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DOY 678LP
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"Muddy Waters' historic first recordings. In 1941, long before becoming the 'father of Chicago blues,' Muddy Waters was just another country blues man running a juke joint in Mississippi when he was recorded by Alan Lomax on one of his legendary field recording trips of the south for the Library of Congress. In fact, it was not until after he heard himself on these recordings (featuring also Henry Sims on violin, Louis Ford on mandolin and Percy Thomas on guitar) that Muddy had the confidence to move to Chicago and try his luck at becoming a full-time blues musician. In 1948 Muddy had his first breakthrough hit at Chess Records with 'I Can't Be Satisfied.'" Comes on 180 gram vinyl.
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CHESS 1553HLP
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180 gram vinyl reissue of this 1970 Muddy Waters collection; songs recorded between 1951 and 1967.
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CHESS 1539HLP
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180 gram reissue, originally released in 1969. "Muddy Waters was the earliest and most successful to electrify and adapt country blues to modern urban forms."
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CH 50023HLP
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Muddy Waters' recordings for Chess are among the best moments in the entire history of blues. Can't Get No Grindin' was originally released in 1973. 180 gram vinyl reissue.
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GET 54042LP
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"The second of two electric-blues albums released on Chess Records and Cadet Concept imprint in the late '60s, Muddy Waters' After the Rain has achieved cult-like status amongst blues fans in the years since his death in 1983. After taking a backlash from critics with first attempt at adopting psychedelic influences on Electric Mud, Muddy made adjustments for the follow-up, despite keeping a majority of the same session players. This time, he toned down the psychedelic elements and put them in balance with his classic Chicago blues sound, and the results yield some vintage tracks that glow with fuzzy guitars and bass: 'I Am the Blues,' 'Ramblin' Mind,' 'Bottom of the Sea,' and 'Blues Trouble.' After being out of print for years, Get On Down is proud to present this rare classic from Muddy Waters pulled from the original masters and presented on LP with Japanese-style OBI and double-sided poster."
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GET 54042CD
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"The second of two electric-blues albums released on Chess Records and Cadet Concept imprint in the late '60s, Muddy Waters' After the Rain has achieved cult-like status amongst blues fans in the years since his death in 1983. After taking a backlash from critics with first attempt at adopting psychedelic influences on Electric Mud, Muddy made adjustments for the follow-up, despite keeping a majority of the same session players. This time, he toned down the psychedelic elements and put them in balance with his classic Chicago blues sound, and the results yield some vintage tracks that glow with fuzzy guitars and bass: 'I Am the Blues,' 'Ramblin' Mind,' 'Bottom of the Sea,' and 'Blues Trouble.' After being out of print for years, Get On Down is proud to present this rare classic from Muddy Waters pulled from the original masters and presented in an attractive digi-pack."
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LPS 314LP
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Gatefold repro of the third studio album -- his "psychedelic" one -- originally released in 1968. "Marshall Chess assembled in his words 'the hottest, most avant garde rock guys in Chicago' for the album sessions consisting of Pete Cosey (lead guitar, later with Miles Davis) Phil Upchurch and Roland Faulkner (rhythm guitar), Louis Satterfield (bass) Gene Barge (tenor sax), Charles Stepney (organs) and Morris Jennings (drums). Since Muddy wasn't as accustomed to this style, he only contributed vocals, but he still played an essential part in this recording. Electric Mud was mostly recorded in live takes with few overdubs and that off-the-cuff live feel that's captured on it makes it stronger." -- Perfect Sound Forever
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DOY 635LP
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"By 1954, the father of Chicago blues, Muddy Waters, had reached the upper echelons of success. Now recording with a band that included harmonica virtuoso Little Walter Jacobs, the legendary Willie Dixon on double bass, and Jimmy Rogers on second guitar (all immense talents in their own right), Waters could do no wrong. In addition to penning much of his own material (including 1955's 'Mannish Boy', a scathing response to Bo Diddley's 'I'm A Man'), Waters enlisted the songwriting talent of Dixon as well, who churned out one soon-to-be blues standard after another (i.e. 'I'm Ready', 'I Love The Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love', 'Young Fashioned Ways', 'Close To You', etc.). During this period Waters ruled the American R&B charts, and in 1958 he was sent to England, where his electrified blues performances had a long lasting impact on the future of British rock as well."
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DOY 634LP
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"'Discovered' by Alan Lomax and his legendary tape recorder while still living in on a Mississippi plantation, Muddy Waters did not become a star until he moved north to Chicago in the early forties, where his flamboyant style and slide-guitar playing would eventually become synonymous with the Chicago blues scene. Waters' first nationwide R&B hit did not come until 1948 with, 'I Feel Like Going Home,' but from there on out he charted regularly with songs like 'Honey Bee', 'Louisiana Blues', 'She Moves Me', and later 'Hoochie Coochie Man' and 'Just Make Love to Me'. His band soon became the most respected (and feared) in the city -- especially by local musicians who would inevitably get blown off the stage by Waters and his musical henchmen, who included the legendary harmonica player Little Walter and Willie 'Hoochie Coochie Man' Dixon (both stars in their own right). These 25 tracks, all made for Chess from 1947-1954, are the ones that made Waters a star and are essential listening by any standard."
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