
Little Walter - The Best Of Little Walter (Mono)
Harmonica, Primary Artist, Vocals : Little Walter
Drums : Elgin Evans (A6, B1), Fred Below (A1, A3, A4, B3-6)
Guitar – David Myers (A3, B3, B6), Jimmy Rogers (A6, B1), Leonard Caston (A1), Louis Myers (A3, B3, B6), Muddy Waters (A6, B1), Robert Junior Lockwood (A4, B4, B5)
Bass – Willie Dixon (A4, B4, B5)
Written by Willie Dixon (A1), Little Walter Jacobs (A2 to B6)
1 LP, gatefold old-style tip-on jackets
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Mono
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Chess Records (Acoustic Sounds Series)
Original Label : Chess
Recorded at Chicago, Sheldon Recording Studios in 1952 (A2, A6, B1, B2), 1953 (B4,B5), 1954 (A4, B4, B5), 1955 (A1)
Mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab
Originally released in 1957
Reissued in 2025
Tracks:
Side A:
- My Babe
- Sad Hours
- You're So Fine
- Last Night
- Blues with a Feeling
- Can't Hold Out Much Longer
Side B:
- Juke
- Mean Old World
- Off the Walls
- You Better Watch Yourself
- Blue Lights
- Tell Me Mama
Reviews:
“If there's a blues harmonica player alive today who doesn't have this landmark album in their collection, they're either lying or had their copy stolen by another harmonica player. This 12-song collection is the one that every harmonica player across the board cut their teeth on. All the hits are here: "My Babe," "Blues With a Feeling," "You Better Watch Yourself," "Off the Wall," "Mean Old World," and the instrumental that catapulted him from the sideman chair in Muddy Waters' band to the top of the R&B charts in 1952, "Juke." Walter's influence to this very day is so pervasive over the landscape of the instrument that this collection of singles is truly one of the all-time greatest blues harmonica albums, one of the all-time greatest Chicago blues albums, and one of the first ten albums you should purchase if you're building your blues collection from the ground floor up.” AllMusic Review by Cub Koda
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4,54 / 5