 | The Chess Box :Chuck Berry by Chuck Berry
Buy new: $28.47 / Used from: $19.99 Chuck Berry is the most succesful artist in Chess history. This box set is a great overview of his work.
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 | Fathers and Sons by Muddy Waters
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $10.15 Recorded partly at Chess and live at Chicago's Auditorium Theater, this pairs Muddy with Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield and Buddy Miles, with the great Otis Spann on piano.
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 | The Definitive Collection by Howlin' Wolf
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $9.70 Some of the earlier tracks may have been recorded at Sun Studios and distributed by Chess. But the bulk of these were made in Chicago...you can't go wrong with the Wolf!
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 | Etta James: Her Best (The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) by Etta James
Buy new: $10.98 / Used from: $6.50 One of the few challengers to Aretha's throne, this CD showcases her singing blues, soul and pop,including her showcase tune, "At Last."
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 | I Was Walking Through the Woods by Buddy Guy
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.66 Buddy Guy at his rawest and maybe his best. The title tune is frightenly good.
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 | The Definitive Collection by Muddy Waters
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $7.97 Though Chuck Berry was Chess' best seller, Muddy was really the anchor of the place and this has his best stuff.
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 | The In Crowd Anthology by Ramsey Lewis
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $45.04 Though I haven't heard this two CD import, it does contain much of his best work from Chess.
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 | His Best :(Little Walter)The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection by Little Walter
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $5.09 Little Walter was a true music innovater, creating a new sound by amplifying his harmonica. While his music is jazzier than most Chicago bluesman, his lyrics reflected his tough, blues life.
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 | Gold by Bo Diddley
Buy new: $14.97 / Used from: $10.50 Another great innovator, Bo plays it all...blues, soul and rock. Great lyrics, show off a wicked sense of humor
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 | 12 X 5 by The Rolling Stones
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $7.61 The Stones recorded much of this at Chess Studios and pay tribute to the label in their instrumental, "2120 S. Michigan," the address of Chess Studios.
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 | Chess Pieces: The Very Best of Chess by Various Artists
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $15.65 Two disc import...the 2nd disc has many of the more pop and R&B songs, like "Rescue Me" and Billy Stewart's "Summertime."
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 | The Chess Box by Willie Dixon
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $14.98 A big man and even a bigger talent. Wrote many of the Chess classics and played a great stand-up bass, too.
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 | Electric Mud by Muddy Waters
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.99 Initially panned by critics, this project produced by Marshall Chess could have used some editing but it does have some of the best pre-Miles Davis playing of guitar master, Pete Cosey.
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 | Spinning Blues into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records by Nadine Cohodas
Buy used from: $26.99 Very good book of the label, with some great accompanying photos.
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 | Cadillac Records - Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (Pvg) by Hal Leonard Corp.
Buy new: $13.25 / Used from: $9.26 Though this movie is not historically accurate, it does have a good feel for the times and label. Puzzling that there is no Bo Diddley character in the movie.
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 | Machers And Rockers: Chess Records And The Business Of Rock & Roll (Enterprise (W.W. Norton Hardcover)) by Rich Cohen
Buy used from: $7.30 Good book on the imperfect but explosive relationship of the Chess brothers with their artists.
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