For the collector who takes Howlin' Wolf seriously: pressings and compilations that cover the full range of his recorded work, from the earliest Sun sessions through the Chess years and the 1964 European tour.
The collection runs eleven titles across vinyl and CD. On the vinyl side, the Chess Acoustic Sounds Series pressing arrives on 180g wax, a heavyweight reissue of one of the most important albums in the Chess catalog. His Greatest Sides Vol. 1 is pressed on red vinyl. Boy You Got The Blues There! Vol. 1 comes from Bear Family. Best Of The Sun Records Sessions is available on standard LP, and Sings The Blues and Howlin' Blues Selected A & B Sides 1951-1962 round out the LP selection. On the CD side, the three-disc Complete RPM & Chess Singles As & Bs 1951-62 from Acrobat is the most comprehensive single-set overview here, pulling together the full run of singles output across that decade. Bear Family's Memphis Days volumes, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, dig into the early recordings. Live In Europe 1964 documents the touring band on CD, and Goin' Down Slow & Other Favorites offers a solid single-disc entry point.
Why buy from Relix
Relix has covered the intersection of American roots music and the artists who kept it alive since 1974. That perspective shapes what ends up on these shelves. The store carries the Relix Sessions series, live recordings produced by Relix and pressed to vinyl on the Relix Vinyl label, alongside titles from Chess, Bear Family, Acrobat, ORG Music, Jackpot Records, and other labels whose catalog work meets the same standard of care the music deserves. We stock what we would want to own.
All titles are new and sealed. Pre-order titles display a street date and ship when the label releases them. Vinyl ships in protective packaging designed for LPs.
Go deeper into related sections of the store: Blues Vinyl Records spans the wider genre, from Delta originals to Chicago electric. Live Vinyl Albums & Records covers concert documents across decades and styles. If the red pressing of His Greatest Sides Vol. 1 caught your eye, Colored Vinyl Records & Limited Variants collects the full range of color and limited pressings available in the store.