First-year pressing
The Real Folk Blues 1966 US Pressing (1502)
The Real Folk Blues by Howlin' Wolf
Mono
- Artist
- Howlin' Wolf
- Title
- The Real Folk Blues
- Labels
- Chess 1502
- Chess LP 1502
- Chess LP-1502
- Country
- US
- Released
- January 1966
- Format
- LP, Album, Mono
- Format notes
- Santa Maria Pressing
Runout and matrix codes
Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.
- 14188Label A
- 14189Label B
- LP-1502 S1 14188Runout A
- LP 1502 S2 ̶8̶5̶2̶ 14189Runout B
Other US pressings of The Real Folk Blues
- 1966Chess LPS-1502LP, Album, Stereo
- 1966Chess LP-1502LP, Album, Mono
- 1966Chess LP-1502LP, Album, Promo, Mono
- 1966Chess LPS-1502LP, Album, Stereo
- 1987Chess CH-9273LP, Album, Reissue, Mono
- 1987Chess CH-9273LP, Album, Reissue