Little Walter - The Complete Checker Singles As & Bs 1952-60 [2-CD]

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 52-track 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

Track Listing

Disc 1:
•Juke
•Can't Hold On Much Longer
•Mean Old World
•Sad Hours
•Don't Have To Hunt No More
•Tonight With A Fool
•Off The Wall
•Tell Me, Mama
•Blues With A Feeling
•Quarter To Twelve
•Lights Out
•You're So Fine
•Rocker
•Oh, Baby
•You'd Better Watch Yourself
•Blue Light
•Last Night
•Mellow Down Easy
•My Babe
•Thunder Bird
•Roller Coaster
•I Got To Go
•Too Late
•I Hate To See You Go
•Who

Disc 2:
•It Ain't Right
•One More Chance With You
•Flying Saucer
•Teenage Beat
•Just A Feeling
•It's Too Late, Brother
•Take Me Back
•Nobody But You
•Everybody Needs Somebody
•Boom, Boom, Out Goes The Light
•Temperature
•The Toddle
•Confessin' The Blues
•Key To The Highway
•Rock Bottom
•My Baby's Sweeter
•Crazy, Mixed Up World
•Everything's Gonna Be All Right
•Back Track
•Me And Piney Brown
•Break It Up
•Ah'w Baby
•I Had My Fun
•Blue Midnight
•I Don't Play
•Just Your Fool