Blues from the Checker Vaults / Various;

The Checker label was founded by brothers Leonard and Philip Chess in 1952, along with the famous Chess label that would prove a driving force in the rise of the blues in the Fifties. One of the reasons for opening another label was to maximise the chance of radio airplay, so Checkers, a board game similar to chess, was the logical choice of name. With the likes of Elmore James, Jimmy Witherspoon and Bo Diddley there s a treasure trove of music to be found on these discs. Checkers is a board game...you ll be anything but! CD 1 1. All My Love In Vain - Sonny Boy Williamson 2. Broken Heart - Memphis Minnie 3. Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon 4. Country Boogie - Elmore James 5. I'm A Man - Bo Diddley 6. I Believe I'll Give It Up - Lowell Fulson 7. Five Spot - Otis Spann 8. Let Me Die With The One I Love - J.B. Lenoir 9. Lights Out - Little Walter 10. Biscuit Baking Woman - Big Ed & His Combo 11. Everyday I Have The Blues - Joe Williams And King Kolax 12. Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson 13. It Was A Dream - John Brim 14. Dorothy Mae - Joe Hill Louis 15. Cant Get Along - Morris Pejoe 16. Forty Cups Of Coffee - Danny Overbea 17. Come On Baby - Rocky Fuller 18. Let Me Explain - Sonny Boy Williamson 19. If I give My Love To You - Lowell Fulson 20. Off The Wall - Little Walter CD 2 1. She Just Won't Do It Right - Elmore James 2. When The Lights Go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon 3. Pretty Thing - Bo Diddley 4. It Must Have Been The Devil - Otis Spann 5. Rocker - Little Walter 6. Walkin' The Blues - Willie Dixon 7. Tears In My Eyes - Percy Lee Crudup 8. Trouble Trouble - Lowell Fulson 9. Me & My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie 10. One Of These Days - Big Boy Spires 11. Rattlesnake - John Brim 12. Lonely Hours - Lowell Fulson 13. Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller 14. Tired Of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe 15. Open Your Book - Percy Lee Crudup 16. When Im Gone (She Treats Me Mean And Evil) - Joe Hill Louis 17. Your Imagination - Sonny Boy Williamson 18. Mean Old World - Little Walter 19. Time Brings About A Change - Jimmy Witherspoon 20. Loving You (Is All I Crave) - Lowell Fulson