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| 1. Juke |
| 2. Can't Hold Out Much Longer |
| 3. Mean Old World |
| 4. Sad Hours |
| 5. Tell Me Mama |
| 6. Off The Wall |
| 7. Blues With A Feeling |
| 8. You're So Fine |
| 9. Too Late |
| 10. Last Night |
| 11. Mellow Down Easy |
| 12. My Babe |
| 13. Roller Coaster |
| 14. Hate To See You Go |
| 15. It' Ain't Right |
| 16. Boom, Boom Out Goes The Light |
| 17. Confessin' The Blues |
| 18. Key To The Highway |
| 19. Everything's Gonna Be Alright |
| 20. Just Your Fool |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
****. Almost perfect,
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This review is from: His Best: 1953-1960 (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) (Audio CD)
This is the best available single-disc overview of Little Walter Jacobs' career.The highly renowned blues harmonica player was not a singer of the caliber of Muddy Waters, or a songwriter to rival Sonny Boy Williamson (II), but his recording career spanned some 20 years, and there are more than enough gems in his catalogue to fill this disc to the point of overflowing. "His Best" has the best sound currently available, and excellent liner notes, and while the double-disc "The Essential Little Walter" is more thorough, this is all that most listeners will need. A couple of great songs are missing, most notably Walter's gritty rendition of Willie Dixon's "Dead Presidents", but that's a minor quibble...almost all of Walter's best is here. 1997's "His Best" takes the place of MCA/Chess' original 12-track LP "The Best Of Little Walter", a landmark blues album which had remained in print for over three decades. Here is his first hit single, the instrumental hit "Juke", as well as Walter's versions of Big Bill Broonzy's "Key To The Highway", Dixon's "My Babe", and T-Bone Walker's "Mean Old World" (shamelessly credited to Jacobs himself). And virtually all of Walter's best self-penned songs are here..."Blues With A Feeling", "Boom Boom, Out Goes The Light", "Tell Me Mama", and numerous often masterful instrumentals. This is certainly the place to start, the finest single-disc Little Walter-compilation on the market.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Little Walter: His Best,
By Lonesome Howler "Lonesome Howler" (bluesland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: His Best: 1953-1960 (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) (Audio CD)
Beginning his career performing his masterful harmonica playing in Muddy Waters' band, Little Walter broke out on his own with his 1952 hit "Juke." From there Walter's amplified sound (which he originated) became a common entity of Chicago blues. This best-of collection selects the cream of the crop from mostly Walters 1950's sessions recorded for the Chess label; revealing him not only as a divine harmonica player, but as a skilled songwriter as well.Included on the album are classic numbers such as the bouncing rhythm of the aforementioned "Juke", the wailing harmonica of "Blues With A Feeling", and the hopping "My Babe", a song penned by the great Willie Dixon, becoming the biggest hit of Walter's career in early 1955. In addition, three photographs and six pages of insightful,well written notes by Billy Altman are included. Although a few noteworthy numbers are absent, this collection remains a fine testament of one of the founding fathers of Chicago Blues.
5.0 out of 5 stars
sure, he's the king of the harp players, but...,
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This review is from: His Best: 1953-1960 (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) (Audio CD)
...don't forget the singing - little walter is one of the greatest singers ever. and also the unique, immediately recognizable band concept, with a two-guitar sound that is a world unto itself, clearly distinct from the muddy/jimmy and wolf/hubert two-guitar deals. but really; come for the singing too - it is otherworldly sweet.
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