Blues for Aficionados

Muddy Waters: His Best, 1956 to 1964

THE CHESS 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION

MCA Chess   1997

Notes:  "Muddy Waters might have been the most magnificent of all the Bluesmen to come out of Mississippi...Muddy became a father figure to generations of musicians, black and white.  Muddy became an institution.  Back in Indianola, we knew that he'd gone to Chicago, where he established a whole school that he'd rule for five decades.  Some went to the South Side before Muddy and some went after...but no one had Muddy's authority.  He was the boss of Chicago and the reason some call Chicago the sure-enough home of the Blues." --  B.B. King


All Aboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0snu8RLorQ

Forty Days And Forty Nights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SiqyQbtEIk

The Same Thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ancHn85FGrQ

I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I2PUAa0MKc

Got My Mojo Working
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frs6IRCmJeY

Cheers

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