Little Walter Black Knight Label?

Hey All,

Anybody heard of this: https://www.discogs.com/Little-Walter-Boom-Boom/release/8772331 ?

I think it's a Polish label. Could it possibly be any good? I've been looking to add some Little Walter to the vinyl library but I'm not sure this is worth it. Thanks.

 

A friendly morning bump...

 

Get the Speakers Corner "Best of" record.

Sounds awesome. Beats a US original.

 

Thanks for your input on the Speakers Corner. That appears to be a tough record to find though!

 

Little Walter, one of my all-time favorites. The fact that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted him as a "sideman" was an unbelievable insult. The man recorded over 100 songs for Chess as bandleader. All of them great. The constant focus on the fact that he revolutionized harmonica playing lets people forget that his achievements as a singer, songwriter and arranger are just as great. He also was a good guitar player. The other Chicago blues greats like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf pretty much continued to play the same music they had learned in the south, only on electric instruments. Little Walter on the other hand created something new, based on the blues, but heavier and faster. He pretty much invented modern "rock music" as it took over in the late sixties, just after Walter's passing (Hendrix, Doors, Rolling Stones 1969 tour, Stooges, etc). I consider him the most "modern" of the Chicago blues players, criminally overlooked today, so it was great that the Rolling Stones named their new album "Blue And Lonesome" after one of his songs and recorded four of his songs for the album.

I would pass on the Black Knight LP, which must be an "out of copyright" release with the music taken from regular CDs.

In my opinion these are the essential Little Walter LPs:

The Best (1957) Chess/Checker LP-1428
1. My Babe
2. Sad Hours
3. You're So Fine
4. Last Night
5. Blues With A Feeling
6. Can't Hold Out Much Longer
7. Juke
8. Mean Old World
9. Off The Wall
10. You'd Better Watch Yourself
11. Blue Light
12. Tell Me Mama

The Best Vol. 2 (US 1989) CH-9292
1. Mellow Down Easy
2. I Don't Play
3. Too Late
4. Key To The Highway
5. Boogie
6. Just A Feeling
7. Evans Shuffle
8. Crazy Mixed Up World
9. Lights Out
10. Oh Baby
11. Boom, Boom Out Go The Lights
12. It Ain't Right

Hate To See You Go (1969) Chess LP-1535
1. Nobody But You
2. My Baby's Sweeter
3. Roller Coaster
4. As Long As I Have You
5. Oh Baby
6. Take Me Back
7. Everything's Going To Be Alright
8. Mellow Down Easy
9. Hate To See You Go
10. I Got To Find My Baby
11. Everybody Needs Somebody
12. Blue Midnight
13. I've Had My Fun
14. Key To The Highway
15. Blue And Lonesome

Confessin' The Blues (1974) Chess CHV-416
1. It Ain't Right
2. Rocker
3. I Got To Find My Baby
4. Lights Out
5. One More Chance With You
6. Crazy Legs
7. Temperature
8. I Got To Go
9. Crazy Mixed Up World
10. Quarter To Twelve
11. Confessin' The Blues
12. The Toddle
13. Up The Line
14. Rock Bottom
15. Mean Old Frisco

Boss Blues Harmonica 2 LPs (1972) Chess 2CH-60014
A1 My Babe 2:52
A2 Sad Hours 2:37
A3 You're So Fine 2:49
A4 Last Night 3:23
A5 Blues With A Feeling 3:08
A6 Can't Hold Out Much Longer 2:59
B1 Juke 2:47
B2 Mean Old World 2:57
B3 Off The Wall 3:01
B4 You Better Watch Yourself 3:23
B5 Blue Lights 3:08
B6 Tell Me, Mama 2:40
C1 Back Track 2:35
C2 It's Too Late, Brother 2:43
C3 Just A Feeling 2:52
C4 Teenage Beat 3:00
C5 Just Your Fool 2:20
C6 Flying Saucer 3:02
D1 I Got To Go 2:48
D2 Shake Dancer 2:45
D3 Too Late 2:34
D4 Thunderbird 2:45
D5 Ah'w Baby 2:46
D6 Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights 2:43
A/B = The Best LP

Chess Masters 2 LPs (UK 1981) Chess: CXMD 4002
= The Best LP + Hate To See You Go LP (tracks 1–12)

Chess Masters Vol. 2 2 LPs (UK 1983) Chess: CXMD 4011
A1 Back Track
A2 Key To The Highway
A3 Confessin' The Blues
A4 Ah'w Baby
A5 Shake Dancer
A6 Just A Feeling
B1 Flying Saucer
B2 It Ain't Right
B3 Who
B4 Crazy For My Baby
B5 I Got To Go
B6 Thunderbird
C1 Fast Boogie
C2 Lights Out
C3 Too Late
C4 Last Boogie
C5 Quarter To Twelve
C6 Tonight With A Fool
D1 Don't Have To Hunt No More
D2 Boogie
D3 Blue And Lonesome
D4 Goin' Down Slow
D6 I Don't Play
D6 Just Your Fool

Neglected Masters 3 LPs + 7" (Italian Bootleg, 1990) BGH 1200-3
A1 Evans Shuffle
A2 Blue Midnight – alt.
A3 Boogie
A4 Don't Have To Hunt No More
A5 Tonight With A Fool
A6 Off The Wall – alt.
A7 Last Boogie
B1 Fast Boogie
B2 Fast Large One
B3 My Kind Of Baby
B4 Come Back Baby
B5 I Love You So
B6 Oh Baby – alt.
B7 Beggin' And Pleadin' (The Coronets feat. Little Walter)
C1 Cobella (The Coronets feat. Little Walter)
C2 Big Leg Mama
C3 Last Night – alt.
C4 Little Girl
C5 Crazy For My Baby – alt.
C6 Can't Stop Loving You
C7 Who
C8 Temperature – alt.
D1 Temperature – alt.
D2 Rock Bottom – alt.
D3 Walkin' On
D4 Baby
D5 Worried Life
D6 Everything's Gonna Be Alright – alt.
D7 One Of These Mornings
D8 Blue And Lonesome – alt.
E1 Me And Piney Brown
E2 Break It Up
E3 You Gonna Be Sorry
E4 Going Down Slow
E5 I Don't Play
E6 You Don't Know
E7 I'm A Business Man
E8 Dead Presidents
F1 Southern Feelings
F2 Back In The Alley
F3 I Feel So Bad – take 1
F4 I Feel So Bad – take 2
F5 Chicken Shack
F6 Mercy Babe
F7 Instrumental
G1 I Want My Baby (early recording)
G2 Blue Baby (early recording)
G3 I Just Keep Loving Her (early recording)
H1 Moonshine Blues (early recording)
H2 Take A Walk With Me (early recording)
H3 Bad Acting Woman (early recording)

 

P.S.: Hate To See You Go (1969) Chess LP-1535 is the LP that Keith Richards is listening to at the start of the "Under The Influence" documentary.

 

My Echo My Shadow And Me -- you seem like the man for this question:

What do you think of:

“THE ESSENTIAL LITTLE WALTER” 2-CD set?

MCA 1993

It's listed as being AAD


Tracks 1-17 “Transferred” by Paul Elmore and Steven Lasker.

The remaining were “Re-mastered” by Erick Labson.


Fantastic Track list, but I generally hate Erick Labson's work (though sometimes he masters things essentially flat -- so there is hope this collection could sound good).


Little Walter - The Essential Little Walter

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Very good set, recommended.

I also like the following Little Walter CDs:

Blues With A Feelin' (2 CDs) Chess MCD 09357/MCA Chess Records CHD 2-9357 (great sound, some alternate takes)
Hate To See You Go (CD) MCA UICY-3428 (Japanese pressing)
Confessin' The Blues (CD) MCA UICY-3429 (Japanese pressing)
His Best (CD) Chess CHD-9384 (1997 edition)

 

Correction:

Tracks for Chess Masters Vol. 2 are as follows.

Chess Masters Vol. 2 – 2 LPs (UK 1983) Chess: CXMD 4011
A1 Boogie
A2 Don't Have To Hunt No More
A3 Tonight With A Fool
A4 Quarter To Twelve
A5 Last Boogie
A6 Too Late
B1 Fast Boogie
B2 Lights Out
B3 Thunderbird
B4 I Got To Go
B5 Crazy For My Baby
B6 Who
C1 It Ain't Right
C2 Flying Saucer
C3 Just A Feeling
C4 Shake Dancer
C5 Ah'w Baby
C6 Confessin' The Blues
D1 Key To The Highway
D2 Back Track
D3 Blue And Lonesome
D4 Goin' Down Slow
D5 I Don't Play
D6 Just Your Fool

 

This is the record I grew up with...excellent compilation.



LITTLE WALTER Dbl LP Chess Blues Masters Boss Blues harmonica 1972 Chess

 

A question, Hate To See You Go (1969) Chess LP-1535 -- the 1977 reissue is fake stereo, right?
Only the original 1969 LP was mono if I understand this right?

 

I think Confessin the Blues is also fake stereo, right?

 

I have the 2012 US Universal LP of Confessin' The Blues Little Walter - Confessin' The Blues Even though it says Stereo on the cover, the LP has the original mono mix and sounds great.

For Hate To See You Go I have the 1977 US LP Little Walter - Hate To See You Go Again, even though it says Stereo on the cover, the LP has the original mono mix and sounds fantastic.

 

Thanks for this. I've just gone and picked up "hate to see you go", the 1977 reissue on discogs.
I'm still on the fence for "Confessin the blues". I may go for an original 1977 pressing and try my luck.
Does anyone out there have one?

 

While I have some Little Walter MCA Best Ofs - I just found the 4CD 1992 Charly Little Walter - The Chess Years 1952-1963 today at Half Price Books for $3.00........!!!!!

This fills so many gaps I have with respect to this master I had to pick it up

Ok - I know going in Charly’s quality is dodgy - so give it to me straight - what’s the view on this set?

 

It's a fantastic box and since it was withdrawn shortly after release it's very rare. It usually goes for well over a hundred dollars on ebay or discogs. A great find!

 

Thank You!

I can’t believe this was sitting under the the main bins in between Kenny G and Lit

I think the staff just checked that the label didn’t say “Capitol”, “Epic”, “Columbia”, etc. and took the path of least resistance with it - I am amazed they didn’t do a cursory EBay inquiry on it to properly price it!