Howlin Wolf: Moanin' In The Moonlight

Title: Moanin' In The Moonlight
Artist: Howlin Wolf
Label: Geffen Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 602567787433
Genre: Blues

Vinyl LP pressing. Moanin' in the Moonlight was the debut album by American blues singer Howlin' Wolf. The album was a compilation of previously issued singles by Chess Records. It was originally released by Chess Records as a mono-format LP record in 1959. The album has been reissued several times, including a vinyl reissue in 1969, with the playing order changed, titled Evil. The two earliest songs on Moanin' in the Moonlight were "Moanin' at Midnight" and "How Many More Years". These two songs and 'All Night Boogie', were recorded in Memphis, the first two at Sam Phillips' Memphis Recording Service in Memphis, Tennessee in July 1951, and, 'All Night Boogie', the last track on side one, in Memphis in 1953. These songs were sold to the Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil, who released them on two singles [ Chess 1479, and Chess 1557, the first two titles being released on August 15, 1951.

Tracks:
1.1 Moanin' at Midnight
1.2 How Many More Years
1.3 Smokestack Lightnin'
1.4 Baby, How Long
1.5 No Place to Go
1.6 All Night Boogie
2.1 Evil
2.2 I'm Leavin' You
2.3 Moanin' for My Baby
2.4 I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
2.5 Forty-Four
2.6 Somebody in My Home