Friday, October 31, 2025

Howling Wolf [Howlin' Wolf] - Rides Again: placeholder


I had to put up this placeholder while I considered the necessity, for historical, discographical, and/or artistic reasons, of getting a copy of the so-called "Memphis" or "RPM" recordings issued and reissued under various titles over the years. Here are the ones I considered, without labels and dates to keep this from turning into a discographical treatise. I did listen to the above configuration three times, but ultimately went with the Ace reissue of Sings the Blues pictured below.

Sings the Blues, all of which's tracks appear on the above:


Sings the Blues was also issued as Big City Blues:


Rides Again was also issued as Moanin' at Midnight: The Memphis Recordings:


I'm sure I've missed some. I am aware, for instance, that Bear Family Records issued two volumes of this material, with repeated tracks and whatnot that made it unpalatable to me as a listening object. In the end, I just went with the cheapest/most readily-available, which as noted above was the Ace reissue of Sings the Blues.

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