Release Date: 05 December 2025
Format: LP Double Vinyl
Label: Verve
£32.99
Various Artists Let’s Play Chess (A Chess Records Anthology) Limited Vinyl 2LP Set
Overview:
The story of Chess Records is the story of American popular music in the second half of the twentieth century. Best-known for capturing the sound of acoustic blues, originating from the Mississippi Delta and filtered through Chicago’s South Side, going electric and for releasing some of the earliest rock and roll singles, Chess also has a deep catalog of jazz, R&B and soul recordings. The legacy of Chess Records endures more than 75 years later. Curated by Grammy®-winning producer, Chess Records scholar, and drummer Steve Jordan, Let’s Play Chess (A Chess Records Anthology) presents 25 of the label’s best, some of the most important and thrilling recordings to be found on any label.
Featured Tracks:
Disc: 1
1. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
2. Juke - Little Walter
3. Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
4. Maybellene (Single Version) - Berry, Chuck
5. Reconsider Baby - Fulson, Lowell
6. At Last - James, Etta
7. Sincerely (Single Version) - The Moonglows
8. The "In" Crowd (Live At The Bohemian Caverns, Washington, D.C./1965) - Ramsey Lewis Trio
9. Rescue Me - Bass, Fontella
10. High Heel Sneakers - Tucker, Tommy
11. First Time I Met The Blues (1960 Single Version) - Guy, Buddy
12. Rocket 88 (Single Version) - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
13. Johnny B. Goode - Berry, Chuck
Disc: 2
1. Ground Hog Blues (Single Version) - Hooker, John Lee
2. Bo Diddley (Single Version / Mono / Early Fade Edit) - Bo Diddley
3. I Do Love You - Stewart, Billy
4. Stay In My Corner - The Dells
5. All The Way Down - James, Etta
6. Crazy Mixed Up World (Alternate Take) - Little Walter
7. Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
8. So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Rush, Otis
9. Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Williamson, Sonny Boy
10. That's All Right (1950 Single Version) - Rogers, Jimmy
11. Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf
12. My Foolish Heart - Ammons, Gene
Release Date: 30 January 2026
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: ADA
£29.99
Release Date: 05 December 2025
Format: Box Set Vinyl
Label: Silva Screen Records
£99.99
Release Date: 05 December 2025
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Verve
£26.99
Release Date: 21 November 2025
Format: LP Triple Vinyl
Label: NOW
£34.99
