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Chess Records was one of the premier blues labels of the 1950s and 60s, also releasing R&B, soul, jazz, gospel and rock. Chess released records by every major blues artist in Chicago, including John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed, Chuck Berry and many others.

Brothers Leonard and Phil Chess emigrated from Poland to the United States in 1928. In the 1940s they owned the upscale Macomba nightclub in Chicago's Southside neighborhood and several other bars. Blues artists performed regularly at The Macomba, and the Chess brothers realized they were not being recorded. They bought in to the small R&B label Aristocrat Records in 1947, then bought out the remaining partners in 1949 and changed the name to Chess in 1950. In 1969 they sold the label to General Recorded Tape (GRT) for $6.5 million.

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Releases:
2ACH-9001 Ramsey Lewis Solid Ivory: His Greatest Hits (2xLP) 1976
2-ACMB-204 Little Milton Little Milton (chess Blues Masters Series) (LP, Dou) 1976
2ACMJ-401 John Klemmer Magic Moments (2xLP) 1976
2ACMJ-405 Max Roach / Art Blakey Percussion Discussion (2xLP) 1976
2CH-9190 Chuck Berry The Great Twenty-Eight (2xLP, Comp) 1984
2CH 50027 Sonny Boy Williamson (2) This Is My Story (2xLP, Comp) 1972
2CH-60016 Howlin' Wolf Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf (2xLP, Comp) 1972
1432 Chuck Berry One Dozen Berries (LP, Mono) 1958
1531 Willie Mabon And His Combo I Don't Know / Worry Blues (10", Single) 1953
1549 Coronets, The Nadine / I'm All Alone (10", Single) 1953
1566 Howlin' Wolf, The* No Place To Go / Rockin' Daddy (Shellac, 10") 1954
1585 Muddy Waters And His Guitar* I'm A Natural Born Lover / Loving Man (10", Single) 1954
1602 Muddy Waters And His Guitar* Manish Boy (7", Single) 1955
1604 Chuck Berry Maybellene (7", Mono) 1955
1610 Chuck Berry Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) (Vinyl) 1955
1618 Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightning / You Can't Be Beat (Shellac, 10") 1956
1626 Chuck Berry Roll Over Beethoven (7", Mono) 1956
1635 Chuck Berry Too Much Monkey Business (Vinyl, Mono) 1956
1645 Chuck Berry You Can't Catch Me (7", Mono) 1956
1653 Chuck Berry School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) / Deep Feeling (7") 1957
1654 Johnnie & Joe Over The Mountain; Across The Sea / My Baby's Gone, On, On (7") 1957
1664 Chuck Berry Oh Baby Doll (7") 1957
1671 Chuck Berry Rock & Roll Music / Blue Feeling (7", Single) 1956
1675 Lee Andrews And The Hearts* Teardrops / The Girl Around The Corner (7", Single) 1957
1683 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen (7", Single) 1958
1691 Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode / Around & Around (7", Single) 1957
1697 Chuck Berry Beautiful Delilah (Vinyl, Mono) 1958
1700 Chuck Berry Carol (7") 1958
1704 Muddy Waters She's Nineteen Years Old / Close To You (7") 1958
1709 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Rock And Roll (Vinyl, Mono) 1958
1714 Chuck Berry Run Rudolph Run (Vinyl, W/Lbl, Promo) 1958
1716 Chuck Berry Anthony Boy (2 versions) 1959
1722 Chuck Berry Almost Grown (7", Mono) 1959
1729 Chuck Berry Back In The U.S.A. (7") 1959
1734 Miracles, The Bad Girl / I Love Your Baby (7", Single) 1959
1737 Chuck Berry Broken Arrow (7", Mono) 1959
1747 Chuck Berry Too Pooped To Pop ("Casey") (7", Mono) 1960
1754 Chuck Berry Bye Bye Johnny (Vinyl, Mono) 1960
1760 Etta* And Harvey* If I Can't Have You / My Heart Cries (7", Single) 1959
1763 Chuck Berry I Got To Find My Baby (7", Mono) 1960
1767 Chuck Berry Our Little Rendezvous (7", Mono) 1960
1771 Etta* And Harvey* Spoonful (7", Single) 1960
1799 Chuck Berry Come On (7", Single) 1961
1801 Betty James I'm A Little Mixed Up / Help Me To Find My Love (7", Single) 1961
1804 Howlin' Wolf Shake For Me / The Red Rooster (7", Promo) 1961
1820 Billy Stewart Reap What You Sow / Fat Boy (7", Single) 1962
1832 Radiants, The One Day I'll Show You / Father Knows Best (7") 1962
1845 Jan Bradley Mama Didn't Lie / Lovers Like Me (7", Single) 1963
1853 Chuck Berry I'm Talking About You (7", Mono) 1963
1861 Dave "Baby" Cortez Organ Shout / Precious You (7") 1963
1868 Billy Stewart Sugar And Spice / Strange Feeling (7", Single) 1963
1883 Chuck Berry Nadine (7", Mono) 1964
1895 Muddy Waters The Same Thing / You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (7") 1964
1898 Chuck Berry No Particular Place To Go / You Two (7") 1964
1903 Jackie Ross Selfish One (7", Promo, S/Sided) 1963
1906 Chuck Berry You Never Can Tell / Brenda Lee (Single) (2 versions) 1964
1912 Chuck Berry Little Marie / Go, Bobby Soxer (7", Single) 1964
1912 Chuck Berry Little Marie/Go Bobby Soxer (7", W/Lbl, Promo, Mono) 1964
1913 Jackie Ross Change Your Ways / I've Got The Skill (7") 1964
1916 Chuck Berry Promised Land (7", Mono) 1964
1918 Mitty Collier Together / No Faith, No Love (7", Single) 1964
1922 Billy Stewart I Do Love You / Keep Loving (7") 1965
1926 Chuck Berry Dear Dad (7", Mono) 1965
1938 Jackie Ross Take Me For A Little While (7", Single, S/Sided, Promo) 1965
1943 Chuck Berry It Wasn't Me (7", Mono) 1965
1944 Tony Clarke (2) Joyce Elaine / You're A Star (7") 1965
1964 Mitty Collier My Party / I'm Satisfied (7") 1966
1966 Billy Stewart Summertime / To Love To Love (7", Single) 1966
1989 Laura Lee You Need Me / Stop Giving Your Man Away (7") 1967
1992 Jo Ann Garrett You Can't Come In (Big Bad Wolf) (7") 1967
1994 William Bollinger You Can Lead Your Woman To The Altar (7", Single, DJ ) 1967
1998 Monk Higgins How Come ? / Different Strokes (For Different Folks) (7") 1967
2013 Laura Lee Dirty Man / It's Mighty Hard (7") 1967
2029 Wayne Cochran Get Ready (7") 1967
2030 Laura Lee Wanted: Lover, No Experience Necessary / Up Tight, Good Man (7", Single) 1967
2031 Jo Ann Garrett Just Say When / Thousand Miles Away (7") 1967
2037 Radiants* Hold On / I'm Glad I'm The Loser (7", Single) 1968
2043 Jan Bradley You Gave Me What's Missing / Nights In New York City (7") 1968
2049 Pigmeat Markham Here Comes The Judge / The Trial (7", Single) 1968
2059 Pigmeat Markham The Hip Judge / Sock It To ´Em Judge (7") 1968
2062 Laura Lee Hang It Up / It's How You Make It Good (7", Single) 1969
2073 Tenison Stephens Can't Take My Eyes Off You / Where Would You Be (7") 1969
2077 Chuck Corby Complete Opposites / Soul Brother (7", Promo) 1969
2085 Muddy Waters I Feel So Good / Going Home (7") 1970
2089 Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds The Funky Yolk / The Yolk (7", Single) 1970
2090 Chuck Berry Tulane-Have Mercy Judge (7", Promo, Mono) 1970
9005 Andre Williams (2) The Stroke / Cadillac Jack (7")  
9309 Reverend C.L. Franklin The Twenty Third Psalm (LP)  
16260-S, 16261-S Howlin' Wolf / Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley The Super Super Blues Band (LP) 1967
69502 P Chuck Berry Rock Revival (LP)  
109 577 Various Blues News (LP, Comp, Whi) 1969
112 027-2 Muddy Waters The Folk Singer (CD, Album, RE) 2000
169 506 Ramsey Lewis Soul Man (7", Single)  
169518 Pigmeat Markham Here Comes The Judge / The Trial (7")  
275 002 Ray Bryant Take A Bryant-Step (LP, Album)  
275 005 Ramsey Lewis Maiden Voyage (LP) 1968
275 010 Brother Jack McDuff The Natural Thing (LP) 1968
275 013 Muddy Waters Electric Mud (LP)  
275 020 Ramsey Lewis Mother Nature's Son (Album) (2 versions) 1968
326 021-2 Ramsey Lewis Trio* The Greatest Hits (CD, Comp) 1997
427014 Etta James Peaches (LP) 1971
45-5402 Etta James / Terry Callier Seven Day Fool / Look At Me Now (7", Single)  
515008 Muddy Waters The Real Folk Blues (LP, Comp) 1969
515012 Bo Diddley Where It All Began (LP) 1972
515020 Muddy Waters More Real Folk Blues (LP) 1967
569516 Ramsey Lewis Them Changes (LP) 1970
6.24372 Chuck Berry 20 Super Hits (LP) 1980
6.24 473 Ramsey Lewis Ramsey Lewis (LP, RE) 1981
8.24372 Chuck Berry 20 Super Hits (CD)  
983 015-3 Various Chess Northern Soul (CD, Comp, RM) 2005
983 229-4 Laura Lee The Chess Collection (CD, RM) 2006
983 437-9 Rotary Connection Black Gold: The Very Best Of (2xCD, Comp) 2006
983 521-2 Fontella Bass The Very Best Of Fontella Bass (CD, Comp, RM) 2006
6078 707 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen (7") 1958
6145 004 Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water (7") 1972
6145 007 Chuck Berry Rock And Roll Music (7") 1957
6145 009 Fontella Bass Rescue Me (7", RE)  
6145 013 Ramsey Lewis The "In" Crowd (7") 1972
6145 019 Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling (7", Single) 1972
6145 020 Chuck Berry Reelin' And Rockin' (7") 1972
6145 030 Tony Clarke (2) Landslide (7") 1965
6145 036 Al Downing I'll Be Holding On (7", Single) 1974
6310 114 Ramsey Lewis The Best Of Ramsey Lewis (LP) 1972
6310 122 Chuck Berry The London Chuck Berry Sessions (LP, Album) 1972
6310 128 Various The Chess/Janus Mobile Discotheque - Volume 1 (LP, Comp) 1972
9109 101 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry '75 (Vinyl, Album) 1975
9124 214 Chuck Berry Berry Is On Top (Vinyl, Mono) 1959
9124 216 Chuck Berry One Dozen Berrys (Vinyl, Mono) 1958
9124 226 Chuck Berry St. Louis To Liverpool (LP, Album, RE) 1980
9283 003 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley's Greatest Hits (LP) 1977
9283 020 Chuck Berry Motorvatin' (Comp) (2 versions) 1977
9286 690 Chuck Berry Motorvatin' (Vinyl, Comp) 1977
9299 650 Ramsey Lewis Solid Ivory: His Greatest Hits (2xLP, Comp) 1976
9830155 Various Soul Sisters (CD, Comp, RM) 2005
9832296 Bo Diddley The Story Of Bo Diddley - The Very Best Of (2xCD, Comp, RM) 2006
9832354 Chuck Berry Reelin' And Rockin' - The Very Best Of (2xCD, Comp, RM) 2006
1033-2131 Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling / Johnny B. Goode (7") 1972
1033-2144 Etta James All The Way Down (7", Single) 1973
088 112 515-2 Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 (CD, Album) 2001
088 112 518-2 Etta James Tell Mama - The Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions (CD, RE) 2001
088 112 648-2 Muddy Waters / Otis Spann / Michael Bloomfield* / Paul Butterfield / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Sam Lay Fathers And Sons (CD, Album, RE, RM) 2001
088 112 985-2 Howlin' Wolf The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (Deluxe Edition) (CD, Album, RM, RE + CD, Comp) 2002
9033-60005 Bo Diddley Got My Own Bag Of Tricks (2xLP, Gat) 1972
9033-60035 Muddy Waters The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (LP, Album, Gat) 1975
2292-55764-2 YG John Lee Hooker The Real Folk Blues (CD, Album, RE) 1987
275025; 275026 Muddy Waters / Otis Spann / Michael Bloomfield* / Paul Butterfield / Donald "Duck" Dunn / Sam Lay Fathers And Sons (2xLP, Album) 1969
0602498805589 Chuck Berry Gold (2xCD, Comp, RM) 2005
ACH-401 Solomon Burke I'll Never Stop Loving You (Never Ever Song) (7", Single) 1976
ACH-19004 Jack McDuff* Sophisticated Funk (LP) 1976
ACH-30004 Jack McDuff* Ju Ju (7") 1977
AR 25.442 Billy Stewart Secret Love / Look Back And Smile (7") 1966
AR 25.692 Ramsey Lewis Trio, The Struttin' Lightly (7", Single) 1967
AR 25.823 Etta James I Got You Babe / I Worship The Ground You Walk On (7") 1968
B0001685-2 Chuck Berry After School Session (CD, Album, RM, RE) 2004
B0001687-02 Chuck Berry St. Louis To Liverpool (CD, Album, RM, RE) 2004
B0001761-02 Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger (CD, Album, RM, RE) 2004
B0002758-02 Muddy Waters Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters Volume 2, 1952-1958 (2xCD, Comp, RM, Ltd) 2004
BI 1547 Chuck Berry Original Oldies (LP)  
BI 1551 Chuck Berry Original Oldies Vol. 2 (LP, Comp)  
CDCD 1095 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers* / Max Roach Quintet The Hard Drive! (CD, RE) 1993
CD CHESS 35 Sonny Boy Williamson (2) The Best Of (CD, Album, Comp, Mono) 1986
CD CHESS 1004 Howlin' Wolf The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (CD, Album) 1989
CDCHESS 1016 Various Rock, Rock, Rock (CD, Comp) 1989
CD CHESS 1019 War, Curtis Mayfield, Kool And The Gang* With Special Guest Appearances by Gladys Knight And The Pips, Jimmy Witherspoon The First Annual Benefit For The Congressional Black Caucus War (CD, Comp) 1989
CD RED 13 Clarence "Frogman" Henry But I Do (CD, Comp) 1989
CH-1434-LP Howlin' Wolf Moanin' In The Moonlight (LP, Album, Mono) 1965
CH-1485 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits (LP, Comp)  
Ch 2100 Etta James The Love Of My Man / Nothing From Nothing Leaves Nothing (7") 1971
CH 2106 Vibrations, The / Ray Frazier & The Shades Of Madness Shake It Up / Gonna Get Your Love (Vinyl, Mono, Pro)  
CH-2115 Love And Brotherhood You're My Man / Find Another Him (7", Single) 1971
CH 2119 Natural Four, The The Devil Made Me Do It / Give A Little Love (7") 1975
CH 2125 Etta James I Found A Love / Nothing From Nothing Leaves Nothing (7") 1972
CH 2130 Barbara Carr Love Me Now / I'm Gonna Make A Man Out Of You (7") 1972
CH 2131 Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling / Johnny B. Goode (7", Single) 1972
CH 2136 Chuck Berry Reelin' And Rockin' / Let's Boogie (7", Single) 1972
CH 2141 Tony Morgan And Mussel Power* Racial Segregation (7") 1973
CH 2142 Bo Diddley Hit Or Miss / Hey, Jerome (7")  
CH 2144 Etta James All The Way Down (7", Single) 1973
CH 2147 1619 B.A.B. World / For Your Love (7", Promo) 1973
CH 2151 Vibrations, The Shake It Up / Make It Last (7", Single) 1974
CH 2154 Free Spirit (5) Love You Just As Long As I Can (7", Single) 1974
CH 2158 Al Downing I'll Be Holding On (Single) (5 versions) 1974
CH 2160 Jimmy Ruffin Tell Me What You Want (7") 1974
CH 2160 Jimmy Ruffin Tell Me What You Want (7", Single, Promo) 1974
CH 2162 Shadow (36) People Don't Know What Love Is (7", Promo) 1974
CH 2164 Free Spirit (5) Mister Fixit Man (7") 1974
CH 2172 Solomon Burke Let Me Wrap My Arms Around You (7") 1975
CH 2175 American Gypsy Inside Out / Angel Eyes (7") 1975
CH-5118 Chuck Berry After School Session (7", EP) 1957
CH-5119 Chuck Berry Rock And Roll Music (7", EP) 1957
CH-5121 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Sixteen (7", EP, Mono) 1958
CH-8300 John Klemmer Blowin' Gold (2xLP) 1982
CH-8400 Dells, The The Dells (LP) 1982
CH 9029 Etta James Tell Mama / My Dearest Darling (7", RE) 1972
CH 9030 Chuck Berry School Days / Memphis Tennessee (7", Comp)  
CH-9102 Howlin' Wolf / Muddy Waters / Sonny Boy Williamson (2) / Bo Diddley / Little Walter / John Lee Hooker Wizards From The Southside (LP, Comp) 1984
CH-9103 Dells, The The Dells (LP, Album) 1987
CH-9106 Bo Diddley His Greatest Sides: Volume One (LP, Comp) 1984
CH-9110 Etta James Her Greatest Sides Vol. 1 (LP, Comp) 1983
CH 9111 Moonglows, The Their Greatest Sides (LP) 1984
CH-9150 Rev. C.L. Franklin* Hannah, The Ideal Mother (LP, RE)  
CH 9152 Bobby Womack And The Valentinos* Bobby Womack And The Valentinos (LP) 1984
CH 9162 Ahmad Jamal Poinciana (LP, Album, RE) 1984
CH-9164 Dorothy Ashby Afro-Harpin' (LP) 1984
CH-9170 Bo Diddley / Chuck Berry Two Great Guitars (LP, Album, RE) 1984
CH-9171 Chuck Berry New Juke Box Hits (LP, Album, RE) 1984
CH 9174 Various New Orleans Rhythm & Blues (LP, Comp) 1984
CH-9253 Various The Blues Volume 1 (LP, Mono) 1986
CH-9256 Chuck Berry Berry Is On Top (LP, Album, RE) 1987
CH 9264 Bo Diddley In The Spotlight (LP, RE, Album) 1987
CH-9269 Etta James Tell Mama (LP, RE) 1987
CH-9285 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger (LP, RE) 1988
CH-9315 Buddy Guy I Was Walking Through The Woods (LP, Comp, RE) 1990
CH 25001 Bo Diddley A Good Thing / Bo Diddley-Itis (7")  
CH 25 002 Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode / Reelin' And Rockin' (7", Single) 1972
CH 25004 Bo Diddley Husband-In-Law (7")  
CH 25005 Etta James All The Way Down (7")  
CH 25008 Etta James You Give Me What I Want / Out On The Street Again (7")  
CH-2-9209 Little Walter Boss Blues Harmonica (2xLP) 1984
CH 50001 Bo Diddley Another Dimension (LP) 1971
CH 50009 Kenny Burrell Cool Cookin' (2xLP)  
CH 50012 Muddy Waters "Live" (At Mr. Kelly's) (LP) 1971
CH 50016 Bo Diddley Where It All Began (LP) 1972
CH 50 021 Jack McDuff* The Heatin´ System (2xLP, Album) 1972
CH-50026 Various South Side Jazz (LP)  
CH 50031 Laura Lee Love More Than Pride (LP, Album) 1972
CH-50032 Bama - The Village Poet* Ghettos Of The Mind (LP) 1972
CH 50037 Bo Diddley Big Bad Bo (LP) 1974
CH 50042 Etta James Etta James (LP) 1973
CH 50045 Ramsey Lewis Solid Ivory (LP, Album) 1974
CH 50053 Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop, The* Stormy Weather (2xLP)  
CH 50054 Ramsey Lewis His Greatest Hits (2xLP) 1976
CH-60008 Howlin' Wolf London Sessions (Album) (2 versions) 1971
CH-60013 Muddy Waters The London Muddy Waters Sessions (Album) (2 versions) 1973
CH-60020 Chuck Berry The London Chuck Berry Sessions (Album) (2 versions) 1972
CH 60029 Etta James Come A Little Closer (LP) 1974
CH 60034 American Gypsy American Gypsy (LP, Album) 1975
CH 60035 Muddy Waters The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (LP, Album) 1975
CH 60037 Various The Black Caucus Concert - The First Annual Benefit Concert For The Congressional Black Caucus (LP, Album) 1975
CH-91017 Students, The Everyday Of The Week (7", Single) 1983
CH-91028 Little Milton / Mitty Collier Feel So Bad / I Had A Talk With My Man (7", Single) 1984
CH-91031 Dells, The Stay In My Corner / Always Together (7", Single, RE) 1984
CH-91501 Linda Jones Greatest Hits (LP) 1984
CH 91504 Jack McDuff* Sophisticated Funk (LP, RE) 1984
CH 91517 Fontella Bass The New Look (LP, Album) 1984
CH-91994 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley (LP, Album, RE) 1986
CH-92557 Pigmeat Markham Here Come The Judge (LP) 1984
CH2-92500 Chuck Berry The Great Twenty-Eight (2xLP, Comp, RE) 1984
CH2-92521 Chuck Berry Rock 'N Roll Rarities (2xLP, Comp) 1986
CH6 - 80002 Muddy Waters The Chess Box (6xLP) 1989
CH 6145019 Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling (7") 1972
CHC-9253 Various The Blues Volume 1 (Cass) 1986
CHC-9291 Muddy Waters Trouble No More・Singles (1955-1959) (Cass, Comp, RM) 1989
CHD-9199 John Lee Hooker Plays And Sings The Blues (CD, Album) 1989
CHD-9297 Howlin' Wolf The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (CD, Album) 1989
CHD-9344 Muddy Waters The Complete Plantation Recordings (CD) 1993
CHD-9364 Muddy Waters Electric Mud (CD) 1996
CHD-9371 Chuck Berry His Best, Volume 1 (CD, Comp)  
CHD-9374 Buddy Guy Buddy's Blues (CD) 1997
CHD-9375 Howlin' Wolf His Best (CD, Comp) 1997
CHD-9381 Chuck Berry His Best, Volume 2 (CD, Comp)  
CHD-9384 Little Walter His Best (CD, RM) 1997
CHD-9386 Little Milton Greatest Hits (CD) 1997
CHD-12017 Etta James At Last! (CD) 1999
CHD2-9343 Sonny Boy Williamson (2) The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson (2xCD) 1993
CHD-31262 Various The Blues Volume 1 (CD) 1986
CHD-31263 Various The Blues Volume Two (CD, Comp) 1987
CHD31318 Various The Best Of Chess Rhythm & Blues Volume Two (CD, Comp) 1988
CHD-31320 Various The Best Of Chess Rock 'N' Roll, Volume Two (CD, Comp) 1988
CHD3-9332 Howlin' Wolf The Chess Box (2 versions) 1991
CHD-91550 Art Farmer - Benny Golson Meet The Jazztet (CD, Album) 1990
CHD-92500 Chuck Berry The Great Twenty-Eight (CD, RE) 1984
CHD2-16500 Various Willie Dixon - The Chess Box (2xCD, Comp, RM) 1988
CHD2-19502 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley - The Chess Box (2xCD) 1990
CHD3-80001 Chuck Berry The Chess Box (3xCD, Comp + Box) 1988
CHD3-80002 Muddy Waters The Chess Box (3xCD, Comp) 1989
CHES 4003 Clarence "Frogman" Henry Ain't Got No Home / Country Boy / But I Do / You Always Hurt The One You Love (7", EP, RE)  
CHESL 101 Ramsey Lewis / Marlena Shaw Wade In The Water / The In Crowd (12")  
CQ 20.062 Chuck Berry St. Louis To Liverpool (LP, Album) 1964
CRL.4509 Ahmad Jamal The Roar Of The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd (LP, Album) 1965
CRL 4522 Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water (LP) 1966
CRL 4529 Bo Diddley , Muddy Waters & Little Walter Super Blues (LP, Mono) 1967
CRS 8011 Tony Clarke (2) The Entertainer / This Heart Of Mine (7") 1965
CRS 8023 Fontella Bass Rescue Me (7") 1965
CRS 8027 Fontella Bass Recovery (7") 1965
CRS 8040 Billy Stewart Summertime / To Love To Love (7", Single) 1966
CRS 8041 Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water (7", Single) 1966
CRS 8077 Pigmeat Markham Here Comes The Judge / The Trial (7", Single) 1968
CRS 8080 Gospel Classics, The More Love, That's What We Need (7") 1968
CRS 8099 Dells, The Medley: (a) Sing A Rainbow (b) Love Is Blue / Hallelujah Baby (7", Single) 1969
CSLP-750 Ramsey Lewis Trio, The and Jean DuShon You Better Believe Me (LP, Album) 1965
CXMB 7201 Gene Chandler The Duke Of Soul (LP) 1984
CXMD 4004-1 Howlin' Wolf Chess Masters...Howlin Wolf (2xLP) 1981
CXSP 7250 Various Sampler Chess Masters (Vinyl, Comp, Smplr) 1984
DETD 207 Chuck Berry Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll (2xLP) 1988
DETK 208 Howlin' Wolf London Sessions (Cass, Album) 1989
D.J. 009 Etta James Out On The Streets Again (7", Promo) 1974
DJLP1514 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (2xLP, Mono, Promo) 1967
DV 14702 Etta James Tell Mama / I'd Rather Go Blind (7") 1968
DV 14705 Ramsey Lewis Trio, The Soul Man / Struttin' Lightly (7", Single) 1967
EP-5126 Chuck Berry Sweet Little Rock And Roller (7", Mono, EP) 1958
GCH 8012 Howlin' Wolf Howlin' Wolf (LP, Album, RE) 1984
GCH 8018 Little Walter The Best Of Little Walter (LP, Comp, RE)  
GCH 8023 Howlin' Wolf Moanin' In The Moonlight (LP, Album, Mono, RE) 1986
GCH 8026 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley (LP, Album, RE) 1986
GCH 8049 Mitty Collier Shades Of A Genius (LP)  
GCH 8111 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley's Beach Party (LP, Album, RE)  
GCH 2-6035 Various Blues Rarities - Rare And Unissued Recordings (2xLP, Comp)  
GRP 18082 Kenny Burrell Soulero (CD, Album) 1995
GRP 18222 Count Basie Orchestra Straight Ahead (CD, Album)  
HJC 184 Muddy Waters Folk Singer (LP) 1972
LP 1426 Chuck Berry After School Session (12", Mono) 1958
LP 1427 Muddy Waters The Best Of (Vinyl, Comp) 1955
LP-1430 Moonglows, The Look! It's The Moonglows (LP, Album) 1959
LP 1431 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley (LP, Album) 1958
LP 1456 Chuck Berry New Juke Box Hits (12", Mono) 1961
LP-1458 NYC Various Murray The K's Golden Gassers (LP, Comp) 1961
LP-1464 Jimmy McCracklin Jimmy McCracklin Sings (LP, Album) 1962
LP-1465 Chuck Berry More Chuck Berry (LP, RE) 1963
LP 1467 Pigmeat Markham Anything Goes With Pigmeat (LP) 1963
LP-1469 Howlin' Wolf Howlin' Wolf (LP, Album, RE)  
LP-1470 Various Murray The K's Gassers For Submarine Race Watchers (LP, Comp) 1962
LP-1474 Various Treasure Tunes From The Vault As Advertised On WLS (LP)  
LP-1476 Various Dance Tunes From The Vault: Volume 2 (LP, Comp) 1962
LP 1480 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry On Stage (LP, Mono) 1963
LP 1482 Moms Mabley The Funny Sides Of Moms Mabley (LP) 1963
LP-1495 Chuck Berry Chuck Berry In London (LP, Mono) 1965
LP-1497 Moms Mabley The Men In My Life (LP, Mono) 1965
LP-1538 Albert King / Otis Rush Door To Door (LP) 1974
LP-1540 Howlin' Wolf Evil (LP) 1969
LP-C-691 Ahmad Jamal All Of You (LP, Album) 1962
LPS 127 Muddy Waters Fathers And Sons (2xLP, Album) 1969
LPS-1451 Pigmeat Markham The Trial (LP) 1961
LPS-1497 Moms Mabley The Men In My Life (LP) 1965
LPS 1505 Pigmeat Markham If You Can't Be Good, Be Careful! (LP) 1966
LPS-1507 Muddy Waters Muddy, Brass & The Blues (LP)  
LPS 1513 Billy Stewart Teaches Old Standards New Tricks (LP) 1967
LPS 1514D Chuck Berry Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (The Original Two Albums) (2xVinyl, Album) 1967
LPS1519 Wayne Cochran Wayne Cochran! (LP) 1967
LPS 1521 Pigmeat Markham Backstage (LP) 1968
LPS-1523 Pigmeat Markham Here Come The Judge (LP) 1984
LPS-1545 Zeet Band, The Moogie Woogie (LP)  
LPS 1551 Black Merda Black Merda (LP) 1970
MAR 3164 Little Walter The Best Of Little Walter (LP) 1968
MAR S-3219 Muddy Waters Electric Mud (LP) 1968
MCD 06021 Ramsey Lewis Trio* The Greatest Hits (CD, Comp) 1997
MCD 09108 Ahmad Jamal At The Pershing / But Not For Me (CD, Album, RE, RM) 1997
MCD 09270 Memphis Slim The Real Folk Blues (CD, Album, RM) 2007
MCD 09275 Sugar Pie Desanto Down In The Basement - The Chess Years (CD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 09289 Little Milton If Walls Could Talk (CD, Album, RM) 1997
MCD 09324 Sonny Boy Williamson (2) Bummer Road (CD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 09328 Koko Taylor What It Takes - The Chess Years (CD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 09335 Fontella Bass Rescued - The Best Of Fontella Bass (CD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 09337 Buddy Guy The Complete Chess Studio Recordings (2xCD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 09344 Muddy Waters The Complete Plantation Recordings (CD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 09348 Muddy Waters One More Mile - Chess Collectibles Volume 1 (2xCD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 09349 Howlin' Wolf Ain't Gonna Be Your Wolf (2xCD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 09354 Etta James These Foolish Things (CD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 09364 Muddy Waters Electric Mud (CD, Album, RM) 1996
MCD 09366 Little Walter Confessin' The Blues (CD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 09370 Muddy Waters His Best 1947 To 1955 (CD) 1997
MCD 09375 Howlin' Wolf His Best (CD, Comp) 1997
MCD 09388 Various Chess Soul - A Decade Of Chicago's Finest (2xCD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 11073 Howlin' Wolf The Genuine Article (CD, Comp, RM) 1997
MCD 91509 Etta James Come A Little Closer (CD, Album, RE, RM) 1997
MCD 91521 Aretha Franklin Aretha Gospel (CD) 1997
MCD 93003 Jimmy Witherspoon Spoon So Easy (CD, Album, RM) 1997
MGAR S-9228 Ramsey Lewis Trio, The Hang On Ramsey (LP)  
MGAR S-9232 Ramsey Lewis Trio, The Dancing In The Street (LP, Album) 1967
MSM-37189 Bo Diddley Big Bad Bo (LP, Rep)  
REDZ 100 Jimmy McCracklin The Walk (12") 1989
SPLO 3 Chuck Berry Spotlight On... (LP)  
U-11061 Rev. C.L. Franklin* The Barren Fig Tree (LP)  
U-11299 Majestics, The Oasis (7")  
VG 405 515037 Muddy Waters "Live" (At Mr. Kelly's) (LP, Album) 1971