Muddy Waters

Press Release
Apart from the 10-years-younger and still surviving B B King, Muddy Waters (1915-1983) was arguably the most internationally renowned ambassador of the blues of the post-WW2 electrified generation, in his case a pivotal figure in the development of a southern rural upbringing and style translocated to, and transformed in, the urbanized setting of Chicago. Whereas the majority of subsequently well known migrating bluesmen made their recording debut after their move to a city, Muddy was first captured on tape in rural Mississippi in 1941 and '42 by Alan Lomax. 13 of those 'field' recordings open this 4CD set, allowing the er to then hear how Muddy progressed, amplified and matured his performances once he had settled in Chicago, where he recorded briefly for Columbia in 1946 (the balance of Disc One) before being signed by the Chess brothers in 1947. It was as a Chess recording artist that he soon became top dog on the burgeoning Chicago blues scene. Discs 2-4 of this set cover all of his important recording up to end-1955, including the 12 R&B chart hits that put him at the forefront of that era's Chicago bluesmen and founded his international reputation.

Disc 1 - Mean Red Spider
1 COUNTRY BLUES McKinley Morganfield 03:24 1941

2 I BE’S TROUBLED McKinley Morganfield 03:00 1941

3 RAMBLIN’ KID BLUES McKinley Morganfield 03:14 1942

4 ROSALIE McKinley Morganfield 02:58 1942

5 JOE TURNER BLUES Simms 02:43 1942

6 PEARLY MAY BLUES Unknown 03:21 1942

7 TAKE A WALK WITH ME Lockwood 02:55 1942

8 BURR CLOVER BLUES McKinley Morganfield 03:10 1942

9 I BE BOUND TO WRITE TO YOU McKinley Morganfield 03:16 1942

10 YOU GONNA MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE McKinley Morganfield 03:14 1942

11 YOU GOT TO TAKE SICK AND DIE SOME OF THESE DAYS McKinley Morganfield 02:05 1942

12 WHY DON’T YOU LIVE SO GOD CAN USE YOU McKinley Morganfield 02:05 1942

13 COUNTRY BLUES (NO.2) McKinley Morganfield 03:32 1942

14 MEAN RED SPIDER McKinley Morganfield 02:20 1946

15 I’M GONNA CUT YOUR HEAD Unknown 02:50 1946

16 ATOMIC BOMB BLUES Unknown 02:30 1946

17 TOMORROW WILL BE TOO LATE Unknown 03:00 1946

18 JITTERBUG BLUES McKinley Morganfield 02:49 1946

19 HARD DAY BLUES McKinley Morganfield 02:44 1946

20 BURYIN’ GROUND BLUES McKinley Morganfield 02:42 1946

21 COME TO ME BABY Unknown 02:47 1946

22 YOU CAN’T MAKE THE GRADE Unknown 02:52 1946

Disc 2 ROLLIN’ AND TUMBLIN’
1 GYPSY WOMAN McKinley Morganfield 02:32 1947

2 LITTLE ANNA MAE McKinley Morganfield 02:31 1947

3 GOOD LOOKIN’ WOMAN McKinley Morganfield 02:41 1948

4 MEAN DISPOSITION McKinley Morganfield 02:33 1948

5 I CAN’T BE SATISFIED McKinley Morganfield 02:40 1948

6 I FEEL LIKE GOING HOME McKinley Morganfield 03:07 1948

7 TRAIN FARE HOME BLUES McKinley Morganfield 02:45 1948

8 DOWN SOUTH BLUES McKinley Morganfield 02:52 1948

9 KIND HEARTED WOMAN McKinley Morganfield 02:34 1948

10 SITTIN’ HERE AND DRINKIN’ (WHISKEY BLUES) McKinley Morganfield 02:32 1948

11 YOU’RE GONNA MISS ME McKinley Morganfield 02:33 1948

12 MEAN RED SPIDER McKinley Morganfield 02:15 1948

13 STAND HERE TREMBLIN’ McKinley Morganfield 02:22 1948

14 STREAMLINE WOMAN McKinley Morganfield 03:15 1948

15 HARD DAYS McKinley Morganfield 02:31 1948

16 MUDDY JUMPS ONE McKinley Morganfield 02:22 1948

17 LITTLE GENEVA McKinley Morganfield 02:45 1949

18 CANARY BIRD McKinley Morganfield 02:42 1949

19 BURYING GROUND McKinley Morganfield 02:33 1949

20 SCREAMIN’ AND CRYIN’ McKinley Morganfield 03:03 1949

21 WHERE’S MY WOMAN BEEN McKinley Morganfield 03:05 1949

22 LAST TIME I FOOL AROUND WITH YOU McKinley Morganfield 02:34 1949

23 ROLLIN’ AND TUMBLIN’ PT.1 McKinley Morganfield 02:58 1950

24 ROLLIN’ AND TUMBLIN’ PT.2 McKinley Morganfield 02:52 1950

Disc 3 MUDDY WATERS SHE MOVES ME
1 ROLLIN’ STONE McKinley Morganfield 03:05 1950

2 WALKING BLUES Robert Johnson 02:55 1950

3 YOU’RE GONNA NEED MY HELP I SAID McKinley Morganfield 03:04 1950

4 SAD LETTER BLUES McKinley Morganfield 03:00 1950

5 EARLY MORNING BLUES McKinley Morganfield 03:07 1950

6 APPEALING BLUES (HELLO LITTLE GIRL) McKinley Morganfield 02:47 1950

7 LOUISIANA BLUES McKinley Morganfield 02:52 1950

8 EVANS SHUFFLE McKinley Morganfield 02:10 1950

9 LONG DISTANCE CALL McKinley Morganfield 02:38 1951

10 TOO YOUNG TO KNOW McKinley Morganfield 03:10 1951

11 HONEY BEE McKinley Morganfield 03:20 1951

12 HOWLING WOLF McKinley Morganfield 02:40 1951

13 COUNTRY BOY McKinley Morganfield 03:08 1951

14 SHE MOVES ME McKinley Morganfield 02:55 1951

15 MY FAULT McKinley Morganfield 02:40 1951

16 STILL A FOOL McKinley Morganfield 03:12 1951

17 THEY CALL ME MUDDY WATERS McKinley Morganfield 03:21 1952

18 ALL NIGHT LONG McKinley Morganfield 02:54 1952

19 STUFF YOU GOTTA WATCH McKinley Morganfield 02:47 1952

20 LONESOME DAY McKinley Morganfield 03:27 1952

21 PLEASE HAVE MERCY McKinley Morganfield 03:10 1952

22 WHO’S GONNA BE YOUR SWEET MAN McKinley Morganfield 03:02 1952

23 STANDING AROUND CRYING McKinley Morganfield 03:20 1952

24 GONE TO MAIN STREET McKinley Morganfield 02:26 1952

25 IODINE IN MY COFFEE McKinley Morganfield 03:28 1952

Disc 4 - I’M YOUR HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN
1 FLOOD McKinley Morganfield 02:38 1953

2 MY LIFE IS RUINED McKinley Morganfield 02:36 1953

3 SHE’S ALL RIGHT McKinley Morganfield 02:32 1953

4 SAD, SAD DAY McKinley Morganfield 03:07 1953

5 TURN THE LAMP DOWN LOW (BABY PLEASE DON’T GO) McKinley Morganfield 02:47 1953

6 LOVING MAN McKinley Morganfield 02:23 1953

7 BLOW WIND BLOW McKinley Morganfield 03:09 1953

8 MAD LOVE (I WANT YOU TO LOVE ME) McKinley Morganfield 03:02 1953

9 I’M YOUR HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN Willie Dixon 02:49 1954

10 SHE’S SO PRETTY McKinley Morganfield 02:15 1954

11 JUST MAKE LOVE TO ME (I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU) Willie Dixon 02:48 1954

12 OH! YEH Elias E. McDaniel 02:54 1954

13 I’M READY Willie Dixon 03:02 1954

14 SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING McKinley Morganfield 03:06 1954

15 I DON’T KNOW WHY McKinley Morganfield 02:56 1954

16 I’M A NATURAL BORN LOVER McKinley Morganfield 02:48 1954

17 OOH WEE McKinley Morganfield 02:42 1954

18 THIS PAIN Willie Dixon 03:02 1955

19 YOUNG FASHIONED WAYS Willie Dixon 02:58 1955

20 I WANT TO BE LOVED McKinley Morganfield 02:28 1955

21 MY EYES (KEEP ME IN TROUBLE) Walker 03:05 1955

22 MANNISH BOY Elias McDaniel, Willie Dixon 02:54 1955

23 I GOT TO FIND MY BABY Willie Dixon 02:52 1955

24 SUGAR SWEET Mel London 02:28 1955

25 TROUBLE NO MORE McKinley Morganfield 02:38 1955

Disc: 2 - 1954 - 1959
*1. I Just Want To Make Love To You  
*2. I'm Ready  
3. Smokestack Lightnin'  
*4. Young Fashioned Ways  
*5. Mannish Boy  
*6. Trouble No More  
*7. Forty Days And Forty Nights  
*8. Just To Be With You  
*9. Don't Go No Farther  
*10. Diamonds At Your Feet  
*11. I Love The Life I Live, I Live The Life I Love  
*12. Rock Me  
*13. Look What You Done  
*14. Got My Mojo Working  
15. Good News  
16. Evil  
*17. She's Nineteen Years Old  
*18. Close To You  
*19. Walkin' Thru The Park  
20. Blues Before Sunrise (With False Starts, Dialogue)  
21. Lonesome Road Blues  
22. Take The Bitter With The Sweet (Dialogue, False Start, Alt. Take)  
23. She's Into Something  
24. Southbound Train  
25. Double Trouble  

Disc: 3 - 1960 - 1972
*1. I Feel So Good (Live)  
*2. You Shook Me  
3. You Need Love  
4. Twenty Four Hours  

Recorded June 1963
5. Elevate Me Mama (Alt. Take)  
6. So Glad I'm Living  
7. My Love Strikes Like Lightning  
8. You Don't Have To Go (Alt. Take)  
9. Things That I Used To Do 
 
*10. My Home Is In The Delta  
*11. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl  
*12. The Same Thing  
*13. You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had  
14. Short Dress Woman  
15. Making Friends  
16. Black Night (Hornless Alt. Mix)  
17. Bird Nest On The Ground  
18. Country Boy (Live)  
19. Sugar Sweet (Alt. 'Fathers And Sons' Take)  
*20. All Aboard (Alt. 'Fathers And Sons' Take)  
21. Going Down Slow (Live)  
22. Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone (Original Hornless London Mix)  
*23. Can't Get No Grindin' (What's The Matter With The Meal)  

* Also on Anthology

Disc: 1 
1. Gypsy Woman    
2. Little Anna Mae    
3. Good Lookin' Woman    
4. Mean Disposition    
5. I Can't Be Satisfied    
6. I Feel Like Going Home    
7. Train Fare Home    
8. Down South Blues    
9. Kind Hearted Woman    
10. Sittin' Here And Drinkin' (Whiskey Blues)    
11. You're Gonna Miss Me    
12. Mean Red Spider    
13. Standin' Here Tremblin'    
14. Streamline Woman    
15. Hard Days    
16. Muddy Jumps One    
17. Little Geneva    
18. Canary Bird    
19. Burying Ground    
20. You Gonna Need My Help    
21. Screamin' And Cryin'    
22. Where's My Woman Been    
23. Last Time I Fool Around With You    
24. Walkin' Blues    
25. Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1    
26. Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 2    
Disc: 2 
1. Rollin' Stone    
2. Rollin' Stone (Alternate Take)    
3. You're Gonna Need My Help I Said    
4. Sad Letter Blues    
5. Early Morning Blues    
6. Appealing Blues (Hello Little Girl)    
7. Louisiana Blues    
8. Evan's Shuffle    
9. Long Distance Call    
10. Too Young To Know    
11. Honey Bee    
12. Howling Wolf    
13. Country Boy    
14. She Moves Me    
15. My Fault    
16. Still A Fool    
17. They Call Me Muddy Waters    
18. All Night Long    
19. All Night Long (Alternate Take)    
20. All Night Long (Alternate Take 2)    
21. Stuff You Gotta Watch    
22. Lonesome Day    
23. Please Have Mercy    
24. Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man

One of the better values for a single disc. Most of the material was recorded between 1947 and 1958, as well as great versions of "The Same Thing" and "You Can't Lose What You Never Had," which were recorded in 1964.

1. Mannish Boy   
2. Screamin' and Cryin'   
3. Just to Be With You   
4. Walking Thru the Park   
5. Walkin' Blues   
6. Canary Bird   
7. The Same Thing   
8. Gypsy Woman   
9. Rollin' and Tumblin', Part One   
10. Forty Days and Forty Nights   
11. Little Geneva   
12. You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had   
13. Sad Letter Blues   
14. You're Gonna Need My Help I Said   
15. Sittin' Here and Drinkin' (Whiskey Blues)   
16. Down South Blues   
17. Train Fare Home Blues   
18. Kind Hearted Woman   
19. Appealing Blues (Hello Little Girl)   
20. Early Morning Blues   
21. Too Young to Know   
22. She's Alright   
23. Landlady   
24. Honey Bee    

The five bonus tracks are electric and were recorded on 4/9/1964, and Oct. 1964 with two different line-ups. The first two are available on other collections including The Chess Box, The Anthology, and His Best 1956 - '64.

1. My Home Is In The Delta   
2. Long Distance   
3. My Captain   
4. Good Morning Little School Girl   
5. You Gonna Need My Help   
6. Cold Weather Blues   
7. Big Leg Woman   
8. Country Boy   
9. Feel Like Going Home 

Product Description
Two Original 60s Chess LPs Reissued on One CD. 'Sings Big Bill' is a Tribute to Big Bill Broonzy and Folk Singer is an all Acoustic Session with Buddy Guy on Guitar and Willie Dixon on Bass. Remastered.
Recorded in stereo with harpist James Cotton, piano player Otis Spann, guitarist Auburn "Pat" Hare, drummer Francis Clay, and bass player Andrew Stephenson,
Track Listings
1. Tell Me Baby
2. Southbound Train
3. When I Get to Thinking
4. Just a Dream (On My Mind)
5. Double Trouble
6. I Feel So Good
7. Baby, I Done Got Wise
8. Mopper's Blues
9. Lonesome Road Blues
10. Hey, Hey

Bonus tracks
11. Country Boy 
12. I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love) 
13. Oh Yeah 
14. I Feel So Good 

Live 4/24/69
Super Cosmic Joy-Scout Jamboree, Chicago, IL

15. Long Distance Call
16. Baby, Please Don't Go
17. Honey Bee
18. The Same Thing
19. Got My Mojo Working Part One
20. Got My Mojo Working Part Two

Personnel 
Muddy Waters, vocals and guitar 
Otis Spann, piano
Michael Bloomfield, guitar *
Paul Butterfield, harmonica *
Donald "Duck" Dunn, bass
Sam Lay * and Buddy Miles, drums
Others on a track or two

* from Paul Butterfield's Blues Band

Dates
Tracks 1-14 recorded at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, Ill., April 21-23, 1969. Tracks 15-20 recorded live in concert at the Super Cosmic Joy-Scout Jamboree, Chicago, Ill., April 24, 1969.

Even though most of these songs are found elsewhere, this line-up is excellent, and this 20 song CD is  highly recommended. The liner notes written by Bill Dahl are very good and the credits are thorough.

Disc: 1 
1. Hard Days 
2. Muddy Jumps One 
3. Burying Ground 
4. You Gonna Need My Help 
5. Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 2 
6. Rollin' Stone (Alternative Take) 
7. Country Boy 
8. She's So Pretty 
9. Oh Yeah 
10. I Don't Know Why 
11. I Want To Be Loved 
12. I Got To Find My Baby 
13. Crawlin' King Snake (Alternate Take) 
14. Read Way Back (Undubbed Alternate) 
15. Tiger In Your Tank 
16. Meanest Woman 
17. I Got My Brand On You 
18. Lonesome Room Blues 
19. Messin' With The Man 
20. Five Long Years 
21. You Don't Have To Go 
22. Elevate Me Mama 

Disc: 2 
1. Thirteen Highway 
2. Early In The Morning Blues 
3. One More Mile 
4. Come Back Baby (Let's Talk It Over) 
5. My Dog Can't Bark 
6. Roll Me Over Baby 
7. Trouble In Mind (Hornless Remix) 
8. Trouble, Trouble (Hornless Remix) 
9. My Pencil Won't Write No More 
10. Cold Up North 
11. Streamline Woman 
12. Rock Me 
13. Standin' Around Cryin' 
14. Hoochie Coochie Man 
15. Baby Please Don't Go 
16. You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had 
17. Feel Like Goin' Home 
18. Where's My Woman Been 
19. Rollin' And Tumblin'