The chess label part i 19501952 clemson university. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. Eventually they created a monopoly of chicago music recording, doing sessions and releasing recordings by every major blues performer from john lee hooker, elmore james, king of the slide guitar, to bo diddley through jimmy reed, chuck berry and. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from chess at the discogs marketplace. Thelma ndo segona who cut her keyboard teeth with jimmy mojapelos the minerals in rockville left the varsity to become a member of a new group, chess.
Over time it expanded into soul music, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz and comedy recordings, released on the chess label and on its subsidiary labels checker, argo cadet and cadet concept. Topics about chess records albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories. Miller used various names, including rice miller and little boy blue, before calling. Download the rolling stones discography 19642009 mp3 320 kbps tnt village torrent for free, hd full movie streaming also available in limetorrents. Heres everything that fleetfingered buddy guy waxed for chess from 1960 to 1966, including numerous unissuedatthetime masters, offering the most indepth peek at his formative years imaginable. The rolling stones discography 19642009 mp3 320 kbps. Waters first cut a track for the chess brothers in 1947, who released it on their aristocrat records imprint, and for the next two decades or so, waters turned out the basic iconic catalog of electric chicago blues for various chess imprints, and those singles, both a and bsides, are collected here in this fourdisc, 98track set. November 4, 2005 when chess was sold to all platinum records in august, 1975, the orange and blue label continued to be used, but a variation was also used which had pink replacing the orange and green replacing the blue.
Leonard and phil chess, two polish born immigrants, founded chess records the preeminent blues label of the 50s and 60s. Over time it expanded into soul music, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz and comedy recordings, released on the chess label and on its subsidiary labels checker, argocadet and cadet concept. She came in on the tail end of chess records heyday, but scored one of its last big hits in 1966. Album, 1967, mca records, chess records, checker records. The complete chess recordings the chess collection. The four tops are an american vocal quartet from detroit, michigan who helped to define the citys motown sound of the 1960s. The brothers launched a new series of releases at number 1425. Chess album discography, part 1 lp1425 to lps1553 and chv400 vintage series by david edwards, mike callahan, and randy watts last update. The super blues band with muddy waters and bo diddley modifier lalbum reporter une erreur.
April 3, 2009 the original chess lp series started with lp1425 and included albums on both the chess and the checker labels. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for chess records releases. Marion walter jacobs may 1, 1930 february 15, 1968, known as little walter, was an american blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica and impact on succeeding generations has earned him comparisons to such seminal artists as django reinhardt, charlie parker and jimi hendrix. Check out the chess 50th anniversary collection series on amazon music. The michael ruppli discography of chess records was the source of information about unissued records and a few track lineups. November 4, 2005 we have not found a large number of special promotional lps from chess. The rolling stones raised the international regard for the primitive blues typified by chess records artists such as muddy waters, who wrote the song rollin stone after which the band is. Grt consolidated chesscadet album discography 19711975 last update. Practical chess exercises 600 lessons from tactics to strategy. Chess golden decade volume 1 the early fifties uk vinyl lp more of this title chess records chess golden decade volume 1 the early fifties 70s uk 16track lp compilation, the first in an eightpart series tracing the history of the chicagobased chess label, covering here the years 195155 and including bo diddley, rufu s thomas aint gonna be your dog, see you. By 1951, he was a fulltime employee at chess, where he acted as producer, talent scout, session musician and staff songwriter. Chess records was an american record company, founded in 1950 in chicago and specializing in blues and rhythm and blues.
This compilation issued by universal is a welldesigned and deserving cashin of the film and soundtrack to cadillac records, a hollywood adaptation of the chess records label and story, its artists, and founder leonard chess. The best of chess original artist recordings of songs in the film cadillac records this compilation issued by universal is a welldesigned and deserving cashin of the film and soundtrack to cadillac records, a hollywood adaptation of the chess records label and story, its artists, and founder leonard chess. Founded as the four aims, lead singer levi stubbs, and. A visit to chess recordsand when muddy waters met the. Whites fine history of aristocrat records, which is available on the web by clicking on the link. The rolling stones raised the international regard for the primitive blues typified by chess records artists such as muddy waters, who wrote the song rollin stone after which the band is named. He was an early and influential blues harp stylist who recorded successfully in the 1950s and 1960s. See the announcement in billboard, june 3, 1950, p. Get this torrent stream torrent description the best of chess original artist recordings of songs in the film cadillac records this compilation issued by universal is a welldesigned and deserving cashin of the film and soundtrack to cadillac records, a hollywood adaptation of the chess records label and story, its artists, and founder leonard chess. After leonard chess secured his contract, the wolf relocated to chicago in 1952.
On june 3, 1950, leonard and phil chess, now the sole owners of aristocrat recording corporation, changed the name of the label to chess. Other members of chess were jean chellew, irene coetzee, aston jarrod of cinema fame as well as todd twala, who later created baobab, which developed into the internationally acclaimed musical umoja with thembi nyandeni, known for her role as king shakas mother nandi in the film shaka zulu. Overview v biography v discography v songs v credits v awards v related v. In 1986 they released down by the river, an album composed and produced by george van dyk of hotline. November 4, 2005 shortly after chess was purchased by grt, the label was changed to orange with black printing, the perimeter of the label was blue with a blue stripe running horizontally through the center hole. The complete chess studio sessions buddy guy songs. Usa released in april 1997 as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations the complete chess recordings is a 2cd set containing 51 tracks. Playing with prominent blues musicians such as willie dixon. He was influential in the development of electric blues, chicago blues, and rock and roll.
In 1951, sam phillips 2 recorded several songs by howlin wolf at his memphis recording service, and he became a local celebrity. We have also included the albums issued on heads, tuff, and neptune records, which were distributed but not owned by chess. It contains 16 cuts, all of which are the original versions of songs rerecorded for the film by contemporary artists. The complete chess swindler how to save points from lost positions. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Matchbox records discography magpie records discography. They released records by every major blues artist in chicago, including. It should only contain pages that are chess records albums or lists of chess records albums, as well as subcategories containing those things. Dixon signed with chess records as a recording artist, but he began performing less, being more involved with administrative tasks for the label. Waters was born mckinley morganfield, and historians argue about some details of his early life. It was in chicago that his legendary status was secured.
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