Chess Record Corp - A Tribute, is the ultimate pictorial journey of one of the most iconic record labels in the history of music . Chess Records the foundation

Tells the story of Chess Records, tracing the evolution of the label, and discussing its role in introducing African-American music to white America.

Sun Records gave us rock and roll, Motown Records gave us pop soul, and Chess Records gave us the blues. Chess was label for Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck B

"Brilliant; the best book I have ever read about the recording industry; a classic."--Larry King On the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s, two immigrants;

Traces the rise and fall of the original Stax Records, touching upon the racial politics in Memphis in the 1960s, the personal histories of the sibling founders