When Chess was sold to All Platinum Records in August, 1975, the orange and blue label
continued to be used, but a variation was also used which had pink replacing the orange and green
replacing the blue; the graphics were the same. We have only seen this pink and green label on the
reissues in the Chess Vintage Series. At the point the label was sold to All Platinum, the Cadet
label was discontinued.
The first issue of the Rock 'N Rhythm Series used the series
logo on the label, but the other issues in the series used the normal label.
By 1982, the All Platinum label was sold to Sugar Hill Records, part of the Roulette labels, and Chess
continued to be operated at the same address in Engelwood Cliffs, NJ. Sugar Hill started a revival of
Chess with a promotional campaign called "Chess Is Back." They used a new dark blue label with
silver print, with "CHESS RECORDS" around the top perimeter and a checkerboard pattern around the
bottom perimeter. Although the label was essentially the same as the one later used by MCA, these
issues had no mention of MCA either as a distributor or owner on either the label or the record jacket,
and the record numbers are all in the 8000s. All of these Sugar Hill/Chess issues seem to have been
immediately renumbered in the 9000s and reissued by MCA when they acquired Chess. The
promotional label for the Sugar Hill/Chess label was white with black print.
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ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] (Chart) Contents
All Platinum/Chess 200 Masters of Blues Series:
2ACMB-201 - Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf [1976] (2-LP set) Reissue of 2CH-60016.
Disc 1: Smokestack Lightnin'/Down In The Bottom/No Place To Go/Moanin' At Midnight/Forty-
Four/My Country Sugar Mama//Spoonful/The Red Rooster/Moanin' For My Baby/I Asked For Water (She
Gave Me Gasoline)/How Many More Years/Louise; Disc 2: Killing Floor/Evil (Is Goin' On)/Back
Door Man/Sitting On Top Of The World/Tail Dragger/Tell Me//Wang-Dang Doodle/Who's Been
Talkin'/Built For Comfort/Ooh Baby Hold Me/Baby How Long/Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
2ACMB-202 - Little Walter - Little Walter [1976] (2-LP set) Reissue of 2CH-60014.
Disc 1: My Babe (E)/Sad Hours (E)/You're So Fine (E)/Last Night (E)/Blues With A Feeling
(E)/Can't Hold Out Much Longer (E)//Juke (E)/Mean Old World (E)/Off The Wall (E)/You Better Watch
Yourself (E)/Blue Lights (E)/Tell Me Mama (E); Disc 2:Back Track (E)/It's Too Late Brother
(E)/Just A Feeling (E)/Teenage Beat (E)/Just Your Fool (E)/Flying Saucer (E)//I Got To Go (E)/Shake
Dancer (E)/Too Late (E)/Thunderbird (E)/Ah'w Baby (E)/Boom Boom Out Go the Lights (E)
2ACMB-203 - Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters [1976] (2-LP set) Reissue of 2CH-60006.
Disc 1: Louisiana Blues/I'm Ready/Honey Bee/I Just Want To Make Love To You/Kind-Hearted
Woman/She Moves Me//(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man/Long Distance Call/She's All Right/Rollin'
Stone/Standing Around Crying/Too Young To Know; Disc 2: Walking Thru The Park/Still A
Fool/You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had/I Can't Be Satisfied/I Want You To Love Me/Rolling And
Tumbling//Just To Be With You/You're Gonna Need My Help/Same Thing/My Life Is Ruined/Baby
Please Don't Go/I've Got My Mojo Working, Part 1
2ACMB-204 - Little Milton - Little Milton [1976] (2-LP set)
2ACMB-205 - Lowell Fulson - Lowell Fulson [1976] (2-LP set) Disc 1: I Want
To Know/Lonely Hours/Lovin' You/It's A Long Time/Rollin' Blues/Love 'N Things/Swinging Party//Took A
Long Time/Love Grow Cold/Hung Down Head/Someday Baby/That's All Right/I Want To Make Love To
You/Rock This Morning; Disc 2: Rock 'Em Dead/Comin' Home Someday/Have You Changed
Your Mind/Worry Worry/K.C. Bound/So Many Tears/I'm Glad You Reconsidered//Blues Shadows/Pay
Day Blues/Why Don't You Write Me/Shed No Tears/Trouble With The Blues/Blue Soul
2ACMB-206 - Sonny Boy Williamson - Sonny Boy Williamson [1976] (2-LP set) Reissue
of Chess 2CH-50027. Disc 1: One Way Out/Don't Lose Your Eye/Keep It To Yourself/Sad To
Be Alone/Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide/I Wonder Why/I Never Do Wrong//I Don't Know/Don't
Start Me To Talkin'/Bring It On Home/Key To Your Door/Cross My Heart/Let Me Explain/Stop Crying;
Disc 2: All My Love In Vain/Help Me/Nine Below Zero/Got To Move/She Got Next To Me/Born
Blind/I Can't Be Alone//Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket/Too Close Together/Understand My Life/Like
Wolf/99/Santa Claus/Your Imagination
2ACMB-207 - Jimmy Rogers - Jimmy Rogers [1976] (2-LP set) Disc 1: Left Me
With A Broken Heart/Blues All Day Long/Today Today Blues/The World's In A Tangle/She Loves
Another Man/Hard Working Man//Chance To Love/My Little Machine/Mistreated Baby/What's The
Matter/You're The One (early version)/If It Ain't Me; Disc 2: One Kiss/I Can't Believe/What Have
I Done/My Baby Don't Love Me No More/Trace Of You (alternate take)/Don't You Know My Baby//Crying
Shame/Give Love Another Chance/This Has Never Been/Rock This House/My Last Meal/You Don't
Know/Can't Keep From Worrying
2ACMB-208 - J. B. Lenoir - J. B. Lenoir [1976] (2-LP set) Disc 1: Natural
Man/Don't Dog Your Woman/Let Me Die With The One I Love/Carrie Lee/Mama What About Your
Daughter/If I Give Me To You/Five Years//Don't Touch My Head/I've Been Down So Long/What Have I
Done/Eisenhower Blues/Korea Blues/Everybody Wants to Know/I'm In Korea; Disc 2: Mama
Your Daughter's Going to Miss Me/We Can't Go on This Way/Give Me One More Shot/When I Am
Drinking/J.B.'s Rock/If You Love Me/Low Down Dirty Shame //Man Watch Your Woman/Mama Talk To
Your Daughter/Sitting Down Thinking/Daddy Talk To Your Son/I Don't Know/Good Looking Woman/Voo
Doo Boogie
2ACMB-209 - Sugar Boy Crawford - Sugar Boy Crawford [1976] (2-LP set) Disc
1: Overboard/I Don't Know What I'll Do/You Know I Love You/Stop/Watch Her Whip Her/Honey//I
Bowed On My Knees/Wandering Baby/No More Heartaches/What's Wrong/Love Love Love/Troubled
Mind Blues; Disc 2: Ooh Wee Sugar/There Goes My Baby/Jockomo/You You You/You Call
Everybody Sweetheart/If I Loved You Darling//Get Away/Please Believe Me/For Me/Wondering/Night
Rider/Long Lost Stranger
All Platinum/Chess 400 Masters of Jazz Series:
2ACMJ-401 - Magic Moments - John Klemmer [1976] (2-LP set) Excursion # 2/My Love
Has Butterfly Wings/My Heart Sings/Free Soul/Children of the Earth Flames/Hey Jude/Third Stone From
the Sun/Summer Dong/Rose Petals/A Non Fiere Africain, Gardens of Uranus/La De Dah/All the Children
Cried/Here Comes the Child/I Whisper A Prayer For Peace/Pulsation's of a Green Eyed Lady/Journey's
End/Soliloquy For Tenor & Voice
2ACMJ-402 - Double Exposure - Woody Herman [1976] (2-LP set) Lancaster Gate/The
Hut/Memphis Underground/Flying Easy/I Can't Get Next To You/Sex Machine/My Cherie
Amour/Aguarius/Impressions of Strayhorn/Pontelo/MacArthur Park/Light My Fire/Here I Am Baby/For
Love of Ivy/Hard To Keep My Mind On You/Nistico/A Stone called Person/Time For Love/Blues In the
Night/Smiling Phases
2ACMJ-403 - Moody's Mood - James Moody [1976] (2-LP set) Flute N the
Blues/Birdland Story/Parker's Mood/Boo's Tune/Richard's Blues/Breaking The Blues/I Cover the
Waterfront/Mean To Me/Body & Soul/Foolin' the Blues/Phil Up/Plus Eight/Billie's Bounce/I'm In the Mood
For Love/You Go To My Head/Stardust/Why Don't You/The Moody One/Brother Yusef/Yvonne/Last Train
From Overbrook/There She Goes/Don't Worry Bout Me/What's New/Tico Tico/All the Things You Ar
2ACMJ-404 - Back Talk - Oliver Nelson & Lou Donaldson [1976] (2-LP set) Reissue of
Argo 737 and Cadet 768. Hobo Flats/Three Plus One/Teenie's Blues/Laz-ie Kate/Post No Bills/A
Blentot/Take Me With You/Daylie's Double - Oliver Nelson/L.D. Blues/Ignant Oil/Rough House Blues/Back
Talk/Huffin' N Puffin'/Tippin' In/Days of Wine and Roses - Lou Donaldson
2ACMJ-405 - Interaction - Sonny Stitt & Zoot Sims [1976] (2-LP set) 920 Special/55th &
State/Bohemia After Dark/Gus Blues/Woody'nYou/The Man I Love/Blue Room/That Old Feeling/The
Saber/Katea/I Want To Go Home/My Blue Heaven/Fools Rush In/Look Down That Lonesome Road/It's
Hipper Than That/A Minor Sax/Reed & a Half/I'll Tell You Later/How High the Moon/Lover Man/Easy
Living/Look For the Silver Lining/Ko Ko
2ACMJ-406 - Percussion Discussion - Max Roach & Art Blakey [1976] (2-LP set)
Reissue of Argo 623 and Cadet 4049. Scotch Blues/Fight To Jordan/Transfiguration/Exibit A/Theme
From Rhapsody In Blue/Summertime/Someone To Watch Over Me/Man I Love - Art Blakey/Audio
Blues/Four-X/Crackle Hut/Speculate/That Ole Devil Love - Max Roach
2ACMJ-407 - Ahmad Jamal - Ahmad Jamal [1976] (2-LP set)
2ACMJ-408 - Kenny Burrell - Kenny Burrell [1976] (2-LP set)
2ACMJ-409 - Al Grey - Al Grey [1976] (2-LP set)
All Platinum/Chess 700 Rock ‘N Rhythm Series:
ACRR-701 - Moonglows - Moonglows [1976] All tracks are mono. Let's Go/Thrill
Me/See Saw (with studio talk)/Kiss Me/We Go Together/Ten Commandments Of Love (4:07, unedited
take, with intro, and studio talk at end)/Don't Be Afraid To Love/Foolish Me (Bobby Lester - Lead)//Secret
Love (with false start)/The Masquerade Is Over/Blue Velvet/Please Send Me Someone to Love/Slow
Down/Sweeter Than Words/Foolish Me (Harvey Fuqua - Lead)
ACRR-702 - Flamingos - Flamingos [1976] I Really Don't Want To Know (M)/Dream Of
A Lifetime (M)/Ko Ko Mo (M)/Whispering Stars (M)/On My Merry Way (M)/The Vow (M)/Would I Be
Crying (M)/A Kiss From Your Lips (M)//Shilly Dilly (M)/Stolen Love (E)/Chickie Um Bah (M)/Nobody's
Love (M)/Chica Boom (That's My Baby) (M)/Dream Of A Lifetime (alternate take) (M)/If I Could Love You
(M)/I Found A New Baby (M)
ACRR-703 - Dale Hawkins - Dale Hawkins [1976] Susie Q (M, 45 version, but fades
later)/Four Letter Word (Rock) (M, alternate take)/Lulu (M)/See You Soon Baboon (M)/Worried About
You Baby (E)/First Love (M, alternate take)/My Babe (M)//Little Pig (M)/The Hawk Walks (M,
instrumental)/Wild Wild World (M, alternate take)/Take My Heart (M, alternate take)/Gooblie Booblie (M,
alternate take, with studio talk and false start)/My Babe (M, alternate take)/Susie Q (M, faster alternate
take)
SUGAR HILL/CHESS ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
Promotional issue announcing the "Chess Is Back" Campaign:
CH-333 - Chess Is Back! - Various Artists [1982] Maybellene - Chuck Berry (M)/Little
Queenie - Chuck Berry (M)/Rockin' Daddy - Howlin' Wolf (S)/I'm Ready - Muddy Waters (S)/She's Mine
She's Fine - Bo Diddley (M)/Evil - Howlin' Wolf (M)//Oh What A Night - Dells (S, 1969 version)/Give Your
Baby A Standing Ovation - Dells (S)/Precious Lord, Part II - Aretha Franklin (M)/While The Blood Runs
Warm - Aretha Franklin (M)/My Love Has Butterfly Wings - John Klemmer (S)/Soliloquy For The Tenor
And Voice - John Klemmer (S)
8200 Series:
CH-8200 - Muddy & The Wolf - Muddy Waters & Howlin' Wolf [1982] The Muddy Waters
tracks are taken from Fathers and Sons; the Howlin' Wolf tracks are taken from The London
Howlin' Wolf Sessions. All Aboard - Muddy Waters (S)/Blow Wind Blow - Muddy Waters (S)/Can't
Lose What You Ain't Never Had - Muddy Waters (S)/Walkin' Thru The Park - Muddy Waters (S)/I'm
Ready - Muddy Waters (S)/Long Distance Call - Muddy Waters (S)//Rockin' Daddy - Howlin' Wolf
(S)/What A Woman - Howlin' Wolf (S)/Who's Been Talking - Howlin' Wolf (S)/The Red Rooster - Howlin'
Wolf (rehearsal) (S)/The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf (S)/Highway 49 - Howlin' Wolf (S)/Do The Do -
Howlin' Wolf (S)
CH-8201 - The Great Twenty-Eight - Chuck Berry [1982] (2-LP set) Maybellene/Johnny
B. Goode/Roll Over Beethoven/Thirty Days/Memphis/Brown-Eyed Handsome Man/Nadine/Little
Queenie/No Particular Place To Go/Reelin' And Rockin'/Almost Grown/School Days/Oh Baby Doll/Too
Much Monkey Business/Carol/Sweet Little Rock And Roller/You Can't Catch Me/Let It Rock/Bye Bye
Johnny/Round And Round/Back In The USA/Beautiful Delilah/I'm Talking About You/Havana Moon/Rock
And Roll Music/Sweet Little Sixteen/Come On/I Want To Be Your Driver
CH-8202 - Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters [1982]
CH-8203 - Wizards from the South Side - Various Artists [1982] Down In The Bottom -
Howlin' Wolf/Rollin' 'N' Tumblin' - Muddy Waters/Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker/Evans Shuffle
(Ebony Boogie) - Muddy Waters/Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter/Evil - Howlin' Wolf/Still A Fool -
Muddy Waters//Hate To See You Go - Little Walter/I Ain't Superstitious - Howlin' Wolf/She's Mine She's
Fine - Bo Diddley/Just To Be With You - Muddy Waters/I'm A Man - Bo Diddley/Bring It On Home -
Sonny Boy Williamson/Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
8300 Series:
CH-8300 - Blowin' Gold - John Klemmer [1982] (2-LP set) Excursion/My Love Has
Butterfly Wings/My Heart Sings/Hey Jude/Third Stone From The Sun/Free Soul/Children Of The
Earth/Flames/Summer Song/Rose Petals/A Mon Frere Africain/Gardens Of Uranus/All The Children
Cried/Here Comes The Child/I Whisper A Prayer For Peace/Pulsations Of A Green Eyed Lady/Journey's
End/La De Dah/Soliloquy For Tenor And Voice
8400 Series:
CH-8400 - The Dells - Dells [1982] There Is/Oh What A Night (1969 version)/Love Is
Blue-I Can Sing A Rainbow/Always Together/Stay In My Corner/Bring Back The Love Of Yesterday/The
Love We Had Stays On My Mind/I Wish It Was Me You Loved/My Pretending Days Are Over/Open Up
My Heart/Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation
CH-8401 - The Greatest Sides - Billy Stewart [1982] Summertime (S)/Over The Rainbow
(S)/Temptation ‘Bout To Get Me (S)/Keep Lovin' (M)/We'll Always Be Together (S)/Moon River
(S)/Secret Love (S)//I Do Love You (S)/Strange Feeling (S)/Cross My Heart (S)/Reap What You Sow
(M)/Fat Boy (M)/Sitting In The Park (M)/Why Do I Love You So (S)
CH-8402 - Her Greatest Sides, Volume 1 - Etta James [1982] Only Time Will Tell
(S)/Security (S)/Tell Mama (S)/(3 others in mono) //Trust In Me (S)/Sunday Kind Of Love (S)/My Dearest
Darling (S)/At Last (S)/Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home) (S)/All I Could Do Was Cry (M)/Fool That I
Am (M)
CH-8403 - Their Greatest Sides - Moonglows [1982]
8500 Series:
CH-8500 - Aretha Gospel - Aretha Franklin [1982] Recorded when Aretha was 14 years
old. There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood/Precious Lord, Parts 1 & 2/You Grow Close/Never Grow
Old/The day Is Past And Gone/He Will Wash You White As Snow/While The Blood Runs Warm/Yield
Not To Temptation
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