Blues for Aficionados

Muddy Waters

ONE MORE MILE: Chess Collectibles, Vol. 1

Chess   1994    2CD Set

Notes:  "It's long been thought that all the existing Muddy Waters Chess studio recordings had already been issued; those that were still missing were presumed to be lost forever. Therefore, this surprise-package set of rarities and recent discoveries will delight even long-time Muddy Waters collectors and fans.
     The first thirty tracks on this set closely parallel the growth and development of Muddy's career at Chess Records.  From the earliest tracks, which feature just a single guitar and bass, the growth of his musical development moves steadily along.  Band members come and go, with the resulting changes in the group's sound, and we can actually hear the refining process at work."

Hard Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN-mzePSs-s

Burying Ground
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgMGlWJ-tSA

Crawlin' Kingsnake (Alternate Take)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH4M6wcyJ58

Rollin' Stone (Alternate Take)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBhTC0y9EVA

Trouble In Mind (Hornless Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMbi3AYhlY

Hoochie Coochie Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb23nVUgBFk

And 35 more!!

Cheers

Muddy Waters

THE CHESS BOX

MCA Chess    1989    3CD Set

Notes: "72 classic performances by perhaps the greatest Bluesman ever, Muddy Waters.  Covering a quarter century on Chess Records, the recordings are sequenced as recorded and are digitally remastered from the original masters or original Chess 78 r.p.m. singles.  Twenty-Four of the tracks are rare, including 10 previously unreleased.  Included is a 32-page booklet, featuring two sets of liner notes (one focusing on Muddy's life, the other on his music), song-by-song credits, a complete album by album Chess discography, historic photos and related memorabilia."

Package and booklet are the size of a LP set.  They don't make them like this anymore.  Great photos and info.

Disc one:  1947 to 1954

Gypsy Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiX1t5rzN5A&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Rollin' And Tumblin' (Pt. 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLy2zPZV0s0&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Honey Bee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJf5XkGko9k&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Walkin' Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOHurLHs2g8&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Cheers

Muddy Waters

THE CHESS BOX

MCA Chess 1989 3CD Set

Disc Two: 1954 to 1959

Mannish Boy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBz5vCDxyE0&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Got My Mojo Working
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThD9xswxxtk&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Smokestack Lightnin’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AOPkijFgpk&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

I Just Want To Make Love To You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4j9OtAlzvA&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Cheers

Muddy Waters

THE CHESS BOX

MCA Chess 1989 3CD Set

Disc Three:  1960 to 1972

I Feel So Good (Live At Newport Jazz Festival/1960)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MhcrGcca0I&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Elevate Me Mama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYTP5QXxm4&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Things That I Used To Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg78YRPtOOU&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Going Down Slow (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxCGQ3wr_-A&list=OLAK5uy_nUUub8pT1q3NQ8DStmIaGsIbBcC1uCxpE&i...

Cheers

Junior Wells

BLUES HIT BIG TOWN

Delmark   1998

Notes: 'Blues Hit Big Town' contains the historic first recordings of Junior Wells.  Junior was still a teenager at the time of the first session and had replaced Little Walter in the Muddy Waters band. 
     In a Down Beat review Pete Welding said "In their power, directness, unerring taste and utter consistency of mood, these may well be the most perfectly distilled examples of Wells' music ever recorded, taking their place alongside of those of Waters, Walter, Wolf and other masters of the period.  Five stars."
     'Blues Hit Big Town' captures genius emerging from one of the greatest Blues personalities and harmonica players of all time."

Blues Hit Big Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPsreuzjNro

Hoodoo Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fFLrKI-28

Lord Lord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jI6iKiwSxc

Junior's Wail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzdW7yxSv2o

Cheers