HOWLIN' WOLF THE REAL FOLK BLUES

CHESS RECORDS 1965                                   LP-1502

Credits:

  Howlin' Wolf – vocals, harmonica, guitar
J. T. Brown (track 7, 8 & 10), Adolph 'Billy' Duncan (track 5), 

Arnold Rogers (tracks 1, 2 & 6),
Eddie Shaw (tracks 11 & 12) – tenor saxophone
Donald Hankins – baritone saxophone (tracks 8 & 10)
Lee Eggleston (tracks 11 & 12), Johnny Jones (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 7), 

Hosea Lee Kennard (tracks 3-5 & 9),
Lafayette Leake (tracks 8 & 10), Otis Spann (track 9) – piano
Buddy Guy (tracks 8 & 10-12), Willie Johnson (tracks 5 & 9), 

Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers (tracks 5 & 9),
Hubert Sumlin (tracks 1-4, 6-8 & 10-12) – guitar
Jerome Arnold (track 7, 8 & 10), Willie Dixon (tracks 5 & 9), Alfred Elkins (tracks 3 & 4),
Andrew Palmer (tracks 1, 2 & 6), Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon[4] – bass
Junior Blackmon (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 7), Earl Phillips (tracks 3-5 & 9), 

Sam Lay (tracks 8 & 10-12) – drums

Recorded in Chicago on July 19, 1956 (track 9), June 24, 1957 (track 5),

 December 1957 (tracks 3 & 4),
September 28, 1962 (track 7), August 14, 1963 (tracks 8 & 10),
August 1964 (track 1, 2 & 6) and April 15, 1965 (tracks 11 & 12)

tracks list:

 A1     Killing Floor 2:48
A2     Louise 2:42
A3     Poor Boy 2:32
A4     Sittin' On Top Of The World 2:30
A5     Nature 2:45
A6     My Country Suga Mama 2:34
B1     Tail Dragger 2:56
B2     Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy 2:59
B3     Natchez Burnin' 2:10
B4     Built For Comfort 2:30
B5     Ooh Baby, Hold Me 2:35
B6     Tell Me What I've Done 2:47

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