Howlin' Wolf - The Complete Recordings 1951-1969 (1993) (7 CD Box Set)

These Charly, UK sets are not easy to find. Their sets are generally made with great care and pride. 151 Chess and Sun recordings- it is entitled "Complete" although it does not contain two very non-essential albums from the period (The Super Super Plus Band from 1967 and the 1968 Cadet album aka "Howlin' Wolf Didn't Like This Album"- and with good reason; both are quite disposable and unnecessary), plus a conversation; this is all from Sun and Chess, his very best stuff, the real essential recordings without a bad track in the lot.

Tracklist:

CD1
01 - Moaning At Midnight
02 - How Many More Years
03 - The Wolf Is At Your Front Door
04 - Howlin' Wolf Boogie
05 - Getting Old And Gray
06 - Mr. Highway Man
07 - Saddle My Pony
08 - Worried All The Time
09 - Oh Red
10 - My Last Affair
11 - Baby Ride With Me (Ridin' In The Moonlight)
12 - California Boogie
13 - Look A Here Baby
14 - Everybody's In The Mood (All In The Mood)
15 - Color And Kind
16 - Blue Bird
17 - Sweet Woman
18 - Well That's Alright
19 - Decoration Day
20 - Dorothy Mae (tk. 2)
21 - Come Back Home (tk. 3)

CD2
01 - Smile At Me
02 - California Blues
03 - My Baby Walked Off
04 - My Troubles And Me
05 - Chocolate Drop
06 - Dorothy Mae (tk. 1)
07 - Drinkin' C.V. Wine
08 - How Many More Years (alt. 1)
09 - Baby Ride With Me (alt. 1)
10 - Baby Ride With Me (alt. 2)
11 - Baby Ride With Me (alt. 3)
12 - How Many More Years (alt. 2)
13 - How Many More Years (alt. 3)
14 - How Many More Years (alt. 4)
15 - Mr. Highway Man (alt.)
16 - My Last Affair (tk. 1)
17 - Come Back Home (tk. 1)
18 - Come Back Home (tk. 2)
19 - Oh Red (tk. 1)
20 - Oh Red (tk. 2)

CD3
01 - I've Got A Woman
02 - Just My Kind
03 - Work For Your Money
04 - I'm Not Joking
05 - Mama Died And Left Me
06 - Highway Be My Friend
07 - Hold To Your Woman
08 - Streamline Woman
09 - California Blues
10 - Stay Here Till My Baby Comes
11 - Crazy About You Baby
12 - All Night Boogie
13 - I Love My Baby
14 - No Place To Go
15 - Neighbors
16 - I'm The Wolf
17 - Rockin' Daddy
18 - Baby How Long
19 - Evil
20 - I'll Be Around
21 - Forty Four

CD4
01 - Who Will Be Next
02 - I Have A Little Girl
03 - Come To Me Baby
04 - Don't Mess With My Baby
05 - Smokestack Lightnin'
06 - You Can't Be Beat
07 - I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
08 - So Glad
09 - Break Of Day
10 - The Natchez Burning
11 - Going Back Home
12 - Bluebird
13 - My Life
14 - You Ought To Know
15 - Who's Been Talking
16 - Tell Me
17 - Somebody In My Home
18 - Nature
19 - Walk To Camp Hall
20 - Poor Boy
21 - My Baby Told Me
22 - Sittin' On Top Of The World
23 - Howlin' Blues
24 - I Better Go Now

CD5
01 - I Didn't Know
02 - Moaning For My Baby
03 - I'm Leaving You
04 - Can't Put Me Out
05 - Change My Way
06 - Getting Late
07 - I've Been Abused
08 - Howlin' For My Darling
09 - My People's Gone
10 - Mr. Airplane Man
11 - Wang Dang Doodle
12 - Back Door Man
13 - Spoonful
14 - Little Baby
15 - Down In The Bottom
16 - Shake For Me
17 - The Red Rooster
18 - You'll Be Mine
19 - Just Like I Treat You
20 - I Ain't Superstitious
21 - Goin' Down Slow
22 - Mama's Baby
23 - Do The Do
24 - Tail Dragger
25 - Long Green Stuff

CD6
01 - Sugar Mama
02 - May I Have A Talk With You
03 - Hidden Charms
04 - 300lbs Of Joy
05 - Joy To My Soul
06 - Built For Comfort
07 - Love Me Darlin'
08 - Killing Floor
09 - My Country Sugar Mama
10 - Louise
11 - I Walked From Dallas
12 - Tell Me What I've Done
13 - Don't Laugh At Me
14 - Ooh Baby, Hold Me
15 - Poor Wind That Never Change
16 - New Crawlin' King Snake
17 - My Mind Is Ramblin'
18 - Commit A Crime
19 - Pop It To Me
20 - I Had A Dream
21 - Dust My Broom
22 - Mary Sue
23 - Hard Luck
24 - Tired Of Crying

CD7
01 - You Gonna Wreck My Life (alt. tk.)
02 - Somebody In My Home (alt. tk.)
03 - Nature (tks. 1-6)
04 - Nature (alt. tk.)
05 - I Didn't Know
06 - I Better Go Now (tk. 1 only)
07 - Moaning For My Baby (tks. 3-4)
08 - I'm Leavin' You (alt. tk.)
09 - I'm Leavin' You (tks. 7-10)
10 - You Can't Put Me Out
11 - I've Been Abused (tks. 5-7)
12 - Howlin' For My Darling (tks. 1-7)
13 - Wolf In The Mood
14 - Mr. Airplane Man (tks. 1-2)
15 - Rollin' And Tumblin'
16 - I'm The Wolf
17 - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road
18 - Conversation