Various Artists – Let's Play Chess: A Chess Records Anthology 2LP

Various Artists – Let's Play Chess: A Chess Records Anthology

The history of Chess Records is the history of American pop music in the second half of the twentieth century. Chess is best known for recording the acoustic blues that originated in the Mississippi Delta and filtered through Chicago's South Side, as well as releasing some of the first rock 'n' roll singles.

The legacy of Chess Records still endures more than 75 years later. "Let's Play Chess (A Chess Records Anthology)" was curated by Grammy® Award-winning producer, Chess Records connoisseur and drummer Steve Jordan and presents 25 of the label's finest recordings, some of the most important and exciting recordings ever made.

Tracklist:
LP1:
Side A
1. Muddy Waters – (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
2. Little Walter – Juke
3. Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin’
4. Chuck Berry – Maybellene
5. Lowell Fulson – Reconsider Baby
6. Etta James – At Last
7. The Moonglows – Sincerely

Side B
1. Ramsey Lewis Trio – The “In” Crowd
2. Fontella Bass – Rescue Me
3. Tommy Tucker – High Heel Sneakers
4. Buddy Guy – First Time I Met the Blues
5. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats – Rocket 88
6. Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode

LP 2
Side C
1. John Lee Hooker – Ground Hog Blues
2. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
3. Billy Stewart – I Do Love You
4. The Dells – Stay in My Corner
5. Etta James – All the Way Down

Side D
1. Little Walter – Crazy Mixed Up World
2. Muddy Waters – Rollin’ Stone
3. Otis Rush – So Many Roads, So Many Trains
4. Sonny Boy Williamson – Don’t Start Me To Talkin’
5. Jimmy Rogers – That’s All Right
6. Howlin’ Wolf – Spoonful
7. Gene Ammons – My Foolish Heart

Label: Verve
Released: 2025