The Complete Chess Studio Recordings

~ Release by Buddy Guy (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Worried Mind (aka Stick Around)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
bass:
Jack Myers (US blues bassist)
drums (drum set):
Clifton James
guitar:
Buddy Guy
piano:
Lafayette Leake
tenor saxophone:
Jarrett Gibson (Blues tenor saxophonist) and Donald Hankins (Saxophonist)
vocals:
Buddy Guy
recording of:
Worried Blues (Stick Around)
writer:
Buddy Guy
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
3:59
2Untitled Instrumental
bass:
Jack Meyers (US blues bassist) (on 1963-08-14)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Clifton James (on 1963-08-14)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (on 1963-08-14)
piano:
Lafayette Leake (on 1963-08-14)
tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Jarett Gibson (on 1963-08-14) and Donald Hankins (Saxophonist) (on 1963-08-14)
arranger:
Buddy Guy
recorded at:
Chess Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1963-08-14)
1:47
3Moanin’
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
bass:
Jack Myers (US blues bassist)
drums (drum set):
Clifton James
guitar:
Buddy Guy
piano:
Lafayette Leake
tenor saxophone:
Jarrett Gibson (Blues tenor saxophonist) and Donald Hankins (Saxophonist)
vocals:
Buddy Guy
cover recording of:
Moanin’
composer:
Bobby Timmons
publisher:
Orphum Music Inc.
3:39
4I Dig Your Wife (unedited)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1964-04-30)
bass:
Jack Myers (US blues bassist) (on 1964-04-30)
drums (drum set):
Clifton James (on 1964-04-30)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (on 1964-04-30)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1964-04-30)
piano:
Lafayette Leake (on 1964-04-30)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (on 1964-04-30)
recording of:
I Dig Your Wig (on 1964-04-30)
writer:
Billy “The Kid” Emerson (rock ’n’ roll on Sun, Vee‐Jay & Chess Records) and Buddy Guy
2:28
5My Time After Awhile
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1964-06-10)
baritone saxophone:
Donald Hankins (Saxophonist) (on 1964-06-10)
bass:
Jack Meyers (US blues bassist) (on 1964-06-10)
drums (drum set):
Clifton James (on 1964-06-10)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (on 1964-06-10)
piano:
Leonard Caston (father of Leonard "Lenny" Caston jr.) (on 1964-06-10)
tenor saxophone:
Jarett Gibson (on 1964-06-10)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (on 1964-06-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1964)
recording of:
My Time After While (on 1964-06-10)
writer:
Ronald Dean Badger, Sheldon Feinberg and Robert Geddins
publisher:
B-Flat Publishing, Burlington Music Co., Ltd., Carriage House Music, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Merry Making Music and Tristan Music Ltd.
13:01
6Night Flight
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1964-06-30)
bass:
Jack Myers (US blues bassist) (on 1964-06-30)
drums (drum set):
Clifton James (on 1964-06-30)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (on 1964-06-30) and Robert Nighthawk (on 1964-06-30)
piano:
Leonard Caston (father of Leonard "Lenny" Caston jr.) (on 1964-06-30)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (on 1964-06-30)
recording of:
Night Flight (on 1964-06-30)
composer:
Buddy Guy
3:20
7Crazy Love (Crazy Music)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1965-04)
bass:
Reggie Boyd (US blues guitarist/bassist) (in 1965-04)
drums (drum set):
Phil Thomas (US blues drummer) (in 1965-04)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1965-04) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (in 1965-04)
instruments:
remainder unknown ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1965-04)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Barge (in 1965-04)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1965-04)
recording of:
Crazy Love (Crazy Music) (in 1965-04)
writer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Hoochie Coochie Music and Tristan Music Ltd.
2:43
8Every Girl I See
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1965-04)
bass:
Reggie Boyd (US blues guitarist/bassist) (in 1965-04)
drums (drum set):
Phil Thomas (US blues drummer) (in 1965-04)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1965-04) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (in 1965-04)
instruments:
remainder unknown ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1965-04)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Barge (in 1965-04)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1965-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1965)
cover recording of:
Every Girl I See (in 1965-04)
writer:
Willie Dixon and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Hoochie Coochie Music and Tristan Music Ltd.
3:40
9Too Many Ways
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1965-04)
bass:
Reggie Boyd (US blues guitarist/bassist) (in 1965-04)
drums (drum set):
Phil Thomas (US blues drummer) (in 1965-04)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1965-04) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (in 1965-04)
instruments:
remainder unknown ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1965-04)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Barge (in 1965-04)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1965-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1965)
recording of:
Too Many Ways (in 1965-04)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Hoochie Coochie Music and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:14
10Leave My Girl Alone
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1965-05-23)
double bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1965-05-23)
drums (drum set):
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1965-05-23)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (on 1965-05-23) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (on 1965-05-23)
organ:
Leonard Caston (father of Leonard "Lenny" Caston jr.) (on 1965-05-23)
tenor saxophone:
Monk Higgins (on 1965-05-23) and A.C. Reed (on 1965-05-23)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (on 1965-05-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1965)
recording of:
Leave My Girl Alone (on 1965-05-23)
lyricist and composer:
Buddy Guy
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
3:27
11Got to Use Your Head
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1965-05-23)
bass:
Slam Stewart (on 1965-05-23)
drums (drum set):
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1965-05-23)
electronic organ:
Leonard Caston (father of Leonard "Lenny" Caston jr.) (on 1965-05-23)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (on 1965-05-23) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (on 1965-05-23)
tenor saxophone:
Milton Bland (on 1965-05-23) and A.C. Reed (on 1965-05-23)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (on 1965-05-23)
recording of:
You Got to Use Your Head (on 1965-05-23)
writer:
Buddy Guy and Little Brother Montgomery
publisher:
Mic-Shau Music Co.
2:13
12Keep It to Myself (aka Keep It to Yourself)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1966-08)
bass:
Phil Upchurch (in 1966-08)
drums (drum set):
Charles Stepney (musician, producer, arranger and songwriter) (in 1966-08)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (in 1966-08)
instruments:
remainder unknown ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1966-08)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Barge (in 1966-08)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08)
cover recording of:
Keep It to Yourself (in 1966-08)
writer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
2:46
13My Mother
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1966-08)
bass:
Phil Upchurch (in 1966-08)
drums (drum set):
Charles Stepney (musician, producer, arranger and songwriter) (in 1966-08)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (in 1966-08)
instruments:
remainder unknown ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1966-08)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Barge (in 1966-08)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08)
recording of:
My Mother (in 1966-08)
writer:
Buddy Guy
publisher:
Tristan Music Ltd.
2:35
14She Suits Me to a Tee
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1966-08)
engineer:
Ron Malo
producer:
Gene Barge
bass:
Phil Upchurch (in 1966-08)
drums (drum set):
Charles Stepney (musician, producer, arranger and songwriter) (in 1966-08)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (in 1966-08)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Barge (in 1966-08)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1967)
recording of:
She Suits Me to a Tee (in 1966-08)
writer:
Buddy Guy
publisher:
Chevis Publishing Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), John Stedman Music Publishing and Mic-Shau Music Company
2:16
15Mother‐in‐Law Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1966-08)
bass:
Phil Upchurch (in 1966-08)
drums (drum set):
Charles Stepney (musician, producer, arranger and songwriter) (in 1966-08)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (in 1966-08)
instruments:
remainder unknown ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1966-08)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Barge (in 1966-08)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1966)
cover recording of:
Mother-In-Law (in 1966-08)
writer:
Gene Barge
publisher:
Chevis Publishing Corp. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
2:44
16Buddy’s Groove
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1967-07)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07)
instruments:
unknown personnel ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1967-07)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07)
cover recording of:
Buddy's Groove (in 1967-07)
writer:
Gene Barge
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3:44
17Going to School
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1967-07)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07)
instruments:
unknown personnel ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1967-07)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07)
recording of:
Mary Had a Little Lamb (arr. Buddy Guy) (in 1967-07)
lyricist:
Sarah Josepha Hale
additional writer:
Buddy Guy
composer:
Buddy Guy
publisher:
Olwen Music
arrangement of:
Mary Had a Little Lamb
3:06
18I Cry and I Sing the Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1967-07)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07)
instruments:
unknown personnel ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1967-07)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07)
cover recording of:
I Cry and Sing the Blues (in 1967-07)
writer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Hoochie Coochie Music
3:15
19Goin’ Home
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1967-07)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07)
instruments:
unknown personnel ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1967-07)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07)
cover recording of:
Goin' Home (in 1967-07)
writer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
2:41
20I Suffer With the Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1967-07)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07)
instruments:
unknown personnel ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1967-07)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1967)
recording of:
I Suffer With the Blues (in 1967-07)
writer:
Buddy Guy
publisher:
Chevis Publishing Corp. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
2:47
21Lip Lap Louie
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1967-07)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07)
instruments:
unknown personnel ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1967-07)
background vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1967-07)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1967-07) and unknown female co-lead vocalist ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1967-07)
recording of:
Lip Lap Louie (in 1967-07)
writer:
Buddy Guy
2:21
22My Time After Awhile (alternate vocal and mix)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1964-06-10)
baritone saxophone:
Donald Hankins (Saxophonist) (on 1964-06-10)
bass:
Jack Myers (US blues bassist) (on 1964-06-10)
drums (drum set):
Clifton James (on 1964-06-10)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (on 1964-06-10)
piano:
Leonard Caston (father of Leonard "Lenny" Caston jr.) (on 1964-06-10)
tenor saxophone:
Jarrett Gibson (Blues tenor saxophonist) (on 1964-06-10)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (on 1964-06-10)
recording of:
My Time After While (on 1964-06-10)
writer:
Ronald Dean Badger, Sheldon Feinberg and Robert Geddins
publisher:
B-Flat Publishing, Burlington Music Co., Ltd., Carriage House Music, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Merry Making Music and Tristan Music Ltd.
cover recording of:
My Time After While (on 1964-06-10)
writer:
Ronald Dean Badger, Sheldon Feinberg and Robert Geddins
publisher:
B-Flat Publishing, Burlington Music Co., Ltd., Carriage House Music, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Merry Making Music and Tristan Music Ltd.
13:20
23Too Many Ways (alternate with background vocal)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1965-04)
bass:
Reggie Boyd (US blues guitarist/bassist) (in 1965-04)
drums (drum set):
Phil Thomas (US blues drummer) (in 1965-04)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1965-04) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (in 1965-04)
instruments:
remainder unknown ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1965-04)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Barge (in 1965-04)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1965-04)
recording of:
Too Many Ways (in 1965-04)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Hoochie Coochie Music and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:16
24Keep It to Myself (alternate With organ overdub)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1966-08)
bass:
Phil Upchurch (in 1966-08)
drums (drum set):
Charles Stepney (musician, producer, arranger and songwriter) (in 1966-08)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (in 1966-08)
instruments:
remainder unknown ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1966-08)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Barge (in 1966-08)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08)
recording of:
Keep It to Yourself (in 1966-08)
writer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
2:28
25I Didn’t Know My Mother (She Suits Me to a Tee Alternative)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1966-08)
bass:
Phil Upchurch (in 1966-08)
drums (drum set):
Charles Stepney (musician, producer, arranger and songwriter) (in 1966-08)
guitar:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08) and Matt Murphy (US blues guitarist) (in 1966-08)
instruments:
remainder unknown ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1966-08)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Barge (in 1966-08)
vocals:
Buddy Guy (in 1966-08)
recording of:
She Suits Me to a Tee (in 1966-08)
writer:
Buddy Guy
publisher:
Chevis Publishing Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), John Stedman Music Publishing and Mic-Shau Music Company
2:25