His Best (Little Walter album)

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His best
Compilation album by Little Walter

Publication
(s)

1997

admission

1952 to 1960

Label (s) MCA / Chess

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Blues , Chicago Bluesm , Harmonica Blues

Title (number)

20th

occupation
  • Little Walter (vocals, harmonica)
  • Fred Below, Billy Stepney, George Hunter (drums)
  • Willie Dixon (bass)

production

The compilation was put together by Andie McKaie.

His Best is a compilation album by Little Walter that was released in 1997 as part of the Chess 50th Anniversary Collection on MCA / Chess.

General

As a member of the Muddy Waters Band and as a solo artist, Littele Walter was one of the architects of the Chicago Blue. He was the first harmonica player to electrically amplify his harmonica and thus generate a new sound. The album brings a cross-section of his work and contains his most famous songs ( Juke ), slow numbers ( Mean Old World ) and rock tracks ( Boom, Boom Out Goes the Light ). As with all titles in the Chess 50th Anniversary Collection, the album provides suitable examples for every stage of the career and is technically prepared. The album replaces the best compilation to date, "The Best of Little Walter", which was released in 1988. Ten of the twelve titles were also taken from her (except for Blue Light and You Better Watch Yourself ).

Track list

  1. Juke - Little Walter 2:47
  2. Can't Hold Out Much Longer - Little Walter 3:03
  3. Mean Old World - Little Walter 2:57
  4. Sad Hours - Little Walter 3:15
  5. Tell Me Mama - Little Walter 2:47
  6. Off the Wall - Little Walter 2:52
  7. Blues with a Feeling - Little Walter 3:10
  8. You're So Fine - Finnie, Little Walter, Reed… 3:07
  9. Too Late - Brown, Dixon , Phillips 2:44
  10. Last Night -Little Walter 2:46
  11. Mellow Down Easy - Dixon 2:45
  12. My Babe - Dixon, Holden, Little Walter 2:44
  13. Roller Coaster - McDaniel 2:56
  14. Hate to See You Go - Little Walter, Walker 2:20
  15. It Ain't Right -Jacobs, Little Walter, Turner 2:56
  16. Boom, Boom out Goes the Lights - Lewis 2:53
  17. Confessin 'the Blues -Brown, McShann 3:06
  18. Key to the Highway - Broonzy, Jacobs, Segar, Waters 2:48
  19. Everything's Gonna Be Alright - LaBounty, Little Walter, Wariner 2:52
  20. Just Your Fool Little Walter - 2:20

Recording dates

  • Titles 1 and 2: Chicago, May 12, 1952
  • Titles 3 and 4: Chicago, October 1952
  • Titles 5 and 6: Chicago, March 4, 1953
  • Tracks 7 through 9: Chicago, July 23, 1953
  • Titles 10 and 11: Chicago, October 5, 1954
  • Title 12: Chicago, January 25, 1955
  • Title 13: Chicago, April 28, 1955
  • Title 14: Chicago, August 12, 1955
  • Tracks 15 and 16: Chicago, December 1955
  • Title 17: Chicago, January 1958
  • Title 18: Chicago, August 1958
  • Title 19: Chicago, July 21, 1959
  • Track 20: Chicago, December 1960

Criticism

  • CD Universe: His Best is a ground-floor necessity for any blues library (His Best is the basis for every blues collection.)
  • Amazon Editorial Review: ... his collection is a great place to start (... a good start to get to know Walter.)
  • Cub Koda: If you've never experienced the innovative instrumental genius of Little Walter, classics ...... will come as a major revelation. "Essential first purchase" doesn't even begin to describe it. (If you've never experienced Little Walter's innovative instrumental genius, ...... these classics will be a revelation. Basic first purchase is not the first description.)
  • About Blues: ... the album offering up 20 reasons why Little Walter is the most influential harp player in blues history. (..the album offers twenty reasons why Little Walter is the most influential harmonica player in blues history.)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mississippi Moan  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mississippimoan.blogspot.com  
  2. ↑ Discogs: Little Walter His Best
  3. ↑ CD Universe product information
  4. ↑ Amazon Review
  5. ↑ blues.about.com 20 essential Chicago blues albums