spite of that statement both albums are featured completely

notes by Paul Ackerman

Chess LP-1434 (US 1958 black label) / (US 1959 blue label)

notes by Paul Ackerman

= Marble Arch MAL 665 (UK 1964)

notes by Paul Ackerman

= Chess/Funckler PAR 213 (NL 1965)


= Chess CRL 4006 (UK 1965)

notes by Pete Welding

= Chess CH-1540 (US 10/1969) "Evil"


= P-Vine PLP-806 (Jp 1985?)

notes by Paul Ackerman

= Chess CH-9195 (US 1986) "Moanin' In The Moonlight"


= Chess/Green Line GCH-8023 (It 1986)

notes by Paul Ackerman, Ralph Bass & Don Kamerer

(=) Chess/MCA CHD-5908 (US 1986) along with Chess LP 1469 "Howlin' Wolf"

(=) Soul Jam 600801 (2012)

24 4/1959 HOWLING WOLF

- Howlin' Blues (8780) [remastered/retitled alt tk of I'm Going Away (8719-3)] @ youtube
- I Better Go Now (9272-2) [remastered tk of 8720] @ youtube

rec. April 3, 1958 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Jody Williams, Hubert Sumlin, g; Alfred Elkins, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Chess 1726 (US 4/1959)

Hubert Sumlin discography

25 7/1959 HOWLIN' WOLF

- I've Been Abused (9583-1) #   @ youtube
- Mr. Airplane Man (9586-1)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- I've Been Abused (alt tk) # [Blue Night BN 073 1667]
- I've Been Abused (9583-4-12) # [tks 5&7 on P-Vine PLP-6031, Hip-O Select B 001530902] @ youtube
- Howlin' For My Darling (or Baby) (9584) [Chess 1762]
- Howlin' For My Baby (9584-1/7) [P-Vine PLP-6031]
- Howlin' For My Darling (instr) [repress Chess 1762, P-Vine PLP-6031]
- Wolf In The Mood (instr) [P-Vine PLP-6031, Chess CHD 2-9349]
- My People's Gone [Blues Ball LP 2002]
- Mr. Airplane Man (9586-2) [P-Vine PLP-6031] @ youtube

rec. July 1959 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; # Abb Locke, ts; Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Hubert Sumlin, Abraham Smothers, g; S.P. Leary, dr


Chess 1735 (US 7/1959)

Hubert Sumlin discography
Abraham 'Little Smokey' Smothers discography

26 11/1959 HOWLIN' WOLF

- The Natchez Burning (8178) *   @ youtube
- You Gonna Wreck My Life (U 7618 alt tk) #   @ youtube

# rec. March 1954 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Lee Cooper, g; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr

* rec. July 19, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, , hca g [?]; Otis Spann Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Willie Johnson [?], Otis 'Smokey' Smothers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr


Chess 1744 (US 11/1959)

Otis 'Smokey' Smothers discography

27 1959? HOWLIN' WOLF

- Who's Been Talking? (8528)   @ youtube
- Tell Me (8529)   @ youtube

rec. June 24, 1957 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Adolph 'Billy' Duncan, ts; Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Willie Johnson, Otis 'Smokey' Smothers, g 1) ; Willie Dixon, b; Earl Phillips, dr
1) Experts (unanimously) at Facebook: Obviously no two guitars can be heard; guitarist doesn't sound like Willie Johnson; guitarist might be "Big Smokey, Little Smokey miscredited as Big Smokey, or maybe someone else, like L.D. McGhee" (Scott Dirks)


Chess 1750

Otis 'Smokey' Smothers discography

28 1960 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Spoonful (10265) #
- Howlin' For My Darling (9584) *

# rec. June 1960 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; Otis Spann, p; Freddy Robinson, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

* rec. July 1959 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Abb Locke, ts; Hosea Lee Kennard, p; Hubert Sumlin, Abraham Smothers, g; S.P. Leary, dr


Chess 1762

Hubert Sumlin discography

29 1960 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Back Door Man (10264)
- Wang Dang Doodle (10263)

rec. June 1960 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; Otis Spann, p; Freddy Robinson, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr


Chess 1777

Freddy Robinson discography

30 1961 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Little Baby (10913)
- Down In The Bottom (10917) #

rec. May 1961 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, # g; Johnny Jones, p; Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Rogers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Sam Lay, dr


Chess 1793

Hubert Sumlin discography

31 1961 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Shake For Me (10937)
- The Red Rooster (10938) #

rec. June 1961 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, # g; Johnny Jones, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; unknown, el-b; Willie Dixon, b; Sam Lay, dr


Chess 1804

Hubert Sumlin discography

31a 9/1961 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Little Baby
- Down In The Bottom


PYE 7N.25101 (UK 9/1961)

32 1961 Rhythm & Blues Showcase Vol. II

Jimmy McCracklin
- The Walk

Howlin' Wolf
- You Gonna Wreck My Life [aka No Place To Go, Chess 1566]

Muddy Waters
- Messin' With The Man
Little Walter
- I Got To Find My Baby


7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Guy Stevens

PYE NEP 44022 (UK 1961)

33 1961 HOWLIN WOLF

- You'll Be Mine (11377) *
- Going Down Slow (11380) #

rec. December 1961 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; Henry Gray, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; unknown, el-b; Willie Dixon, speech (on LPs only), * b; Sam Lay, dr


Chess 1813

# Chess 5-9332
# Aura LP 1000

Hubert Sumlin discography

34 1962 HOWLIN WOLF

- I Ain't Superstitious (11379)
- Just Like I Treat You (11378)

rec. December 1961 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; Henry Gray, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; unknown, el-b; Willie Dixon, b; Sam Lay, dr


Chess 1823 (US 4/1962)


= Chess 1823 (US ?/196?)


= Chess 1823 (US ?/196?)


= PYE 7N.25192 (UK 4/1963)

Hubert Sumlin discography

35 1/1962 Howlin' Wolf ["The Rockin' Chair album"]

- Shake For Me [Chess 1804]
- The Red Rooster [Chess 1804]
- You'll Be Mine [Chess 1813]
- Who's Been Talkin' [Chess 1750]
- Wang Dang Doodle [Chess 1777]
- Little Baby [Chess 1793]

- Spoonful [Chess 1762]
- Going Down Slow [Chess 1813]
- Down In The Bottom [Chess 1793]
- Back Door Man [Chess 1777]
- Howlin' For My Baby [Chess 762]
- Tell Me [Chess 1750]

prod. by Ralph Bass; cover art by Don Bronstein

Chess/MCA CHD-5908 track sequence:
Howlin' Wolf
- Shake For Me
- The Red Rooster
- You'll Be Mine
- Who's Been Talkin'
- Wang Dang Doodle
- Little Baby
- Spoonful
- Goin Down Slow
- Down In The Bottom
- Back Door Man
- Howlin' For My Baby
- Tell Me
Moanin' In The Moonlight
- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- Baby How Long
- No Place To Go
- All Night Boogie
- Evil
- I'm Leavin You
- Moanin' For My Baby
- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
- Forty Four
- Somebody In My Home

booklet of Chess/MCA CHD-5908 (wrongly) states that there had to be one track omitted because of space problems; in spite of that statement both albums are featured completely

notes by Ralph Bass

Chess LP 1469 (US 1/1962)


= Chess/Funckler PAR 233 (NL) "Rocking the Blues" (Chess International Blues Series 15)

= Chess/Funckler MAR 3176 (NL) "Rocking the Blues" (Chess International Blues Series 15)

= Vogue/Chess 515 026 (Fr 198?)

= Vogue/Chess 600 111 (Fr) "The Rockin' Chair Album"


= Barclay 84102 S (Fr) "Les rois du rhythm n'blues"

= Chess CH 9183 (US 1984) "Chicago - 26 Golden Years Single Album"


= Chess/Green Line GCH-8012 (It 1986)

= P-Vine PLP-838 (Jp 1985)


= Vogue/Chess CD 600111 (Fr 1986) "The Rockin' Chair Album"

notes by Paul Ackerman, Ralph Bass & Don Kamerer

(=) Chess/MCA CHD-5908 (US 1986) along with Chess LP 1434 "Moanin' In The Moonlight"

36 1962 HOWLIN WOLF

- Mama's Baby (11914)
- Do The Do (11915)

rec. September 28, 1962 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; J.T. Brown, ts; sax; Johnny Jones, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Junior Blackmon, dr


Chess 1844

Hubert Sumlin discography

37 1962 Howlin' Wolf Sings The Blues

Crown 5240 / Ember 3370 / United 7717 track sequence:
- Riding In The Moonlight [RPM 333]
- Worried About My Baby [previously unissued]
- Crying At Daylight [RPM 340]
- Brown Skin Woman [previously unissued]
- Twisting And Turning (Joe Hill Louis)

- House Rockin' Boogie [previously unissued]
- Keep What You Got [previously unissued]
- Dog Me Around [previously unissued]
- Morning At Midnight [RPM 333]
- Backslide Boogie (Joe Hill Louis)

Kent 526 / United 7747 track sequence:
- Riding In The Moonlight
- Brown Skin Woman
- Twisting And Turning (Joe Hill Louis)
- Morning At Midnight
- Worried About My Baby

- Crying At Daybreak
- House Rockers (House Rockin' Boogie)
- Dog Me Around
- Backslide Boogie (Joe Hill Louis)
- Keep What You Got

Ace CDCHM 1013 track sequence:
- Riding In The Moonlight [RPM 333]
- Worried About My Baby [Crown CLP 5240]
- Crying At Daybreak (aka Crying At Daylight) [RPM 340]
- Brown Skin Woman (aka Chocolate Drop) [Crown CLP 5240]
- Twisting And Turning (Joe Hill Louis)
- House Rockin' Boogie [Crown CLP 5240]
- Keep What You Got [Crown CLP 5240]
- Dog Me Around [Crown CLP 5240]
- Moanin' At Midnight (aka Morning At Midnight) [RPM 333]
- Backslide Boogie (Joe Hill Louis)
- Riding In The Moonlight (audition # 1)
- Driving This Highway [Polydor 2383 257]
- I'm The Wolf [Kent KST 9002]
- My Friends (aka Stealing My Clothes) [Kent KST 9002]
- The Sun Is Rising [Kent KST 9002]
- Chocolate Drop [Ace CH 52]
- Passing By Blues [RPM 340]
- My Baby Stole Off [RPM 347]
- I Want Your Picture [RPM 347]
- Riding In The Moonlight (audition # 2)


Crown CLP 5240 (US 1959 mono only)


= Custom CM-2055 (mono)
Custom CS-1055 (stereo) (US 1966) "Big City Blues"

notes by Dave Godin

= Ember STEMB/EMB 3370 (UK 1966) "Big City Blues"

notes by Mike Akopoff

(=) Kent KST 526 (1968) "Original Folk Blues"


(=) United Superior 7717/717 (US 1970) "Big City Blues"


= United Superior US-7747 (US 197?) "Original Folk Blues"


= Goody BY-70001 (Fr) "Big City Blues"


= P-Vine PLP-6611 (Jp 1991)

notes by Ray Topping

(=) Ace CDCHD 333 (1993) "Howling Wolf Rides Again"


(=) Fuel 2000 61220 (2002)

notes by Dave Sax

(=) Ace CDCHM 1013 (2004) "Sings The Blues" (from fresh masters!)

(=) P-Vine 23769 (Jp 2006)

38 1963 HOWLIN WOLF

- Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy (12618)
- Built For Comfort (12620)

rec. August 14, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; J.T. Brown, ts; Donald Hankins, bs; Lafayette Leake, p; Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, g; prob. Jerome Arnold, b; Sam Lay, dr


Chess 1870

Hubert Sumlin discography

39 1963 HOWLIN WOLF

- Tail Dragger (11916) #
- Hidden Charms (12617) *

# rec. September 28, 1962 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; J.T. Brown, ts; sax; Johnny Jones, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Junior Blackmon, dr

* rec. August 14, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; J.T. Brown, ts; Donald Hankins, bs; Lafayette Leake, p; Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, g; prob. Jerome Arnold, b; Sam Lay, dr


Chess 1890

Hubert Sumlin discography

40 1963 Howlin' Wolf: Smokestack Lightnin'


- Smokestack Lightnin' [Chess 1618]
- Howlin' For My Baby [Chess 1772]

- Going Down Slow [Chess 1813]
- You'll Be Mine [Chess 1813]

7 inch 45 rpm EP

PYE NEP 44015 (UK 1963)

41 8/1963 Howlin' Wolf

- Tell Me [Chess 1750]
- Spoonful [Chess 1762]
- Who's Been Talkin' [Chess 1750]

- Shake For Me [Chess 1804]
- Going Down Slow [Chess 1813]
- Down In The Bottom [Chess 1793]

A Seeburg release with part no. 371

7 inch 33 1/3 rpm EP for jukebox use

Chess 7-LPS-1469 (US 8/1963)
includes at least two 2" x 2" jukebox inserts, a strip of blue Seeburg title strips and a strip of white generic title strips

= Chess 12220, Impulse As-73 (Juke Box EP)

42 1963 The Blues   Volume 1

- Don't Start Me To Talking - Sonny Boy Williamson
- First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy
- Worried Life Blues - Chuck Berry
- My Babe - Little Walter
- Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- Hoochie Coochie - Muddy Waters

- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson

- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Juke - Little Walter
- When The Lights Go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Just Make Love To Me - Muddy Waters

- Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf

EP Vol. 1, Part 1 - PYE NPL 44029
- Don't Start Me To Talking - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Just Make Love To Me - Muddy Waters

- Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- When The Lights Go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon

EP Vol. 1, Part 2 - PYE NPL 44035
- Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf
- First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy

- Hoochie Coochie - Muddy Waters
- Juke - Little Walter


notes by Esmond Edwards

Argo LP-4026

notes by Esmond Edwards

(=) Cadet LPS-4026 "Electronically altered for STEREO"


= PYE NPL 28030 (UK)

45 rpm EP

(=) PYE NPL 44029 (UK) "Vol. 1, Part 1"

45 rpm EP

(=) PYE NPL 44035 (UK) "Vol. 1, Part 2"


= Barclay 844005 (Fr)

notes by Esmond Edwards and Bob Schnieders

= Chess CH-9253 (1984)

= Chess/Green Line GCH-8027 (It 1986)

Argo/Cadet/Chess 'The Blues' series discography

43 1963 The Blues   Volume 2

- Thirty Days - Chuck Berry
- Sugar Mama - John Lee Hooker

- Evil - Howlin' Wolf
- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
- I'm A Man - Bo Diddley
- Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter

- Key To The Highway - Little Walter
- It Ain't No Secret - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Wee Wee Hours - Chuck Berry
- Ten Years Ago - Buddy Guy
- So Many Roads - Otis Rush

notes by Esmond Edwards

Argo LP-4027

notes by Esmond Edwards

(=) Cadet LP-4027

notes by Esmond Edwards

= PYE NPL 28035 (UK)

notes by Esmond Edwards and Bob Schnieders

= Chess CH-9267 (US 1984)

Argo/Cadet/Chess 'The Blues' series discography

44 1963 Folk Festival Of The Blues Recorded Live @ youtube (full album)

- Wee, Wee Baby - Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Buddy Guy   @ youtube
- Sitting And Thinking - Muddy Waters   @ youtube
- Worried Blues (3:10) - Buddy Guy ||   @ youtube
- Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson ||| [Checker 1134]   @ youtube

- Sugar Mama - Howlin' Wolf [] #   @ youtube

- Clouds In My Heart - Muddy Waters   @ youtube
- May I Have A Talk With You - Howlin' Wolf #   @ youtube
- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters   @ youtube
- Don't Know Which Way To Go - Buddy Guy   @ youtube
- She's 19 Years Old - Muddy Waters   @ youtube


# rec. July 26, 1963 at Copa Cabana Club, Chicago; Howlin' Wolf, voc, [] hca; Jarrett Gibson, ts; Donald Hankins, bs; Otis Spann, p; Buddy Guy, g; Jack Meyers, b; Fred Below, dr
|| / ||| studio recordings with dubbed audience:
|| rec. August 14, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Buddy Guy, voc, g; Jarrett Gibson, ts; Donald Hankins, bs; Lafayette Leake, p; Jack Meyers, b; Clifton James, dr
||| rec. January 11, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williemason, voc, hca; Lafayette Leake or Billy Emerson, org; Matt Murphy. g; Milton Rector, b; Al Duncan, dr

notes by Pete Welding

Argo LP 4031 (US 1963)

notes by Pete Welding

= PYE NPL 28033 (UK 1963) "Folk Festival Of The Blues Recorded Live"


= Marble Arch MALS 724 (UK 1967) "Festival Of The Blues"

= Chess/Funckler MAR-S 3171 (NL 1968) "Folk Festival of the Blues Recorded Live"


= Barclay 84116 S (Fr)


= Chess LP-1533 (1969) "Blues from 'Big Bill's' CopaCabana   Recorded Live"

= Chess CH-9181


= Chess 9113 (1984) "Folk Festival of the Blues Recorded Live"

= Chess/Green Line GCH-8004 (It 1984)

= Chess/Green Line CD 1015 (It 1989)


= Charly CD BM 15 (UK 1993) "Live Action! - Charly Blues Masterworks Volume 15"

44a 5/1964 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Smokestack Lightnin' (= Smoke Stack Lightnin') [Chess 1618]
- Going Down South (= Going Down Slow) [Chess 1813]


PYE 7N.25244 (UK)

45 1964 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Love Me Darlin' (13417)
- My Country Sugar Mama (13419) #

rec. August 1964 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, # hca; Arnold Rogers, ts; sax; Johnny Jones, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Andrew Palmer, b; Junior Blackmon, dr


Chess 1911

46 1964 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Killing Floor (13418)
- Louise (13420)

rec. August 1964 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; Arnold Rogers, ts; sax; Johnny Jones, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Andrew Palmer, b; Junior Blackmon, dr


Chess 1923

= Chess CRS 8010 (UK 4/1965)

Hubert Sumlin discography

46a 10/1964 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Little Girl [Chess 1593]
- Tail Dragger [Chess 1890]


PYE 7N.25269 (UK 10/1964)

47 1964 The Blues   Volume 3

- Diggin' My Potatoes - Washboard Sam
- Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon
- Lonely No More - Little Milton

- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) - Howlin' Wolf
- Off The Wall - Little Walter
- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters

- It's My Own Fault - John Lee Hooker
- Baby Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Time Brings On A Change - Jimmy Witherspoon
- The Sun Is Shining (alt tk) - Elmore James
- The World's In A Tangle - Jimmy Rogers


Argo LP-4034

(=) Cadet LP-4034

notes by John Burton

= PYE NPL 28045 (UK)

notes by John Burton and Cary Baker

= Chess CH-9276 (1988)

Argo/Cadet/Chess 'The Blues' series discography

48 1964 Howlin' Wolf: Tell Me


- Tell Me [Chess 1750]
- Shake For Me [Chess 1804]

- Who's Been Talkin' [Chess 1750]
- Back Door Man [Chess 1777]

7 inch 45 rpm EP

PYE NEP 44032 (UK 1964)

49 1964 Blues Festival


Sonny Boy Williamson
- Cross My Heart

Howlin' Wolf
- Evil [Chess 1575]

Sugar Pie Desanto
- Soulful Dress
Willie Dixon
- Crazy For My Baby


7 inch 45 rpm EP

PYE NEP 44038 (UK)

50 1964 American Folk Blues Festival '64

Sonnyboy Williamson
- I'm Trying To Make London My Home
- Dissatisfied
Sunnyland Slim
- Everytime I Get To Drinkin'
Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins
- Ain't It A Pity
- Baby Please Don't Go

Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon
- I'm A Tearing Little Daddy
John Henry Barbee
- Cotton Pickin' Blues   @ youtube
Hubert Sumlin / Sunnyland Slim
- No Title Boogie
Sugar Pie Desanto
- Slip In Mules

Howlin' Wolf
- Dust My Broom #

rec. October 9, 1964 at the Musikhalle Hamburg, Germany; prod. by Siegfried E. Loch
# Howlin' Wolf, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr

Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 track sequence:
- Five Long Years - Muddy Waters (AFBF 1963)
- Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues - Willie Dixon (AFBF 1963)
- Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon (AFBF 1963)
- Matt's Guitar Boogie - Matthew Murphy (AFBF 1963)
- I Don't Know - Sonny Boy Williamson (AFBF 1963)

- I'm Trying To Make London My Home - Sonny Boy Williamson (AFBF 1964)
- Ain't It A Pity - Lightnin' Hopkins (AFBF 1964)
- Baby, Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins (AFBF 1964)
- Everytime I Get To Drinkin' - Sunnyland Slim (AFBF 1964)
- No Title Boogie - Hubert Sumlin (AFBF 1964)

- Dust My Broom - Howlin Wolf (AFBF 1964)

Evidence ECD 26087-2 track sequence:
Fred McDowell - Highway 61 (1965)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go (1964)
John Lee Hooker - Della Mae (1965)
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well (1963)
Muddy Waters - Five Long Years (1963)
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1965)

Howlin' Wolf - Dust My Broom (1964)
T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love (1962)
Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get To Drinkin' (1964)
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues (1965)
Sugar Pie DeSanto - Slip In Mules (1964)
Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (1962)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (1965)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Dissatisfied (1964)
Otis Spann - Goin' Down Slow (= "Had My Fun") (1963)
Brownie McGhee - Crying At The Station (1962)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down (1965)

notes by Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau (introduction), Georges Adins, Joachim E. Berendt, Jacques Demêtre, Bob Koester, Horst Lippmann, Paul Oliver (artists' portraits)

Fontana 681 522 TL (mono) (Germany 1964)
= Fontana 885 411 TY (stereo) (Germany 1964)

notes by Jean Tronchot

= Fontana 681 522 TL (mono) (Fr 1964)

notes by Jean Tronchot

= Fontana 885 411 MY (stereo) (Fr 1964)


= Fontana TL 5225 (UK 1964)

[not = Amiga 850043 !!!]


(=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 63-64"

notes by Willy Leiser

= L+R 42.024 (Germany 1981)


= L+R 42.024 (Germany 1982)

= Edigsa/L+R 12L0293 (Sp 1982)


= Optimism/L+R CD LR-2024 (US 198?)

5 CD box set
notes by Bill Dahl

(=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65"     CD 4: "'sixty four"

notes by Jerry Gordon

(=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights"

Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened!


= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42024 (Germany 1998)

3 CD set

(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 2002) "1962, 1963, 1964"     CD 3: 1964

180 g LP

= Pure Pleasure/L+R PPAN LR42024 (UK 2014)

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Fontana Records discography
L+R Records discography

50a 1964 Original Golden Hits of the Great Blues Singers
Volume II


- I Wake Up Crying - Chuck Jackson
- Lonesome In Your Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Father Up The Road - Bobby Bland
- Next Time - Little Junior Parker
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson

- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf

- Lie To Me - Brook Benton
- You Can Make It If You Try - Gene Allison
- No More Doggin' - Roscoe Gordon
- The Bells - Clyde McPhatter
- Just Make Love To Me - Muddy Waters
- I Won't Cry - Johnny Adams



Mercury MGH 25002 (mono)
Mercury SRH 65002 (stereo)

50b 12/1964 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Love Me Darling
- My Country Sugar Mama


PYE 7N.25283 (UK 12/1964)

51 1965 HOWLIN WOLF

- Tell Me What I've Done (13883)
- Ooh Baby, Hold Me (13885)

rec. April 15, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; Eddie Shaw, ts; sax; Lee Eggleston, p; Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, g; Sam Lay, dr


Chess 1928

= Chess CRS 8016 (UK July 16, 1965)

Hubert Sumlin discography

52 1965 HOWLIN WOLF

- I Walked From Dallas (13882)
- Don't Laugh At Me (13884)

rec. April 15, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; Eddie Shaw, ts; sax; Lee Eggleston, p; Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, g; Sam Lay, dr


Chess 1945

Hubert Sumlin discography

53 1965 Howlin' Wolf: The Real Folk Blues

- Killing Floor [Chess 1923]
- Louise [Chess 1923]
- Poor Boy [Chess 1679]
- Sittin' On Top Of The World [Chess 1679]
- Nature [Chess 1668]
- My Country Sugar Mama [Chess 1911]

- Tail Dragger [Chess 1890]
- Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy [Chess 1870]
- Natchez Burnin' [Chess 1744]
- Built For Comfort [Chess 1870]
- Ooh Baby Hold Me [Chess 1928]
- Tell Me What I've Done [Chess 1928]

cover design of PYE/Chess CRL 4508 and Chess/Funckler PAR 212 by Dave Murphy
cover design of SOM 10.000 by Howard Blume & B. Sharp (design) and Jeff Leowenthal (photos)

notes by Willie Dixon

Chess LP 1502 (1965)


= PYE/Chess CRL 4508 "Poor Boy" (UK 1965)

notes by Neil Slaven

= Chess/Funckler PAR 212 (NL 1965) "Poor Boy" (Blues Series 8)

notes by Willie Dixon
= Chess/MCA CH-9273 (1987)

= Vogue/Chess 515 017 (Fr 198?)

= Chess CHD-9273 (US 1990)

54 1965 The Blues   Volume 5

- That's Alright - Jimmy Rogers [Chess 1435]
- Honey Bee - Muddy Waters [Chess 1468]

- How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf [Chess 1479]
- Ground Hog Blues - John Lee Hooker
- Free And Easy Mind - Jimmy Nelson
- Double Dealing - Percy Mayfield

- Seventh Son - Willie Mabon & his Combo [Chess 1608]
- Check Yourself - Lowell Fulson
- The Key - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Me and My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie
- Confessin' The Blues - Little Walter & the Jukes [Checker 890]
- 24 Hours - Eddie Boyd [Chess 1533]

notes by Marshall Chess and Willie Dixon

Cadet LP-4051 (US 1965 ff.)   "All Platinum Record Group"   "GRT Record Group"   "Chess Producing Corp."

click to enlarge!
= Chess CRL 45123 (UK 1965)

notes by Marshall Chess and Willie Dixon

Cadet LPS-4051 (US 1966) "Electronically altered for STEREO"

LP
notes by Marshall Chess, Mary Katherine Aldin, Willie Dixon

= Chess/MCA CH-9320 (US 1990)

CD
notes by Marshall Chess, Mary Katherine Aldin, Willie Dixon

= Chess/MCA CHD-9320 (US 1990)
= Chess/MCA CHC-9320 (cassette)

Argo/Cadet/Chess 'The Blues' series discography

54a 1966 HOWLIN WOLF

- New Crawlin' King Snake (14641)
- My Mind Is Ramblin' (14642)

rec. April 11, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; Eddie Shaw, ts; saxes; Henry Gray, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; g; b; Cassell Burrows, dr


Chess 1968

Hubert Sumlin discography

55 1966 Howlin' Wolf: The Real Folk Blues   Vol. 1

- Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy [Chess 1870]
- My Country Sugar Mama [Chess 1911]

- Ooh Baby Hold Me [Chess 1928]
- Louise [Chess 1923]

7 inch 45 rpm EP

Chess CRE-6017 (UK 1966)



- Meet Me In The Bottom [Howlin' Wolf / Son House "discussion"!] [Vestapol VHS 13049, Vestapol dvd OV13049]
- How Many More Years [Vestapol VHS 13049, Vestapol dvd OV13049]
- Dust My Broom [Vestapol VHS 13049, Vestapol dvd OV13049, Rounder CD 1866]

rec. August 1966 at the Newport Folk Festival, RI ("backstage tavern" filming by Alan Lomax); Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Eddie Shaw Sam Jones, ts; Hubert Sumlin, g; Andrew McMahon, b; S.P. Leary, dr

originally unissued

Hubert Sumlin discography
Andrew McMahon discography

56 1966 Let Me Tell You About The Blues Volume One

Floyd Jones
- Keep What You Got
Ernest Lewis
- No More Lovin'
- West Coast Blues
Little Hudson
- Rough Treatment

Howlin' Wolf
- Passing By Blues [RPM 340]
John Brim
- Gary Stomp
Eddie Hope
- Lost Child

J.B. Hutto
- Combination Boogie
- Now She's Gone
West Texas Slim
- Little Mae Bell
- Loudella
Eddie Hope
- A Fool No More
Danny Boy
- Kokomo Me Baby

The Howling Wolf
- I Want Your Picture [RPM 347]
- My Baby Stole Off [RPM 347]

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Blue Horizon LP 2 (UK 1966) [only 99 copies pressed]

Blue Horizon Records discography

57 1966 Rhythm & Blues All Stars

Little Walter - My Babe
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' [Chess 1618]
Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon - It Ain't No Secret What My Babe Can Do

Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
John Lee Hooker - Walkin' The Boogie
Memphis Slim - Mother Earth
Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
Bo Diddley - Road Runner



Marble Arch MAL 610 (UK 1966)

58 1/1967 Howlin' Wolf: More Real Folk Blues

- Just My Kind [U7557, previously unissued]
- I've Got A Woman [U7556, previously unissued]
- Work For Your Money [U7558, previously unissued]
- I'll Be Around [Chess 1584]
- You Can't Be Beat [Chess 1618]
- You Gonna Wreck My Life [Chess 1566]

- I Love My Baby [Chess 1557]
- Neighbors [U7619, previously unissued]
- I'm The Wolf [U7620, previously unissued]
- Rockin' Daddy [Chess 1566]
- Who Will Be Next [Chess 1593]
- I Have A Little Girl [Chess 1593]

notes by Paul Williams

Chess LP/LPS 1512

= Chess CH 9279 (US 1988)

= Vogue/Chess 515 017 (Fr 198?)

59 1967 HOWLIN WOLF

- Pop It To Me (15816) *
- I Had A Dream (15817) #

rec. June 1967 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, # hca; Eddie Shaw, ts; * unknown, ts; * org; # p; Hubert Sumlin, g; poss. Bob Anderson, b; Cassell Burrows, dr


Chess 2009 (US 1967)

Hubert Sumlin discography

60 1967 Heavy Heads

Muddy Waters
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Don't Start Me To Talkin'

Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' For My Baby
Little Walter
- Juke
Washboard Sam
- Diggin' My Potatoes
John Lee Hooker
- Walkin' The Boogie

Bo Diddley
- I'm A Man
Little Walter
- Blues With Feeling
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Sad To Be Alone
John Lee Hooker
- Let's Go Out Tonight

Howlin' Wolf
- The Red Rooster
Little Milton
- I Feel So Bad



Chess LP/LPS 1522

61 1/1968 The Super Super Blues Band
Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley

- Long Distance Call (16444)
- Ooh Baby & Wrecking My Love Life (16226)
- Sweet Little Angel (16229)

- Spoonful (16227)
- Diddley Daddy (6225)
- The Red Rooster (16224)
- Goin' Down Slow (16228)

rec. September 1967 at Ter Mar Studios, Chicago; Bo Diddley, voc, g; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca, ac g; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Buddy Guy, b; Frank Kirkland, dr; Coockie Vee, voc, tamb

Charly BM 26 track sequence:
- Long Distance Call
- Goin' Down Slow
- You Don't Love Me
- I'm a Man
- Who Do You Love

- The Red Rooster
- Diddley Daddy
- I Just Want to Make Love to You

notes by Richard Meltzer

Checker LP 3010 (US mono)

notes by Richard Meltzer

Checker LPS 3010 (US stereo)


= Chess CRLS 4537 (UK 1968)

= Chess/Funckler MAR-S 3218 (NL 196?)

notes by Richard Meltzer

= Chess CH-9169 (US 1984)


(=) Charly BM 26 (UK 1993) "Charly Blues Masterworks Vol. 26"

62 196? Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley
Real Folk Blues Vol. 1

- The Red Rooster - part 1
- The Red Rooster - part 2

7 inch 45 rpm

Chess 169.520 (Fr 196?)

63 1968 The Blues

Washboard Sam - Diggin My Potatoes
Wille Dixon - Walking The Blues
Little Milton - Lonely No More
Chuck Berry - Worried Life Blues
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone


Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
Jimmy Witherspoon - Time Brings About A Change
Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining
Jimmy Rogers - The World's In A Tangle
Little Walter - Key To The Highway


notes by Esmond Edwards

Marble Arch MALS-804 (UK 1968)

63a 1968 Blues Classics

Muddy Waters
- I'm Ready
- Long Distance Call
- Rollin' & Tumblin'

Howlin' Wolf
- Red Rooster
- How Many More Years
- Wang Dang Doodle

John Lee Hooker
- High Priced Woman
- Louise
- In The Mood
Little Walter
- Everybody Needs Somebody
- I Had My Fun
- Oh Baby



Chess HJC 215 (NL 1968)

64 1/1969 The Howlin' Wolf Album

- Spoonful (17447)
- Tail Dragger (17447)
- Smokestack Lightnin' (17450) #
- Moanin' At Midnight (17451)
- Built For Comfort (17449)

- The Red Rooster (17452) *
- Evil (17454)
- Down In The Bottom (17456)
- Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy (17457) § *
- Back Door Man (17453) §

rec. November 1968 at Ter Mar Studios in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Rotary Connection: # Donald Myrick, fl; * Gene Barge, el ts; § Phil Upchurch, g; Pete Cosey, Roland Faulkner, Hubert Sumlin, g; Louis Satterfield, b; Morris Jennings, dr

"This is Howlin' Wolf's new album. He doesn't like it. He didn't like his electric guitar at first either."


Cadet Concept LPS-319 (US 1969)

= Chess 69507 (Fr 1969)

= Bellaphon BLPS 19123 (Germany 1971)

= Chess CRLS 4543

= Take 5 CD 35013 (EU 2009)



- Natchez Burning (17455)

rec. November 1968 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Pete Cosey, Roland Faulkner, Hubert Sumlin, g; Louis Satterfield, b; Morris Jennings, dr

Cadet Concept unissued

Hubert Sumlin discography

65 1969 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Tail Dragger (17447 remastered as 17622 [17662])
- Evil (17454 remastered as 17623 [17663])


Chess CRS 8097 (UK 2/1969)


Cadet Concept 7013

66 1969 HOWLIN WOLF

- Mary Sue (17979)
- Hard Luck (17980)

rec. July 14, 1969 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; tp; ts; bs; Lafayette Leake, p; Hubert Sumlin, g; Calvin Jones, b; Cassell Burrows, dr


Chess 2081

Hubert Sumlin discography

67 1969 Heavy Heads Voyage 2

Willie Mabon
- I Don't Know
Chuck Berry
- Wee Wee Hours
Muddy Waters
- Forty Days And Forty Nights
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Your Funeral And My Trial

Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' At Midnight
Little Walter
- Off The Wall

Sonny Boy Williamson
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes
Little Walter
- Key To The Highway
Muddy Waters
- All Night Long

Howlin' Wolf
- How Many More Years
John Lee Hooker
- Union Station Blues
Lowell Fulson
- Reconsider Baby


Chess LP/LPS 1528

68 1969 Memphis Blues
Anthology Of The Blues Vol. 2

Kent/United/Musidisc LPs track sequence:
Howlin' Wolf
- Passing By Blues [RPM 340]
- I'm The Wolf [previously unissued]
Joe Hill Louis
- The Way You Treat Me
- Highway 99
Big Walter Horton
- Walter's Blues
Bobby Bland
- Love Me Baby

Bobby Bland & Junior Parker
- Drifting From Town To Town
Joe Hill Louis
- Western Union Man

Howlin' Wolf
- The Sun Is Rising [previously unissued]
- My Friends (Stealing My Clothes) [previously unissued]
Willie Nix
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Big Walter Horton
- Little Boy Blues




P-Vine PCD-3036 track sequence:
Howling Wolf
- I'm The Wolf
- The Sun Is Rising
Joe Hill Louis
- The Way You Treat Me
- Highway 99
- Western Union Man
Walter Horton
- Walter's Blues
- Little Boy Blue
Willie Nix
- Lonesome Bedroom
- Fine And Mellow Baby
Bobby Bland & Junior Parker
- Love My Baby
Bobby Bland
- Drifting From Town To Town (tk 1)
- Dry Up Baby
- Crying All Night Long
- Love You Yes I Do
- Drifting From Town To Town (tk 2)
Johnny Ace
- I Cried [actually by Earl Forest]
- Midnight Hours Journey
Rosco Gordon
- No More Doggin'
- Just In From Texas

gatefold LP
notes by Frank Scott

Kent KST-9002 (US 1969)

gatefold LP
notes by Frank Scott

= Kent KST-9002 (US 19??)

notes by Frank Scott

= Kent KST-9002 (US 197?) (repress without gatefold)


= United Superior US-7779 (US 1975)

notes by Frank Scott

= Musidisc 30 AB 5602 (Fr 1976)


(=) P-Vine PCD-3036 (Jp 1994) "Anthology of the Blues Vol. 1"

Kent/United Records discography
Walter Horton discography
Willie Nix discography

69 1969? More Rhythm And Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me To Talking
Little Walter - Juke
Jimmy Witherspoon - When The Lights Go Out
Memphis Slim - I Guess I'm A Fool
Jimmy McCracklin - New Orleans Beat (Everybody Rock)

Luther Dixon - The Feeling Of Love

Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
John Lee Hooker - Leave My Wife Alone
Larry Williams - My Baby's Got Soul
Muddy Waters - You Need Soul



Marble Arch MAL-813

70 196? Howlin' Wolf

- Mr. Airplane Man [Chess 1735]
- The Wolf Is At Your Door [Chess 1497]
- Oh Red! [Chess 1528]
- Going Back Home [Chess 1648]
- Don't Mess With My Baby [Chess 1607]
- Getting Old And Grey [Chess 1510]

- Red Rooster [Chess 1804]
- I Aint Superstitious [Chess 1823]
- Come To Me Baby [Chess 1607]
- My Last Affair [Chess 1528]
- Do The Do [Chess 1844]
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie [Chess 1497]

rec. 1952-1962


Python PLP-KM 13

Python Recordsdiscography

71 196? Blues From The Windy City

Jimmy Rogers
- Today, Today Blues
- My Last Meal
- If It Ain't Me

Howlin' Wolf
- Hard Luck [Chess 2081]
- I Had A Dream [Chess 2009]
- Hidden Charms [Chess 1890]
- New Crawling Kingsnake [Chess 1968]

- Don't Laugh At Me [Chess 1945]
- Just Like I Treat You [Chess 1823]
Buddy Guy
- No Lie
- Hard But It's Fair
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Born Blind
- Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide
- Keep It To Yourself


Python PLP-KM 21

Python Recordsdiscography



- Love Me (19869)
- If I Was A Bird (19870)
- Slow Blues (19871)
- She's Looking Good (19882)
- Romance Without Finance (19883)
- Turn Me On (19884)
- More Hair (19885)
- Quiet Silence (19886)
- I Smell A Rat (19894)

rec. April 27, 1970 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc; unidentified accompaniment

Chess unissued

72 1971 Howlin' Wolf

- I Smell A Rat (19852) #
- Just As Long (18913) *

# rec. September 1970 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; John Jerimiah, org; Sonny Thompson, p; Bryce Robinson, John Stocklin, g; Bob Crowder, b; Tyrone Centuray, dr
* rec. October 6, 1970 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; John Jerimiah, org; Sonny Thompson, p; Bryce Robinson, John Stocklin, g; Bob Crowder, b; Tyrone Centuray, dr; voc group


Chess 2108

73 1971 Howlin' Wolf: The London Sessions

- Rockin' Daddy (18696)
- I Ain't Superstitious (18692)
- Sittin' On Top Of The World (18690)
- Worried About My Baby (19143)
- What A Woman (aka Commit A Crime; 18691)
- Poor Boy (18695)

- Built For Comfort (18698)
- Who's Been Talking? (18694)
- The Red Rooster (rehearsel) (18689)
- The Red Rooster (18689)
- Do The Do (18697)
- Highway 49 (19145)
- Wang Dang Doodle (18693)

rec. May 2-7, 1970 at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca, ac g; Eric Clapton, lead g; Steve Winwood, p, org; Bill Wyman, b, shakers, cow-bell; Charlie Watts, dr, conga, percussion; Hubert Sumlin, rhythm g; Jeffery M. Carp, hca; Ian Stewart, p; prod. by Norman Dayron


= Rolling Stones COC 49101 (UK 1971)

= Chess CH-60008 (US 1971)

= Vogue/Chess 515 004 (Fr 198?)


= Amiga 8 56 242 (GDR 1986) (Blues Collection 5)

notes by Don Snowden
= Chess CHD-9297 (1989)

notes by Don Snowden
= Chess/MCA CHD-9351 (US 1989)

= Charly CD BM 46 (UK 1993) "London Re-Visited"

= MCA 088112985-2 (US 2003) "The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions" - Deluxe Edition

= Chess CH-60008 (180gr LP)

74 1971 HOWLIN WOLF

- Do The Do (18697) #
- The Red Rooster (18689) *

rec. # May 6, 1970 / * May 7, 1970 at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca, ac g; * Lafayette Leake, p; Eric Clapton, lead g; Steve Winwood, p, org; Bill Wyman, b, shakers, cow-bell; Charlie Watts, dr, conga, percussion; Hubert Sumlin, rhythm g; Jeffery M. Carp, hca; Ian Stewart, p; prod. by Norman Dayron


Chess 2118

Hubert Sumlin discography

75 3/1971 Howlin' Wolf: Message To The Young

- If I Were A Bird (18916)
- I Smell A Rat (19852) #
- Miss James (18912)
- Message To The Young (18917

- She's Lookin' Good (18918) *
- Just As Long (18913) []
- Romance Without Finance (18919)*
- Turn Me On (18920) *

Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; * horns, John Jerimiah, org; Sonny Thompson, p; Bryce Robinson, John Stocklin, g; Bob Crowder, b; Tyrone Centuray, dr; [] voc group
# rec. September 1970 in Chicago, IL
others rec. October 6, 1970 in Chicago, IL

notes by Pete Welding

Chess CH-50002

= Phonogram 6310 108 (UK 1971)

76 1971 Howlin' Wolf: Going Back Home

- Saddle My Pony [Chess 1515]
- Worried All The Time [Chess 1515]
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie [Chess 1497]
- The Wolf Is At Your Door [Chess 1497]
- My Last Affair [Chess 1528]
- Oh Red! [Chess 1528]
- Mr. Highway Man [Chess 1510]
- Gettin' Old And Gray [Chess 1510]

- Come To Me Baby [Chess 1607]
- Don't Mess With Me Baby [Chess 1607]
- So Glad [Chess 1632]
- My Life [Chess 1648]
- Going Back Home [Chess 1648]
- I Didn't Know [Chess 1695]
- Howlin' Blues [Chess 1726]
- I Better Go Now [Chess 1726]


Syndicate Chapter S.C. 003 (UK 1971)

Syndicate Chapter discography

77 1971 Muddy Waters - Little Walter - Howlin' Wolf: We Three Kings

Muddy Waters
- She's Into Something
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet
- Read Way Back
- I'm Your Doctor
- Tiger In Your Tank
- Meanest Woman
- Lonesome Room Blues

Muddy Waters
- Five Long Years
- Twenty Four Hours
Little Walter
- I Don't Play
- Just You Fool

Howlin' Wolf
- Change Your Way [actually Change My Way; Chess 1712]
- I've Been Abused [Chess 1735]
- Mister Airplane Man [Chess 1735]


Syndicate Chapter S.C. 005 (UK 1971)

Syndicate Chapter discography
Muddy Waters discography
Little Walter discography

78 3/1972 Chester Burnett a/k/a Howlin' Wolf

- Smokestack Lightning
- Down In The Bottom
- No Place To Go
- Moanin' At Midnight
- Forty Four
- My Country Sugar Mama

- Spoonful
- The Red Rooster
- Moanin' For My Baby
- I Asked For Water
- How Many More Years
- Louise


- Killing Floor
- Evil
- Back Door Man
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- Tail Dragger
- Tell Me

- Wang Dang Doodle
- Who's Been Talking
- Built For Comfort
- Ooh Baby, Hold Me
- Baby How Long
- Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy

gatefold DLP
notes by Peter Guralnick and Pete Welding

Chess 2CH-60016 (US 3/1972)

gatefold DLP
notes by Peter Guralnick

= Chess 2ACMB-201 (US 1976) "Chess Blues Masters Series"

notes by Peter Guralnick
= Vogue/Chess VG 427016 (Fr 1976)

79 7/1972 Howlin' Wolf: Live And Cookin' At Alice's Revisited

- When I Laid Down I Was Troubled
- I Didn't Know
- Mean Mistreater
- I Had A Dream

- Call Me The Wolf
- Don't Laugh At Me
- Just Passing By
- Sitting On Top Of The World

CD bonus tracks:
- The Big House [Blues Ball 2002]
- Mr. Airplane Man

rec. January 26, 1972 live at Alice's Revisited in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Eddie Taylor Shaw, ts; Albert Luandrew, p; Hubert Sumlin, Willie Williams, g; David Myers, b; Fred Below, dr; prod. by Ralph Bass


Chess CH-50015 (US 1972)


=Bellaphon BLPS 19129 (Germany 1973)

notes by Don Snowden

(=) Chess/MCA CHD-9339 (US 1992)


= Chess/MCA CHD- (US 1998) (The Legendary Masters series)


(=) Universal 3438 (Jp 2004)


(=) Raven RVCD-336 (Australia 2011)

Hubert Sumlin discography

79a 1972 Forever Blues
Original Hits / Volume 1

Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin's Boogie
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Bobby Bland - Yield Not To Temptation
Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby

Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk

Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Workin'
Little Walter - Juke
Junior Parker - Next Time You See Me
Bobby Marchan - There Is Something On Your Mind
Gene Allison - You Can Make It If You Try
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo


compiled by Jim Pewter
photo by Rusty Miller (Atlanta)


Forever FR104 (US 1972)

80 1973 Memphis Blues At Sunshine / Memphis Blues At Sunrise

Joe Hill Louis
- Gotta Let You Go
- Glamour Girl
- Boogie In The Park
Billy "The Kid" Emerson
- We Gonna Rock Tonight (prev. unissued)
- Chop Chop (prev. unissued) [Drop Top]
- Shake It (prev. unissued)
Walter Horton
- Little Walter's Instrumental (prev. unissued)

Howlin' Wolf
- How Many More Years (alt tk) [previously unissued]

Rufus Thomas
- Tiger Man (alt tk)
- Crazy About My Baby (Crazy About You Baby)
Walter 'Tang' Smith
- Every Monday Morning (prev. unissued)
Raymond Hill
- Hold Me Baby (prev. unissued)
- Did You Ever Loved A Woman (Have You Ever Loved A Woman) (prev. unissued)
Johnny London
- Flat Tire (instr)
- Drivin' Slow (instr)
Harmonica Frank
- She Done Moved


"(in agreement with Collector Records)"

label has "Memphis Blues At Sun rise ", cover says "Memphis Blues At Sun shine "; on back cover sides A and B reversed


Redita RLP 105 (NL) [first series]

BU 107,23

80a 1973 Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972

Michael Turner
- Introduction
Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers
- Kitchen Sink Boogie
Koko Taylor
- Wang Dang Doodle
Bobby Blue Bland
- Ain't That Loving You
Dr. John
- I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Junior Walker & the All Stars
- (I'm A) Roadrunner / These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

Bonnie Raitt
- Tribute to Fred McDowell

Howlin' Wolf
- Highway 49
Muddy Waters
- Honey Bee
CJQ
- Form Kinetic


John Sinclair, Muddy Waters, Lucille Spann
- Festival Dedication To Otis Spann
Lucille Spann with Mighty Joe Young
- Dedicated To Otis
Freddie King
- Goin' Down
Luther Allison
- Please Send Me Someone To Love
Boogie Brothers With Sister Sarah Brown
- My Last Meal

Johnny Shines
- Dust My Broom
Otis Rush
- Gambler's Blues
Sippie Wallace with Bonnie Raitt
- Women Be Wise
Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra
- Life Is Splendid


rec. September 10, 1972 live at the Otis Spann Memorial Field, Ann Arbor, MI; prod. by Gary Grimshaw and John Sinclair

The Boogie Brothers were Sister Sarah Brown, b; Johnny Nicholas, voc, g; Steve Nardella, hca

DLP

Atlantic SD2-502 (US 1973)

= Atlantic P-5090 (Jp)

8 LP box set, 45 rpm 180 gram

Classic SD 2 502 (US 2000)

= Atlantic 2CD AMCY-6134-5 (Jp 2001)

Wounded Bird WOU 2502 (US 2014)

81 11/1973 Howlin' Wolf: The Back Door Wolf @ youtube (full album)

- Moving
- Coon On The Moon
- Speak Now Woman (4:50) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Trying To Forget You
- Stop Using Me

- Leave Here Walking *
- The Back Door Wolf (instr with moaning) #*   @ youtube
- You Turn Slick On Me *
- Watergate Blues *
- Can't Stay Here

Chess/MCA CHD-9358 bonus track:
- Speak Now Woman (alt tk) (4:20)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. 1973 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca, # moaning; # Eddie Shaw, ts; Detroit Jr., p, * harpsichord; Hubert Sumlin, Willie Harris, g; James Green, Andrew McMahon, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Ralph Bass


Chess CH-50045 (US 1973)


= Bellaphon BLPS 19173 (Germany 1973)


= Chess 9283 008 (NL 1973)

= Vogue/Chess 515 013 (Fr 198?)


= P-Vine PLP-844 (Jp 1985)


= Chess/MCA CHD-9358 (US 1995)

etc., etc., etc.

Hubert Sumlin discography

81a 1973 HOWLIN' WOLF

- Coon On The Moon (3082)   @ youtube
- The Back Door Wolf (3090) (instr with moaning) #   @ youtube

rec. 1973 in Chicago, IL; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca, # moaning; # Eddie Shaw, ts; Detroit Jr., p, # harpsichord; Hubert Sumlin, Willie Harris, g; James Green, Andrew McMahon, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Ralph Bass
"from the Howlin' Wolf LP 'The Back Door Wolf'"


Chess CH 2145

Hubert Sumlin discography

82 1/1974 Genesis Vol. 2
The Beginnings of Rock: From Memphis to Chicago

Album 1 (6499 432)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Work With Me
- Don't Start Me To Talking
- All My Love In Vain
- Good Evening Everybody
- You Killing Me (On My Feet)
- Let Me Explain
- I Know What Love Is All About

Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Wonder Why
- Your Imagination
Elmore James
- Country Boogie
- My Best Friend
- I See My Baby
- She Just Won't Do Right
- Muddy Shoes


Album 2 (6499 433)
Ethel Mae
- Down The Line
- Handsome Lover
- Sugar Papa
Robert Nighthawk
- Good News
- Six Three O
- Prison Bound
Forrest City Joe
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman

Forrest City Joe
- Lonesome Day Blues

Howlin' Wolf
- Mama Died And Left Me [previously unissued]
- I'm Not Joking [previously unissued]
- Moanin' At Midnight [Chess 1479]
- How Many More Years [Chess 1479]
- All Night Long [Chess 1557]
- No Place To Go [Chess 1566]

Album 3 (6499 434)
Jackie Brenston
- Rocket "88"
Doctor Ross
- Country Clown
- Doctor Ross Boogie
Willie Nix
- Truckin' Little Woman
- Just One Mistake
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Open Your Book
- Tears In My Eyes (C-1023 [alt.])

Woodrow Adams
- Pretty Baby Blues
- She's Done Come And Gone
Joe Hill Louis
- Dorothy Mae
- When I Am Gone
Harmonica Frank
- Swamp Root
- Howlin' Tomcat
- She Done Moved


Album 4 (6499 435)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Keep It To Yourself
- Please Forgive (Keep It To Yourself)
- The Key To Your Love

Howlin' Wolf
- Baby How Long [Chess 1575]
- Evil Is Goin' On [Chess 1575]
- Forty Four [Chess 1584]
- Who Will Be Next [Chess 1593]

Howlin' Wolf
- I Have A Little Girl [Chess 1593]
- Come To Me Baby [Chess 1607]
- Don't Mess With My Baby [Chess 1607]
- Smokestack Lightning [Chess 1618]
- You Can't Be Beat [Chess 1618]
- So Glad [Chess 1632]
- Break Of Day (8177) [previously unissued]

compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven

4 LP box set

Chess 6641 125 (UK Phonogram)

83 2/1974 Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf: London Revisited

Muddy Waters
- Hard Days
- Highway 41
- I Almost Lost My Mind
- Lovin' Man


Howlin' Wolf
- Goin' Down Slow (3278; 19144?)
- The Killing Floor (3279)
- I Want To Have A Word With You (3277)

Muddy Waters tracks (side A) prod. by Esmond Edwards;
Howlin' Wolf tracks (side B): rec. May 2-7, 1970 at Olympic Sound Studios, London, England; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca, ac g; Eric Clapton, lead g; Steve Winwood, p, org; Bill Wyman, b, shakers, cow-bell; Charlie Watts, dr, conga, percussion; Hubert Sumlin, rhythm g; Jeffery M. Carp, hca; Ian Stewart, p; prod. by Norman Dayron



Chess CH-60026

notes by John Collis
= Charly CD BM 46 (UK 1993)

Hubert Sumlin discography

84 1974 Blues For Mr. Crump
Juke Blues Vol. 12

Howlin' Wolf
- Passing By Blues [RPM 340]
- My Baby Stole Off [RPM 347]
- I Want Your Picture [RPM 347]
- Driving This Highway [previously unissued]
- The Sun Is Rising [Kent 9002]
- Stealing My Clothes (My Friends) [Kent 9002]
- I'm The Wolf [Kent 9002]
Sunny Blair (with Baby Face Turner, Junior Brooks & Bill Russell)
- Please Send My Baby Back [Meteor 5006]

Bobby Bland
- Driftin' (From Town To Town) (2. version)
- Good Lovin' (Lovin' You Yes I Do)
- Love My Baby
- Driftin' (From Town To Town) (1. version)
- Dry Up Baby
- Cryin' All Night Long
Junior Parker
- Bad Women, Bad Whiskey
- You're My Angel


notes by Mike Leadbitter

Polydor 2383 257 (UK 1974)

85 1975 Howlin' Wolf: Change My Way

- Mr. Airplane Man
- Love Me Darlin'
- Change My Way
- I Walked From Dallas
- I Better Go Now
- New Crawlin' King Snake
- Just Like I Treat You

- I've Been Abused
- Don't Laugh At Me
- I Didn't Know
- I Ain't Superstitious
- Howlin' Blues
- My Mind Is Ramblin'
- Do The Do
- Hidden Charms

notes by Pete Welding

Chess/GRT CHV 418 (US 1975)

notes by Pete Welding

Chess CHD-93001 (1990)

= CD (Jp 2004)

86 1975 The Blues
The Blues Music in early 50's

Sunnyland Slim
- Johnson Machine
Muddy Waters
- Little Anna Mae
Forrest City Joe
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
Ethel Mae
- Sugar Papa
Robert Nighthawk
- 6-3-0
- Prison Bound


Howlin' Wolf
- Mama Died And Left Me
Muddy Waters
- Where Is My Woman Been
Doctor Ross
- Doctor Ross Boogie
Willie Nix
- Just One Mistake
Memphis Minnie
- Broken Heart

Howlin' Wolf
- Come To Me Baby


Victor LWG-1089 (Jp promo)

87 197? Real Bluesmen & Folksingers

LP 1:
- Dog Me Around - Howlin' Wolf
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Curtis Jones
- Red River - Sonny Terry
- See See Rider - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Texas Tony - Yank Rachell

- Bad Boy - John Lee Hooker
- In The Wee Wee Hours - Junior Wells
- Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do - Big Joe Williams
- The Gallis Pole - Leadbelly
- Pretty Boy Floyd - Woody Guthrie
- Dust My Blues - Elmore James



LP 2:
- Prison Blues Come Down On Me - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Baby, Please Lend Me Your Love - Otis Spann, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
- Crying At Daybreak - Howlin' Wolf
- The House Carpenter - Pete Seeger

- Buffalo Skinners - Woody Guthrie
- Rambling On My Mind - 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Gonna Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- So Glad I'm Livin' - Sleepy John Estes
- Looky, Looky Younder - Leadbelly
- Johnny Hard - Cisco Houston


gatefold DLP

BYG 20 A (Fr 197?)

88 1976 Howling Wolf: I'm The Wolf
Blues Great Essential Vol. 3

- Crying At Daybreak [RPM 340]
- My Baby Stole Off [RPM 347]
- Brownskin Woman [Crown CLP 5240]
- The Sun Is Rising [Kent KST 9002]
- I'm The Wolf [Kent KST 9002]
- Keep What You Got [Crown CLP 5240]

- Dog Me Around [Crown CLP 5240]
- Worried About My Baby [Crown CLP 5240]
- I Want Your Picture [RPM 347]
- House Rockin' Boogie [Crown CLP 5240]
- Stealing My Clothes [Kent KST 9002]
- Passing By Blues [RPM 340]

1951/52 RPM/Modern recordings; cover art by Kazuyuki Goto


Trio PA-3122 (Jp 1976)

Trio Records discography

89 1976 Mississippi Blues Anthology
Blues Great Essential Vol. 8

Howling Wolf
- Driving This Highway [Polydor LP 2383 257]
Charlie Booker
- Moonrise Blues
- Rabbit Blues
Houston Boines
- Relation Blues
Boyd Gilmore
- Just An Army Boy
- Ramblin' On My Mind

John Lee Hooker
- Roll 'n' Roll
- No Friend Around
Boyd Gilmore
- All In My Dreams
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Charlie Booker
- No Ridin' Blues
Houston Boines
- Going Home


cover art by Kazuyuki Goto


Trio PA-3127 (Jp 1976)

Trio Records discography

90 1976 Sun - The Roots of Rock, Volume 1 Catalyst

Howlin' Wolf
- Highway Man (alt tk) [aka Cadillac Daddy, ---, previously unissued] #
Sleepy John Estes
- Registration Day
Rosco Gordon
- T-Model Boogie
Junior Parker
- Mystery Train
Jimmy DeBerry
- Take A Little Chance
Smokey Joe Baugh
- The Signifying Monkey
Jerry Lee Lewis
- Hello Hello Baby
Billy Adams
- Reconsider Baby

Johnny Cash
- Give My Love To Rose
Carl Perkins
- I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry
Billy Lee Riley
- Rock With Me Baby
Jack Earls
- Crawdad Hole
Roy Orbison
- You're My Baby
Ray Smith & Charlie Rich
- Sail Away
Charlie Rich
- Closed For Repair

# rec. January 23, 1952 in Memphis, TN

notes by Martin Hawkins

Charly CR 30101 (UK 1976)

91 1977 The Roots of Rock Volume 2 Sam's Blues
Howlin' Wolf and Little Milton

Howlin' Wolf
- Howlin' For My Baby [aka The Wolf Is At Your Door, Chess 1497]
- California Blues [---, previously unissued]
- California Boogie [---, previously unissued]
- C.V. Wine Blues [---, previously unissued]
- My Troubles And Me [---, previously unissued]
- Look-A-Here (Baby) [---, previously unissued]
- Decoration Day [18755, previously unissued]
- (Well) That's All Right [18756, previously unissued]

Little Milton
- I Love My Baby
- Rode That Train All Night Long
- Lonesome For My Baby
- If Crying Would Help Me
- Somebody Told Me
- Runnin' Wild Blues
- Beggin' My Baby
Houston Boines
- Carry My Business On


notes by Martin Hawkins

Charly CR 30102 (UK 1977)

92 1977 The Legendary Sun Performers: Howlin' Wolf

- My Baby Walked Off [---, previously unissued]
- Smile At Me [---, previously unissued]
- Bluebird [18752, previously unissued]
- Everybody's In The Mood [---, previously unissued]
- Chocolate Drop [---, previously unissued]
- Come Back Home (tk 3) [---, tk 3, previously unissued]
- Dorothy Mae (tk 1) [---, tk 1, previously unissued]
- Highway Man [---, Charly CR 30101]

- Oh Red
- My Last Affair
- Howlin' For My Baby
- Sweet Woman (I Got A Woman) [18754; previously unissued]
- C.V. Wine Blues [---, Charly CR 30102]
- Look-A-Here Baby [---, Charly CR 30102]
- Decoration Day [18755, Charly CR 30102]
- Well That's All Right [18756, Charly CR 30102]

notes by Martin Hawkins

Charly CR 30134 (UK 1977)

93 1977 After Midnight - Chicago Blues 1952-1957

J.B. Hutto
- Price Of Love
Jimmy Reed
- State Street Boogie
Grace Brim
- Hospitality Blues [J.O.B. 117]
- Man Around My Door [J.O.B. 117]

Howlin' Wolf
- Sweet Woman (I Got A Woman) [18754; Charly CR 30134]
- Dorothy Mae [tk 2; 18750; previously unissued]
Tampa Red
- Please Mr. Doctor
- I Should Have Loved Her More

Eddie Taylor
- Stroll Out West
- Find My Baby
Baby Face Leroy
- Pet Rabbit
- Louella
Curtis Jones
- Flamin' Blues
- Upside Down Blues
L.C. McKinley
- Rosalie Blues
- Pains In My Heart


Delta Swing 379 (US 1977)

94 197? Down South Blues 1949-1961

Lightnin' Slim
- Station Blues [previously unissued]
- Lightnin' Blues [previously unissued]
- Bad Feelin' Blues [previously unissued]
- School Boy Jump [previously unissued]
Duke Paige
- Ida May [Juke Box 520]
Hot Rod Happy
- Worried Blues [Pacemaker 1014]
- Hot Rod Boogie [Pacemaker 1014]
John Lee Hooker
- Shake Your Boogie [previously unissued]

Woodrow Adams
- Seventh Son [previously unissued]
- Everything I Do Is Wrong [previously unissued]

Howlin' Wolf
- Pony Blues [aka Saddle My Pony; Chess 1515]
- Bluebird Blues [aka Bluebird; previously unissued]
James Tisdom
- Last Affair Blues [Universal-Fox 100]
- Model T Boogie [Universal-Fox 100]
Dr. Hepcat
- Hattie Green [Uptown 201]
- Hepcat's Boogie [Uptown 201]



African Folk Society 3428 (US 197?)

95 1977 Roots - Soul Sounds Of A Proud People

- Black Cat - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Mean And Evil - Elmore James
- Boogie Chillen - John Lee Hooker
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Willie Nix
- You Gotta Jump Back Baby - Sunny Blair
- Gone With The Wind - Roosevelt Sykes

- Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
- Black Nights - Lowell Fulsom
- The Jungle - B.B. King
- Needed Time - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Queen Bee - John Lee Hooker

- Riding In The Moonlight - Howling Wolf


- Dust My Blues - Elmore James
- Chains Of Love - Joe Turner
- When The Sun Goes Down - Smokey Hogg [Kent KST 524]
- Dr. Brown - James Reed
- Highway 99 - Joe Hill Louis
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker

- Strange Land - Roy Hawkins
- Three O'clock Blues - B.B. King

- Brow Skin Woman - Howling Wolf
- Night Time Is The Right Time - Joe Turner
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- All In My Dreams - Boyd Gilmore

DLP

Kent KST-700

96 1979 Howlin' Wolf: Heart Like Railroad Steel
Memphis & Chicago Blues 1951-57
15 rare & unreleased recordings 1) Vol. 1

- Highway My Friend [---, previously unissued]
- Hold Your Money [---, previously unissued]
- Streamline Woman [---, previously unissued]
- California Blues [---, previously unissued]
- Stay Here 'til My Baby Comes Back Home [---, previously unissued]
- Crazy 'bout You Baby [---, previously unissued, aka What's Your Name]
- Saddle My Pony [Chess 1515]

- Bluebird [8353, previously unissued]
- You Ought To Know [8355, previously unissued]
- Nature (alt tk) [(8531 alt tk), previously unissued]
- Walk To Camp Hall [8615, previously unissued]
- My Baby Told Me [8617, previously unissued]

1) there are only 12 tracks on that album, appearing on the disc in the session order, but listed incorrectly on the sleeve - the order above is correct !


Blues Ball 2001
BU 134,26

Blues Ball Records discography

97 1979 Howlin' Wolf: Can't Put Me Out
Chicago 1956-72
Rare & unreleased recordings Volume II

- Can't Put Me Out [9151, previously unissued]
- Commit A Crime [14643, previously unissued]
- Somebody In My Home (alt tk) [---, previously unissued]
- Going Back Home [Chess 1648]
- My Life [Chess 1648]
- Getting Late [9153, previously unissued]

- My People's Gone [9585, previously unissued]
- Long Green Stuff [11917, previously unissued]
- Joy To My Soul [12619, previously unissued]
- Dust My Broom [15818, previously unissued]
- ~40 sec track unlisted on the sleeve (aka Rollin' And Tumblin'); Howlin' Wolf, g, half-singing, half-whispering
- Big House [live version January 26, 1972; previously unissued]

notes by Anonymous

Blues Ball 2002
BU 134,26

Blues Ball Records discography

98 1979 Howlin' Wolf: From Early 'Til Late
Unissued & Alternate Recordings 1948-1968

- I'm Leavin' You [9150 alt tk, previously unissued]
- Midnight Blues [Moanin' For My Baby, 8775-1, Chess 1695]
- Bluebird ("alt tk") [---, alt tk (18752), Charly CR 30134]
- Mama Died And Left Me [---, Chess 6641 125]
- Dorothy Mae [--- tk 2, (18750), Delta Swing 379]
- Sweet Woman [I Got A Woman, ---, (18754), Charly CR 30134]
- I'm Not Joking [---, Chess 6641 125]

- Midnight Blues (tk 4) [Moaning For My Baby, 8775-4, previously unissued]
- I Better Go Now (tk 3) [I'm Going Away, 8719-3, previously unissued]
- I Didn't Know [8718, previously unissued]
- Can't Put Me Out (tk 3) [9151-3, previously unissued]
- Rollin' And Tumblin' [---, previously unissued] 1)
- I've Been Abused (alt tk) [9583 alt tk, previously unissued]
- Tired Of Crying [17982, previously unissued]
- Poor Wind That Never Change [14640, previously unissued]

(18750) = 1970 Chess remastering matrices
1) same as ~40 sec track having appeared unannounced on Blues Ball 2002 !


Blue Night BN 073-1667
BU 137/138,44

Blue Night Records discography

99 1981 Chess Blues Rarities
Rare and Unissued Recordings

B.B. King
- Recession Blues
- Don't Keep Me Waiting
- Tickle Britches
- Don't Break Your Promise

Howlin' Wolf
- You Can't Put Me Out
- Gettin' Late

Howlin' Wolf
- Rockin' Daddy
- I Didn't Know
- I Better Go Now
- New Crawlin' King Snake
- My Mind Is Ramblin'
- Tail Dragger
- Poor Wind That Never Change


Buddy Guy
- Stick Around
- Gully Hully
- That's It
- American Bandstand
- Untitled Instrumental
- My Love Is Real
- Moanin'

Hound Dog Taylor
- Down Home Special
- Watch Out
- Scrappin'
- Sittin' Here Alone
- Hound Dog
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Little Village
- Unseen Eye

DLP
notes by Manfred Miller

Teldec/Chess 6.28 601 (Germany 1981)

DLP

= Chess CXMD 4055 (UK 1984) "The Best of Chess"

= Chess 2-9230

DLP

Chess LP 2-92519 (1986)

99a 1981 Howlin' Wolf: All Night Boogie / Red Rooster

- Cause Of It All
- Killing Floor
- Red Rooster
- Poor Boy
- Built For Comfort

- Do The Do
- Highway 49
- Worried About You
- Commit A Crime
- Wang-Dang-Doodle


Stack-O-Hits AG9034 (US 1981)


Joker International
SM 3990 (It 1982)

notes by Nigel Molden

= Blue Moon BMLP-1.019 (UK 1984) "All Night Boogie"


= Cleo CL 022983 (NL)

100 1982 Howlin' Wolf: I Am A Backdoor Man
Blues Roots   Vol. 14

- I Had A Dream [Chess 2009]
- Highway My Friend [Blues Ball 2001]
- Hold Your Money [Blues Ball 2001]
- Streamline Woman [Blues Ball 2001]
- You Gonna Wreck My Life (No Place To Go) [Chess 1566 or alt tk ?]
- "Sweet Black Angel" ["Sweet Little Angel", Checker LP 3010]
- "I Can't Stay Here" ["Poor Boy" (Chess 1679)? or alt tk?]

- Back Door Man [Chess 1777]
- I Ain't Superstitious [Chess 1823]
- I'm The Wolf [Chess LP 1512]
- I Walked From Dallas [Chess 1945]
- Watergate Blues [Chess CH-50045]
- You Turn Slick On Me [Chess CH-50045]
- Coon On The Moon [Chess CH-50045]


Teldec/Chess 6.24804 (Germany 1982)

'Blues Roots' discography discography

101 1982 Muddy & The Wolf

Muddy Waters
- All Aboard
- Blow Wind Blow
- Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
- Walkin' Thru The Park
- I'm Ready
- Long Distance Call


Howlin' Wolf
- Rockin' Daddy
- What A Woman
- Who's Been Talking?
- The Red Rooster (false start and dialog)
- Highway 49
- The Red Rooster (album version)
- Do The Do

Muddy Waters tracks from "Fathers and Sons"
Howlin' Wolf tracks from "The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions"

notes by Peter Guralnick

Chess CH-8200

notes by Peter Guralnick

= Chess CH-9100 (1984)

102 1982 Wizards from the Southside

Howlin' Wolf
- Down In The Bottom
Muddy Waters
- Rollin' 'N' Tumblin'
John Lee Hooker
- Walkin' The Boogie
Muddy Waters
- Evans Shuffle (Ebony Boogie)
Little Walter
- Mellow Down Easy

Howlin' Wolf
- Evil
Muddy Waters
- Still A Fool

Little Walter
- Hate To See You Go

Howlin' Wolf
- I Ain't Superstitious
Bo Diddley
- She's Mine She's Fine
Muddy Waters
- Just To Be With You
Bo Diddley
- I'm A Man
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Bring It On Home
Muddy Waters
- Mannish Boy


Chess CH-8203

= Chess CH-9102 (1984)

103 1982 Howlin' Wolf: ridin' in the moonlight

- Ridin' In The Moonlight [previously unissued]
- Crying At Daybreak
- Passing By Blues
- Driving This Highway
- The Sun Is Rising
- Stealing My Clothes
- I'm The Wolf
- Worried About You Baby

- House Rockin' Boogie
- Chocolate Drop
- Keep What You Got
- Dog Me Around
- Moanin' At Midnight
- I Want Your Picture
- My Baby Stole Off
- Ridin' In The Moonlight

notes by Ray Topping

Ace CH 52 (UK 1982)

104 1982? Howlin' Wolf Live In Europe 1964

- Shake It For Me
- Love Me
- Dust My Broom []
- I Didn't Mean To Hurt Your Feelings
- Rockin' The Blues

- All My Life []
- Going Down Slow #
- Howling For My Darlin'
- Forty-Four []

rec. November 6, 1964 at the American Folk Blues Festival in Bremen, Germany; Howlin' Wolf, voc, [] hca; Hubert Sumlin, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Willie Dixon, b, # sp; Clifton James, dr


Sundown CG 709-07 (NL 1982?)

Sundown Records discography
Hubert Sumlin discography

105 1983 Red Hot & Blue

Jackie Brenston And The Delta Cats - Rocket 88
Dewey Phillips - Red Hot And Blue
Billy The Kid Emerson - Red Hot
Billy Love - Gee I Wish
Guitar Red - Baby Please Don't Go
Little Junior's Blue Flames - Love Me Baby
Rosco Gordon - Bop With Me Baby
Earl Hooker - The Hucklebuck
Tiny Kennedy - Strange Kinda Feeling
Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat
Eddie Snow - Ain't That Right
Pat Hare - It Ain't Gonna Be That Way (Bonus Pay)

Howlin' Wolf - Oh Red
Little Junior's Blue Flames - Mystery Train
Doctor Ross - Doctor Ross' Boogie (alt.)
Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Tiny Kennedy - Blues Disease


Charly CRB 1061 (UK 1983)

106 1983 Chess Masters - Chicago Blues

Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy
Johnny Jones - Shelby County
Blue Smitty - Sad Story [Chess 1522]
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movements [Chess unissued]
Blue Smitty - Date Bait [Chess unissued]
Eddie Boyd - Twenty Four Hours

J B Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
J B Lenoir - Sitting Down Thinking
John Brim - It Was A Dream
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues
John Brim - Lifetime Baby


Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil
Otis Spann - Five Spot
John Brim - Go Away
John Brim - That Ain't Right
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One
Jimmy Rogers - If It Ain't Me

Muddy Waters - Rock Me
Jimmy Rogers - One Kiss

Howlin' Wolf - I'm Leavin' You
Buddy Guy - Let Me Love You Baby
Buddy Guy - My Time After Awhile
Robert Nighthawk - Someday


concept by Matt Haywood; compiled by Leslie Fancourt & Matt Haywood

DLP

Chess CXMD 4013 (UK 1983)

107 1984 Howlin' Wolf: His Greatest Sides Volume One

- Down In The Bottom
- No Place To Go
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- The Red Rooster
- Spoonful
- Evil Side

- Killing Floor
- Do The Do
- I Ain't Superstitious
- Who's Been Talkin'
- Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy
- Back Door Man
- Wang Dang Doodle


Chess CH-9107

108 1984 Howlin' Wolf: The Wolf 1910-76

- I Ain't Superstitious
- Goin' Down Slow
- Somebody Walkin' In My House
- Commit A Crime
- My Mind Is Ramblin'

- I Walked From Dallas
- My Country Sugar Mama
- Louise
- Hold On To Your Money
- Streamline Woman


Blue Moon BMLP-1.009 (UK 1984)


= Cleo CL 032683 (NL) "I Am The Wolf"

109 1984 Howlin' Wolf: Walk That Walk
with Hubert Sumlin and Willie Johnson
Wolfman at the Chess Studio 1957-59


- I've Been Abused [9583-5]
- I've Been Abused [9583-7]
- I'm Leaving You [9150-7]
- I'm Leaving You [9150-10]
- Howlin' For My Baby [9584-1]
- Howlin' For My Baby [9584-7]
- Nature [8531-3]
- Nature [8531-4]
- Nature [8531-6]

- Moaning For My Baby [8775-3]
- Moaning For My Baby [8775-4; Blue Night BN 073-1667]
- Wolf In The Mood (instr.) [---]
- Mr. Airplane Man [9586-1]
- Mr. Airplane Man [9586-2]
- I Better Go Now [9272-1]
- I Better Go Now [9272-2]


P-Vine PLP-6031 (Jp 1984)

Hubert Sumlin discography

110 1985 Sun Records - The Blues Years 1950-1956

record one:
side 1 - Boogie In The Park

Lost John Hunter & The Blind Bats
- Cool Down Mama
- School Boy
Charlie Burse
- Shorty The Barber
Joe Hill Louis
- Boogie In The Park
- Gotta Let You Go
Sleepy John Estes
- Registration Day Blues
- Policy Man
- Rats In My Kitchen
- Runnin' Around


side 2 - Highway Man
Howlin' Wolf
- Highway Man #
- My Troubles And Me #
- Everybody's In The Mood #
- Decoration Day Blues #
- Bluebird Blues #
- Well That's Alright #
- My Baby Walked Off #
- Come Back Home #

# rec. 1952 in Memphis, TN

9 LP box set

Charly Sun Box 105

Sun Bluesbox discography

110a 7/1985 The Blues

Little Walter - My Babe
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning

Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me
Muddy Waters - I Just Want To Make Love To You


EP

Chess CHES 4008 (UK 7/1985)

111 1986? Howlin' Wolf: The Big Foot From West Memphis
The Howlin' Wolf Masterworks Vol. 1

- The Wolf Is At Your Door
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie [Chess 1497]
- California Blues
- Look-A-Here Baby
- Getting Old And Gray
- Mr. Highway Man
- Everybody's In The Mood
- Bluebird [Blues Ball LP 2001]

- Saddle My Pony
- Worried All The Time
- Dorothy Mae
- Sweet Woman
- Well That's All Right
- Decoration Day
- Oh Red
- My Last Affair


P-Vine PLP-6062 (Jp 1986?)

112 1986? Howlin' Wolf: I'm The Wolf
The Howlin' Wolf Masterworks Vol. 2

- I've Got A Woman [Chess LP 1512]
- Just My Kind [Chess LP 1512]
- Work For Money [Chess LP 1512]
- I'm Not Joking [Chess LP 6641 125]
- Mama Died And Left Me [Chess LP 6641 125]
- I Love My Baby [Chess 1557]
- Hold Your Money [Blues Ball 2001]
- Stay Here Till My Baby Comes Back [Blues Ball 2001]

- Highway My Friend [Blues Ball 2001]
- Crazy About You Baby [Blues Ball 2001]
- Streamline Woman [Blues Ball 2001]
- California Blues [Blues Ball 2001]
- Neighbors [Chess LP 1512]
- I'm The Wolf [Chess LP 1512]
- Rockin' Daddy [Chess 1566]
- I'll Be Around [Chess 1584]

rec. between 1953 and October 1954


P-Vine PLP-6065 (Jp 1986?)

112a 1987 The Best of Chess Blues   Volume One

- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
- Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) - Robert Nighthawk
- 24 Hours - Eddie Boyd and His Chess Men
- Seventh Son - Willie Mabon
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulsom
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters

- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Juke - Little Walter & His Night Cats
- Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir
- Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers
- Don't Start Me Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) - Little Walter


compiled by Andy McKaie


Chess CHD-31315

112b 1987 The Best of Chess Blues   Volume Two

- Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf
- Madison Blues - Elmore James
- Your Funeral My Trail - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush
- My Time After Awhile - Buddy Guy
- You Shook Me - Muddy Waters
- Bring It on Home - Sonny Boy Williamson II

- Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
- Baby What You Want Me To Do - Etta James
- Stormy Monday - Little Milton
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor


compiled by Andy McKaie


Chess CHD-31316

113 1987? Howlin' Wolf: Sittin' On Top Of The World
The Howlin' Wolf Masterworks Vol. 3

- Who Will Be Next
- I Have A Little Girl
- Come To Be Baby
- Don't Mess With My Baby
- You Can't Be Beat
- So Glad
- Break Of Day [Chess LP 6641 125]
- The Natchez Burnin'
- Going Back Home

- Bluebird
- My Life
- You Ought To Know
- Somebody In My Home (alt tk) [Chess 1668 ? / Blues Ball LP 2001 ?]
- Nature
- Walk To Camp Hill [Blues Ball LP 2001]
- Poor Boy
- My Baby Told Me [Blues Ball LP 2001]
- Sittin' On Top Of The World


P-Vine PLP-6072

114 1988? Howlin' Wolf: 300 Pounds Of The Blues
The Howlin' Wolf Masterworks Vol. 4

- I Didn't Know [Chess 1695]
- Howlin' Blues [Chess 1726]
- Can't Put Me Out [Blues Ball LP 2002]
- Change My Way [Chess 1712]
- Gettin' Late [Blues Ball LP 2002]
- I've Been Abused [Chess 1735]
- My People's Gone [Blues Ball LP 2002]
- Mr. Airplane [Chess 1735]

- Just Like I Treat You [Chess 1823]
- I Ain't Superstitious [Chess 1823]
- Mama's Baby [Chess 1844]
- Do The Do [Chess 1844]
- Tail Dragger [Chess 1890]
- Long Green Stuff [Blues Ball LP 2002]
- Hidden Charms [Chess 1890]
- 300 Pounds Of Joy [Chess 1870]

rec. between January 1956 and August 1963


P-Vine PLP-6076 (Jp 1988?)

115 1988? Howlin' Wolf: Killing Floor
The Howlin' Wolf Masterworks Vol. 5

- Joy To My Soul [Blues Ball LP 2002]
- Built For Comfort
- Love My Darling
- Killing Floor
- My Country Sugar Mama
- Louise [Chess 1923]
- I Walked From Dallas [Chess 1945]
- Tell Me What I've Done
- Don't Laugh At Me
- Ooh Baby, Hold Me

- Poor Wind That Never Change
- New Crawlin' Kingsnake
- My Mind Is Rambling [Chess 1968]
- Commit A Crime [Blues Ball LP 2002]
- Pop It To Me [Chess 2009]
- I Had A Dream
- Dust My Broom
- Rollin' And Tumblin' [Blues Ball LP 2002]
- Mary Sue
- Hard Luck
- Tired Of Crying

rec. between August 1963 and July 1969


P-Vine PLP-6079 (Jp 1988?)

116 1989 Howlin' Wolf: Cadillac Daddy
Memphis Recordings, 1952

- Cadillac Daddy (Mr. Highway Man) (alt tk)
- Bluebird Blues
- My Last Affair (tk 1) [previously unissued]
- Oh Red! (tk 2) [previously unissued]
- Come Back Home (tk 1) [previously unissued]
- Dorothy Mae

- Decoration Day Blues
- Color And Kind [previously unissued]
- Drinkin' C.V. Wine [previously unissued]
- I Got A Woman (Sweet Woman)
- Everybody's In The Mood
- My Baby Walked Off

notes by Martin Hawkins

Rounder SS 28 (US 1989)

116a 1990 The Greatest in Country Blues (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins


LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand


LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson

- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins

compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set
24-pp. booklet notes by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

1927-1930


1927-1936


1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999)

117 1990 Howlin' Wolf: The Memphis Days
The definite edition Vol. 1

- Oh Red (tk 1) [previously unissued]
- My Last Affair (tk 1)
- Come Back Home (tk 1)
- California Boogie
- California Blues
- Look-A-Here Baby
- Smile At Me
- My Baby Walked Off
- Drinkin' CV Wine (CV Wine Blues)
- My Troubles And Me
- Chocolate Drop
- Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy)
- Bluebird Blues
- Color And Kind
- (Everybody's) In The Mood
- Dorothy Mae (# 2)
- I Got A Woman/Sweet Woman
- Decoration Day Blues
- (Well) That's All Right
- How Many More Years [previously unissued]
- Baby Ride With Me [previously unissued]

12-pp. booklet by Colin Escott

Bear Family BCD 15460 (Germany 1990)

118 1990 Howlin' Wolf: The Power Of The Voice

- Ain't Superstitious
- Sittin On The Top Of The World
- Built For Comfort
- The Red Rooster
- Highway 49
- Chause Of It All
- Killing Floor
- Brownskin Woman
- The Sun Is Rising
- I'm The Wolf
- House Rockin' Boogie
- Doggin' Around
- Keep What You Got
- My Baby Stole Off
- Crying At Daybreak
- Passing By
- Poor Boy
- Commit A Crime
- Wang Dang Doodle
- Do The Do
- Worried About My Baby
- Rockin' Daddy

notes by Marino Grandi

Blues Encore CD 52002 (It 1990)

119 1991 Howlin' Wolf: The Memphis Days
The definite edition Vol. 2

- Baby Ride With Me
- How Many More Years
- Moanin' At Midnight
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie
- The Wolf Is At Your Door
- Mr. Highway Man
- Getting Old And Grey
- Worried All The Time
- Saddle My Pony
- Oh Red!
- My Last Affair
- Come Back Home (tk 2)
- Dorothy Mae
- Oh Red (tk 2)
- Come Back Home (tk 3)
- How Many More Years [previously unissued]
- How Many More Years
- Baby Ride With Me [previously unissued]
- Baby Ride With Me [previously unissued]

8-pp. booklet by Jim Dickinson

Bear Family BCD 15500 (Germany 1991)

119a 1991 The Blues   Volume 6
'50s Rarities

- Going Back Home - Howlin' Wolf [Chess 1648 - 1957 - did not chart]
- Juke (U 7437-4) - Little Walter & His Night Cats [Checker 758 - # 1 R&B for 8 weeks September-October 1952]
- Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller (real name Iverson Minter - aka Louisiana Red) [originally unissued Checker track circa 1952]
- Date Bait - Blue Smitty (real name Claude Smith) [originally unissued Chess track circa 1952]
- Lake Michigan - Memphis Minnie [originally unissued Checker side circa 1951]
- What Kind Of Gal Is That? - Little Joe E. Lee (real name Jody Williams - aka Little Papa Joe) [originally unissued Chess side circa 1955?]
- I Don't Know (alt tk) - Sonny Boy Williamson (real name Aleck Ford, aka Alex "Rice" Miller) [Checker 864 - 1957 - did not chart]
- Would You Call Me A Fool? - Percy Mayfield [originally unissued Chess side - circa 1955]
- All Night Long - Muddy Waters [Chess 1509 - 1952 - did not chart]
- Gary Stomp - John Brim & His Gary Kings [originally unissued Chess side circa 1955]
- Overseas - Floyd Jones & His Guitar [originally unissued Chess side circa 1952]
- Got Lonesome Here - Eddie Boyd [originally unissued Chess side 1951, Teldec/Chess 6.24810]
- Messing Around With The Blues - Alberta Adams [previously unreleased]
- I'm Mad (alt tk) - Willie Mabon [Chess 1538 - # 1 R&B for 2 weeks May/June 1953]
- Alarm Clock Blues - Floyd Dixon [Checker 857 - 1957 - did not chart]
- Don't Drive Me Baby - Lowell Fulson [Checker 865 - 1957 - did not chart]


notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

Chess/MCA CHD-9330 (US 1991)
= Chess/MCA CHC-9330 (cassette)

120 1991 Howlin' Wolf: The Chess Box

disc 1 (1951 to 1955):
- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie
- The Wolf Is At Your Door
- Mr. Highway Man
- Bluebird
- Saddle My Pony
- (Well,) That's All Right
- My Last Affair
- Just My Kind
- Work For Your Money
- Mama Died And Left Me
- All Night Boogie (All Night Long)
- Streamline Woman
- Crazy About You Baby
- You Gonna Wreck My Life
- Neighbors
- I'm The Wolf
- Rockin' Daddy
- Baby How Long
- Evil
- I'll Be Around
- Forty Four
- Who Will Be Next
- Don't Mess With My Baby

disc 2 (1956 to 1963):
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- You Can't Be Beat
- I Asked For Water
- The Natchez Burnin'
- Who's Been Talkin'
- Tell Me
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
- I Didn't Know
- Moaning For My Baby
- Change My Way
- I Better Go Now
- Howlin' For My Darling
- I've Been Abused
- Mr. Airplane Man (previously unreleased alt tk)
- Wang Dang Doodle
- Back Door Man
- Spoonful
- Down In The Bottom
- Shake For Me
- The Red Rooster
- You'll Be Mine
- Just Like I Treat You
- I Ain't Superstitious
- Goin' Down Slow
- Tail Dragger
- Hidden Charms
- Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy
- Built For Comfort

disc 3 (1964 to 1973):
- Love Me Darlin'
- Killing Floor
- My Country Sugar Mama
- Louise
- I Walked From Dallas
- Tell Me What I've Done
- Don't Laugh At Me
- Ooh Baby (Hold Me)
- New Crawlin' King Snake
- My Mind Is Ramblin'
- Commit A Crime
- Dust My Broom
- I'm The Wolf [previously unissued]
- Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road [solo version; previously unissued])
- Mary Sue
- Hard Luck
- Red Rooster
- Moving

compiled by Andy McKaie

3 CD box
32-pp. booklet by Chris Morris & Dick Shurman

Chess/MCA CHD3-9332

= Chess/MCA CH5-9332 (5 LP box)

121 1992 Chess Blues

disc 1:
- Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
- Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
- Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy
- Big Town Playboy - Johnny Jones
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
- Luedella - Jimmy Rogers
- Mother Earth - Memphis Slim
- Dr. Ross' Boogie - Doctor Ross
- Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines

- Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
- All Night Long - Muddy Waters Alternate Take
- Mr. Commissioner - Arbee Stidham Alternate Take

- Getting Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf

disc 2:
- Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker Alternate Take
- Juke - Little Walter
- Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters
- Broken Heart - Memphis Minnie Alternate Take
- Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix
- Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller
- Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd
- Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter
- Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins
- Fast Boogie - Little Walter
- I'm Mad - Willie Mabon
- Ice Cream Man - John Brim
- Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James
- Got To Have It - Willie Mabon
- I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray
- Remember - Alberta Adams
- [Untitled Instrumental] - Henry Gray
- Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters

- Forty-Four - Howlin' Wolf
- Got To Find My Baby - Little Walter Alternate Take
- Evil - Howlin' Wolf
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir


disc 3:
- Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
- My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) - Muddy Waters
- My Baby - Little Walter
- You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold
- Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson II

- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Twenty-Nine Ways To My Baby's Door - Willie Dixon
- Right To Love You - Paul Gayton
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann

- Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf
- Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon
- Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers
- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake

- Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf
- She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir
- Your Funeral And My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Key To The Highway - Little Walter
- Double Trouble - Muddy Waters Alternate Take
- Come On Home - Eddie Boyd
- Goat - Sonny Boy Williamson II Band Track
- So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush


disc 4:
- First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy
- Too Poor - Detroit Junior
- Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson
- The Shakedown - Lloyd Glenn
- Sun Is Shining - Elmore James Alternate Take
- Calling On My Darling - Albert King

- The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
- Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
- Satisfied - Little Milton
- Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
- Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio
- Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Good Moanin' Blues - Big Walter Horton

- Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
- What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor
- We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
- Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
- Jinglin' Baby - Eddie "Guitar" Burns
- That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters
- Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy
- Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor
- I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James


compiled by Mary Katherine Aldin & Andy McKaie; prod. by Andy McKaie

4 CD box set
64-pp. booklet notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

MCA CHD4-9340 (US 1992)

122 1993 Howlin' Wolf: London Sessions
The Blues Collection # 7

- Rockin' Daddy
- I Ain't Superstitious
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
- Worried About My Baby
- What A Woman!
- Poor Boy
- Built For Comfort
- Who's Been Talking
- The Red Rooster (rehearsal)
- The Red Rooster
- Do The Do
- Highway 49
- Wang-Dang-Doodle

- Howlin' For My Baby
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- Back Door Man
- Killing Floor

"original recordings, digitally remastered"; ed. by Tony Russell


Orbis BLUNC007

123 1993 Howlin' Wolf: The Complete Recordings 1951-1969

disc 1:
- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Long How Many More Years
- The Wolf Is At Your Door (Howlin' For My Baby)
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie
- Getting Old And Gray
- Mr. Highway Man
- Saddle My Pony
- Worried All The Time
- Oh Red
- My Last Affair
- Baby Ride With Me (Ridin' In The Moonlight)
- California Boogie
- Look A Here Baby
- Everybody's In The Mood
- Colour And Kind
- Blue Bird
- Sweet Woman (I Got A Woman)
- Well That's Alright
- Decoration Day
- Dorothy Mae
- Come Back Home

disc 2:
- Smile At Me
- California Blues
- My Baby Walked Off
- My Troubles And Me
- Chocolate Drop
- Dorothy Mae (tk 1)
- Drinkin' C.V. Wine
- How Many More Years (alt tk)
- Baby Ride With Me (alt tk)
- Baby Ride With Me (alt tk)
- Baby Ride With Me (alt tk)
- How Many More Years (alt tk)
- How Many More Years (alt tk)
- How Many More Years (alt tk)
- Mr.Highway Man (alt tk)
- My Last Affair (tk 1)
- Come Back Home (tk 1)
- Come Back Home (tk 2)
- Oh Red (tk 1)
- Oh Red (tk 2)

disc 3:
- I've Got A Woman
- Just My Kind
- Work For Your Money
- I'm Not Joking
- Mama Died And Left Me
- Highway Be My Friend
- Hold To Your Money
- Streamline Woman
- California Blues
- Stay Here 'Till My Baby Comes
- Crazy About You Baby
- All Night Boogie
- I Love My Baby
- No Place To Go
- Neighbors
- I'm The Wolf
- Rockin' Daddy
- Baby How Long
- Evil
- I'll Be Around
- Forty Four

disc 4:
- Who Will Be Next
- I Have A Little Girl
- Come To Me Baby
- Don't Mess With Me Baby
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- You Can't Be Beat
- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
- So Glad
- Break Of Day
- Natchez Burning
- Going Back Home
- Bluebird
- My Life
- You Ought To Know
- Who's Been Talkin'
- Tell Me
- Somebody In My Home
- Nature
- Walk To Camp Hall
- Poor Boy
- My Baby Told Me
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
- Howlin' Blues
- I Better Go Now

disc 5:
- I Didn't Know
- Moanining For My Baby
- I'm Leaving You
- Can't Put Me Out
- Change My Way
- Gettining Late
- I've Been Abused
- Howlin' For My Darling
- My People's Gone
- Mr. Airplane Man
- Wang Dang Doodle
- Back Door Man
- Spoonful
- Little Baby
- Down In The Bottom
- Shake For Me
- The Red Rooster
- You'll Be Mine
- Just Like I Treat You
- I Ain't Superstitious
- Going Down Slow
- Mama's Baby
- Do The Do
- Tail Dragger
- Long Green Stuff

disc 6:
- Sugar Mama
- May I Have A Talk With You
- Hidden Charms
- 300 lbs Of Joy
- Joy To My Soul
- Built For Comfort
- Love Me Darlin'
- Killing Floor
- My Country Sugar Mama
- Louise
- I Walked From Dallas
- Tell Me What I've Done
- Don't Laugh At Me
- Ooh Baby,Ooh Baby
- Poor Wind That Never Change
- New Crawlin' King Snake
- My Mind Is Ramblin'
- Commit A Crime
- Pop It To Me
- I Had A Dream
- Dust My Broom
- Mary Sue
- Hard Luck
- Tired Of Crying

disc 7:
- You Gonna Wreck My Life (alt tk)
- Somebody In My Home (alt tk)
- Nature (tks 1-6)
. Nature (alt tk)
- I Didn't Know
- I Better Go Now (tk 1 only)
- Moanin' For My Baby (tks 3-4)
- I'm Leaving You (alt tk)
- I'm Leaving You (tks 7-10)
- You Can't Put Me Out
- I've Been Abused (tks 5-7)
- Howlin' For My Darling (tks 1-7)
- Wolf In The Mood
- Mr. Airplane Man (tks 1-2)
- Rollin' And Tumblin'
- I'm The Wolf
- Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road
- talk session (approx. 10 min.)

7 CD box
notes by Les Fancourt

Charly RED BOX 7 (UK 1993)

124 1994 Howlin' Wolf: Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog
Chess Collectibles Vol. 2

disc 1:
- Look-A-Here Baby [Charly 30102]
- California Blues # 1 [Charly 30102]
- Worried All The Time [Chess 1515]
- Everybody's In The Mood [Charly 30134]
- Color And Kind [Rounder SS 28]
- Dorothy Mae [Charly 30134]
- Sweet Woman [aka I Got A Woman; Charly 30134]
- Decoration Day [Charly 30102]
- Oh Red [Rounder SS 28 ?]
- I'm Not Joking [Chess 6641 125]
- Highway My Friend [Blues Ball 2001]
- Hold Your Money [Blues Ball 2001]
- California Blues # 2 [Blues Ball 2001]
- Stay Here Til My Baby Comes Back [Blues Ball 2001]
- Come To Me Baby [Chess 1607]
- So Glad [Chess 1632]
- Bluebird [Blues Ball 2001]
- My Life [Chess 1648]
- You Ought To Know [Blues Ball 2001]
- Nature (alt tk) [Blues Ball 2001]
- Walk To Camp Hall [Blues Ball 2001]
- Poor Boy (alt tk) [previously unissued]

disc 2:
- My Baby Told Me ("alt tk") [Blues Ball 2001]
- Midnight Blues (aka Moaning For My Baby; alt tk) [Blue Night 073 1667]
- You Can't Put Me Out [Blues Ball 2002]
- Getting Late [Blues Ball 2002]
- (Wolf) In The Mood [P-Vine PLP-6031]
- My People's Gone [Blues Ball 2002]
- Mama's Baby [Chess 1844]
- Tail Dragger (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- Long Green Stuff [Blues Ball 2002]
- (She Brought) Joy To My Soul [Blues Ball 2002]
- Poor Wind That Never Change [Blue Night 073 1667]
- Pop It To Me [Chess 2009]
- I Had A Dream [Chess 2009]
- The Big House (studio version) [17981; previously unissued]
- Tired Of Crying [Blue Night 073 1667]
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (acoustic fragment) [Blues Ball 2002]
- More Howlin' Wolf Talks [previously unissued]
- I Ain't Gonna Be You Dog No More (acoustic) [previously unissued]
- Woke Up This Morning (acoustic) [previously unissued]
- Ain't Going Down That Dirt Road (acoustic, 2nd tk) [previously unissued]

2 CD set
notes by Dick Shurman

Chess/MCA CHD2-9349 (US 1994)

125 1995 Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology

CD 1:
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson


CD 2:
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- Roll You Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker


CD 3:
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown


CD 4:
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang


compiled by Les Fancourt

4 CD set
with 44-pp. booklet

Charly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)

125a 1996 Devil Got My Woman
Blues at Newport 1966 @ youtube (full dvd)

Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman   @ youtube
- I'm So Glad   @ youtube
- Worried Blues   @ youtube
Bukka White
- Baby You're Killing Me   @ youtube [Son House dancing!]
- Old Lady Blues   @ youtube
Son House
- Forever On My Mind   @ youtube

Howlin' Wolf
- Meet Me In The Bottom   @ youtube [Howlin' Wolf / Son House "discussion"!]
- How Many More Years   @ youtube
- Dust My Broom   @ youtube
Rev. Pearly Brown with Mrs. Christine Brown
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning   @ youtube
- Pure Religion
- It's A Mean Old World
Bukka White
- Please Don't Put Your Daddy Outdoors
- 100th Man   @ youtube


filmed by Alan Lomax at the Newport Folk Festival 1966; photos by David Gahr
"'Devil Got My Woman' is not, however, concert footage from Newport. Alan Lomax recreated a juke joint at Newport, stocked the bar, and let nature take its course."

VHS video, 61 min

Vestapol 13049 (EU 1996)

DVD, 30-pp. booklet by Mark Humphrey

Vestapol OV13049 (EU 2001)

P-Vine PHV-35

126 1997 Howlin' Wolf: His Best

- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- Evil (Is Going On)
- Forty Four
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
- Who's Been Talking?
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- Howlin' For My Darlin'
- Wang Dang Doodle
- Back Door Man
- Spoonful
- Shake For Me
- The Red Rooster
- I Ain't Superstitious
- Goin' Down Slow
- Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy
- Hidden Charms
- Built For Comfort
- Killing Floor

compilation prod. by Andy McKaie

notes by Mark Humphrey

Chess/MCA CHD-9375 (The Legendary Masters series) (US 1997)

126a 1997 Howlin' Wolf: The Genuine Article

- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- I'm The Wolf
- Baby How Long
- Evil
- Forty Four
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
- The Natchez Burnin'
- Who's Been Talking?
- Sitting on top of the world
- I've Been Abused
- Howlin' For My Baby
- Wang Dang Doodle
- Back Door Man
- Spoonful
- Down In The Bottom
- The Red Rooster
- I Ain't Superstitious
- Goin' Down Slow
- 300 Pounds Of Joy
- Killing Floor
- Dust My Broom
- Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road
- The Red Rooster

compilation prod. by Roy Carr

notes by Roy Carr

Chess/MCD CHD-11073 (The Legendary Masters series) (US 1997)

127 1999 Howlin' Wolf: His Best Vol. 2

- Howlin' Wolf Boogie
- Mr. Highway Man
- All Night Boogie (alt tk)
- You Gonna Wreck My Life (alt tk)
- I'm The Wolf (album version)
- Rockin' Daddy
- Who Will Be Next
- The Natchez Burnin'
- Tell Me
- I've Been Abused
- Down In The Bottom
- You'll Be Mine
- Just Like I Treat You
- Tail Dragger
- My Country Sugar Mama
- Louise
- Don't Laugh At Me
- Commit A Crime (1991 Chess box version)
- New Crawlin' King Snake
- The Red Rooster (false start and dialogue)

notes by Dick Shurman

Chess/MCA CHD-12026 (The Legendary Masters series) (US 1999)

127a 2000 Howlin' Wolf: The Sun Years

- How Many More Years
- Smile At Me
- My Baby Walked Off
- My Troubles And Me
- Everybody's In The Mood
- Bluebird
- Well That's All Right
- Baby Ride With Me
- California Boggie
- Look A Here Baby
- Mr. Highway Man
- Chocolate Drop
- Color And Kind
- Dorthy Mae
- Decoration Day
- Oh Red
- Drinkin' C.V. Wine
- My Last Affair
- Come Back Home
- California Blues


Blues Factory (Germany)

128 2001 Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton

disc 6: Charley's Orbit - Songs
- Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey
- The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
- Bye Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell - Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Kansas City Blues - William Harris
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Just A Spoonful - Charley Jordan
- Banty Rooster - Blind Pete And George Ryan
- My Grey Pony - Big Joe Williams
- Dark Road Blues - Willie Lofton Trio
- Blues - Unknown Convict
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - 9Bukka White
- Po' Boy - Bukka White
- Make Me A Pallet on the Floor - Willie Brown
- County Farm Blues - Son House

- Saddle My Pony - The Howlin' Wolf
- Forty Four - The Howlin' Wolf
- Too Close - Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers

7-CD album

Revenant RVN-CD-212

129 2002 Howlin' Wolf: Moanin' At Midnight
The Memphis recordings

- Riding In The Moonlight
- Moaning At Midnight
- Dog Me Around [aka Don't Dog Me Around]
- Keep What You Got
- House Rockin' Boogie
- Crying At Daybreak
- Passing By Blues
- My Baby Stole Off
- I Want Your Picture
- Worried About My Baby
- Brown Skin Woman [aka Chocolate Drop]
- Driving This Highway
- The Sun Is Rising
- My Friends
- I'm The Wolf
- Riding In The Moonlight [audition acetate; demo version]
- Chocolate Drop (alt version) [Ace CD 52]
- Riding In The Moonlight [audition acetate; demo version]

notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 302061220-2 (US 2002)

130 2003 Alan Lomax - Blues Songbook

disc: 1
- Goin' Down The River - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Rolled And Tumbled - Rosalie Hill
- Cherry Ball Blues - Jack Owens & Bud Spires

- Dust My Broom - Howlin' Wolf [previously unissued] #
- Boogie Children - Joe Lee
- Stagolee - Lucious Curtis
- Stop All The Buses - Cecil Augusta
- Worried Life Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- The Pony Blues - Son House
- Tangle Eye Blues - Walter 'Tangle Eye' Jackson
- Trouble So Hard - Vera Ward Hall
- Worried Blues - Sonny Terry
- Beggin' The Blues - Bessie Jones
- John Henry - Gabriel Brown
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James
- I Hate A Man Like You - Jelly Roll Morton
- Roll 'Em - Pete Johnson
- Kokomo - The Memphis Jug Band
- Life Is Like That - Big Bill Broonzy


disc: 2
- I Could Hear My Name A Ringin' - Big Bill Broonzy
- Dimples In Your Jaws - Joe Lee
- Catfish Blues - Jack Owens & Bud Spires<
- Kill-It-Kid Rag - Blind Willie McTell
- You're Gonna Need My Help - Elinor Boyer
- The Army Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- Blues De La Prison - Canray Fontenot
- I Been Drinnkin' - Vera Ward Hall
- I Been A Bad, Bad Girl - Ozella Jones
- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- Boogie Instrumental - R.L. Burnside
- Blind Lemon Blues - Lead Belly
- Sweet Patootie Blues - Albert Ammons
- The Last Time - Sam Chatmon
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Desert Blues - Hattie Ellis
- Joe Turner - Hobart Smith
- Joe Turner - Miles
- Joe Turner - Big Bill Broonzy
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Hobart Smith
- How Long Blues - Sonny Terry


# rec. August 1966 at the Newport Folk Festival, RI ("backstage tavern" filming by Alan Lomax); Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca; Eddie Shaw Sam Jones, ts; Hubert Sumlin, g; Andrew McMahon, b; S.P. Leary, dr

2 CD set

Rounder CD 1866 (US 2003)

Hubert Sumlin discography

131 2003 Howlin' Wolf 1951-1952

- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- Riding In The Moonlight
- Dog Me Around
- Morning At Midnight
- Keep What You Got
- Riding In The Moonlight
- House Rockin' Boogie
- Crying At Daybreak
- Passing By Blues
- My Baby Stole Off
- I Want Your Picture
- The Wolf Is At Your Door
- California Blues
- California Boogie
- Look-A-Here Baby
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie
- Smile At Me
- Getting' Old And Gray
- Mr. Highway Man
- My Baby Walked Off
- C.V. Wine Blues
- My Troubles And Me
- Chocolate Drop
- Highway Man

Memphis sessions

notes by Dave Penny

Classics 5056 (Fr 2003)

132 2004 Howlin' Wolf 1952-1953

- Worried About My Baby
- Brown Skin Woman
- Driving This Highway
- The Sun Is Rising
- My Friends (Stealing My Clothes)
- I'm the Wolf
- Everybody's in the Mood
- Bluebird
- Saddle My Pony
- Dorothy Mae
- Worried All the Time
- Sweet Woman
- Well That's All Right
- Decoration Day
- Oh, Red!!
- My Last Affair
- Come Back Home
- I've Got a Woman
- Just My Kind
- Work for Your Money
- I'm Not Joking
- Mama Died and Left Me
- All Night Boogie (All Night Long)
- I Love My Baby

Memphis sessions

notes by Dave Penny

Classics 5098 (Fr 2004)

133 2006 Memphis Blues
Important Postwar Blues

disc 1:
- Gotta Let You Go - Joe Hill Louis
- Boogie in the Park - Joe Hill Louis
- That Ain't Right (tk 1) - Henry Hill
- Little Soldier Boy (tk 2) - Doctor Ross
- Country Clown (tk 1) - Doctor Ross
- County Farm Blues - William Stewart
- They Call Me Talkin' Boy - William Stewart
- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Before Long - Jimmy & Walter
- Lonesome Ol' Jail - D.A. Hunt
- Greyhound Blues - D.A. Hunt
- Registration Day Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Rats in My Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes
- Rattlesnake Mama - William Stewart
- Forty Four Blues - William Stewart
- I Feel Like a Million - Joe Hill Louis
- Heartache Baby - Joe Hill Louis
- Shorty the Barber - Charlie Burse
- The Last Time - Woodrow Wilson Adams
- Train Is Comin' - Woodrow Wilson Adams
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Perkins
- Wolf Call Boogie - Sleepy John Estes
- Harmonica Jam - Coy "Hot Shot" Love
- Policy Man Blues (tk 1) - Coy "Hot Shot" Love
- Take a Little Chance - Jimmy DeBerry
- Tailor Made - Doctor Ross
- Boogie Disease, The - Doctor Ross


disc 2:
- Moanin' at Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
- Bluebird - Howlin' Wolf
- Move on Down the Line - Earl Hooker
- Hucklebuck, The - Earl Hooker
- Walter's Instrumental - Walter Horton
- Grandmother Got Grandfather Told - Walter Horton
- Midnight Showers of Rain - Willie Nix
- Prison Bound Blues - Willie Nix
- Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas
- Married Woman - Rufus Thomas
- Roscoe's Boogie - Rosco Gordon
- City Women - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, Baby - Earl Forest
- Rock the Bottle - Earl Forest
- Bad Women, Bad Whiskey - Little Parker, Jr.
- You're My Angel - Little Parker, Jr.
- Good Lovin' - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Drifting from Town to Town - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- My Baby - James Anthony Cotton
- Straighten Up Baby - James Anthony Cotton
- Work with Her Boy - Shy Guy Douglas
- Detroit Arrow Blues - Shy Guy Douglas
- Carry My Business On (tk 1) - Houston Boines
- Crying in the Courthouse (tk 1) - Houston Boines
- Walked All Night - Charley Booker
- Baby I'm Coming Home - Charley Booker
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- Bonus Pay - Pat Hare


disc 3:
- T Model Boogie - Rosco Gordon
- Saddled the Cow (And Milked the Horse) - Rosco Gordon
- Seems Like a Million Years (tk 1) - Willie Nix
- Riding in the Moonlight - Willie Nix
- Can't Love Me and My Money Too - L.B. Lawson
- Flypaper Boogie - L.B. Lawson
- Somebody Told Me - Little Milton
- If You Love Me Baby - Little Milton
- Feelin' Good - Little Junior
- Fussin' and Fightin' Blues - Little Junior
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Blues Leave Me Alone - Billy Love
- She Comes to See Me Sometime (tk 1) - Joe Hill Louis
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Sweet Home Chicago (tk 1) - David Honeyboy Edwards
- Mistreating Boogie - Mose Vinson
- Worry You Off My Mind - Mose Vinson
- Lucy Done Moved - L.C. Hubert
- Don't Dog Me Around - Eddie Snow
- Skin and Bone (tk 1) - Eddie Snow
- Dead Letter Blues (tk 1) - Johnny O'Neal
- Ugly Woman (tk 3) - Johnny O'Neal
- You'll Be Sorry - Houston Stokes
- Blue and Lonesome - Houston Stokes
- Long Gone Raymond - Raymond Hill
- I'm Back Pretty Baby - Raymond Hill
- Blue Man (tk 1) - Kenneth Banks
- High (tk 1) - Kenneth Banks


disc 4:
- Tiger Man - Rufus Thomas
- Save That Money - Rufus Thomas
- Lookin' for My Baby - Little Milton
- Homesick for My Baby - Little Milton
- Feel So Worried - Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson
- So Long Baby Goodbye - Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Anthony Cotton
- Hold Me in Your Arms - James Anthony Cotton

- Come Back Home (tk 1) - Howlin' Wolf
- Chocolate Drop - Howlin' Wolf
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Believe I'll Settle Down - Boyd Gilmore
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Walter Horton
- Off the Wall - Walter Horton
- Love My Baby - Little Junior
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- Dry Up Baby - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Crying All Night Long - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Way After Midnight (tk 1) - Billy Love
- Hey Now (tk 1) - Billy Love
- I Wronged a Woman - Earl Forest
- I Can't Forgive You - Earl Forest
- Midnight Hours Journey - Johnny Ace
- My Baby Left Me - Raymond Hill
- You're Driving Me Insane - Ike Turner
- Trouble and Heartaches - Ike Turner
- When It Rains It Pours - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
- Move Baby Move - Billy "The Kid" Emerson


4 CD set

JSP JSPCD 7777 (UK 2006)

134 2011 Howlin' Wolf: Smokestack Lightning
Complete Chess Masters (1951 to 1960)

disc 1:
- Moanin' At Midnight [single version]
- How Many More Years [alt tk]
- How Many More Years [single version]
- The Wolf is At Your Door (Howlin' For My Baby)
- California Boogie
- Smile At Me
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie [single version]
- California Blues Nr. 1 [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- Look-A-Here Baby [1994 ChessCollectibles version]
- Worried All the Time [single version]
- Gettin' Old and Grey [single version]
- Mr. Highway Man [single version]
- Everybody's In the Mood [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- Color and Kind [album version]
- Bluebird [1991 Chess Box Version]
- Saddle My Pony [single version]
- Dorothy Mae [alt tk]
- Dorothy Mae [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- Sweet Woman (a/k/a I Got a Woman)
- (Well) That's All Right [1991 the Chess Box version]
- Decoration Day [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- Oh! Red [single version]
- My Last Affair [single version]
- I've Got a Woman [album version]
- Just My Kind [album version]
- Work For Your Money [album version]

disc 2:
- I'm Not Joking [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- Mama Died and Left Me [1991 the Chess Box version]
- All Night Boogie (All Night Long) [single version]
- I Love My Baby [single version]
- Highway My Friend [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- Hold Your Money [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- Streamline Woman [1991 Chess Box version]
- California Blues Nr. 2 [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- Stay Here til My Baby Comes Back [1994 Chess Collectibles]
- Crazy About You Baby [1991 Chess Box version]
- No Place To Go (You Gonna Wreck My Life) [single version]
- You Gonna Wreck My Life [alt tk]
- Neighbors [album version]
- I'm the Wolf [album version]
- Rockin' Daddy [single version]
- Baby How Long [single version]
- Evil (is Going On) [single version]
- I'll Be Around [single version]
- Forty Four [single version]
- Who Will Be Next [single version]
- I Have a Little Girl [single version]
- Come To Me Baby [single version]
- Don't Mess With My Baby [single version]
- Smokestack Lightnin' [single version]
- You Can't Be Beat [single version]
- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) [single version]
- So Glad [single version]

disc 3:
- I'm Leaving You [alt tk]
- I'm Leaving You [tks 7-10]
- I'm Leaving You
- Can't Put Me Out [alt tk 1]
- Can't Put Me Out [alt tk 2]
- (You) Can't Put Me Out
- Change My Way [single version]
- Getting Late [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- I've Been Abused [tks 4-12]
- I've Been Abused
- Howlin' For My Baby [tks 1-7]
- Howlin' For My Darling (or Baby)
- Wolf In the Mood [instr]
- My People's Gone [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- Mr. Airplane Man [tks 1 & 2]
- Mr. Airplane Man [single version]
- Wang Dang Doodle [single version]
- Back Door Man [single version]
- Spoonful

disc 4:
- Break of Day
- The Natchez Burnin' [single version]
- Going Back Home
- Bluebird [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- My Life [single version]
- You Ought To Know [single version]
- Who's Been Talking? [single version]
- Tell Me [single version]
- Somebody In My Home [alt tk]
- Somebody In My Home [single edit]
- Nature [tks 1/4/6]
- Nature [alt tk]
- Nature [single version]
- Walk To Camp Hall [1994 Chess Collectibles version]
- Poor Boy [alt tk]
- Poor Boy [single version]
- My Baby Told Me [alt tk]
- Sitting On Top of the World [1958 single version]
- I Didn't Know
- I Better Go Now (Howlin' Blues) [alt tk]
- Howlin' Blues [single version]
- I Better Go Now [multiple tks]
- I Didn't Know [single version]
- Moaning For My Baby
- Moaning For My Baby (Midnight Blues) [tks 3 & 4]

4 CD set
notes by Peter Guralnick and Dick Shurman

Hip-O Select B 001530902

135 2011 Howlin' Wolf: Blues From Hell
A Career Retrospective - 27 Essential Tracks from the Master Bluesman

- Spoonful
- Evil (Is Going On)
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- Don't Mess With My Baby
- How Many More Years
- I've Been Abused
- I Better Gone Now

- Forty Four
- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
- My Life
- Nature
- Poor Boy
- Mr. Airplain Man
- Who Will Be Next?


- Moanin' For My Baby
- Crying At Daybreak
- Who's Been Talking?
- My Baby Stole Off
- I Have A Little Girl
- Change My Way

- The Wolf Is At Your Door
- Moanin' At Midnight
- The Natchez Burnin'
- Getting Old And Grey
- You Can't Be Beat
- No Place To Go
- Going Back Home

2 LP set (180 g)
notes by Michael Heatley

Not Now Music - NOT2LP130

136 2012 Howlin' Wolf: Moanin' In The Moonlight

Moanin' In The Moonlight
- Moanin' At Midnight (2:59)
- How Many More Years (2:43)
- Smokestack Lightnin' (3:09)
- Baby, How Long (2:55)
- No Place To Go (You Gonna Break My Life) (2:56)
- All Night Boogie (2:15)
- Evil (Is Goin' On) (2:56)
- I'm Leavin' You (3:00)
- Moanin' For My Baby (2:50)
- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) (2:52)
- Forty-Four (2:49)
- Somebody In My Home (2:27)

bonus tracks:
- Wang-Dang-Doodle (2:25)
- Spoonful (2:46)
- Howlin' For My Darling (2:34)
- Mr. Airplane Man (2:46)
- Howlin' Wolf Boogie (2:40)
- Mr. Highway Man (2:49)
- Oh Red (2:38)
- Rockin' Daddy (3:04)
- So Glad (2:10)
- Nature (2:48)
- Who Will Be Next (2:35)
- Going Back Home (2:42)
- I'll Be Around (3:14)
- Sittin' On Top Of The World (2:34)
- Come To Me Baby (2:26)

"The Definitive Remastered Edition"
front cover photo by Sandy Schoenfeld / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
back cover photo by Ernest C. Withers (caption in Withers' book "The Memphis Blues Again": "(left to right): Unidentified, Chico Chism, James Cotton, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Big Bill Hill." taken in Brinkley, Arkansas, c. 1961

Chess LP 1434 (US 1959)

16-pp. booklet

Soul Jam 600801

136a 2014 The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3

disc 1: The 1960s
Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50)
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19)
Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05)
Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03)
Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01)
Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06)
Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45)
Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27)
Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07)
Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21)
Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11)
R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25)
Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36)
Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42)
Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43)
Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19)
J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25)
Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52)
Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42)
Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30)
Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56)


disc 2: The 1970s
Son House - Empire State Express (3:41)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59)
J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59)
Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06)
R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45)
Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46)
Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04)
John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15)
Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33)

Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20)
Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33)
Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50)
Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18)
Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53)
Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26)
Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19)
Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44)
Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10)
Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37)
Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58)
Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24)
Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56)
Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18)


front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner

112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl

Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)

137 2015 Big City Blues & Howlin' Wolf in Warsaw

- Intro - Willie Dixon
- Weak Brain And A Narrow Mind - Willie Dixon
- God's Gift To Man - Willie Dixon
- Be My Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Devil Is A Busy Man - Sunnyland Slim
- Everytime I Get To Drinking - Sunnyland Slim
- Dust My Broom - Howlin' Wolf
- Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf
- Going Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
- Howlin' For My Darling - Howlin' Wolf
- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
- Bye, Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye) - Howlin' Wolf
- Dust My Broom - Howlin' Wolf

rec. October 27, 1964 at the 7th International Jazz Festival "Jazz Jamboree '64" in Warsaw, Poland; Howlin' Wolf, voc, hca, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Hubert Sumlin, g;Willie Dixon, b; Clifton James, dr


Polskie Radio SZ03852 (Polish Radio Jazz Archives 19)

Hubert Sumlin discography

138 2017 Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie

CD 1:
James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby(3:32)
James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt (2:40)
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28)
Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51)
Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50)
John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09)
Little Walter with Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37)
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29)
Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37)
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35)
Johnny Temple - Old '98' Blues (2:25)
Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:43)
St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (3:19)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25)
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54)
Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22)
Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17)
Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48)
Robert Nighthawk with Ethel Mae Brown - Down The Line (2:50)
The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Woman (3:09
Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52)
Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29)


CD 2:
Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12)
Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15)
Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52)
Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57)
Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39)
Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need my Help (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore (3:16)
Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10)
Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38)
Gray Haired Bill - I'm A Hard Working Man (2:59)
The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05)
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42)
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:03)
Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15)
Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13)
Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41)
Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50)
J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:52)

Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40)
Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (2:32)
Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good (2:36)
Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04)
Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59)
Little Walter - Juke (3:00)
Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer (2:55)


CD 3:
Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (3:04)
Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)
Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11)
Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03)
Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37)
Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30)
Jimmy Rogers - What's The Matter (3:17)
Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48)
Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04)
Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47)
Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39)
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:06)
Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03)
Homesick James - Homesick (3:08)
Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52)
Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money (2:31)
Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16)
J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24)

Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37)
Big Boy Spires - Someday little Darling (3:11)
Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38)
Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32)


CD 4:
Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me (3:24)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:36)
John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49)
John Brim - Life Time Baby (3:06)
Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone (2:45)
Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat (2:50)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45)
Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59)
Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (3:09)
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25)
J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02)
Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30)
Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55)
Little Walter - Got To Find My Baby (3:09)
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone (2:41)
Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15)
Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47)
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29)
Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53)
Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40)


CD 5:
Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07)
Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27)
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06)
John Brim -Go Away (2:45)
John Brim - That Ain't Right (2:51)
Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30)
Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad (2:31)

Howlin' Wolf - Break Of day (2:48)
Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird (3:35)
Howlin' Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22)
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You (2:42)
Otis Spann - I'm In Love With You Baby (2:40)
Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47)
Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02)
Po' Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27)
Po' Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42)
Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37)
Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby (2:27)
Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47)
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37)
John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46)
John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02)
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46)


88-pp. book by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)

139 2018 Howlin' Wolf: Blues With A Beat!

- Moanin' At Midnight
- All Night Boogie
- Baby How Long
- Who Will Be Next
- Wand [sic] Dang Doodle
- Down In The Bottom

- Howlin' Wolf Boogie
- Oh Red!
- Rocking Daddy
- You Can't Be Beat
- Who's Been Talkin'
- Do The Do

10 inch 33 1/3 rpm LP

Minigroove CHESS LP 1002 (Fr 2018)

140 7/2019 Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 2 - Sweet Home Chicago
CD 1:
James Clark - Who But You (2:41)
Memphis Jimmy - Drifting (3:20)
Johnny Shines - Delta Pine Blues (3:03)
Johnny Shines - Ride, Ride Mama (2:55)
Johnny Shines - Evil-Hearted Woman Blues (2:50)
Homer Harris - I'm Gonna Cut Your Head (2:56)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:06)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Due Respects To You (3:27)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - No Special Rider Here (3:03)
'Blues Boy' Bill - "Little Boy" Blue (3:14)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (alt tk) (2:33)
James (Beal Street) Clark - Come To Me Baby (2:51)
James (Beal Street) Clark - You Can't Make The Grade (2:55)
Herman Ray - Xmas Blues (2:44)
Forest City Joe - Special Delivery Man (2:52)
Forest City Joe -. Shady Lane Woman (3:02)
Homer Harris - Atomic Bomb Blues (2:34)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:08)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Devilment On My Mind (2:57)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Homeless Blues (3:12)
Forest City Joe - Mean Mistreatin' Woman (2:52)
Forest City Joe - Lonesome Day Blues (2:51)
Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer (2:28)
Dirty Red - You Done Me Wrong (3:14)
Pete Franklin - Mr. Charley (3:10)
Big Bill Broonzy - Water Coast Blues (2:46)


CD 2:
Muddy Waters - Hard Days (2:41)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground (2:38
Floyd Jones - School Days (2:51
Tampa Red - Come On, If You're Coming (2:53)
Tampa Red - I'll Find My Way (2:39)
Johnny Temple - Between Midnight And Day (2:36)
Johnny Temple - Sit Right On It (2:22)
Jimmy Rogers - Hard Working Man (3:22)
Jimmy Rogers - My Little Machine (3:12)
Jimmy Rogers - Crying Shame (2:50)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - Glory For Man (2:30)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - My Daily Wish (2:43)

Howling Wolf - How Many More Years (alt tk) (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Just My Kind (2:53)
Memphis Minnie - Broken Heart (2:37)
Memphis Minnie - Lake Michigan (3:00)
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur (alt tk) (2:54)
Muddy Waters - Lonesome Day (3:32)
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch (2:52)
Blue Smitty - Crying (2:45)
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movement (3:27)
Memphis Minnie - In Love Again (2:32)
Memphis Minnie - What A Night (3:00)
Rocky Fuller - Funeral Hearse At My Door (3:17)
Little Walter - Driftin' (alt tk) (3:09)
Little Walter - Off The Wall (alt tk) (2:59)


CD 3:
Honey Boy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (tk 2) (3:03)
Honey Boy Edwards - Drop Down Mama (2:39)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (tk 4) (2:34)
Big Boy Spires - My Baby Left Me (2:36)
Little Walter - That's It (3:14)
Little Walter - That's It (edited) (2:47)
Little Walter - Blues With A Feeling (alt tk) (2:57)
Elmore James - I See My Baby (3:07)
Elmore James - Country Boogie (2:43)
Lazy Bill - I Had A Dream (alt tk) (2:57)
Lazy Bill - She Got Me Walkin' (alt tk) (3:08)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (alt tk) (2:41)
Albert King - Hand Me Down (Sweet Woman) (2:58)
Albert King - Murder (2:59)
Morris Pejoe - Untitled Instrumental (2:23)
Morris Pejoe - Hurt My Feelings (2:55)
Homesick James - Lonesome Blues (2:23)
Homesick James - 12th St Station (2:44)
Homesick James - Long Lonesome Days (2:26)
Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball (3:12)
Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (alt tk) (2:48)
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil (2:43)
Otis Spann - Five Spot (2:45)
Little Walter - I Love You So (Oh Baby) (2:35)
Little Walter - Last Night (first tk) (2:56)
Henry Gray - Goodbye Baby (3:19)
Henry Gray - You Messed Up (2:53)


CD 4:
Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours (3:06)
Chuck Berry - No Money Down (3:00)
Chuck Berry - I've Changed (3:07)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Was Fooled (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night (2:54)
Bo Diddley - Little Girl (alt tk) (2:38)
Bo Diddley - I'm A Man (alt tk) (3:08)
Bo Diddley - You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) (2:50)
Henry Gray - Watch Yourself (2:45)
Henry Gray - That Ain't Right (2:29)
Muddy Waters - This Pain (3:10)
Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (alt tk) (2:46)
Little Walter - Little Girl (3:07)
Little Walter - Temperature (first tk) (2:02)
Dusty Brown - Hurry Home (2:45)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Evening Everybody (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Have You Ever Been In Love (2:55)
Herby Joe - Smokestack Lightning (2:53)
Herby Joe - Dreamed (Last Night) (2:28)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - I Need You Pretty Baby For My Own (2:47)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - Blues King Mango (2:26)
Po Joe Williams - Goin' Back (2:53)
Po Joe Williams - My Baby Left (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got Me Wrong (2:41)
Billy Boy Arnold - My Heart Is Crying (2:12)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Like Wolf (2:51)
Sonny Boy Williamson - This Is My Apartment (2:41)


CD 5:
Jimmy Reed - I'm Gonna Ruin You (first tk) (2:49)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (2:41)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (2:59)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Hurts Me So Much (tk 2) (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes (alt tk) (3:01)
Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door (2:39)
G. "Davy" Crockett - Look Out Mable (2:25)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (alt tk) (3:14)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (alt tk) (3:12)
Jimmy Reed - Signals Of Love (alt tk) (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Well You Know (I Love You) (2:48)
Freddie Hall - I Love This Carrying On (2:43)
Freddie Hall - She's A Upsetter (2:35)
Little Mack Simmons - My Walking Blues (3:12)
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back (2:35)
Eddie Boyd - Nothing But Trouble (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Her Picture In The Frame (3:28)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (3:05)
Elmore James - I Can't Hold Out (2:18)
Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining (2:47)

Howling Wolf - Mr Airplane Man (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Little Baby (2:45)
Hound Dog Taylor - Baby's Coming Home (2:38)
Hound Dog Taylor - Five, Take Five (2:05)
Homesick James - Can't Afford To Do It (2:31)
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:40)
Slim Willis - Running Around (2:55)
Slim Willis - No Feeling For You (3:02)


essay by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

I herewith confess
that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation
containing only one (or two ;-) Howlin' Wolf track(s) !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 167-168
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 114
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 239-241, 513
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 475-480
- Terry Hounsome: Rock Record 7.- Llandysul (Record Researcher Publications) 1997
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- pp. 149-152
- Graham Marsh & Barrie Lewis (Ed.): The Blues Album Cover Art.- Chronicle, San Francisco, 1996
- Klaus-Dieter Tilch: Rock LPs 1955-1970, Hamburg (Taurus) 1990, pp. 1766-1768
- http://www.furious.com/perfect/wolf/discography2.html
- http://www.depanorama.net/wolf/wolf2.htm
- http://www.45cat.com/artist/howlin-wolf
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/chess2.html
- http://www.howlinwolf.com/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190814084847/http://depanorama.net/wolf/wolf2.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Flemming Nielsen, 'Rothorpe', Joe Louis, Lex Jansen, Brad Barrett, Rodger Stanley, Gerard Herzhaft, Arto Broström, Scott Dirks, Jim Clay, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva, Don Deering, Maura McCabe and Bill Dahl for additional info / scans

Howling Wolf and The House Rockers: Howling Wolf, Jody Williams, Earl Phillips and Hubert Sumlin, 1954; photographer's name not known; click to enlarge!
Howling Wolf and The House Rockers: Howling Wolf, Jody Williams, Earl Phillips and Hubert Sumlin, 1954
source: https://www.706unionavenue.nl/170291618; photographer's name not known

The guitars in the photo above are Kay model # K161 Thin Twins

H O W L I N'   W O L F, early 1960s; source: Front cover of Chess LP 1502
Howling Wolf, early 1960s
source: Front cover of Chess LP 1502
photographer: Don Bronstein

l to r: unknown, unknown, James Cotton, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, unknown, Arkansas early 1960's (Caption in Withers' book 'The Memphis Blues Again': '(left to right): Unidentified, Chico Chism [which he's definitely not!], James Cotton, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Big Bill Hill [might be him!].' taken in Brinkley, Arkansas, c. 1961); source: Ernest Withers & Daniel J. Wolff: The Memphis Blues Again: Six Decades of Memphis Music Photographs.- New York (Viking Studio) 2001 // Booklet of Chess/MCA CHD3-9332; photographer: Ernest C. Withers; click to enlarge!
l to r: unknown, unknown, James Cotton, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, unknown, Arkansas early 1960's

(Caption in Withers' book "The Memphis Blues Again": "(left to right): Unidentified, Chico Chism [which he's definitely not!],
James Cotton, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Big Bill Hill [might be him!]." taken in Brinkley, Arkansas, c. 1961)
source: Ernest Withers & Daniel J. Wolff: The Memphis Blues Again: Six Decades of Memphis Music Photographs.- New York (Viking Studio) 2001
// Booklet of Chess/MCA CHD3-9332; photographer: Ernest C. Withers

1964 AFBF ensemble (The British Tour): Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Sleepy John Estes, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Lightnin' Hopkins, Hubert Sumlin; source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 2; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir; click to enlarge!
1964 AFBF ensemble (The British Tour): Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Sleepy John Estes, Sonny Boy
Williamson II, Sunnyland Slim, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Lightnin' Hopkins, Hubert Sumlin

source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 2; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

Howlin' Wolf nibbling on a pitch pipe; source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 5.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 512; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir; click to enlarge!
Howlin' Wolf nibbling on a pitch pipe, 1964

source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 5.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 51
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

Lyrics for Howlin Wolf Worried About My Baby

Source: https://www.wirz.de/music/howlwolf.htm

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