Howlin` Wolf The Real Folk Blues MFSL Gold CD Neu OVP Sealed UDCD 645 mit J-Card

Erscheinungsdatum: 1. September 1995
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Import aus: USA
Format: Audio CD

     Tracks


1. Killing Floor (2:53)
2. Louise (2:47)
3. Poor Boy (2:37)
4. Sittin' On Top Of The World (2:35)
5. Nature (2:49)
6. My Country Sugar Mama (2:39)
7. Tail Dragger (3:00)
8. Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy (3:07)
9. Natchez Burning (2:12)
10. Built For Comfort (2:41)
11. Ooh Baby, Hold Me (2:42)
12. Tell Me What I've Done (2:52)
13. Smokestack Lightning (3:08)
14. Hidden Charms (2:20)


Produktbeschreibungen

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Chester Arthur Burnett alias Howlin'Wolf war ein wahrhaftiges Blues-Schwergewicht. Sein Gitarrenspiel und die Vulkangewalt seiner Stimme beeindruckten selbst Promis: Die Yardbirds coverten "Smokestack Lightnin", hier als Bonustrack vertreten; die Stones und Eric Clapton heulten ebenfalls mit dem "Wolf" im Studio. Diese Gold-CD mit Hochkarätern wie "Nature" oder "Natchez Burning" macht aus den Originalen der 50er und 60er kein Klangjuwel, aber die tonale Ausgewogenheit beeindruckt dennoch.
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Review by Cub Koda
This was originally released by Chess in 1966 to capitalize on the then-current folk music boom. The music, however — a collection of Howlin' Wolf singles from 1956 to 1966 — is full-blown electric, featuring a nice sampling of Wolf originals with a smattering of Willie Dixon tunes. Some of the man's best middle period work is aboard here; "Killing Floor," "Louise," the hair-raisingly somber "Natchez Burning," and Wolf's version of the old standard "Sitting on Top of the World," which would become his set closer in later years. The Mobile Fidelity version sounds as sonically sharp as anything you've ever heard by this artist and its heftier price tag is somewhat justified by the inclusion of two bonus cuts. But those on a budget who just want the music minus the high-minded audiophile concerns will be happy to note that this is also available as a Chess budget reissue. [Originally released in 1966, the LP was reissued on an import-only Japanese CD in 2004.]