tracks 6-17, 6-24 alto saxophone Auguste "Dimes" Dupont
tracks 6-19, 6-20 alto saxophone Bennie Crawford
tracks 8-11, 8-14 alto saxophone Charles Burbank
tracks 6-14 alto saxophone David "Fathead" Newman
tracks 7-17 alto saxophone Edgar Hale
tracks 6-18, 6-21, 6-22 alto saxophone O'Neil Gerald
tracks 5-1 to 5-4, 5-7 to 5-10, 5-12 arranged by Joseph Scott
tracks 8-2 to 8-7, 8-9, 8-10 baritone saxophone Alvin Tyler
tracks 6-13, 6-16, 6-19, 6-20 baritone saxophone Bennie Crawford
tracks 6-15 baritone saxophone Dave McRae
tracks 6-14 baritone saxophone David "Fathead" Newman
tracks 7-17, 7-20 to 7-22, 7-25 baritone saxophone Jim Wynn
tracks 5-1, 5-2, 5-4 to 5-7, 5-9, 5-10, 5-12 baritone saxophone Rayfield Devers
tracks 6-18, 6-21, 6-22 baritone saxophone Warren Bell
tracks 5-21, 5-24 bass Alfred Elkins
tracks 3-1 to 3-19 bass Andrew Stephenson
tracks 7-20 to 7-22, 7-25 bass Billy Hadnott
tracks 6-1 to 6-12 bass Eddie Taylor
tracks 8-2, 8-6, 8-7 bass Edgar Blanchard
tracks 6-13, 6-16, 6-19, 6-20 bass Edgar Willis
tracks 4-4, 4-6 bass Everett McCrary
tracks 6-17, 6-24 bass Frank Fields
tracks 8-3 to 8-5, 8-9, 8-10 bass Frank Fields
tracks 8-8, 8-12, 8-13, 8-15, 8-17, 8-20 bass George Miller
tracks 4-1, 4-10 to 4-12 bass George Washington
tracks 5-1 to 5-4, 5-7 to 5-12 bass Hamp Simmons
tracks 7-17 bass Harold Grant
tracks 6-18, 6-21, 6-22 bass Lloyd Lambert
tracks 6-15 bass Lloyd Trotman
tracks 7-18 bass Mario Delagarde
tracks 8-1, 8-18, 8-19 bass Norman Sinegal
tracks 4-3 bass Quinn Wilson
tracks 1-1 to 1-20 bass Ralph Hamilton
tracks 6-14 bass Roosevelt Sheffield
tracks 4-13 to 4-18, 4-20 to 4-24 bass Sylvester Hickman
tracks 5-15, 5-16, 5-19, 5-22, 5-23 bass Willie Dixon
tracks 7-1 to 7-12 conductor Leroy Kirkland
tracks 7-1 to 7-12 conductor Owen B. Masingill
tracks 2-1 to 2-20 conductor Riley Hampton
tracks 6-12 drums Albert King
tracks 8-1, 8-18, 8-19 drums Charles Otis
tracks 7-18 drums Charles Pendergraph
tracks 8-3 to 8-5, 8-9, 8-10 drums Charles Williams
tracks 6-15 drums Connie Kay
tracks 8-2, 8-6, 8-7 drums Earl Palmer
tracks 4-7, 4-8 drums Earl Phillips
tracks 5-16, 5-17, 5-19, 5-21, 5-23, 5-24 drums Earl Phillips
tracks 6-1 to 6-11 drums Earl Phillips
tracks 6-17, 6-24 drums Elandro Smart
tracks 3-1 to 3-19 drums Francis Clay
tracks 7-20 to 7-22, 7-25 drums Jesse Price
tracks 1-1 to 1-20 drums Jessie Sailes
tracks 4-13 to 4-18, 4-20 to 4-24 drums Jimmy Turner
tracks 8-11, 8-14, 8-16 drums John Boudreaux
tracks 5-1, 5-2, 5-4 to 5-7, 5-9, 5-10, 5-12 drums John Jabo Starks
tracks 8-12, 8-13, 8-15, 8-20 drums Lester Alexis
tracks 8-8, 8-17 drums Louis Joseph
tracks 6-18, 6-21, 6-22 drums Oscar Moore
tracks 4-4, 4-6 drums Richard Johnson
tracks 7-17 drums Robert "Snake" Sims
tracks 5-20 drums S.P. Leary
tracks 5-3, 5-8, 5-11 drums Sonny Freeman
tracks 6-13, 6-16, 6-19, 6-20 drums Teagle Fleming
tracks 4-1, 4-3, 4-10 to 4-12 drums Tom Whitehead
tracks 6-14 drums William Peeples
tracks 3-10 to 3-19 drums Willie Smith
tracks 5-13, 5-14 drums Willie Steele
tracks 1-1 to 1-20 guitar B.B. King
tracks 5-3, 5-8, 5-11 guitar Clarence Hollimon
tracks 6-1 to 6-4, 6-6 to 6-11 guitar Eddie Taylor
tracks 4-1, 4-3, 4-4, 4-6 to 4-8, 4-10 to 4-12 guitar Eddie Taylor
tracks 6-17, 6-24 guitar Edgar Blanchard
tracks 7-17 guitar Harold Grant
tracks 5-15, 5-16, 5-19 to 5-23 guitar Hubert Sumlin
tracks 8-12, 8-13, 8-15, 8-20 guitar Jack Scott
tracks 5-15, 5-16, 5-19, 5-22, 5-23 guitar Jody Williams
tracks 4-1 to 4-24 guitar John Lee Hooker
tracks 6-12 guitar John Littlejohn
tracks 7-13 to 7-27 guitar Johnny Guitar Watson
tracks 8-3 to 8-5, 8-9, 8-10 guitar Justin Adams
tracks 5-20, 5-21 guitar L.D. McGhee
tracks 5-17 guitar Lee Cooper
tracks 4-13 to 4-24 guitar Lefty Bates
tracks 6-5 guitar Lefty Bates
tracks 7-1 to 7-12 guitar Mickey Baker
tracks 3-1 to 3-19 guitar Muddy Waters
tracks 5-24 guitar Otis "Smokey" Smothers
tracks 3-1 to 3-19 guitar Pat Hare
tracks 6-1 to 6-4, 6-6 to 6-11 guitar Remo Biondi
tracks 7-20 to 7-22, 7-25 guitar Rene Hall
tracks 7-1 to 7-12 guitar Sam Taylor
tracks 8-1, 8-2, 8-6 to 8-8, 8-16 to 8-19 guitar Walter "Papoose" Nelson
tracks 5-1 to 5-4, 5-7 to 5-10, 5-12 guitar Wayne Bennett
tracks 5-13, 5-14, 5-24 guitar Willie Johnson
tracks 5-13 to 5-24 harmonica Howlin' Wolf
tracks 3-1 to 3-19 harmonica James Cotton
tracks 4-11 harmonica Jimmy Reed
tracks 6-1 to 6-12 harmonica Jimmy Reed
tracks 6-1 to 6-12 lead guitar Jimmy Reed
tracks 7-25 lead vocals Cornella De Milo
tracks 2-1 to 2-20 lead vocals Etta James
tracks 2-1 to 2-20 orchestra Riley Hampton's Orchestra
tracks 6-13 to 6-24 organ Ray Charles
tracks 5-3, 5-8 organ Teddy Reynolds
tracks 5-3, 5-8, 5-11 piano Connie Mack Booker
tracks 7-18 piano Devonia Williams
tracks 4-6 piano Frankie Bradford
tracks 5-15, 5-20 to 5-22, 5-24 piano Hosea Lee Kennard
tracks 5-14 piano Ike Turner
tracks 4-4 piano Joe Hunter
tracks 1-1 to 1-20 piano Lloyd Glenn
tracks 3-1 to 3-19 piano Otis Spann
tracks 5-16, 5-17, 5-19, 5-23 piano Otis Spann
tracks 8-1 to 8-20 piano Professor Longhair
tracks 6-13 to 6-24 piano Ray Charles
tracks 7-1 to 7-12 piano Screamin' Jay Hawkins
tracks 5-1 to 5-4, 5-7 to 5-10, 5-12 piano Teddy Reynolds
tracks 7-20 to 7-22 piano Willard McDaniel
tracks 2-1 to 2-20 producer Leonard & Phil Chess
tracks 5-3, 5-8, 5-11 saxophone Bill Harvey
tracks 5-21 tenor saxophone Abb Locke
tracks 5-24 tenor saxophone Adolph "Billy" Duncan
tracks 7-18 tenor saxophone Bill Gaither
tracks 8-1, 8-18, 8-19 tenor saxophone Charles Burbank
tracks 6-13, 6-16, 6-19, 6-20 tenor saxophone David "Fathead" Newman
tracks 6-14 tenor saxophone Don Wilkerson
tracks 6-18, 6-21, 6-22 tenor saxophone Joe Tillman
tracks 5-1, 5-2, 5-4 to 5-7, 5-9, 5-10, 5-12 tenor saxophone L. A. Hill
tracks 8-2, 8-3 to 8-7, 8-9, 8-10, 8-12, 8-13, 8-15, 8-20 tenor saxophone Lee Allen
tracks 8-12, 8-13, 8-15, 8-20 tenor saxophone Leroy Rankins
tracks 7-20 to 7-22, 7-25 tenor saxophone Maxwell Davis
tracks 8-11, 8-14 tenor saxophone Robert Parker
tracks 6-15 tenor saxophone Sam Taylor
tracks 7-17 tenor saxophone Samuel Parker
tracks 6-17, 6-24 tenor saxophone Warren Hebrew
tracks 7-17 trombone Joe Bridgewater
tracks 5-1 to 5-4, 5-7 to 5-10, 5-12 trombone Pluma Davis
tracks 6-18, 6-21, 6-22 trumpet Frank Mitchell
tracks 7-20 to 7-22, 7-25 trumpet James Parr
tracks 6-15 trumpet Jesse Drakes
tracks 6-14 trumpet Joe Bridgewater
tracks 7-17 trumpet Joe Bridgewater
tracks 6-13, 6-16, 6-19, 6-20 trumpet John Hunt
tracks 5-1 to 5-4, 5-7 to 5-10, 5-12 trumpet Joseph Scott
tracks 6-13, 6-16, 6-19, 6-20 trumpet Marcus Belgrave
tracks 5-1, 5-2, 5-4 to 5-7, 5-9, 5-10, 5-12 trumpet Melvin Jackson
tracks 6-14 trumpet Riley Webb
tracks 6-18, 6-21, 6-22 trumpet Wallace Davenport
tracks 1-1 to 1-20 vocals B.B. King
tracks 5-1 to 5-12 vocals Bobby Bland
tracks 5-13 to 5-24 vocals Howlin' Wolf
tracks 6-1 to 6-12 vocals Jimmy Reed
tracks 4-1 to 4-24 vocals John Lee Hooker
tracks 7-14 to 7-27 vocals Johnny Guitar Watson
tracks 3-1 to 3-19 vocals Muddy Waters
tracks 3-9 vocals Otis Spann
tracks 8-1 to 8-20 vocals Professor Longhair
tracks 6-13 to 6-24 vocals Ray Charles
tracks 7-1 to 7-12 vocals Screamin' Jay Hawkins
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Glass Mastered At GZ Digital Media
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Pressed By GZ Digital Media
Pressed By GZ Media
As seen on matrix all CDs are pressed by GZ Digital Media in 2013 except CD7, which is pressed by GZ Media in 2014.
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Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD02 (CD1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5J44 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: Z42603 703/CD1 (CD1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD02 (CD2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5J35 (CD2)
Matrix / Runout: Z50352 703/CD2 (CD2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD02 (CD3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5J44 (CD3)
Matrix / Runout: Z42604 703/CD3 (CD3)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD02 (CD4)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5J35 (CD4)
Matrix / Runout: Z42605 703/CD4 (CD4)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD02 (CD5)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5J35 (CD5)
Matrix / Runout: Z42606 703/CD5 (CD5)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD02 (CD6)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5J93 (CD6)
Matrix / Runout: Z42643 703/CD6 (CD6)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD02 (CD7)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5J03 (CD7)
Matrix / Runout: AB2803 703/CD7 (CD7)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LD02 (CD8)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5J44 (CD8)
Matrix / Runout: Z42645 703/CD8 (CD8)