Howlin' Wolf- The Real Folk Blues (Chess Acoustic Sounds Series) Format:180g LP moving beyond bebop and foreshadowing

moving beyond bebop and foreshadowing his avant-garde explorations

Fatal Optimist

Demon are delighted to announce a suite of products celebrating the band's next two catalogue classics

Putrefied Living Flesh

Howlin' Wolf- The Real Folk Blues (Chess Acoustic Sounds Series) Format:180g LP moving beyond bebop and foreshadowingLabel: Chess Interscope Reissued 5 22 2026, Originally released 1966 Most of Chess Records' Real Folk Blues albums were compilations of singles recorded over a span of years (in Wolf's case, from 1956 to 1965). This album did not fit the usual definitions of 'folk blues,' featuring instead Chicago urban blues by an incomparable singer and a host of great sidemen (including Hubert Sumlin and Buddy Guy), but Chess was making a move to remarket the blues