Moanin' In The Moonlight - 2021 European Dol label 17-track LP - 180 Gram Opaque Grey Vinyl

2021 reissue og legendary and primal, fiery and gritty electrical Delta Blues rockin' force. The original 12-track album featured songs from Chester Burnetts Chess singles throughout the 1950ies - which was first compiled as The Wolfs debut album in 1959 - the Dol reissue adds a couple more - probably taken from early Chess singles The Wolf Is At Your Door and Howlin' Wolf Boogie from 1952 ‎and Somebody In My Home from his 1957 7"... as well as three tracks ehich seems to stem from releses recorded for Joe Bihari and Jules Biharis Los Angeles-based RPM label - Passing By Blues, My Baby Stole Off and I Want Your Picture - all from 1951.

Dol is a budget label - master tapes has been restored by Steve Hoffman, te album is pressed onto 180 Gram Opaque Grey Virgin Vinyl - issued in a picture cover featuring the original 1958 artwork.

Tracklisting:

Side 1.
1. Moanin' At Midnight   2:56
2. How Many More Years   2:41
3. Smokestack Lightnin'   3:06
4. Baby How Long   2:53
5. No Place To Go   2:56
6. All Night Boogie   2:14
7. Passing My Blues   2:41
8. The Wolf Is At Your Door   2:57
9. Howlin' Wolf Boogie   2:40

Side 2.
10. Evil Is Going On (Willie Dixon)  2:55
11. I'm Leavin' You   2:54
12. Moanin' For My Baby   2:49
13. I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)   2:50
14. Forty Four (Roosevelt Sykes)  2:53
15. Somebody In My Home   2:21
16. My Baby Stole Off   2:57
17. I Want Your Picture   2:49

All songs written by Chester Burnett, except when noted.

Recorded May 14 or August 1951 at Memphis Recording Service in Memphis, Tennessee – March 1959 in Chicago, Illinois

Credits:

Howlin' Wolf – vocals, harmonica
Hubert Sumlin (3-6, 10-12, 14), Willie Johnson (3, 7-9, 13, 16, 17), Jody Williams (4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 15), Lee Cooper (5), Otis "Smokey" Smothers (13), L.D. McGhee (11) – guitar
Willie Steele (1, 2, ,7, 8, 9, 16, 17), Earl Phillips (3-5, 10, 12-15), Fred Below (6), S. P. Leary (11) – drums
Willie Dixon – double bass (3 - 5, 10, 11, 14)
Hosea Lee Kennard (3, 6, 11-13, 15), Otis Spann (4, 5, 10, 14), Ike Turner (1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17) – piano
Adolph "Billy" Dockins – tenor saxophone (12)

Technical Credits:
Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Willie Dixon, Sam Phillips "Moanin' at Midnight" and "How Many More Years" - Production

Artwork:
Don Kamerer, Ralph Bass, Paul Ackermann - Liner Notes