LITTLE WALTER The Best Of Little Walter (Chess Records 75th Anniversary Series 2026 limited edition 12-track LP pressed on 180-gram Black Vinyl, mastered by Matt Lutthans at The Mastering Lab from the original Chessmaster tapes and pressed by Quality Record Pressings. Originally released in 1958, The Best Of Little Walter is one of the foundational documents of electric blues - a collection that redefined the harmonica as a lead instrumentand reshaped the vocabulary of post-war Chicago blues. Drawn from Walter Jacobs' groundbreaking Chess singles, the album includes Juke - the only harmonica instrumental ever to reach No.1 on the Billboard R&B chart - alongside My Babe, Blues With A Feeling, Last Night and Off The Wall. By amplifying his harp through a microphone and overdriven amplifier, Little Walter forged a new electric sound: raw, cutting, and rhythmically aggressive. His tone and phrasing became a blueprint for generations of players and left a direct imprint on rock, soul and British blues in the decades that followed. Standing alongside Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf in the Chess Records canon, Walter's recordings captured the moment electric blues stepped fully into the modern era. This Acoustic Sounds edition restores those sessions from the original analogue masters, presenting the music with clarity, weight and dynamic range faithful to the source. Gatefold picture sleeve, factory sealed. Highly recommended).