Howlin` Wolf

INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

This quintessential collector’s edition contains Howlin’ Wolf’s outstanding debut album for Chess Records, Moanin’ in the Moonlight (1959) — one of the all-time cornerstones of the genre. It features several of his early hits (“How Many More Years,” “Moanin’ at Midnight,” “Smokestack Lightning,” “Forty Four,” “Evil,” and “I Asked for Water [She Gave Me Gasoline]”). We have also included 4 bonus tracks (highlights from Wolf’s musically prolific period between 1951 and 1960), which together with this remastered gem constitute the definitive edition of this blues masterpiece.

PERSONNEL:

HOWLIN’ WOLF, vocals & harmonica, plus:

Willie Johnson, Hubert Sumlin, Lee Cooper (guitar),
Willie Dixon, Alfred Elkins (bass), Otis Spann, Ike Turner (piano),
Earl Phillips, Fred Below, Willie Steele (drums), Abb Locke (saxophone),
among others.

Recorded in Chicago and Memphis, between 1951 and 1958.

SIDE 1

01. MOANIN’ AT MIDNIGHT
02. HOW MANY MORE YEARS
03. SMOKESTACK LIGHTNIN’
04. BABY, HOW LONG
05. NO PLACE TO GO (YOU GONNA BREAK MY LIFE)
06. ALL NIGHT BOOGIE
07. ROCKIN’ DADDY (*)
08. GOING BACK HOME (*)

SIDE 2

01. EVIL (IS GOIN’ ON)
02. I’M LEAVIN’ YOU
03. MOANIN’ FOR MY BABY
04. I ASKED FOR WATER (SHE GAVE ME GASOLINE)
05. FORTY-FOUR
06. SOMEBODY IN MY HOME
07. I’LL BE AROUND (*)
08. SO GLAD (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS