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Format: 14xCD
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Catalogue No: 3805962
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Label: MCA Records,Universal
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Genre: Blues
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Style: Chicago Blues, Rhythm & Blues
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Released: 04 Oct 1999 Europe
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Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
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Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Product Review:
NM/EX - visual grading only. All discs look unplayed. Booklets and inner boxes in NM condition. Outer box has a little edgewear but not much at all! Superb!
Released in 1999 on MCA/Universal, The Chess Story 1947-1975 is a limited, numbered 15-disc box set (edition of 10,000) covering the full arc of Chess Records from its Chicago blues origins through soul, R&B, and rock and roll. 13 audio CDs span Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Etta James, and more, plus a full disc of Phil and Marshall Chess interviews.
Release ID: 7328200
Track List:
. 1947-1950
1-1. The Five Blazes - Chicago Boogie 2:54
1-2. Jump Jackson And His Orchestra - Hey Pretty Mama 3:04
1-3. Tom Archia - Ice Man's Blues 3:10
1-4. Clarence Samuels - Boogie Woogie Blues 2:41
1-5. Andrew Tibbs - Bilbo Is Dead 2:54
1-6. Sunnyland Slim - Johnson Machine Gun 2:52
1-7. Muddy Waters - Gypsy Woman 2:35
1-8. Andrew Tibbs - I Feel Like Crying 2:57
1-9. Sunnyland Slim - She Ain't Nowhere 2:47
1-10. Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Going Home 3:11
1-11. Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied 2:42
1-12. Forrest Sykes - Tonky Boogie 3:09
1-13. St. Louis Jimmy Oden - Florida Hurricane 2:56
1-14. Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Miss Me 2:39
1-15. Leroy Foster - Locked Out Boogie 2:30
1-16. Muddy Waters - Streamline Woman 3:20
1-17. Forest City Joe - A Woman On Every Street 2:51
1-18. Laura Rucker - Crying The Blues 2:42
1-19. Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats - Baby I'm Sick Of You 2:50
1-20. Robert Nighthawk - Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) 3:03
1-21. Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Need My Help 3:03
1-22. Little Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy 2:56
1-23. Muddy Waters - Screamin' And Cryin' 3:09
1-24. The Dozier Boys - All I Need Is You 3:19
1-25. Robert Nighthawk - Six Three O 2:53
1-26. Muddy Waters - Rollin' And Tumblin' (Part 1) 2:58
. 1950-1951
2-1. Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone 3:02
2-2. Jimmy Rogers - That's Alright 2:50
2-3. The Dozier Boys - You Got To Get It 3:02
2-4. Doc Pomus - Send For The Doctor 2:16
2-5. Muddy Waters - Louisiana Blues 2:55
2-6. Jimmy Rogers - Goin' Away Baby 2:44
2-7. Johnny Shines - So Glad I Found You 2:26
2-8. Memphis Slim - Mother Earth 2:43
2-9. Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call 2:42
2-10. Oett "Sax" Mallard - Slow Caboose 2:26
2-11. Jimmy Rogers - The World Is A Tangle 2:57
2-12. Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88 2:49
2-13. John Lee Hooker - Leave My Wife Alone 2:47
2-14. Muddy Waters - Honey Bee 3:24
2-15. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - My Real Gone Rocket 2:30
2-16. Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' At Midnight 2:57
2-17. Harmonica Frank Floyd - Howlin' Tomcat 2:45
2-18. Billy "Red" Love - Juiced 2:32
2-19. Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years 2:44
2-20. Muddy Waters - Still A Fool 3:19
2-21. John Godfrey Trio - Hey Little Girl 3:00
2-22. Rosco Gordon - Booted 3:05
2-23. Muddy Waters - She Moves Me 2:59
2-24. Rufus Thomas - No More Doggin' Around 2:39
2-25. Floyd Jones (2) - Dark Road 3:22
2-26. Doctor Ross - Dr. Ross' Boogie 2:37
. 1952-1954 (Part One)
3-1. Howlin' Wolf - Mr. Highway Man 2:48
3-2. Arthur "Big Boy" Spires - Murmur Low 2:42
3-3. John Lee Hooker - Walkin' The Boogie 2:44
3-4. Joe Hill Louis - When I Am Gone (Extended Version) 3:47
3-5. Willie Nix - Truckin' Little Woman 2:40
3-6. John Lee Hooker - Sugar Mama 3:15
3-7. Little Walter And The Night Cats - Juke 2:45
3-8. Blue Smitty - Date Bait 2:36
3-9. Joe Williams - Every Day I Have The Blues 2:36
3-10. Muddy Waters - Standing Around Cryin' 3:23
3-11. Little Walter - Mean Old World 2:56
3-12. Willie Mabon - I Don't Know 3:09
3-13. Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours 3:29
3-14. Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur 2:53
3-15. Little Walter - Sad Hours 3:13
3-16. Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (Dust My Broom) 3:01
3-17. Willie Mabon - I'm Mad 2:38
3-18. John Brim - Be Careful What You Do 2:42
3-19. Little Walter - Off The Wall 2:50
3-20. Washboard Sam - Diggin' My Potatoes 2:45
3-21. The Coronets (8) - Nadine 2:51
3-22. Mitzi Mars - I'm Glad 2:36
3-23. Danny Overbea - Forty Cups Of Coffee 3:11
3-24. Little Walter - Tell Me Mama 2:46
3-25. Eddie Boyd - Third Degree 3:15
. 1952-1954 (Part Two)
4-1. The Blue Jays (5) - White Cliffs Over Dover 2:55
4-2. Little Walter - Blues With A Feeling 3:08
4-3. James "Sugar Boy" Crawford - Jock-A-Mo 2:28
4-4. Muddy Waters - Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me) 3:04
4-5. Little Walter - You're So Fine 3:05
4-6. Jimmy Binkley - Wine, Wine, Wine 2:33
4-7. Jimmy Rogers - Chicago Bound 2:43
4-8. Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man 2:52
4-9. Big Ed & His Combo - Biscuit Baking Woman 2:31
4-10. Leon D. Tarver & The Chordones - I'm A Young Rooster 2:44
4-11. Muddy Waters - Just Make Love To Me (I Just Want...) 2:53
4-12. Jimmy Rogers - Sloppy Drunk 3:04
4-13. Howlin' Wolf - Evil 2:55
4-14. Jimmy Witherspoon - When The Lights Go Out 2:52
4-15. Little Walter - You Better Watch Yourself 3:05
4-16. Larry Liggett - That Man Is Walking 2:46
4-17. Muddy Waters - I'm Ready 3:05
4-18. Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby 3:11
4-19. The Moonglows - Sincerely 3:13
4-20. J.B. Lenoir - Mama Talk To Your Daughter 2:21
4-21. Little Walter - Last Night 2:46
4-22. Otis Spann - I Must Have Been The Devil 2:42
4-23. Howlin' Wolf - Fourty Four 2:50
4-24. Buddy Griffin & His Orchestra - I Want To Hug You, Kiss You, Squeeze You 3:29
4-25. Jimmy Nelson (3) - Free And Easy Mind 2:59
4-26. The Moonglows - Most Of All 3:05
4-27. Jimmy & Johnny - If You Don't Somebody Else Will 2:20
. 1955-1956 (Part One)
5-1. The Hawketts - Mardi Gras Mambo 2:15
5-2. Jimmy Lee Fautheree, Wayne Walker - Love Me 1:53
5-3. Little Walter - My Babe 2:42
5-4. Lowell Fulson - Check Yourself 3:02
5-5. Bo Diddley - I'm A Man 3:00
5-6. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 2:47
5-7. Percy Mayfield - Are You Out There 2:57
5-8. Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy 2:58
5-9. Chuck Berry - Maybellene 2:22
5-10. Bo Diddley - Diddley Daddy 2:29
5-11. Willie Dixon - Walking The Blues 3:04
5-12. Willie Mabon - The Seventh Son 2:54
5-13. Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing 2:51
5-14. Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - Don't Start Me Talkin' 2:36
5-15. Bobby Tuggle - The $64,000 Question 2:12
5-16. Lowell Fulson - Trouble, Trouble 2:54
5-17. Chuck Berry - Thirty Days 2:24
5-18. The Moonglows - In My Diary 2:44
5-19. Bobby Charles - See You Later Alligator 2:51
5-20. The Rays (2) - Tippity Top 2:12
5-21. Muddy Waters - Trouble No More 2:42
5-22. The Flamingos - I'll Be Home 2:57
5-23. Little Walter - Who 2:25
5-24. Chuck Berry - No Money Down 2:59
5-25. Charles Williams (7) - So Glad She's Mine 2:14
5-26. Jimmy Rogers - You're The One 2:31
5-27. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' 3:07
. 1955-1956 (Part Two)
6-1. The Moonglows - We Go Together 2:46
6-2. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven 2:25
6-3. Paul Gayten - You Better Believe It 2:21
6-4. The Flamingos - A Kiss From Your Lips 3:04
6-5. Bobby Charles - Take It Easy, Greasy 2:13
6-6. Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love 2:31
6-7. The Moonglows - See-Saw 2:28
6-8. Chuck Berry - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man 2:18
6-9. Muddy Waters - Don't Go No Farther 2:55
6-10. Howlin' Wolf - I Asked For Water 2:50
6-11. Willie Dixon - 29 Ways 2:10
6-12. The Flamingos - Would I Be Crying (If I Were Lying To You) 3:02
6-13. Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - Keep It To Yourself 2:50
6-14. Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business 2:57
6-15. J.B. Lenoir - Don't Touch My Head 2:19
6-16. Floyd Dixon - I'm Ashamed Of Myself 2:21
6-17. The Ravens (2) - A Simple Prayer 2:38
6-18. Bobby Sisco - Tall, Dark And Handsome Man 2:17
6-19. Little Walter - Boom, Boom (Out Goes The Lights) 2:51
6-20. Clarence "Frogman" Henry - Ain't Got No Home 2:23
6-21. Jimmy Rogers - Walkin' By Myself 2:49
6-22. The Pastels (2) - Been So Long 2:43
6-23. Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Workin' 2:52
6-24. Chuck Berry - School Day 2:43
6-25. The Moonglows - Please Send Me Someone To Love 2:22
6-26. Dale Hawkins - Susie Q 2:15
6-27. Muddy Waters - Rock Me 3:12
6-28. The Moonglows - Blue Velvet 3:03
. 1957-1959 (Part One)
7-1. Bo Diddley - Hey Bo Diddley 2:14
7-2. Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes 2:21
7-3. Lee Andrews & The Hearts - Long Lonely Nights 2:55
7-4. Bo Diddley - Mona (I Need You Baby) 2:23
7-5. Billy Barrix - Cool Off Baby 2:10
7-6. TV Slim - Flat Foot Sam 2:11
7-7. The Tune Weavers - Happy, Happy Birthday Baby 2:20
7-8. Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music 2:34
7-9. Bo Diddley - Before You Accuse Me 3:07
7-10. Al Kent (2) - That's Why I Love You 2:19
7-11. Clifton Chenier - My Soul 2:55
7-12. Billy Miranda (2) - Go Ahead 1:49
7-13. Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - Ninety Nine 2:39
7-14. The Monotones - Book Of Love 2:22
7-15. G.L. Crockett - Look Out Mabel 2:39
7-16. Howlin' Wolf - Sittin' On Top Of The World 2:35
7-17. Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk 2:47
7-18. Eddie Fontaine - Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees) 2:56
7-19. The Moonglows - Ten Commandments Of Love (Full Version) 4:07
7-20. The Kendall Sisters - Yea Yea 2:30
7-21. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen 3:13
7-22. Dale Hawkins - Tornado 2:28
7-23. Stanley Mitchell, The Tornados (6) - Four O'Clock In The Morning 2:34
7-24. Bo Diddley - Say Man 3:13
7-25. Jimmy McCracklin - Everybody Rock (New Orleans Beat) 2:25
7-26. Lula Reed - Anything To Say You're Mine 2:23
7-27. Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - Your Funeral And My Trial 2:33
7-28. Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' For My Baby 2:47
. 1957-1959 (Part Two)
8-1. Johnny Fuller - You Got Me Whistlin' 2:10
8-2. Eddie Bo - Oh-Oh 2:27
8-3. Chuck Berry - Carol 2:49
8-4. Dale Hawkins - La-Do-Dada 2:35
8-5. Myles & Dupont - Loud Mouth Annie 2:29
8-6. L.C. Cook - Do You Remember? 2:38
8-7. Lou Josie - Vacation's Over 2:11
8-8. Little Walter - Key To The Highway 2:47
8-9. Muddy Waters - Close To You 3:07
8-10. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Rock And Roller 2:23
8-11. Bo Diddley - I'm Sorry 2:27
8-12. Rusty York - Sugaree 2:43
8-13. The Sonics (2) - This Broken Heart 3:04
8-14. Bo Diddley - Crackin' Up 2:07
8-15. Chuck Berry - Almost Grown 2:21
8-16. Rod Bernard - This Should Go On Forever 2:46
8-17. Sugar Pie DeSanto - I Want To Know 3:04
8-18. Mel Robbins - Save It 2:06
8-19. Chuck Berry - Back In The U.S.A. 2:29
8-20. The Miracles - Bad Girl 2:43
8-21. Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - Unseeing Eye 3:07
8-22. Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' For My Darlin' 2:33
8-23. The Calvaes - Anna Macora 2:25
8-24. Little Walter - Eyerything's Gonna Be Alright 2:51
8-25. Chuck Berry - Let It Rock 1:48
8-26. Bo Diddley - Road Runner 2:51
8-27. Bobby Saxton - Trying To Make A Living 2:49
8-28. Gene Simmons (2) - Goin' Back To Memhis 3:01
8-29. Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues 2:17
. 1960-1961
9-1. Etta James - All I Could Do Was Cry 2:57
9-2. Otis Rush - All Your Love 2:56
9-3. Elmore James - Can't Hold Out (Talk To Me, Baby) 2:17
9-4. Etta James, Harvey Fuqua - If I Can't Have You 2:52
9-5. Lowell Fulson - Blue Shawdows 2:29
9-6. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful 2:46
9-7. Muddy Waters - Tiger In Your Tank 2:17
9-8. Bo Diddley - Gunslinger 1:54
9-9. Clarence "Frogman" Henry - (I Don't Know Why) But I Do 2:22
9-10. Etta James - At Last 3:01
9-11. Howlin' Wolf - Back Door Man 2:50
9-12. The Vibrations - The Watusi 2:41
9-13. Little Walter - Just Your Fool 2:25
9-14. Chuck Berry - Come On 1:50
9-15. Albert King - I Won't Be Hanging Around 2:57
9-16. Clarence "Frogman" Henry - You Alwasy Hurt The One You LOve 2:30
9-17. The Marathons - Peanut Butter 2:00
9-18. Howlin' Wolf - Down In The Bottom (Unedited Version) 2:36
9-19. The Sensations (2) - Music, Music, Music 3:19
9-20. Betty James - I'm A Little Mixed Up 2:51
9-21. Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster 2:29
9-22. Little Milton - So Mean To Me 2:35
9-23. Jackie Cannon - Proof Of Your Love 2:03
9-24. The Sensations (2) - Let Me In 3:06
9-25. The Corsairs - Smokey Places 3:03
9-26. Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - Nine Below Zero (Unedited Version) 3:44
9-27. Etta James - Something's Got A Hold On Me 2:51
9-28. Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy 2:57
. 1962-1964
10-1. Billy Stewart - Reap What You Sow 2:28
10-2. Dave "Baby" Cortez - Rinky Dink 2:52
10-3. Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover 3:11
10-4. Etta James - Stop The Wedding 2:54
10-5. Ty Hunter - Lonely Baby 3:05
10-6. Jan Bradley - Mama Didn't Lie 2:03
10-7. Cookie & His Cupcakes - Got You On My Mind 2:36
10-8. Etta James - Pushover 2:56
10-9. Sonny Boy Williamson (2) - Help Me 3:10
10-10. Howlin' Wolf - 300 Pounds Of Joy 3:06
10-11. The Jaynetts - Sally Go Round The Roses 3:01
10-12. Joe Tex - You Keep Her 2:25
10-13. Knight Brothers - Second Hand Lover 2:27
10-14. Tommy Tucker - Hi-Heel Sneakers 2:51
10-15. Chuck Berry - Nadine 2:37
10-16. Muddy Waters - You Can't Lose What Ain't Never Had 2:58
10-17. Sugar Pie DeSanto - Soulful Dress 2:51
10-18. Buddy Guy - My Time After A While 3:02
10-19. Jackie Ross - Selfish One 3:20
10-20. Fontella Bass, Bobby McClure - Don't Mess Up A Good Thing 3:03
10-21. Mitty Collier - I Had A Talk With My Man 3:45
10-22. Chuck Berry - Promised Land 2:25
10-23. Tony Clarke (2) - The Entertainer 2:37
10-24. The Radiants - Voice Your Choice 2:35
10-25. Buster Brown - Crwalin' King Snake 3:07
10-26. Billy Stewart - I Do Love You 2:59
. 1965-1966
11-1. James Phelps - Love Is A Five-Letter Word 3:31
11-2. Little Milton - We're Gonna Make It 2:43
11-3. The Radiants - Ain't No Big Thing 2:51
11-4. Knight Brothers - Temptation 'Bout To Get Me 3:26
11-5. Billy Stewart - Sitting In The Park 3:18
11-6. Little Milton - Who's Cheating Who? 2:58
11-7. The Ramsey Lewis Trio - The In Crowd 3:22
11-8. Fontella Bass - Rescue Me 2:55
11-9. Billy Stewart - Summertime 2:43
11-10. Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces - Searching For My Love 2:32
11-11. Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle 3:03
11-12. Little Joe Blue - Dirty Work Goin' On 2:49
11-13. Etta James, Sugar Pie DeSanto - In The Basement 2:24
11-14. Tony Clarke (2) - Landslide 2:17
11-15. John Lee Hooker - In The Mood 2:45
11-16. Big Maybelle - It's A Man's Man's World 2:54
11-17. The Ramsey Lewis Trio - Wade In The Water 3:49
11-18. John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer 3:03
11-19. Kip Anderson - Without A Woman 2:52
11-20. Bobby McClure - Peak Of Love 2:56
11-21. Valentinos - Sweeer Than The Day Before 2:39
11-22. Barbara & The Browns - To Know I Can't Touch 2:22
11-23. Gene Chandler - I Fooled You This Time 2:54
11-24. Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces - Try My Love Again 2:05
11-25. Bo Diddley - Ooh Baby 2:51
11-26. Little Milton - I Feel So Bad 4:03
. 1967-1968
12-1. Marlena Shaw - Mery, Mercy, Mercy 3:03
12-2. Laura Lee - Dirty Man 2:54
12-3. Tommy Tucker - I'm Shorty 2:47
12-4. Irma Thomas - Cheater Man 2:30
12-5. The Dells - O-O I Love You 3:20
12-6. Etta James - Tell Mama 2:23
12-7. Wayne Cochran - Some-A Your Sweet Love 3:10
12-8. Laura Lee - Uptight Good Man 2:50
12-9. The Dells - There Is 3:34
12-10. Johnny Sayles - I'm Just What She Needs 2:38
12-11. Maurice & Mac - You Left The Water Running 2:43
12-12. Mamie Galore - It Ain't Necessary 2:13
12-13. Hound Dog Taylor - Sitting Home Alone 3:46
12-14. Andre Williams (2) - Cadillac Jack 3:09
12-15. Irma Thomas - Good To Me 2:34
12-16. Etta James - Security 2:30
12-17. The Dells - Stay In My Corner 6:14
12-18. Willie Walker - You Name It, I've Had It 3:05
12-19. Pigmeat Markham - Here Comes The Judge 2:43
12-20. Terry Callier - Look At Me Now 2:43
12-21. Muddy Waters - Walking Thru The Park 3:20
12-22. Little Milton - Grits Ain't Groceries 2:40
12-23. Koko Taylor - Love You Like A Woman 2:08
. 1969-1975
13-1. John Littlejohn - I Had A Dream 4:08
13-2. The Dells - Oh What A Night 4:06
13-3. Little Milton - If Walls Could Talk 3:09
13-4. Howlin' Wolf - Who's Been Talking 3:04
13-5. Little Milton - Baby, I Love You 2:46
13-6. Etta James - Losers Weepers 3:01
13-7. Lee Eldred - Recouperating 2:44
13-8. Sam Dees - Can You Be A One-Woman Man 3:11
13-9. Koko Taylor - Tease Your Man 4:22
13-10. Muddy Waters - Sad, Sad Day 5:23
13-11. Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling 4:24
13-12. The Dells - Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation 4:16
13-13. Muddy Waters - Can't Get No Grindin' 2:48
13-14. Howlin' Wolf - Can't Stay Here 2:34
13-15. Chuck Berry - Bio 4:26
13-16. The Dells - I Miss You 4:26
13-17. Al Downing - I'll Be Holding On 3:09
13-18. The Dramatics - Don't Make Me No Promises 3:23
13-19. Solomon Burke - I'm Leaving On That Late, Late Train 3:04
13-20. Jimmy Ruffin - Tell Me What You Want 3:16
13-21. Muddy Waters - Going Down To Main Street 4:11
. The Chess Story
14-1. Phil Chess - Phil Chess Interview 10:21
14-2. Phil Chess - Phil Chess Interview 11:10
14-3. Phil Chess - Phil Chess Interview 7:44
14-4. Phil Chess - Phil Chess Interview 6:24
14-5. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 3:58
14-6. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 2:08
14-7. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 4:24
14-8. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 0:57
14-9. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 2:54
14-10. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 2:24
14-11. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 2:57
14-12. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 1:23
14-13. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 3:58
14-14. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 1:10
14-15. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 3:11
14-16. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 1:40
14-17. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 3:36
14-18. Marshall Chess - Marshall Chess Interview 3:11
. CD ROM
15-1. Various - An Interactive Journey Through The Chess Story Years
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