HOWLIN WOLF CHESS BOX ULTRA-RARE OUT OF PRINT ORIG '88 5-LP BOX SET w/BOOK MINT

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·       HOWLIN’ WOLF - THE HOWLIN' WOLF'S CHESS BOX - ORIGINAL 1990 CHESS/MCA 5-LP BOX SET CH5-9332 (STEREO AND MONO)

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       INCLUDES ORIGINAL 32-PAGE BOOKLET

·       ORIGINAL BLUE & WHITE CHESS/MCA LABELS WITH 'CHESS FIGURES' MOTIF (THE LABELS MIMIC CHESS RECORDS' LATE '50's 7" SINGLE AND 78rpm LABELS)

·       PLEASE NOTE: THE BOX SET HAS A SERIOUS PACKAGING FLAW: IT HAS TWO COPIES OF RECORD # 5 (DISC #5 IS DUPLICATED) AND NO COPIES OF RECORD #1 (DISC #1 IS MISSING). PLEASE BE GUIDED ACCORDINGLY.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, 1-INCH THICK CARDBOARD BOX

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least thick, and 10 being the thickest), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 6.

(?PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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This box set currently rates as the best -- and most digestible -- overview of Howlin' Wolf's career. Disc one starts with the Memphis sides that eventually brought him to the label, including hits like "How Many More Years," but also compiling unissued sides that had previously only been available on vinyl bootlegs of dubious origin and fidelity. The disc finishes with an excellent cross section of early Chicago sessions, including classic Wolf tracks like "Evil," "Forty Four," "I'll Be Around," and "Who Will Be Next?" Disc two picks it up from there, guiding listeners from mid- to late-'50s barnburners like "The Natchez Burning" and "I Better Go Now" to the bulk of the Willie Dixon classics. The final disc runs out the last of the Dixon sessions into mid-'60s classics like "Killing Floor," taking the listener to a nice selection of his final recordings. A really nice bonus on this box set is the inclusion on the first two discs of snippets from a 1968 Howlin' Wolf interview and two performances of Wolf playing solo acoustic. If you've heard the sound of the Wolf, here's where you go to get a lot of it in one place. Definitely not the place to start (unless you have money to burn), but maybe just the perfect place to end up.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY THE LATE, GREAT CUB KODA, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

Ladies and Gentlemen, you are looking at the HEART & SOUL of Urban Blues. This is the spring-source of every single pattern and idea known to modern blues. Howlin' Wolf not only single-handedly invented (or midwived) the entire Chicago Blues genre, he also patented every single template known in Blues since the late 40’s. We proudly present here Howlin' Wolf's 1990 BOX SET - the legendary blues master's FIRST, LAST AND ONLY CAREER-SPANNING, comprehensive anthology. 71 songs that`ll make you HOWL and GROWL !!! This glorious box set has been out of print on vinyl since the Mississippi River started flowing (or so), and this may be one of the last chances to grab it. So, grab it now, or howl later.

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·       CONDITION:

·       THE RECORDS

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs - are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible, and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The album comes with its original 32-page booklet included.

(c)           The records are pressed on a RELATIVELY thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type), vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

·       THE COVER (box)

THE BOX IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD+++.

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the box:

-         The box has one corner slightly dinged (nothing significant) (2-inch crack noted in this corner, 1 inch on the bottom side, 1 inch on the spine); This affects only the lid (top part) of the box, not the tray (the bottom part); the corner itself remains unseparated and unsplit.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER

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