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The Chess Story is a lavishly produced, limited edition (1,000 made) 15-CD Chess Records box set that ranks easily among the most desirable collections ever manufactured. The Chicago label, established by Polish immigrant brothers Phil and Leonard Chess, brought the thrill of artists as diverse as Sunnyland Slim, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf to white audiences for the first time. Chess also nurtured the twin linchpins of the music that would inspire virtually every white rock combo of the Sixties, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. This massive set includes all of those Chess milestones, from "Bilbo Is Dead" - a haunting piano-led blues by their first artist, Andrew Tibbs, to Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88" - a 1951 R&B chart-topper, reckoned by many to have been the very first rock & roll waxing.