Title: Blues Jam At Chess
Artist: Fleetwood Mac + various
Cat. No: 7-66227
Label: Blue Horizon
Produced by Mike Vernon and Marshall Chess
(Original release date 1969)
Reissue mastered by Ray Staff at Alchemy
Pressed on 180 gram vinyl by Pallas
(double album gatefold sleeve)
Volume One
Side One: 1. Watch Out – Peter Green, vocal, guitar;Danny Kirwan, guitar;John McVie, bass;Mick Fleetwood, drums 2.Ooh Baby – Peter Green, vocal, guitar;John McVie, Mick Fleetwood 3.South Indiana(take 1), 4.South Indiana(take 2) – Walter ‘Shakey’ Horton, harmonica;Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood 5.Last Night – Peter Green, Walter ‘Shakey’ Horton, Danny Kirwan, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood 6.Red Hot Jam – Peter Green, Walter ‘Shakey’ Horton, Buddy Guy, guitar; Honey Boy Edwards, guitar; Willie Dixon, string bass; Mick Fleetwood.
Side Two: 1.I’m Worried, 2.I Held My Baby Last Night, 3.Madison Blues 4.I Can’t Hold Out – Jeremy Spencer, vocal, slide-guitar; J.T.Brown, tenor saxophone; Danny Kirwan, Willie Dixon, Mick Fleetwood 5.I Need Your Love, 6.I Got The Blues – Walter ‘Shakey’ Horton, vocal, harmonica; Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Otis Spann, piano; John McVie, S.P.Leary, drums.
Volume Two
Side One:1. World’s In A Tangle – Danny Kirwan, vocal, guitar;Peter Green, Otis Spann, John McVie, S.P. Leary 2.Talk With You, 3.Like It This way – Danny Kirwan, vocal, guitar; Peter Green, Otis Spann, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood 4.Someday Soon Baby, 5. Hungary Country Girl – Otis Spann, vocal, piano; Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood
Side Two: 1.Black Jack Blues – J.T.Brown, vocal, tenor saxophone; Jeremy Spencer, Honey Boy Edwards, Willie Dixon, Mick Fleetwood 2.Everyday I Have The Blues, 3.Rockin’ Boogie – Jeremy Spencer, vocal, guitar; J.T. Brown, Peter Green, Honey Boy Edwards, Willie Dixon, Mick Fleetwood 4.Sugar Mama, 5. Homework – Peter Green, vocal; Danny Kirwan, Otis Spann, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood.
Recorded in the Chess Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, January 1969
No introduction needed for this fabulous release. Arguably one of the greatest blues recordings laid down in the last 40 years! Just checking out the track listing and personnel says it all. Originally released on Mike Vernon's highly collectable and revered Blue Horizon label in 1969, this pressing will become a must for all serious collectors and muso's alike!
Remastered from the original ¼ inch tapes. The sound quality is awesome!