His Best

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1 Juke Little Walter 2:47
2 Can't Hold Out Much Longer Little Walter 3:03
3 Mean Old World Little Walter 2:57
4 Sad Hours Little Walter 3:15
5 Tell Me Mama Little Walter 2:47
6 Off the Wall Little Walter 2:52
7 Blues with a Feeling Little Walter 3:10
8 You're So Fine Reed/Finnie/Little 3:07
9 Too Late Brown/Phillips/Dixo 2:44
10 Last Night Little Walter 2:46
11 Mellow Down Easy Dixon 2:45
12 My Babe Holden/Little Walte 2:44
13 Roller Coaster McDaniel 2:56
14 Hate to See You Go Walker/Little Walte 2:20
15 It Ain't Right Jacobs/Little Walte 2:56
16 Boom, Boom out Goes the Lights Lewis 2:53
17 Confessin' the Blues Brown/McShann 3:06
18 Key to the Highway Jacobs/Broonzy/Sega 2:48
19 Everything's Gonna Be Alright Little Walter/LaBou 2:52
20 Just Your Fool Little Walter 2:23
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His Best

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Universal

Style: Chicago Blues

His Best

UPC: 076732938423

Release Date: 06/17/1997

Original Release Date: 06/17/1997

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Juke, Can't Hold Out Much Longer, Mean Old World, Sad Hours, Tell Me Mama, Off the Wall, Blues with a Feeling, You're So Fine, Too Late, Last Night, Mellow Down Easy, My Babe, Roller Coaster, Hate to See You Go, It Ain't Right, Boom, Boom out Goes the Lights, Confessin' the Blues, Key to the Highway, Everything's Gonna Be Alright, Just Your Fool]
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Cub Koda

As MCA reconfigures their Chess catalog, this 20-track single-disc compilation now takes the place of their original 12-track Best of Little Walter collection, a landmark blues album which had remained in print for over three decades. His Best (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection) reprises ten of those seminal tracks (leaving off the echoey "Blue Light" and "You Better Watch Yourself," the latter being available on the two-disc anthology The Essential Little Walter) and brings ten others cherry-picked from the catalog to the mix. If you've never experienced the innovative instrumental genius of Little Walter, classics like "Juke," "Off the Wall," "Mean Old World," "Sad Hours," "Blues with a Feeling," "My Babe," "Boom Out Goes the Light," "Last Night," "Mellow Down Easy" and "Roller Coaster" (written by Bo Diddley, who also guests on guitar) will come as a major revelation. These are the recordings that changed the sound and style of blues harmonica forever, and everyone who came after him was as influenced by him as jazz saxophonists were by Charlie Parker. Everyone who fancies themselves a blues harmonica player should have this one in their collection as a textbook instructional tool, while the rest of us can just bask in the glow of his genius. "Essential first purchase" doesn't even begin to describe it. ~ Cub Koda, Rovi