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His Best (Howlin' Wolf album)

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Artwork, packaging
Track listing
Personnel
References
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{{Infobox album
| name = His Best
| type = greatest
| artist = Howlin' Wolf
| cover = His Best (Howlin' Wolf album) cover art.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1997|04|08}}^[1]
| recorded = May 14 or August 1951 at Memphis Recording Service, Memphis, Tennessee
May 25, 1954 – August 1964 in Chicago, Illinois^[2]
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Chicago blues
| length = {{Duration|m=55|s=41}}
| label = MCA/Chess
| producer = Sam Phillips, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Willie Dixon, Andy McKaie^[2]
| compiler = Andy McKaie^[2]
| prev_title = Bluesmaster
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = His Best, Vol. 2
| next_year = 1999
}}His Best is a greatest hits album by American blues musician Howlin' Wolf. The album was originally released on April 8, 1997 by MCA/Chess Records,^[1] and was one of a series of releases by MCA for the 50th anniversary of Chess Records that year (see 1997 in music). Ten years later – on April 17, 2007 – the album was reissued by Geffen Records as The Definitive Collection.^[3]

The album features several of his most well-known recording including "Smokestack Lightnin'", "Spoonful", and "Killing Floor".

Recording and production

The first two songs on the collection – "Moanin' at Midnight" and "How Many More Years" – were recorded at Memphis Recording Service on either May 14, or August 1951 and were produced by Sam Phillips, who would later produce Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. The rest of the songs on the album were recorded in Chicago, Illinois from May 1954 to August 1964. The original recordings were produced by either the Chess brothers – Leonard and Phil – and/or Willie Dixon, who recorded numerous artists for Chess Records. The reissue production was handled by Andy McKaie with digital remastering by Erick Labson.^[2]

Artwork, packaging

The album's art director was Vartan, the album was designed by Mike Fink. The photographs for the album were credited to Brian Smith, Joseph Sia, Frank Driggs, Ray Flerlage, Peter Amft, John Gibbs Rockwood, and the Universal Music Archives. The liner notes for the album were written by Mark Humphrey.^[2]

Track listing

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Recording date^[2]
| title1 = Moanin' at Midnight
| note1 = Chester Burnett
| extra1 = May 14, or August 1951
| length1 = 2:56
| title2 = How Many More Years
| note2 = Burnett
| extra2 = May 14, or August 1951
| length2 = 2:43
| title3 = Evil (Is Going On)
| note3 = Willie Dixon
| extra3 = May 25, 1954
| length3 = 2:55
| title4 = Forty-Four
| note4 = Burnett
| extra4 = October 1954
| length4 = 2:49
| title5 = Smokestack Lightnin'
| note5 = Burnett
| extra5 = January 1956
| length5 = 3:09
| title6 = I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
| note6 = Burnett
| extra6 = July 19, 1956
| length6 = 2:52
| title7 = Who's Been Talkin'
| note7 = Burnett
| extra7 = June 24, 1957
| length7 = 2:24
| title8 = Sitting on Top of the World
| note8 = Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon; arr. Burnett
| extra8 = December 1957
| length8 = 2:34
| title9 = Howlin' for My Darlin'
| note9 = Burnett, Dixon
| extra9 = July 1959
| length9 = 2:33
| title10 = Wang Dang Doodle
| note10 = Dixon
| extra10 = June 1960
| length10 = 2:25
| title11 = Back Door Man
| note11 = Dixon
| extra11 = June 1960
| length11 = 2:51
| title12 = Spoonful
| note12 = Dixon
| extra12 = June 1960
| length12 = 2:45
| title13 = Shake for Me
| note13 = Dixon
| extra13 = June 1961
| length13 = 2:18
| title14 = The Red Rooster
| note14 = Dixon
| extra14 = June 1961
| length14 = 2:29
| title15 = I Ain't Superstitious
| note15 = Dixon
| extra15 = December 1961
| length15 = 2:56
| title16 = Goin' Down Slow
| note16 = James B. Oden
| extra16 = December 1961
| length16 = 4:04
| title17 = Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
| note17 = Dixon
| extra17 = August 14, 1963
| length17 = 3:07
| title18 = Hidden Charms
| note18 = Dixon
| extra18 = August 14, 1963
| length18 = 2:23
| title19 = Built for Comfort
| note19 = Dixon
| extra19 = August 14, 1963
| length19 = 2:39
| title20 = Killing Floor
| note20 = Burnett
| extra20 = August 1964
| length20 = 2:49
}}

Personnel

Howlin' Wolf – vocals, harmonica, guitar
Willie Johnson – guitar
Willie Steele – drums on "Moanin' at Midnight" and "How Many More Years"
Ike Turner – piano on "How Many More Years"
Albert Williams – piano on "How Many More Years"
Sam Phillips – production on "Moanin' at Midnight" and "How Many More Years"
Otis Spann – piano
Jody Williams – guitar on "Evil (Is Going On)" and "Forty-Four"
Hubert Sumlin – guitar
Willie Dixon – vocals on "Goin' Down Slow", bass, production
Earl Phillips – drums
Hosea Lee Kennard – piano
Otis "Smokey" Smothers – guitar on "I Asked for Water" and "Who's Been Talkin'"
Adolph "Billy" Duncan – tenor saxophone on "Who's Been Talkin'"
Alfred Elkins – bass on "Who's Been Talkin'" and "Sitting on Top of the World"
Abb Locke – tenor saxophone on "Howlin' for My Darlin'"
S. P. Leary – drums on "Howlin' for My Darlin'"
Abe Smothers – guitar on "Howlin' for My Darlin'"
Freddy King – guitar
Freddie Robinson – guitar
Fred Below – drums
Johnny Jones – piano on "Shake for Me" and "The Red Rooster"
Jimmy Rogers – guitar
Henry Gray – piano on "I Ain't Superstitious" and "Goin' Down Slow"
Sam Lay – drums
J. T. Brown – tenor saxophone
Donald Hankins – baritone saxophone
Lafayette Leake – piano
Buddy Guy – bass guitar, guitar on "Killing Floor"
Leonard Chess – production
Phil Chess – production
Andy McKaie – reissue production, compilation
Erick Labson – digital remastering

References

1. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/his-best-mw0000019551 |title=His Best – Howlin' Wolf: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |first=Cub |last=Koda |authorlink=Cub Koda |work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |accessdate=January 18, 2013}}
2. ^¹²³⁴⁵{{cite AV media notes |title=The Definitive Collection |others=Howlin' Wolf |year=2007 |first=Mark |last=Humphrey |type=CD liner |publisher=Geffen/Chess Records |id=B0008784-02}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-definitive-collection-mw0000479819 |title=The Definitive Collection – Howlin' Wolf: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |first=Steve |last=Leggett |work=Allmusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |accessdate=January 18, 2013}}

External links

{{Discogs master |103294 |His Best |type=album }}
His Best at Yahoo! Music

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