Like many of the blues albums released during the 1950s and into the following decade, Moanin In The Moonlight was not recorded as an album but rather as a series of singles. At some point, when Howlin Wolf had recorded enough material to justify it, these would be gathered together to create a new release. Whilst this would imply the album lacks any degree of spontaneity, the fact is that Howlin Wolf was such a unique musician and singer theres a level of quality to all of his recordings. A collection of singles it may be, but what a collection!