This is a set so essential that it should be on everyone's Top Ten first purchases in building the perfect blues collection. Even if you have already have this material, die-hard Wolf fans - and audiophiles in particular - will want to investigate this package as the master transfers used here are absolutely stunning, with stereo mixes of 'Killing Floor,' 'Built for Comfort,' 'Hidden Charms' (with the full-length Hubert Sumlin guitar solo), 'Shake for Me,' and the long version of 'Going Down Slow' being particular standouts. Eleven of the 20 tunes on here are either written or co-written by Willie Dixon, and Wolf's original takes on 'Back Door Man,' 'Spoonful,' 'The Red Rooster,' 'Wang Dang Doodle,' and 'I Ain't Superstitious' are truly the definitive ones, a place where personality and material symbiotically become as one. Starting with the two-sided smash that brought him from Memphis to Chicago ('Moanin' at Midnight' b/w 'How Many More Years'), this compilation hits all the high points and essential tracks, illustrating how his music developed into the mid-'60s.
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