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The Best Of Little Walter
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Little Walter
Prix : 60,00 €
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Musiciens/Orchrestre :

Little Walter (harmonica, vocals), Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, David Myers, Louis Myers, Leonard Caston, Robert Lockwood Jr. (guitar), Willie Dixon (bass), Elgin Evans, Fred Below (drums)

Label : Acoustic Sounds Series Chess Records Information complementaire :

AVAILABILITY : 30/11/2025 (subject Acoustic Sounds)

Gramme : 180

Mono | 1 LP | 33rpm | Limited Edition | Pré-commande

Extrait :

- Little Walter "The Best Of Little Walter" (Mono) !
- Chess Records 75 Series from Chess Records and Acoustic Sounds !
- Influential blues harmonica record !
- Groundbreaking instrumentals include "Juke" and "My Babe" !
- All-analog mastering by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab !
- 180 gram vinyl pressed at Quality Record Pressings !

Little Walter The Best of Little Walter is the album that became a cornerstone of Chicago Blues and one that turned a pocket-sized harp into a weapon of musical mass seduction !

Originally released on Chess Records in 1958, this compilation is stacked with Walter Jacobs' most iconic sides : "Juke" (the only harmonica instrumental to ever top the Billboard R&B chart), "My Babe" (a Willie Dixon-penned classic), "Blues With a Feeling", "Off the Wall", and more. These tracks didn't just set the standard they became the standard for electric blues harp, influencing everyone from Paul Butterfield to Mick Jagger and beyond. Walter amplified the harmonica literally-plugging it into a microphone and pushing it through an amp for a dirty, distorted tone that changed the sound of blues forever.

This isn't just a "greatest hits" package; it's a history lesson in how Chess Records built the DNA of modern music. Walter stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf in Chess' legendary lineup, and his innovations helped shape rock, soul, and blues for decades to come.

This reissue smokes. Mastered by Matt Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the original Chess tapes the same golden ears behind numerous other reissue classics, combined with Quality Record Pressings' uncompromising vinyl craft. The result ? The raw power of Walter's amplified harp leaps off the 180 gram vinyl with detail and punch that will make your system blush.

This isn't background music. This is a front-row seat to the birth of electric blues, with dead-quiet pressings that let every reed vibration, every wailing bend, hang in the air like cigarette smoke in a sweaty club.

  • Side A :
  • 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
  • Side B :
  • 1. Juke
  • 2. Mean Old World
  • 3. Off The Walls
  • 4. You Better Watch Yourself
  • 5. Blue Lights
  • 6. Tell Me Mama
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