Little Walter Best Of Little Walter ( 180g vinyl LP )

Release date 10-02-2017(originally recorded in 1957)

2017 EU repressed on 180g LP=widely acknowledged as one of the greatest Blues albums of its day on Chess. This, Little Walter's LP debut, collects ten songs that appeared in the Top 10 of the Billboard R&B chart from 1952 to 1955, plus two B-sides. The album contains four bonus tracks like 'Mellow Down Easy', 'Rocker', 'Hate To See You Go', and 'Roller Coaster'.

Tracks:
A1 My Babe 2:41
A2 Sad Hours 3:10
A3 You're So Fine 3:04
A4 Last Night 2:44
A5 Blues With A Feeling 3:07
A6 Can't Hold Out Much Longer 3:00
A7 Mellow Down Easy 2:43
A8 Rocker 3:06

B1 Juke 2:47
B2 Mean Old World 2:56
B3 Off The Wall 2:49
B4 You Better Watch Yourself 3:04
B5 Blue Lights 3:14
B6 Tell Me Mamma 2:45
B7 Hate To See You Go 2:20
B8 Roller Coaster 2:53

Little Walters ascent to becoming one of the greatest exponents of the sound known as Chicago blues began in 1951 when he became a fixed member of Muddy Waters band Two years later he established his own group and rocketed to the top of the rhythmandblues charts with smash hits such as Juke Sad Hours and My Babe Along with his virtuoso technique and his love of experimenting with echo effects Walter is noted for his clear unfussed style which occasionally brings back memories of Louis Jordans saxophone melodies thereby taking up influences from popular jazzIt is astonishing that Walters heritage is so small Of the 100 recorded titles he recorded only about half of them were ever released The present album offers a portrait of the King of the pocket organ and covers the whole spectrum of his playing his instrument sometimes sounding like the human voice a saxophone or a snarling electric guitar Harp fans and lovers of traditional blues certainly shouldnt hesitate to secure their copy of this album