Muddy Waters - Essential Original Albums [New CD]

3-CD SET WITH ESSENTIAL ORIGINAL ALBUMSDELUXE 5-PANEL DIGIPACKINCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLETThis release presents some of the best recordings made by Muddy Waters, who virtually created the blues “band” format that shaped the post-war Chicago blues sound.All of the tracks included here are commercial recordings with excellent sound quality, and showcase Waters backed by such stars as Little Walter, Junior Wells, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon, and Otis Spann, among others.This set contains Waters’ two earliest LPs in their entireties, At Newport (Chess-1449) and Muddy Waters Sings “Big Bill” (Chess-1444) –the latter atribute to “BigBill Broonzy–, plus his complete 1947-55 Aristocrat andChess singles, including both A & B Sides.PERSONNEL:MUDDY WATERS, vocals and guitar on all tracks, plus:CD 1 [1-9]: MUDDY WATERS AT NEWPORT 1960James Cotton (harmonica), Pat Hare (guitar), Andrew Stephenson (bass),Otis Spann (piano on all tracks, vocals on track 9), Francis Clay (drums),Langston Hughes (MC).Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 3, 1960.CD 1 [10-19]: MUDDY WATERS SINGS "BIG BILL"James Cotton (harmonica), Pat Hare (guitar), Andrew Stephenson (bass),Otis Spann (piano), Francis Clay, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (drums).Recorded at Chess Studio, Chicago, June-August 1959.CD 1 [20-23], CD 2 & CD 3: THE COMPLETE 1947-1955 ARISTOCRAT & CHESS SIDESThe Complete 1947-1955 Aristocrat & ChessCOLLECTIVE PERSONNEL: Little Walter, Junior Wells (harmonica),Jimmy Rogers (guitar), Willie Dixon (bass), Otis Spann (piano),Francis Clay, Fred Below (drums), among others.Recorded in Chicago, between 1947 and 1955.CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 74:5401 I Got My Brand On You02 (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man03 Baby, Please Don’t04 Soon Forgotten05 Tiger In Your Tank06 I Feel So Good07 I’ve Got My Mojo Working (Part I)08 I’ve Got My Mojo Working (Part II)09 Goodbye Newport Blues10 Tell Me Baby11 Southbound Train12 When I Get To Thinking13 Just A Dream (On My Mind)14 Double Trouble15 I Feel So Good16 Baby, I Done Got Wise17 Mopper’s Blues18 Lonesome Road Blues19 Hey, Hey20 Gipsy Woman21 Little Anna Mae22 I Can’t Be Satisfied23 I Feel Like Going HomeCD 2: TOTAL TIME: 78:3601 Train Fare Home02 Sittin’ Here And Drinkin’03 You’re Gonna Miss Me04 Mean Red Spider05 Streamline Woman06 Muddy Jumps One07 Little Geneva08 Canary Bird09 Screaming And Crying10 Where’s My Woman Been11 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ (1)12 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ (2)13 Rollin’ Stone14 Walkin’ Blues15 You’re Gonna Need My Help16 Sad Letter Blues17 Louisiana Blues18 Evans Shuffle19 Long Distance Call20 Too Young To Know21 Appealing Blues22 Honey Bee23 My Fault24 Still A Fool25 Early Morning Blues26 She Moves Me27 All Night LongCD 3: TOTAL TIME 79:1501 Country Boy02 Please Have Mercy03 Looking For My Baby04 Standing Around Crying05 Gone To Main Street06 She’s All Right07 Sad Sad Day08 Who’s Gonna Be Your Sweet Man09 Turn The Lamp Down Low10 Mad Love 11 Blow Wind Blow12 I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man13 She’s So Pretty14 Just Make Love To Me15 Oh Yeh!16 I’m Ready17 I Don’t Know Why18 Lovin’ Man19 I’m A Natural Born Lover20 I Want To Be Loved21 My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble22 Manish Boy23 Young Fashioned Ways24 Trouble No More25 Sugar Sweet26 I Got To Find My Baby27 Clouds In My Heart