• 180-GRAM VIRGIN VINYL

Both as a sideman and bandleader, Little Walter revolutionized the sound of blues harmonica through amplification, clasping a mike to the harp as he played. While he may not have been the first bluesman to play amplified harmonica, he explored its possibilities most fully.

This LP puts together 16 remastered studio tracks Little Walter made as a leader for the Chess Records subsidiary label Checker, originally released between 1952 and 1962. Featuring Muddy Waters, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Willie Dixon, and Otis Spann, among others.

PERSONNEL:

On track A1: Louis and Dave Myers (g), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (d). Chicago, March 4, 1953.
On tracks A2 & A6: Louis and Dave Myers (g), Fred Below (d).
Chicago, July 23, 1953.
On track A3: Robert Lockwood, Jr., and probably Luther Tucker (g), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (d). Chicago, October 5, 1954.
On tracks A4 & A5: Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers (g), Elga Edmonds (d). Chicago, May 12, 1952.
On track A7: Robert Lockwood, Jr., Leonard Castron (g, backing vc), Willie Dixon (b, backing vocals), Fred Below (d, backing vocals). Chicago, January 25, 1955.
On track A8: Robert Lockwood, Jr., Dave Myers (g), Willie Dixon (b), Otis Spann (p), Fred Below (d). Chicago, July 14, 1954.
On track B1: Robert Lockwood, Jr., Luther Tucker (g), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (d). Chicago, August 12, 1955.
On track B2: Louis and Dave Myers (g), Fred Below (d). Chicago, October 1952.
On track B3: Robert Lockwood, Jr., Luther Tucker (g), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (d). Chicago, December 1955.
On track B4: Robert Lockwood, Jr., Luther Tucker (g), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (d). Recorded in Chicago, July 27, 1956.
On tracks B5 & B8: Bo Diddley (g on B5), Robert Lockwood, Jr., Luther Tucker (g on B8), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (d). Recorded in Chicago, April 28, 1955.
On track B6: Luther Tucker, Jimmy Lee Robinson (g), Willie Dixon (b), Lafayette Leake (p), Francis Clay (d). Chicago, January 1958.
On track B7: Luther Tucker, Freddy Robinson (g), Willie Dixon or Jimmy Lee Robinson (b), Fred Below (d). Chicago, December 1960.

TRACKS:

A1 TELL ME MAMA
A2 YOU’RE SO FINE
A3 MELLOW DOWN EASY
A4 JUKE
A5 CAN’T HOLD OUT MUCH LONGER
A6 TOO LATE
A7 MY BABE
A8 YOU BETTER WATCH YOURSELF

B1 HATE TO SEE YOU GO
B2 MEAN OLD WORLD
B3 ONE MORE CHANCE WITH YOU
B4 JUST A FEELING
B5 ROLLER COASTER
B6 CONFESSIN’ THE BLUES
B7 JUST YOUR FOOL