Hip-O Select Releases Bo Diddley's Chess Masters, Volume 3

Hip-O Select Records continues their superb Bo Diddley reissue series this Friday with Ride On: The Chess Masters, Volume 3, 1960 - 1961. The two-disc set is being pressed as a limited edition of 5,000 and, at this point, is only available through the Hip-O Select website.

All 54 tracks on the set were recorded in Diddley's Washington, DC studio which was in the basement of his Rhode Island Avenue home. Home recording was virtually unheard of at this date, but that didn't stop Bo as he put down demos, brought in people for the backing tracks and fully produced the tracks before sending them off to Chess in Chicago.

The set includes 17 unreleased tracks or takes of existing tracks, with those previously released having ended up on the albums In The Spotlight, Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger, and Bo Diddley Is A Lover. The included booklet contains rare photos, liner notes and track-by-track commentary by George R. White.

The full track listing is after the cut. My White Horse (take 4)* Live My Life Scuttle Bug Love Me Walkin And Talkin (unedited) Mule Train (lead vocal)* Travelin West (instrumental version of Mule Train) Mule Train (group vocal)* Mule Train (alternate group vocal)* Merengue (Limbo)* Say You Will* Say You Will (alternate take)* Craw-Dad Ride On Josephine No More Lovin No More Lovin (alternate take) Do What I Say Doing The Craw-daddy Whoa, Mule (Shine) Cheyenne Sixteen Tons Googlia Moo Working Man Working Man (Bo Diddleys A) Gunslinger Somewhere Hey, Hey (What Are You Going To Do?) a/k/a Hey Pretty Baby (fast version)** Hey, Hey (What Are You Going To Do?) a/k/a Hey Pretty Baby (slow version)** Can You Shimmy?** I'm Hungry** Hey Pretty Baby (slow version)* Hey Pretty Baby (fast version)* Oh Yeah a/k/a Oh Yes** Huckleberry Bush (Hully Hully Gully)** Come On Baby a/k/a The Soup Maker** All Together** Watusi Bounce** Mess Around Doodlin* Bo Diddley Is An Outlaw (fast version)* Bo Diddley Is An Outlaw (slow version)* Aloha* Funny Talk* Instrumental* Bring Them Back Alive (Funny Talk)* When The Saints Go Marching In * Shank The Twister Bo Diddley Is A Lover Love Is A Secret Bo Diddley Is Loose Congo Aztec Call Me (Bos Blues) Bos Vacation * Previously unreleased** Previously unreleased in the United States