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The Complete Checker Singles As & Bs 1952-60

Little Walter
Styles: Blues, R&B
Catalogue Number: ADDCD3165

Little Walter Jacobs was blues harmonica player, singer, songwriter and occasional guitarist who revolutionised the way that the harmonica was played and recorded, bringing a new dimension to the blues during the 1950s. He was one of the first artists to amplify his harmonica by holding it to a microphone and maybe the first artist on any instrument deliberately to use electronic distortion as part of his range of sounds. He was a member of Muddy Waters’ band, appearing on many of his records during the 1950s, but from 1952 recorded for the Chess subsidiary Checker, his releases regularly featuring a harmonica-led instrumental on one side and a vocal performance on the others. He scored an R&B No. 1 with his first solo single “Juke”, and another one a few years later with what became a staple of blues bands the world over “My Babe”. Little Walter became the only harmonica player to be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame. This great value collection, with extensive booklet notes plus comprehensive discographical, chart, session and personnel information, comprises all of his Checker A & B sides from 1952 to 1960 plus two bonus tracks from 1961 and 1962, and includes all of his 15 R&B chart hits.

Disk 1:
Track	Title	Artist
1	Juke	Little Walter and the Night Cats
2	Can't Hold On Much Longer	Little Walter and the Night Cats
3	Mean Old World	Little Walter and the Night Cats
4	Sad Hours	Little Walter and the Night Cats
5	Don't Have To Hunt No More	Little Walter
6	Tonight With A Fool	Little Walter
7	Off The Wall	Little Walter and the Night Cats
8	Tell Me, Mama	Little Walter and the Night Cats
9	Blues With A Feeling	Little Walter and the Jukes
10	Quarter To Twelve	Little Walter and the Jukes
11	Lights Out	Little Walter and the Jukes
12	You're So Fine	Little Walter and the Jukes
13	Rocker	Little Walter and the Jukes
14	Oh, Baby	Little Walter and the Jukes
15	You'd Better Watch Yourself	Little Walter and the Jukes
16	Blue Light	Little Walter and the Jukes
17	Last Night	Little Walter and the Jukes
18	Mellow Down Easy	Little Walter and the Jukes
19	My Babe	Little Walter and the Jukes
20	Thunder Bird	Little Walter and the Jukes
21	Roller Coaster	Little Walter and the Jukes
22	I Got To Go	Little Walter and the Jukes
23	Too Late	Little Walter and the Jukes
24	I Hate To See You Go	Little Walter and the Jukes
25	Who	Little Walter and the Jukes
Disk 2:
Track	Title	Artist
1	It Ain't Right	Little Walter and the Jukes
2	One More Chance With You	Little Walter and the Jukes
3	Flying Saucer	Little Walter and the Jukes
4	Teenage Beat	Little Walter and the Jukes
5	Just A Feeling	Little Walter and the Jukes
6	It's Too Late, Brother	Little Walter and the Jukes
7	Take Me Back	Little Walter and the Jukes
8	Nobody But You	Little Walter and the Jukes
9	Everybody Needs Somebody	Little Walter and the Jukes
10	Boom, Boom, Out Goes The Light	Little Walter and the Jukes
11	Temperature	Little Walter and the Jukes
12	The Toddle	Little Walter
13	Confessin' The Blues	Little Walter
14	Key To The Highway	Little Walter and the Jukes
15	Rock Bottom	Little Walter and the Jukes
16	My Baby's Sweeter	Little Walter
17	Crazy, Mixed Up World	Little Walter
18	Everything's Gonna Be All Right	Little Walter
19	Back Track	Little Walter
20	Me And Piney Brown	Little Walter
21	Break It Up	Little Walter
22	Ah'w Baby	Little Walter
23	I Had My Fun	Little Walter
24	My Babe	Little Walter
25	Blue Midnight	Little Walter
26	I Don't Play	Little Walter
27	Just Your Fool	Little Walter