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Howlin' Wolf: His Best -Chess 50th Anniversary Collection

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  • Original Release Date: April 8, 1997
  • Format - Music: MP3
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Play   2. How Many More Years 2:40 $0.99 Buy Track  - How Many More Years
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Play 15. I Ain't Superstitious 2:52 $0.99 Buy Track  - I Ain't Superstitious
Play 16. Goin' Down Slow 4:00 $0.99 Buy Track  - Goin' Down Slow
Play 17. Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy 3:05 $0.99 Buy Track  - Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy
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133 of 136 people found the following review helpful
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The first thing you hear on this CD is Wolf's unearthly moaning/humming. It gradually increases in volume until it becomes huge, frightening, and distorted. The reason it's distorted is because his voice is overloading the mike. The sound you hear is the mike fixing to blow up. You're hearing the elements of the microphone being rattled by Wolf's gigantic voice. They didn't have equipment that could take the Wolf full-on. Similarly, no one CD is going to contain all of the Wolf; he was just too damn big. But this CD has all the stuff that sent people like Mike Bloomfield and Jimmy Page scuttling into their bedrooms to try and cop the licks. What they never could imitate was the raw pure attitude of the Wolf, a mighty, mighty man among men, "300 pounds of muscle and man" as he says on this very CD.

This CD has all the classic songs on it. If you know anything about blues you probably have this CD. If you're learning about the blues, GET THIS IMMEDIATELY. It makes nearly all modern "blues" artists sound completely pale and anemic. If you want a real laugh, drag out the Doors' first album and compare Jim Morrison's "Backdoor Man" with Howlin' Wolf's version on this CD. Then ask yourself who REALLY "ate more chicken than any man ever seen." I think the answer will be painfully obvious. This is everything the blues should be: raw, dangerous, edgy, filthy with distortion, snarling guitar from Hubert Sumlin and Pat Hare. Raw visceral blues that does not compromise and takes no prisoners. If blues was liquor, Howlin' Wolf would be straight whiskey. Buy this CD and get drunk.

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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For someone on a budget who is interested in the music of this legendary artist, look no further than this single disc album. The sound and track selection here are excellent. Anyone interested in the blues needs to have at lest one Howlin' Wolf album in their collection and you can't go wrong here. For those interested in further exploring the Wolf's music (or if you have a few extra bucks around), I suggest the Howlin' Wolf Chess Box which contains 3 discs worth of material, but for about 4 times the cost.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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...there just aren't that many available. When I first started listening to blues music - I had in my mind what a blues artist should sound like. I listened to Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, Buddy Guy, Elmore James, and they all are great - don't get me wrong. But when I heard Howlin' Wolf start up on "I Ain't Superstitious," I knew that was it. Wolf has the best voice in blues, and this is the best collection I've come across of his music. You can make a case for a number of tunes that should be here, but the sound quality and overall impact of the selections just can't be beaten. If you are a blues novice, or just need to hear what the blues should sound like - get it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Every song a classic
Blues is not my favorite genre, but I can't stop playing this CD. Volume 2 has one or two I like, but this one is one great song after another.
Published 3 months ago by DG
Love the Wolf
Every song is good but you have to love his voice. He really has a unique way of interpreting songs. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Michael L. Sweet
A Sound That Still Resonates
So very glad to have this CD. It's exactly what I expected when I ordered it. The sound quality is good, and the wolf's howl is wonderful. Read more
Published 18 months ago by HARRIET KESSLER
Unbelievably Good
We have been listening to this CD since receipt. As blues lovers, we are constantly searching for the best and this is definitely a must have for anyone who likes the blues. Mr. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Rayna
It was worth each star!
I have been waiting to review this CD, which says a great deal about the quality of the music. This was my introduction to Wolf's music, and it was a most memorable... Read more
Published on June 23, 2008 by Mitch
More of the Hour of the Wolf
This review was used for Howlin' Wolf: The London Sessions. Except for the references to the Rolling Stones it applies here. Read more
Published on April 7, 2008 by Alfred Johnson
Blame it on the sopranos
It was the use of "Goin' Down Slow" in an episode of The Sopranos' last season that finally prompted me to correct a long running omission: no Howlin' Wolf in my collection. Read more
Published on December 31, 2007 by Southern Man
Deserted Island Good!
Put this album of Howlin Wolf in your top ten albums to listen to on that old preverbial desert island. Read more
Published on August 10, 2007 by Gypsy Prince
ESSENTIAL!!!
As Sam Phillips of Sun Records said so poetically when he first heard Chester Arthur Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf, "This is it, this is where the soul of man never dies. Read more
Published on June 29, 2007 by collegemoney
Howling Good Wolf Retrospective
"Howlin' Wolf: His Best" is an excellent collection of much of the best work of the blues artist gifted with one of the most unique voices in recorded music. Read more
Published on June 12, 2007 by Terence Allen
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