Having completed my “50 Albums in 50 Days” expansion of Mr. Chris Estey’s August 24th directive “to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on you”, I’ve decided to add a THIRD [slash] final batch of 25, in order to fill some remaining “gaps”—at least as I perceive such matters—in this, ahem, “map of my musical sensibility”!
I also want to nominate 25 MORE friends whom I’d love to see post their own sets of “25 albums that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me”! (Though of course NO ONE should feel the least bit obligated to do so.)
As before, I’ll be posting “just album covers without any explanation”, though I AM planning to craft and post a summary essay once this madness reaches its Ballardian “terminus”!
By the by, please feel free to follow the eventual links (in the comments) to EAST PORTLAND BLOG, where my indefatigable EPB editor, Ricky, has been re-posting these daily album selections—in an expansive layout where you can view ALL the variant album covers and aural media formats AT ONCE—plus a link to one song I’ve chosen to spotlight from each recording!
If you’ve missed any albums along the way, wish to revisit a particular selection, or would simply enjoy listening to the songs, you’ll find it MUCH easier to scroll back through these posts on EAST PORTLAND BLOG than to attempt such an endeavor via Facebook!
To simplify matters further, here’s a direct link to the “Tom Kipp” section of EPB, which presently contains/archives over 200 of my posts (on a wide variety of subjects!), going back to June 25th, 2010:
https://www.eastportlandblog.com/category/tom-kipp/
Today I nominate: Ross Best
Day 56:
Howlin’ Wolf: HOWLIN’ WOLF (aka THE ROCKIN’ CHAIR ALBUM) (Chess Records, US, LP, 1962)
Howlin’ Wolf: LES ROIS DU RHYTHM N’BLUES (KINGS OF RHYTHM N’BLUES) (Barclay Records, France, LP, 1965)
Howlin’ Wolf: ROCKIN’ THE BLUES (Chess International Records, The Netherlands, mono LP reissue, 1965)
Howlin’ Wolf: HOWLIN’ WOLF (aka THE ROCKIN’ CHAIR ALBUM) (Vogue/Chess Records, France, “Chicago Golden Years” series, LP reissue, 1983)
Howlin’ Wolf: HOWLIN’ WOLF (aka THE ROCKIN’ CHAIR ALBUM) (Chess/MCA Records, US, “Chicago Golden Years” series, cassette tape reissue, 1984)
Howlin’ Wolf: HOWLIN’ WOLF (aka THE ROCKIN’ CHAIR ALBUM) (Chess Records, Yugoslavia, “Chicago Golden Years” series, LP reissue, 1986)
Howlin’ Wolf: HOWLIN’ WOLF (aka THE ROCKIN’ CHAIR ALBUM)/MOANIN’ IN THE MOONLIGHT (Chess/MCA Records, US, “The Original Chess Masters”/”Two on One” series, compact disc reissue “twofer” w/ 12 bonus cuts, 1986)
Howlin’ Wolf: HOWLIN’ WOLF (aka THE ROCKIN’ CHAIR ALBUM) (Chess Records, Japan, “Chess Best Collection”, compact disc reissue, 2013)
Howlin’ Wolf: HOWLIN’ WOLF (aka THE ROCKIN’ CHAIR ALBUM) (DOL/Chess Records, Russia/Europe, 180-gram LP reissue—picture disc, 2016)
Howlin’ Wolf: SECOND ALBUM, AKA ROCKIN’ CHAIR (State of the Art Records, Europe, compact disc reissue w/ 10 bonus cuts, 2017)
Purchased: 26 January 1983 in Missoula, MT (1983 French Vogue LP reissue).
– Tom Kipp
Day 56:
Howlin’ Wolf: “Spoonful” (1960)
