Howlin' Wolf – Memphis Days - The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1

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Label:	Bear Family Records – BCD 15460, Bear Family Records – BCD 15460 AH
Format:	CD, Compilation, Repress
Country:	Germany
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Genre:	Blues
Style:	Electric Blues, Memphis Blues

Tracklist

1	Oh Red (Take 1)	2:46
2	My Last Affair (Take 1)	3:05
3	Come Back Home (Take 1)	2:37
4	California Boogie	2:59
5	California Blues	2:58
6	Look-A-Here Baby	2:11
7	Smile At Me	2:06
8	My Baby Walked Off	3:01
9	Drinkin' CV Wine (CV Wine Blues)	3:08
10	My Troubles And Me	3:18
11	Chocolate Drop	2:43
12	Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy)	2:28
13	Bluebird Blues	2:50
14	Color And Kind	3:12
15	(Everybody's) In The Mood	3:00
16	Dorothy Mae (Number 2)	2:39
17	I Got A Woman / Sweet Woman	3:29
18	Decoration Day Blues	3:17
19	(Well) That's All Right	3:03
20	How Many More Years	2:51
21	Baby Ride With Me (Ridin' In The Moonlight)	2:56

Companies, etc.

Licensed From – Bellaphon Schallplatten GmbH & Co. KG
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Bear Family Records
Copyright © – Bear Family Records
Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AF98478

Credits

Bass – Unknown Artist (tracks: 4 to 8, 10 to 19)
Bass [Poss.] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 1 to 3, 9)
Drums – Willie Steele
Guitar – Howlin' Wolf (tracks: 16), Willie Johnson (4) (tracks: 1 to 7, 9, 13 to 21)
Guitar [Poss.] – Willie Johnson (4) (tracks: 8, 10 to 12)
Harmonica – James Cotton (tracks: 16)
Liner Notes – Colin Escott, Dave Sax
Mastered By – Jörg Siemer
Piano – L.C. Hubert (tracks: 8, 10 to 12)
Piano [Poss.] – Albert Williams (2) (tracks: 4 to 7), William Johnson* (tracks: 1 to 3, 9)
Producer – Sam C. Phillips*
Reissue Producer – Colin Escott
Saxophone [Saxes] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 10)
Tenor Saxophone – Charles Taylor (tracks: 1, 3, 9), Unknown Artist (tracks: 4 to 6)
Trombone – Walter "Tang" Smith (tracks: 1, 3, 9)
Vocals, Harmonica – Howlin' Wolf
Written-By – C. Burnett* (tracks: 1 to 7, 10, 12), Unknown Artist (tracks: 8, 9, 11, 13 to 21)

Notes

Similar release to Howlin' Wolf - Memphis Days (The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1), but this is a repress dating from 2011 or later. Other differences include:
- "Made In Germany" printed on the rear cover, while the Memphis Days (The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1) has "Made in West Germany"
- Presence of SID (IFPI) codes
- See images

Produced from digital transfers off the original session masters (except 20, 21).
Includes previously unissued recordings. Issued in a jewel case with a white tray.

Recorded Memphis Recording Service Studio, Memphis, Tennessee, poss. May 14, 1951 (poss. earlier) (tracks 20, 21), December 18 1951 (tracks 4 to 7), January 23, 1952 (tracks 8, 10 to 12), April 17, 1952 (tracks 13 to 19), and October 7 1952 (tracks 1 to 3, 9).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 4 000127 154606
Barcode (Scanned): 4000127154606
Matrix / Runout: AF98478-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code: ifpi L574
Mould SID Code: IFPI 9701
Label Code: LC 05197
Rights Society: GEMA

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Memphis Days (The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1) (CD, Compilation)	Bear Family Records	BCD 15460	Germany	1989
New Submission	Memphis Days (The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1) (CD, Compilation)	Bear Family Records	BCD 15460	Germany	1989
Recently Edited	Memphis Days - The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1 (LP, Compilation, Reissue, 180 Gram)	Bear Family Records, Music On Vinyl	MOVLP953	Europe	2014

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