Howlin’ Wolf - The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions (1971) {2002, Deluxe Edition}
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 821 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 357 Mb
Full Scans | 00:56:33 + 00:52:39 | RAR 5% Recovery
Harmonica Blues / Modern Electric Blues / Chicago Blues
Chess / MCA Records / Chronicles #088 112 985-2
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 821 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 357 Mb
Full Scans | 00:56:33 + 00:52:39 | RAR 5% Recovery
Harmonica Blues / Modern Electric Blues / Chicago Blues
Chess / MCA Records / Chronicles #088 112 985-2
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions was not a high point in the careers of either Howlin' Wolf or the guest superstars Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Stevie Winwood, and Ringo Starr, though it's not as bad as some blues purists make it out to be. Still, one has to wonder whether a deluxe edition two-CD set, padding out the original with an entire disc of previously unreleased alternate takes/alternate mixes (and three tracks from the same sessions that eventually showed up on the 1974 compilation London Revisited, which also included material by Muddy Waters), was really justified. The material existed, however, and fewer and fewer leftovers from the Chess catalog were available at the beginning of the 21st century.