Howlin Wolf [Album Covers]

Original Folk Blues	Electric Blues	The Rockin Chair Album	Smokestack Lightning S
1959 Moanin’ in the Moonlight SR	1962 Howling Wolf Sings the Blues R	1966 The Real Folk Blues SR	1967 More Real Folk Blues SR
1967 The Super Super Blues Band SR	1969 The Howlin Wolf Album SR	1971 We Three Kings	1971 Message to the Young S
1971 The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions SR	1974 The Back Door Wolf SR	1981 The Legendary Sun Performers: Howlin Wolf	$[ 16 / 41 ] 1982 Ridin’ in the Moonlight Having moved from his home in Mississippi to Arkansas and eventually West Memphis, Howlin Wolf recorded his first sides for Sam Phillips at the Memphis Recording Service between 1951-1953. These important recordings show that Wolfs gruff, Delta-fashioned and piledriving blues style was already intact before he hooked up with Chess for a successful stretch that would continue into the 60s. Featuring the fractured and menacing guitar work of Willie Johnson (equally celebrated axe man Hubert Sumlin would eventually supplant Johnson as the featured guitarist on Wolfs Chicago sides), the pumping piano of Ike Turner, and the ragged-but-right drumming of Willie Steel, the 16 tracks included on this Ace collection are alternate takes of some of the Memphis material originally released by Modern Records. While most of the master takes can be heard on Flair/Virgins Howlin Wolf Rides Again, the tracks on Ridin in the Moonlight are certainly worthwhile, especially for collectors. With his permanently hoarse pipes and sour harmonica in the forefront, Wolf leads the band on highlights like the tittle track, "Chocolate Drop," "Keep What You Got," "Drivin This Highway," and "Passing by Blues." A highly enjoyable release; newcomers, though, are advised to check out one of Wolfs Chess collections or the Flair album first.$ 1982 Ridin’ in the Moonlight R
1982 Muddy & The Wolf SR	1984 Golden Classics	1985 The Collection: 20 Blues Greats	1986 Howlin’ Wolf / Moanin’ in the Moonlight
1988 25 Blues Classics of Howlin Wolf	1988 Moanin & Howlin	1988 The Howlin’ Wolf Gold Collection	1989 Portrait in Blues
1989 Cadillac Daddy: Memphis Recordings, 1952 R	1990 Howlin’ Wolf S	1990 Change My Way SR	1991 The Chess Box SR
1991 Im the Wolf	1991 Back Door Man	1991 Howling Wolf Rides Again	1992 The Blues Collection: London Sessions
1992 Volume 1, Smokestack Lightnin	1992 The Power of the Voice	1992 Killing Floor	1992 Spoonful
1992 Volume 2, Moanin for My Baby	1992 Charly Blues Masterworks, Volume 30: Who Will Be Next?	1993 Volume 3, The Wolf Is at Your Door	2006 Moanin’ at Midnight S
2007 The Memphis Sessions S