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Big Bill Broonzy and Muddy Waters, Chicago, late 1940s or early 1950s; source: Bob Riesman: I feel so good - The life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy.- Chicago & London (The Chicago University Press), 2011, photo pp. without pagination between pp. 166 and 167 ('Yannick and Margo Bruynoghe Collection'), a bit photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz
Big Bill Broonzy and Muddy Waters, Chicago, late 1940s or early 1950s
source: Bob Riesman: I Feel So Good - The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy.- Chicago & London (The Chicago University Press), 2011, photo pp. without pagination between pp. 166 and 167 ("Yannick and Margo Bruynoghe Collection"), a bit photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz
Muddy Waters
né McKinley A. Morganfield
b. April 4, 1913 (1914 or 1915) in the Jug's Corner community, Issaquena County (near adjacent Rolling Fork, Sharkey County), Mississippi
d. April 30, 1983 in his sleep in Westmont, Illinois (dead on arrival at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, IL)
buried at Restvale Cemetery in Worth, Illinois
discography
Muddy Waters at Montreux Jazz Festival, June 28, 1974; source: Gerard Herzhaft: Nouvelle Encyclopedie du Blues.- Paris (Jacques Grancher) 1984, photo pages without ## between pp. 96 & 97; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir
Muddy Waters at Montreux Jazz Festival, June 28, 1974 playing his (rebuilt) FENDER Telecaster ("The Hoss"); source: Gerard Herzhaft: Nouvelle Encyclopedie du Blues.- Paris (Jacques Grancher) 1984, photo pages without ## between pp. 96 & 97; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11/1943Folk Music of the United States Album IV
Afro-American Blues and Game Songs

Album IV 78 rpm 12/10 inch sequence:
AAFS 16 [12 inch]
- I Don't Mind The Weather, sung by Jim Henry at Parchman, MS, 1937   @ youtube
- Diamond Joe, sung by Charlie Butler at Parchman, MS, 1937   @ youtube
- Joe The Grinder, sung by Irwin Lowry at Gould, AR 1937   @ youtube
- Another Man Done Gone, sung by Vera Hall at Livingston, AL, 1940   @ youtube
- Boll Weevil Blues, sung by Vera Hall at Livingston, AL, 1940   @ youtube

AAFS 17 [12 inch]
- Two White Horses (LC 1 A / AAFS 17 A), sung with guitar by Smith Casey at Brazoria, TX, 1939   @ youtube
- Country Rag (LC 1 / AAFS 17 B), played on the guitar by Smith Casey at Brazoria, TX, 1939   @ youtube
- Shorty George, sung with guitar by Smith Casey at Brazoria, TX, 1939   @ youtube
- Blues [Up And Down Buildin' The KC Line], sung with guitar by Little Brother   @ youtube


AAFS 18 [10 inch]
McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) at Stovall, MS, 1941
- Country Blues (LC 1 A / AAFS 18 A)   @ youtube
- I Be's Troubled (LC 1 / AAFS 18 B)   @ youtube

AAFS 19 [10 inch]
Sanders Terry (Sonny Terry) played on the harmonica in Durham, NC, 1938
- Lost John (LC 3 / AAFS 19 A)   @ youtube
- Fox Chase (LC 56 / AAFS 19 B)   @ youtube

AAFS 20 [10 inch]
Negro Children's Games (LC 36 / AAFS 20 A)
- All Hid?, sung by Hettie Godfrey   @ youtube
- Little Girl, Little Girl, sung by Ora Dell Graham & classmates   @ youtube
- Pullin' The Skiff, sung by Ora Dell Graham & classmates   @ youtube
- Old Uncle Rabbit, sung by Katherine and Christine Shipp   @ youtube
- Sea Lion Woman, sung by Katherine and Christine Shipp   @ youtube
- Ain' Gonna Ring No More, sung by group at Kirby Industrial School   @ youtube
- Shortenin' Bread, sung by Ora Dell Graham & classmates   @ youtube

(LC 36 / AAFS 20 B)
- Poor Little Johnny, sung by Harriet McClintock   @ youtube
- Go To Sleep, sung by Harriet McClintock   @ youtube
- Rosey, sung by Mr. and Mrs. Joe McDonald   @ youtube
- Gon' Knock John Booker To The Low Ground, sung by Harriet McClintock   @ youtube
- Run, Nigger, Run, sung by Mose (Clear Rock) Platt   @ youtube


rec. 1933-41 in southern U.S. by John and Alan Lomax, John W. (John Wesley) Work III, Lewis Wade Jones; edited by Alan Lomax

AAFS L4 / AFS L4 track sequence:
(LC 1945 LP / AAFS/AFS L4 A)
- I Don't Mind The Weather - Jim Henry
- Diamond Joe - Charlie Butler
- Joe The Grinder - Irwin Lowry
- Another Man Done Gone - Vera Hall
- Boll Weevil Blues - Vera Hall
- Two White Horses - Smith Casey
- Country Rag - Smith Casey
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Blues - Little Brother

- Country Blues - McKinley Morganfield
- I Be's Troubled - McKinley Morganfield

(LC 1946 LP / AAFS/AFS L4 B)
- Lost John - Sanders Terry
- Fox Chase - Sanders Terry
- All Hid? - Hettie Godfrey
- Little Girl, Little Girl - Ora Dell Graham
- Pullin' The Skiff - Ora Dell Graham
- Old Uncle Rabbit - Katherine & Christine Shipp
- Sea Lion Woman - Katherine & Christine Shipp
- Ain't Gonna Ring No More - group
- Shortenin' Bread - Ora Dell Graham
- Poor Little Johnny - Harriet McClintock
- Go To Sleep - Harriet McClintock
- Rosie - Mr. & Mrs. Joe McDonald
- Gon' Knock John Booker To The Low Ground - Harriet McClintock
- Run, Nigger, Run - Mose (Clear Rock) Platt


album of five 78 rpm (two 12", three 10") records
AAFS 18 A/B       AAFS 19 A/B
Library of Congress Album IV (US 1/1943)

12 inch LP (black or red vinyl!)

= Library of Congress AAFS L4 (US 1956)

12 inch LP (black or red vinyl!)

= Library of Congress AFS L4 (US 195?)


= Library of Congress AFS L4 (US 1975?)


(=) Rounder SCD 1513 (US 1999)

   

- unknown titles

rec. 1946 "in a studio up in the Civic Opera Building on about the 13th or 14th floor" (Mayo Williams in an unpublished 1972 Living Blues interview) in Chicago, IL by J. Mayo Williams; Muddy Waters, voc, g with "a little band backing him"

unissued

21946James "Sweet Lucy" Carter And His Orchestra

- Let Me Be Your Coal Man (1596, A) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Mean Red Spider (1597, B)   @ youtube

# rec. 1946 in Chicago, IL; James Carter, voc; with ts, poss. Lee Brown, p; g; b; dr
* rec. 1946 in Chicago, IL; McKinley Morganfield, voc, g with prob. Alex Atkins, ss; Lee Brown, p; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b


20th Century 20-51

Label picture "scanned from black and white photo in 'Muddy Waters' First Chicago Record,' Living Blues #52, page 4, cleaned up and colorized based on my copy of 20th Century 20-33 (MX 1573) 'I'm My Own Grandpa' by the Jesters released in March, 1947 according to Billboard." (Al Haug on Jan 23, 2012)

   

- Jitterbug Blues (CCO 4652-1) [Testament T-2207]   @ youtube
- Hard Day Blues (CCO 4653-1) [Testament T-2207]   @ youtube
- Burying Ground Blues (CCO 4654-1) [Testament T-2207]   @ youtube
- Burying Ground Blues (CCO 4654-IN) [Columbia CK 47911]   @ youtube

rec. September 27, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Clark, p; Homer Harris, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr

originally unissued

31946JAMES (Beale or Beal Street) CLARK

- Come To Me Baby (What Evil Have I Done) (CCO-4655-1)   @ youtube
- You Can't Make The Grade (CCO-4656-1)   @ youtube

rec. September 27, 1946 in Chicago, IL; James Clark, voc, p; Muddy Waters, Leroy Foster, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr

"JAMES (Beale Street) CLARK"   "Drums and Guitar"

"JAMES (Beal Street) CLARK"   "Guitar and Drums"
Columbia 37391

= Columbia 30020

Testament T-2207

Leroy Foster discography

43/1948MUDDY WATER With Sunny Land Slim

- Gypsy Woman (U7058)   @ youtube
- Little Anna Mae (U7059) #   @ youtube

rec. September 30, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b; # unknown, dr


Aristocrat 1302 (US 3/1948)

   

- Good Lookin' Woman (U7108) #   @ youtube
- Mean Disposition (U7109) *   @ youtube

rec. c. December, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Alex Atkins, as; Sunnyland Slim, p; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b

Aristocrat unissued

# Chess LP 6-80002

* Chess LP 9180

56/1948MUDDY WATERS with Rythm [sic] Accompaniment

- I Can't Be Satisfied (U7112) #   @ youtube
- I Feel Like Going Home (U7113)   @ youtube

rec. c. December, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b


Aristocrat 1305 (US 6/1948)

# Chess 1514 (as "Looking For My Baby")


= Vogue V.129 (Fr)


Aristocrat 1305 (201? repro)

610/1948MUDDY WATERS Guitar and Rythm [sic] Accompaniment

- Train Fare Home (U7131R) #   @ youtube
- Sittin' Here And Drinkin' (U7134R)   @ youtube

rec. c. September, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b


Aristocrat 1306 (US 10/1948)

   

- Down South Blues (U7132) #   @ youtube
- Kind Hearted Woman (U7133)   @ youtube

rec. c. September, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b

Aristocrat unissued

Chess LP 1511

72/1949MUDDY WATERS with Rythm [sic] / Rhythm Accompaniment

- You're Gonna' Miss Me (When I'm Dead And Gone) (U7148R)   @ youtube
- Mean Red Spider (U7149R)   @ youtube

rec. November 30, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Leroy Foster, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b


Aristocrat 1307 (US 2/1949)


Aristocrat 1307 (201? repro)

Leroy Foster discography

84/1949LEROY FOSTER and MUDDY WATERS

- Locked Out Boogie (U7154)   @ youtube
- Shady Grove Blues (U7155)   @ youtube

rec. November 30, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, g; Muddy Waters, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b


Aristocrat 1234 (US 4/1949)

Leroy Foster discography

   

- Standin' Here Tremblin' (U7150) #   @ youtube
- Hard Days (U7152) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. November 30, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Leroy Foster, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b

Aristocrat unissued

# Sunnylany KS 100
# Chess LP 2057
# Chess LP 9180

* Chess LP 6641 174

Leroy Foster discography

96/1949MUDDY WATERS with Rythm Accompaniment [sic]

- Streamline Woman (U7151R)   @ youtube
- Muddy Jumps One (instr) (U7153R)   @ youtube

rec. November 30, 1948 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Leroy Foster, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b


Aristocrat 1310 (US 6/1949)

Leroy Foster discography

106/1949SUNNY LAND SLIM And MUDDY WATER [sic]

- Blue Baby (A)   @ youtube
- I Want My Baby (B) #   @ youtube

rec. May 14, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p, # voc; Muddy Waters, g, # voc; Leroy Foster, g; Elga Edmonds, dr


Tempo-Tone 1002 (US 6/1949)

Little Walter discography
Leroy Foster discography

111949SUNNYLAND SLIM & HIS SUNNYLAND BOYS

- Red Headed Woman (A)
- Boll Weevil Blues (B)

rec. May 14, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Muddy Waters, g; Elga Edmonds, dr


Tempo-Tone 1003 [ever released?]

Leroy Foster discography

121949SUNNYLAND SLIM & HIS SUNNYLAND BOYS

- Frozen Ground (A)
- Down The Road (B)

rec. May 14, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Lonesome Sam (Sam Moton), voc; Sunnyland Slim, p; Leroy Foster, g; Muddy Waters, g; Elga Edmonds, dr


Tempo-Tone 1004 [ever released?]

Leroy Foster discography

1311/1949MUDDY WATERS

- Little Geneva (U7199)   @ youtube
- Canary Bird (U7200)   @ youtube

rec. July 12, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b


Aristocrat 1311 (US 11/1949)

   

- Burying Ground (U7201) #   @ youtube
- You Gonna Need My Help (U7202) *   @ youtube

rec. July 12, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Ernest "Big" Crawford, b

Aristocrat unissued

# Chess LP 6641 174

* Chess CHD-2 9348

142/1950LITTLE JOHNNY   MUDDY WATERS

- Big Town Play Boy (U 7213)   @ youtube
- Shelby County Blues (U 7214)   @ youtube

rec. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Jones, voc, p; Muddy Waters, Leroy Foster, gs; poss. Elga Edmonds, dr



the green Aristocrat labels tend to fade with time. The faded portions of the label look yellow, and those that have faded all over look brownish yellow:

Aristocrat 405 (US 2/1950)

Johnny Jones discography
Leroy Foster discography

152/1950MUDDY WATERS

- Screaming And Crying (U 7215)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Where's My Woman Been (U 7216)   @ youtube

rec. c. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Johnny Jones, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Leroy Foster, dr


Aristocrat 406 (US 2/1950)

Johnny Jones discography
Jimmy Rogers discography
Leroy Foster discography

   

- Last Time I Fool Around With You (U 7217)   @ youtube

rec. c. September 1949 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Johnny Jones, p; Jimmy Rogers (or Tampa Red), g; Leroy Foster, dr

Aristocrat unissued

Chess LP 6641 174
Chess LP 9180

161950BABY FACE LEROY TRIO

- Red Headed Woman (H515-3) *   @ youtube
- Boll Weevil (H512-3) #   @ youtube

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, dr, # g; Little Walter, hca; prob. Jimmy Rogers, g; Muddy Waters, g


Parkway 104 (US 1950)

# Herald 404

* Savoy 1122 (1954)
= Savoy 1501 (early 1970s)

Leroy Foster discography
Little Walter discography

   

- Boll Weevil (H512-1) []   @ youtube
- Boll Weevil (H512-2 incomplete) #

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, dr, # g; Little Walter, hca; prob. Jimmy Rogers, g; Muddy Waters, g

Parkway unissued

[] Louis Records (UK 2012)

171950BABY FACE LEROY TRIO

- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 (H 513-1) []   @ youtube (ed. version = 2:51)
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 2 (H 514-1) #   @ youtube

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, dr; Little Walter, voc, hca; Muddy Waters, g, voc


Parkway 501 (US 1950)

# Herald 404

[] unedited version on Louis Records (UK 2012)

Leroy Foster discography
Little Walter discography

181950LITTLE WALTER TRIO

- Just Keep Lovin' Her (H 511-4) #   @ youtube
- Moonshine Blues (H 517-1) *   @ youtube

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, # hca, * g; Muddy Waters, g; Leroy Foster, dr, g?


Parkway 502 (US 1950)

# Herald 403

* Savoy 1122 (1954)
* Savoy 1501 (early 1970s)

Little Walter discography

   

- Just Keep Lovin' Her (H 511-1)   @ youtube

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Muddy Waters, g; Leroy Foster, dr, g?

Parkway unissued

Louis Records (UK 2012)

194/1950MUDDY WATERS

- Rollin' And Tumblin'   Part 1 (U 7235)   @ youtube
- Rollin' And Tumblin'   Part 2 (U 7236)   @ youtube

rec. February 1950 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Big Crawford, b


Aristocrat 412 (US 4/1950)

206/1950



MUDDY WATERS

- Rollin' Stone (U 7237)   @ youtube
- Walking Blues (U 7238) #   @ youtube

rec. February 1950 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; # Big Crawford, b

Jazz Selection J.S.751: "Rollin' Stone" & "Walkin' Blues"
Vogue V2101: "Rollin' Stone Blues" & "Walkin' Blues"

not released as 7 inch 45 rpm
Chess 1426 (US 6/1950)


= Jazz Selection J.S.751 (Fr 1952)


= Vogue V2101 (red labels) (UK 1952)


= Vogue V2101 (orange labels) (UK 1953?)

brown vinyl 7 inch 45 rpm

= Third Man (US 2017 repro)

   

- Rollin' Stone (alt tk)

rec. February 1950 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Big Crawford, b

Aristocrat unissued

Chess LP 6.24474
Chess 8202/9101

219/1950LITTLE WALTER TRIO

- Muskadine Blues (R1356 / H516-2) #   @ youtube
- Bad Actin' Woman (R1357)   @ youtube

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, g; Muddy Waters, g; Leroy Foster, dr, g?; # prob. Jimmy Rogers, g

Parkway recordings, sold to Regal


Regal 3296 (US 9/1950)

# Herald 403

Little Walter discography
Leroy Foster discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

229/1950MUDDY WATERS

- Your [sic] Gonna Need My Help "I Said" (U 7261)   @ youtube
- Sad Letter (U 7262)   @ youtube

rec. August 15, 1950 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Big Crawford, b

not released as 7 inch 45 rpm
Chess 1434 (US 9/1950)

2311/1950MUDDY WATERS

- Louisiana Blues (U 7275) #   @ youtube
- Evan's Shuffle (U 7276) (instr) *   @ youtube

rec. October 23, 1950 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, g, # voc, * sp; Little Walter, hca, # sp; Big Crawford, b

"Evans Shuffle" named for drummer "Elga/Elgin Evans" (real name: Elga Edmonds), who's not present drumming

not released as 7 inch 45 rpm
Chess 1441 (US 11/1950)   "Evan's Shuffle"


= Vogue V.133 (Fr)   "Evans Shuffle"


= Vogue V.133 (Denmark)   "Evans' Shuffle"

243/1951MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- Long Distance Call (U 7304) #   @ youtube
- Too Young To Know (U 7305) *   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Howling Wolf (U 7307) [Chess LP 1553]



rec. January 23, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca, # sp; Big Crawford, b

not released as 7 inch 45 rpm
Chess 1452 (US 3/1951)

* Jazz Selection J.S.783
* Vogue V2273

257/1951MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- Appealing Blues (U 7264) #   @ youtube
- Honey Bee (U 7306) *   @ youtube

# rec. August 15, 1950 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Big Crawford, b
* rec. January 23, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, g; Big Crawford, b

not released as 7 inch 45 rpm
Chess 1468 (US 7/1951)

* Jazz Selection J.S.783
* Vogue V2273

2610/1951MUDDY WATERS And His Guitar

- My Fault (U 7359) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Still A Fool (U 7360) #   @ youtube

rec. July 11, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, * g; Little Walter, sp, * hca, # g; # Jimmy Rogers, g; Big Crawford, b; Elga Edmonds, dr

  not released as 7 inch 45 rpm
Chess 1480 (US 10/1951)

# Chess 1921

Little Walter discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

271/1952MUDDY WATERS And His Guitar

- She Moves Me (U 7358) *   @ youtube
- Early Morning Blues (U 7263) #   @ youtube

# rec. August 15, 1950 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Big Crawford, b
* rec. July 11, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Len Chess, bass dr

 
Chess 1490 (US 1/1952)

Little Walter discography

284/1952MUDDY WATERS And His Guitar

- Country Boy (U 7357) #   @ youtube
- All Night Long (U 7414) (2:58) *   @ youtube




originally unissued tracks from December 29, 1951 session:
- They Call Me Muddy Waters (U 7413) || § [Chess LP 1553]   @ youtube
- All Night Long (alt tk) (3:50) [Chess CHD 4-9340]   @ youtube
- All Night Long (alt tk) (3:17) || § [Chess LP 6641 047]   @ Spotify
- Stuff You Gotta Watch (U 7415) ** || [] § [Chess LP 6641 174, LP 9180]   @ youtube
- Lonesome Day (U 7416) || § [Chess LP 6641 174, LP 9180]   @ youtube



* rec. December 29, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca, ** voc; Jimmy Rogers, || g, [] voc; § Elga Edmonds, dr
# rec. July 11, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Elga Edmonds, dr

     
Chess 1509 (US 4/1952)

Little Walter discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

296/1952MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- Please Have Mercy (U 7439-5) #   @ youtube
- Looking For My Baby (= I Can't Be Satisfied) (U 7112) [Aristocrat 1305] *   @ youtube

# rec. May 12, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds, dr

* rec. c. December 1947 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Big Crawford, b

 
Chess 1514 (US 6/1952)

Little Walter discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

308/1952LITTLE WALTER and His Night Cats

- Juke (U 7437-2) (instr)   @ youtube
- Can't Hold Out Much Longer (U 7438-2)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Juke (U 7437-4) (instr) [Chess CHD 9330]
- Can't Hold Out Much Longer (U 7438-6) [Chess CHD 9357]



rec. May 12, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, hca, voc; Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds, dr

     
Checker 758 (US 8/1952)

Little Walter discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

3110/1952JIMMY ROGERS And His ROCKING FOUR

- The Last Time (7445)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Out On The Road (7447)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. August 12, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Henry Gray, p; Bob Woodfork, g; Willie Dixon, b; A.J. Gladney, dr

Muddy Waters has claimed to be the '2nd vocal' on 'The Last Time', if this is so then he may also be the second guitarist and not Bob Woodfork. Fancourt & McGrath (2006) therefore list Muddy Waters (and not Bob Woodfork) as 2nd guitarist. White, Campbell and Kelly contradict as follows: "Fancourt and McGrath claim that Muddy provided backing vocals on 'The Last Time,' but the company was merely experimenting with vocal overdubs."

not released as 7 inch 45 rpm - afaik
Chess 1519

Jimmy Rogers discography
Bob Woodfork discography

   

- Mistreated Baby (U7444)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- What's The Matter (U7446)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. August 12, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Henry Gray, p; Bob Woodfork, g; Willie Dixon, b; A.J. Gladney, dr

Muddy Waters has claimed to be the '2nd vocal' on 'The Last Time', if this is so then he may also be the second guitarist and not Bob Woodfork. Fancourt & McGrath (2006) therefore list Muddy Waters (and not Bob Woodfork) as 2nd guitarist. White, Campbell and Kelly contradict as follows: "Fancourt and McGrath claim that Muddy provided backing vocals on 'The Last Time,' but the company was merely experimenting with vocal overdubs."

Chess unissued

Chess 6641 174 (UK)
Chess 2ACMB-207 (US)

Jimmy Rogers discography
Bob Woodfork discography

321952Muddy Waters

- Honey Bee [Chess 1468]
- Too Young To Know [Chess 1452]


Jazz Selection J.S.783 (Fr 1952)


= Vogue V2372 (UK 1955)

3311/1952MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- Standing Around Crying (U 7477)   @ youtube
- Gone To Main St. (U 7478)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Iodine In My Coffee (U 7479) [Chess LP 6641, LP 9180]   @ youtube



rec. September 17, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Junior Wells, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds ("Elgin Evans"), dr

   
Chess 1526 (US 11/1952)

Junior Wells discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

344/1953MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- She's All Right (U 4334) (2:31)   @ youtube
- Sad, Sad Day (U 4335)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Flood (U 4332) # [Chess LP 6641 174]
- My Life Is Ruined (Land Lady) (U 4333) * [Chess LP 1511]
- She's All Right (alt tk) (2:28) * [Chess LP 1511]   @ youtube



rec. January 9, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; prob. Willie Nix, dr

   
Chess 1537 (US 4/1953)

brown vinyl 7 inch 45 rpm

= Third Man (US 2017 repro)

Jimmy Rogers discography
Walter Horton discography
Willie Nix discography

355/1953MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- Turn The Lamp Down Low (= Baby Please Don't Go) (U 7501-A) (3:16) * [Chess/Hip-O Select B0002758-02, Chess/Geffen B0006273-02]   @ youtube
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man (U 7476) #   @ youtube



originally unissued track from May 4, 1953 session:
- Baby Please Don't Go (alt tk) (3:01) * [Argo LP 4034, Chess LP 8202/9101]   @ youtube



# rec. September 17, 1952 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Junior Wells, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds ("Elgin Evans"), dr
* rec. May 4, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds ("Elgin Evans"), dr

   
Chess 1542

Junior Wells discography
Jimmy Rogers discography
Little Walter discography

361953LITTLE WALTER

- Just Keep Lovin' Her (H-1004) [Parkway 502]
- Take A Walk With Me (= Muskadine Blues) (H-1005) [Regal 3296]

 
Herald 403 (US 1953)

Little Walter discography

371953LITTLE WALTER

- Rollin' Blues (= Rollin' and Tumblin' Part 2) (H 514) [Parkway 501]
- Boll Weevil (H512) [Parkway 104]

   
Herald 404 (US 1953)

Little Walter discography

387/1953JIMMY ROGERS with his Rocking Four

- Left Me With A Broken Heart (U 7503)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Act Like You Love Me (U 7504) (3:02)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued track from same session:
- Act Like You Love Me (alt tk) (2:58) [Chess CHD 9372]   @ youtube   @ Spotify



rec. May 4, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Muddy Waters, g; Elga Edmonds, dr


Chess 1543


= Chess 1543 (repro)

Jimmy Rogers discography
Little Walter discography

3910/1953MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- Blow Wind Blow (U 7551)   @ youtube
- Mad Love (U 7552) (= I Want You To Love Me)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



unissued tracks from same session:
- Too Deep Blues (U 7553)
- Tell Me How (U 7553A)



rec. September 24, 1953 at Universal Recording Studios, 111 E. Ontario St., in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Walter Horton Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds, dr

 
Chess 1550 (US 10/1953)

Little Walter discography
Otis Spann discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

401/1954MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- I'm Your Hoochie Cooche (or Kooche or Coochie) Man [sic] (U 7589-16) (2:49) #   @ youtube
- She's So Pretty (U 7590-5)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Hoochie Coochie Man (alt tk) (2:49) [Chess LP 6.24474, Chess LP 6-80002]   @ youtube



rec. January 7, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Elga Edmonds, dr

     
Chess 1560

# Chess 1973

Little Walter discography
Otis Spann discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

415/1954MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- Just Make Love To Me (= I Just Want To Make Love To You) (U 7630)   @ youtube
- Oh! Yeh (U 7631) (= "Oh Yeah" on most re-issues)   @ youtube

rec. April 13, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Elga Edmonds, dr

 
Chess 1571 (US 5/1954)

Little Walter discography
Otis Spann discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

426/1954JIMMY ROGERS and his Rocking Four

- Chicago Bound (7592-3) #   @ youtube
- Sloppy Drunk (7632) *   @ youtube

# rec. January 7, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Henry Gray or Johnny Jones, p; Muddy Waters, g; Odie Payne, dr
* rec. April 13, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g; Willie Dixon, b; Elga Edmonds, dr

 
Chess 1574 (US 6/1954)

Jimmy Rogers discography
Little Walter discography
Otis Spann discography

42a6/1954JUNIOR WELLS

- 'Bout The Break Of Day (1441)   @ youtube
- Lord, Lord (1442-2) (= Lawdy! Lawdy!)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- 'Bout The Break Of Day (1441-4) [Delmark DL 640]   @ youtube
- Lord, Lord (1442-1) [Delmark DD 640]   @ youtube



rec. April 15, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, Louis Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

 
States S-139 (US 6/1954)

Muddy Waters discography
Otis Spann discography

4310/1954MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- I'm Ready (U 7697)   @ youtube
- I Don't Know Why (U 7699)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Smokestack Lightnin' (U 7698) [Sunnyland KS 100, Chess LP 9180]   @ youtube



rec. September 1, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Fred Below, dr

 
Chess 1579

Little Walter discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

  
 

- Baby Please Don't Go
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- I'm Ready
- INTERVIEW with Gene Norman
- Oh Yeah

rec. September 25, 1954 live at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA by Gene Norman; Muddy Waters, voc, g; George Smith, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds, dr

originally unissued

GNP Crescendo GNP-9057 (US 6/2021)

4411/1954Muddy Waters

- Long Distance Call [Chess 1452]
- Hello Little Girl (= Appealing Blues) [Chess 1468]


Vogue V2273 (UK 11/1954)

4512/1954MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- I'm a Natural Born Lover (U 7746) #   @ youtube
- Loving Man (U 7502) *   @ youtube

# rec. November 1954 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds, dr

* rec. May 4, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds, dr

     
Chess 1585 (US 12/1954)

Little Walter discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

45a12/1954JUNIOR WELLS

- Tomorrow Night (1328-4) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- So All Alone (1443-7) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. June 8, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Johnny Jones, p; Elmore James or Louis Myers, g; Dave Myers, b-g; Odie Payne, dr

* rec. April 15, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Junior Wells, voc, hca; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, Louis Myers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

 
States S-143 (12/1954)

Muddy Waters discography
Otis Spann discography

464/1955MUDDY WATERS And His Guitar

- I Want To Be Loved (U 7785)   @ youtube
- My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble) (U 7797) #   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- This Pain (U 7783) [Chess PLP 6040/50 (Jp)]   @ youtube
- Young Fashion Ways (= Old Fashioned Ways) (U 7784) [Chess 1602]
- I Want To Be Loved (alt tk) [Chess 2CD 649, Hip-O-Select CD 2758]



rec. February 3, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; # unknown, 2nd g; Fred Below, dr

 
Chess 1596

Little Walter discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

475/1955Muddy Waters with Little Walter: Mississippi Blues

- I Can't Be Satisfied [Aristocrat 1305, Chess 1514]
- I Feel Like Going Home [Aristocrat 1305]

- Evans Shuffle [Chess 1441]
- Louisiana Blues [Chess 1441]

notes by Alexis Korner

Vogue EPV 1046 (UK 5/1955)

Little Walter discography

487/1955MUDDY WATERS and his guitar

- Manish Boy (= Mannish Boy) (U 7846) *   @ youtube
- Young Fashion Ways (= Old Fashioned Ways) (U 7784) #   @ youtube

* rec. May 24, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; Junior Wells, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr; chorus

# rec. February 3, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Fred Below, dr

       
Chess 1602 (US 7/1955 ff.)


Chess 1602 (US 1977)

brown vinyl 7 inch 45 rpm

= Third Man (US 9/2017 repro)

Little Walter discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

4911/1955MUDDY WATERS And His Guitar

- Sugar Sweet (= I Can't Call Her Sugar) (U 7938)   @ youtube
- Trouble, No More (U 7939)   @ youtube

rec. November 3, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr; chorus

 
Chess 1612 (US 11/1959)

Little Walter discography
Otis Spann discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

501/1956JIMMIE [sic] ROGERS And His Rocking Four

- Blues All Day Long (= Blues Leave Me Alone) (7591-13) #   @ youtube
- You're The One (7970) *   @ youtube

# rec. January 7, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Henry Gray or Johnny Jones, p; Muddy Waters, g; Odie Payne, dr

* rec. December 1955 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Rogers, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; poss. Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

     
Chess 1616 (US 1/1956)

Jimmy Rogers discography
Little Walter discography
Johnny Jones discography
Robert Lockwood Jr. discography

514/1956MUDDY WATERS And His Guitar

- Forty Days & Forty Nights (8012) #   @ youtube
- All Aboard (8013) *   @ youtube

rec. February 2, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; * 2nd hca added (prob. James Cotton); # Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

   
Chess 1620

Little Walter discography
Otis Spann discography
Pat Hare discography
Hubert Sumlin discography

537/1956MUDDY WATERS

- Don't Go No Farther (8148)   @ youtube
- Diamonds At Your Feet (8149)   @ youtube

rec. June 29, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; prob. same personel as Chess 1620: Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; Odie Payne, dr

 
Chess 1630

Little Walter discography

5410/1956Muddy Waters and his guitar: Mississippi Blues

- Young Fashioned Ways [Chess 1602]
- Manish Boy [Chess 1602]

- All Aboard [Chess 1620]
- Forty Days And Forty Nights [Chess 1620]

cover art work of London RE-U 1060 (UK) by "P.H.O" (Paul Oliver) (8/1956)
cover art work of London RE-U 1060 (Fr) by M. Charton

7 inch 45 rpm EP
 
London RE-U 1060 (UK 10/1956)

7 inch 45 rpm EP

= London RE-U 1060 (Fr)

5511/1956MUDDY WATERS

- Just To Be With You (8147) *   @ youtube
- I Got To Find My Baby (U 7937) #   @ youtube

# rec. November 3, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr

* rec. June 29, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; with prob. Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; Odie Payne, dr


Chess 1644

Little Walter discography
Otis Spann discography
Jimmy Rogers discography
Pat Hare discography

563/1957MUDDY WATERS

- Got My Mojo Working (8393) *   @ youtube
- Rock Me (8389) #   @ youtube

# rec. December 1, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; prob. S.P. Leary, dr

* rec. January 12, 1957 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; prob. S.P. Leary, dr


Chess 1652

Little Walter discography

578/1957MUDDY WATERS

- Good News (8510)   @ youtube
- Come Home Baby (I Wish You Would) (8512)   @ youtube

rec. June 1957 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; prob. Fred Below, dr


Chess 1667 (US 8/1957)

Little Walter discography


LP / CD compilations & a few more 78 rpm / 45 rpm
581957the best of Muddy Waters resp. Sail On


Chess LP 1427 track sequence:
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:50) [Chess 1571]
- Long Distance Call (2:39) [Chess 1452]
- Louisiana Blues (2:52) [Chess 1441]
- Honey Bee (3:20) [Chess 1468]
- Rollin' Stone (3:05) [Chess 1426]
- I'm Ready (3:02) [Chess 1579]

- Hoochie Coochie (2:49) [Chess 1560]
- She Moves Me (2:55) [Chess 1490]
- I Want You To Love Me (3:01) [Chess 1550]
- Standing Around Crying (3:19) # [Chess 1526]
- Still A Fool (3:12) [Chess 1480]
- I Can't Be Satisfied (2:41) [Aristocrat 1305 / Chess 1514]

Chess LP 1427 front cover photo by Don Bronstein

Chess LP 1539 track sequence:
- Hoochie Coochie (2:49) [Chess 1560]
- I'm Ready (3:02) [Chess 1579]
- Rollin' Stone (3:05) [Chess 1426]
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:50) [Chess 1571]
- Honey Bee (3:20) [Chess 1468]
- She Moves Me (2:55) [Chess 1490]

- I Can't Be Satisfied (2:41) [Aristocrat 1305 / Chess 1514]
- I Want You To Love Me (3:01) [Chess 1550]
- Long Distance Call (2:39) [Chess 1452]
- Standing Around Crying (3:19) # [Chess 1526]
- Still A Fool (3:12) [Chess 1480]
- Louisiana Blues (2:52) [Chess 1441]

While Studs Terkel's back cover notes claim that all harmonica heard on this LP is played by Little Walter ("Little Walter's exciting harmonica is ubiquitiously present."), "Standing Around Crying" (#) actually has Junior Wells' harp playing
Chess LP 1539 front cover photo (with Gibson Les Paul guitar) by ???

notes by Studs Terkel

Chess LP 1427

notes by Pete Welding

= Chess LP 1539 (10/1969) "Sail On"

quite a few add'l LP/CD releases @ discogs.com

592/1958MUDDY WATERS

- Evil (8511) *   @ youtube
- I Live The Life I Love (I Love The Life I Live) (8388) #   @ youtube

# rec. December 1, 1956 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Marcus Johnson, ts; sax; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Willie Dixon, b; prob. S.P. Leary, dr

* rec. June 1957 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; prob. Fred Below, dr


Chess 1680

605/1958MUDDY WATERS

- I Won't Go On (8732)   @ youtube
- She's Got It (8733)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- She's Got It (alt tk) [Hip-O Select B0002758-02]   @ youtube
- Born Lover (8734) [Chess LP 2057]   @ youtube



rec. c. January 1958 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, g; Willie Dixon, b; prob. Fred Below, dr

   
Chess 1692 (US 5/1958)

618/1958MUDDY WATERS

- She's Nineteen Years Old (8979-1)   @ youtube
- Close To You (8980-2)   @ youtube

rec. August 1958 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Francis Clay, dr

 
Chess 1704 (US 8/1958)

622/1959MUDDY WATERS

- Mean Mistreater (9194) *   @ youtube
- Walking Thru The Park (9140-2) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

# rec. August 1958 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Francis Clay or George Hunter, dr

* rec. January 1959 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Luther Tucker, g; Andrew Stephens, b; Francis Clay, dr

       
Chess 1718

634/1959MUDDY WATERS and his Guitar

- Clouds In My Heart (U 7940) *   @ youtube
- Ooh Wee (U 7747) #   @ youtube

# rec. November 1954 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds, dr
* rec. November 3, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Willie Dixon, b; Fred Below, dr; chorus

     
Chess 1724 (US 4/1959)

647/1959MUDDY WATERS

- Take The Bitter With The Sweet (9504)   @ youtube
- She's Into Somethin' (9505)   @ youtube

rec. June 1959 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, g; Andrew Stephens, b; Francis Clay, dr


Chess 1733 (US 7/1959)

6510/1959MUDDY WATERS

- Recipe For Love (9514) #   @ youtube
- Tell Me Baby (9640) * [Chess LP 1444]   @ youtube

# rec. June 1959 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, g; Andrew Stephens, b; Francis Clay, dr

* rec. July/August 1959 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; Pat Hare, g; Andrew Stephens, b; Willie Smith, dr


Chess 1739 (US 10/1959)

661959Alan Lomax presents
Folk Song Festival At Carnegie Hall ("Folksong '59")

United Artists UAL 3050 / UAS 6050 track sequence:
Jimmy Driftwood
- Sal's Got A Sugar Lip (1:40)
- Down In Rackensack (2:44)
- The Unfortunate Man (4:01)
The Stoney Mountain Boys
- Fire On The Mountain (0:47)
- Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms (2:05)
- Mule Skinner Blues (3:19)


Memphis Slim
- Boogie Woogie Memphis (3:00) **
- The Saddest Blues (aka "Rollin' And Tumblin' "(3:18) *
- How Long (3:52) *
Muddy Waters
- Hoochie Coochie Man # (3:07)   @ youtube
- Goin' Down (aka "Walkin' Thru The Park") # (3:39)   @ youtube


Capitol CD CPD 8 29375 track sequence:
Muddy Waters
- Hoochie Coochie Man #
- Walkin' Thru The Park #
Memphis Slim
- Boogie Woogie Memphis *
- Rollin' And Tumblin' *
- How Long (Live) *
Muddy Waters
- Rock Me (All Night Long) [] §   @ youtube
- Blow Wind Blow (= Sunrise Blues) []
Memphis Slim
- John Henry
- Stack Alee
- How Long
- All This Piano Boogie
- Bye Bye Baby
- Love My Baby
- When The Sun Goes Down
- Someday Baby
- Slim's Slow Blues
- Gee Ain't It Hard To Find Somebody


prod. & edited for records by Jack Lewis; rec. live at Carnegie Hall by Olmstead Sound Studios
# rec. April 3, 1959 at Carnegie Hall in New York City; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Isaac Washington, hca; Otis Spann, p; Al Hall, b; Berisford "Shep" Shepherd, dr
* rec. April 3, 1959 live at Carnegie Hall in New York City; Memphis Slim, voc, p; ** Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g; Al Hall, b; Berisford "Shep" Shepherd, dr
[] rec. c. February 1961 in New York City; Muddy Waters, voc, g; § James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; unknown, b; poss. Francis Clay or Casey Jones, dr

United Artists UAL 3050 / UAS 6050 cover design by Marvin Sylvor
Capitol CPD 8 29375 produced and compiled by Pete Welding; front cover artwork by Joe Ciardiello

Muddy Waters with Isaac Washington, at Carnegie Hall in New York City, April 3, 1959
Muddy Waters with Isaac Washington
April 3, 1959 at Carnegie Hall in New York City
photographer: John Cohen


The harmonicist is *not* Little Walter, as almost all internet sources claim!
"Don't Follow Leaders, Watch The Pawking Metaws."

notes by Ed Sherman
 
United Artists UAL 3050 (mono "Hi-Fidelity") (US, autumn 1959)

notes by Ed Sherman

= United Artists UAS 6050 (stereo) (US, autumn 1959)


(=) Capitol CPD 8 29375 (US 1995) "Chicago Blues Masters Volume One: Muddy Waters & Memphis Slim"

671/1960Muddy Waters Sings "Big Bill"
The Songs of "Big Bill" Broonzy

- Tell Me Baby (9640) # [Chess 1739]   @ youtube
- Southbound Train (9506)   @ youtube
- When I Get To Thinking (9641) * [Chess 1748]   @ youtube
- Just A Dream (On My Mind) (9510)   @ youtube
- Double Trouble (9642) *   @ youtube

- I Feel So Good (9511) [Chess 1748]   @ youtube
- (Baby,) I Done Got Wise (9639) *   @ youtube
- Mopper's Blues (9503)   @ youtube
- Lonesome Road Blues (9502)   @ youtube
- Hey, Hey (9512)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same sessions:
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet (9504) [Chess 1733]   @ youtube
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet (alt tk) [Chess LP 6-80002]
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet (alt tk) [Chess PLP-6040/51]
- She's Into Something (9505) [Chess 1733; LP 6-80002]   @ youtube
- She's Into Something (alt tk) [Chess PLP-6040/51]
- Love Affair (9513) [Chess 1758]   @ youtube
- Recipe For Love (9514) [Chess 1739]   @ youtube
- Recipe For Love (alt tk) [Chess PLP-6040/51]
- Double Trouble (alt tk) * [Chess CHD 4-9340]   @ youtube



rec. June 1959 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, g; Andrew Stephens, b; Francis Clay, dr
* rec. July/August 1959 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, g; unknown, 2nd g; Andrew Stephens, b; Willie Smith, dr
# rec. July/August 1959 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; Pat Hare, g; Andrew Stephens, b; Willie Smith, dr

photographer: Don Bronstein

notes by Studs Terkel

Chess LP 1444


PYE International NPL 28048 (UK 1964) "Muddy Waters sings the songs of Big Bill Broonzy"

notes by Studs Terkel

= Funckler/Chess PAR 209 (NL 1964)


= Marble Arch MAL 723 (UK 1967)

notes by Studs Terkel

= Chess/Vogue 515029 (Fr 1986)


= Chess/Green Line GCH8029 (It 1987)

notes by Studs Terkel and Bob Schnieders

= MCA/Chess CH-9197 (mastered by Steve Hoffman) (US 1986) "Muddy Waters sings Big Bill Broonzy"

notes by Studs Terkel and Bob Schnieders

(=) MCA/Chess CHD-5907 (mastered by Steve Hoffmann) (US 1986) "Sings Big Bill / Folksinger" (Two on One)

notes by Studs Terkel, Ralph Bass & Tony Russel

(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 397 (UK 1997) "Sings Big Bill / Folksinger"

681/1960MUDDY WATERS

- I Feel So Good (9511) # [Chess LP 1444]   @ youtube
- When I Get To Thinking (9641) * [Chess LP 1444]   @ youtube

# rec. June 1959 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; org overdubbed; Pat Hare; Andrew Stephens, b; Francis Clay, dr
* rec. July/August 1959 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare; Andrew Stephens, b; Francis Clay, dr

last Muddy Waters Chess on 78 rpm!

     
Chess 1748 (US 1/1960)

694/1960MUDDY WATERS

- Read Way Back (10031) #   @ youtube
- I'm Your Doctor (10032)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Woman Wanted (8 tks, incl. dialogue) [Chess PLP-6040/50, bonus LP (Jp); Chess RED BOX 3 (UK)]
- Woman Wanted (10030) [Chess 1774]
- Read Way Back (9 tks, incl. dialogue & backing track) [Chess PLP-6040/50, bonus LP (Jp); Chess RED BOX 3 (UK)]
- Deep Down In My Heart (10033) [Sunnyland KS 100; Chess LP 9180]   @ youtube



rec. April 23, 1958 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; # Willie Dixon, voc; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Andrew Stephens, b; Francis Clay, dr


Chess 1752

707/1960MUDDY WATERS

- Love Affair (9513) *   @ youtube
- Look What You've Done (8392) #   @ youtube

# rec. January 12, 1957 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, Hubert Sumlin, g; Willie Dixon, b; prob. S.P. Leary, dr

* rec. June 1959 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, g; Andrew Stephens, b; Francis Clay, dr


Chess 1758 (US 7/1960)

711960Muddy Waters at Newport 1960

- I Got My Brand On You (4:32)   @ youtube
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (3:00)   @ youtube
- Baby, Please Don't Go (3:01)   @ Spotify
- Soon Forgotten (4:22)   @ Spotify
- Tiger In Your Tank (4:30)   @ youtube

- I Feel So Good (2:55)   @ youtube
- Got My Mojo Working (4:30)   @ youtube
- Got My Mojo Working pt. 2 (10544) (2:48) [Chess 1774]   @ youtube
- Goodbye Newport Blues [] (4:50)   @ youtube

2001 / 2007 CD bonus tracks:
- I Got My Brand On You # (2:22) [Chess PLP 6040-51 (Jp)]   @ Spotify
- Soon Forgotten # (2:41) [Chess PLP 6040-51 (Jp)]   @ Spotify
- Tiger In Your Tank # (2:17) [Chess 1765]   @ youtube
- Meanest Woman # (2:18) [Chess 1765]   @ youtube

rec. July 3, 1960 at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca, Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare ["Tat Harris" on back cover], g; Andrew Stephens ["Andrew Stevenson" on back cover], b; Francis Clay, dr; [] Butch Cage, vl; [] Lafayette Thomas, g

# rec. June 1960 in Chicago, IL

the archtop on the cover picture is John Lee Hooker's guitar; photographer: Burt Goldblatt



notes by Jack Tracy

Chess LPS/LP 1449


= Barclay 84.093 (Fr 1964)

= Chess CRL 4513 (UK 1965)

notes by Jack Tracy

= Marble Arch MAL 661 (UK 1967)

notes by Mike Leadbitter

= Checker 6467 306 (UK 1973)

notes by Jack Tracy (italian)

= Carosello/Chess BRP 2026 (It 1982)


= P-Vine/Chess PLP-814 (Jp 1983)


= Chess/Vogue 515039 (Fr 19??)


= Chess/Green Line GCH-8022 (It 1986)


= MCA/Chess CH-9198 (mastered by Steve Hoffman) (US 1986)

= MCA/Chess CHD-31269 (mastered by Steve Hoffman) (US 1986)

= MCA 6704024 (Brazil 1987)

notes by Jack Tracy

= MCA/Chess CD 1011 (US 1989)


(=) Beat Goes On BGOCD 314 (UK 1996) "... in Newport / Live"

notes by Mary Katherine Aldin & Jack Tracy

(=) MCA/Chess 088112515-2 (US 2001)


(=) Chess/Victor SJET 8237 (mini LP CD Jp 2007)


= Speakers Corner 180g LP / Chess 1449 (mastered by Ray Staff, AIR-Studios, London)

7210/1960MUDDY WATERS

- Tiger In Your Tank (10293) (2:17) #   @ youtube
- Meanest Woman (10295) (2:18)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Soon Forgotten (10294) (2:41) [Chess PLP 6040-51 (Jp)]   @ Spotify
- I Got My Brand On You (10296) (2:22) [Chess PLP 6040-51 (Jp)]   @ Spotify



rec. June 7, 1960 in Chicago, IL; ; Muddy Waters, voc, # g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, g; Andrew Stephens, b; Francis Clay, dr

 
Chess 1765

7312/1960MUDDY WATERS

- Woman Wanted (10030) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Got My Mojo Working [Part 2] (10544) * [Chess LP 1449]   @ youtube

# rec. April 23, 1958 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Andrew Stephens, b; Francis Clay, dr
* rec. July 3, 1960 at the Newport Jazz Festival; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Pat Hare, g; Andrew Stephens, b; Francis Clay, dr


Chess 1774

741961Memphis Slim: Broken Soul Blues

- John Henry
- Rock Me # §
- Stack Alee
- How Long
- All This Piano Boogie
- Bye Bye Baby

- Love My Baby
- When The Sun Goes Down
- Sunrise Blues (= Blow Wind Blow) #
- Someday Baby
- Swims Slow Blues
- Gee Ain't It Hard To Find Somebody

rec. c. February 1961 in New York City; Memphis Slim, voc, p; Muddy Waters, g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; unknown, b; poss. Francis Clay, dr
# rec. c. February 1961 in New York City; Muddy Waters, voc, g; § James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; unknown, b; poss. Francis Clay, dr


United Artists UAL 3137 (US 1961)


United Artists UAS 6137 (US 1961)

= United Artists ULP 1042 (UK 1961)

= United Artists 69 006 (Germany 1962)

= BGO BGOCD373 (UK 1997)

757/1961MUDDY WATERS

- Lonesome Room Blues (11013)   @ youtube
- Messin' With The Man (11014)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Real Love (11012) [Sunnyland KS 100; Chess PLP-40/51]   @ youtube



rec. July 1961 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Boyd Atkins, Marcus Johnson, saxes; Otis Spann, p; Matt Murphy, g; Milton Rector, b; Al Duncan, dr

 
Chess 1796

769/1961Muddy Waters / Memphis Slim@ youtube (full EP playlist)

Muddy Waters
- Hoochie Coochie Man #
- Goin' Down (aka "Walkin' Thru The Park") #
Memphis Slim
- Boogie Woogie Memphis **
- How Long *

rec. April 3, 1959 at Carnegie Hall in New York City
# Muddy Waters, voc, g; Isaac Washington, hca; Otis Spann, p; Al Hall, b; Berisford "Shep" Shepherd, dr
* Memphis Slim, voc, p; ** Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g; Al Hall, b; Berisford "Shep" Shepherd, dr

7 inch 45 rpm EP

United Artists 36002 (Fr 9/1961)

771961Rhythm & Blues Showcase Vol. II

Jimmy McCracklin
- The Walk
Howlin' Wolf
- You Gonna Wreck My Life [aka No Place To Go, Chess 1566]


Muddy Waters
- Messin' With The Man
Little Walter
- I Got To Find My Baby


7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Guy Stevens

PYE NEP 44022 (UK 1961)

783/1962MUDDY WATERS

- Going Home (U 11446)   @ youtube
- Tough Times (U 11449)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Down By The Deep Blue Sea (U 11447) [Chess PLP-6040/51]   @ youtube
- Muddy Waters Twist (U 11448) [Chess 1827]   @ youtube



rec. January 1962 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc (overdubbed); J.T. Brown, A.C. Reed, ts; Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, org; prob. Matt Murphy, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Casey Jones, dr; fem voc group

 
Chess 1819

796/1962 

MUDDY WATERS (Earl Hooker's Orch)
- You Shook Me (U-11711) #   @ youtube
MUDDY WATERS
- Muddy Water's Twist (U-11448) *   @ youtube

# Muddy Waters, voc (overdubbed June 27, 1962) on instrumental track rec. poss. May 3, 1961 (= "Blue Guitar" on Age 29106); Earl Hooker, g; A.C. Reed, ts; John 'Big Moose' Walker, org; Lafayette Leake, p; Earnest Johnson, b; Bobby Little, dr
* rec. January 1962 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc (overdubbed); J.T. Brown, A.C. Reed, ts; Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, org; prob. Matt Murphy, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Casey Jones, dr; fem voc group

   
Chess 1827

Earl Hooker discography

8011/1962MUDDY WATERS

- You Need Love (U-11836)   @ youtube
- Little Brown Bird (U-11837)   @ youtube

Muddy Waters, voc (overdubbed October 12, 1962) on instrumental track rec. July 1962 in Chicago, IL; Earl Hooker, g; A.C. Reed, ts; Jackie Branston, bs; John 'Big Moose' Walker, org; Earnest Johnson, b; Casey Jones, dr

 
Chess 1839

Earl Hooker discography

811963The Blues   Volume 1

- Don't Start Me To Talking - Sonny Boy Williamson
- First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy
- Worried Life Blues - Chuck Berry
- My Babe - Little Walter
- Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker

- Hoochie Coochie - Muddy Waters

- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Juke - Little Walter
- When The Lights Go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon

- Just Make Love To Me - Muddy Waters
- Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf

EP Vol. 1, Part 1 - PYE NEP 44029
- Don't Start Me To Talking - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Just Make Love To Me - Muddy Waters

- Walkin' The Boogie - John Lee Hooker
- When The Lights Go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon

EP Vol. 1, Part 2 - PYE NEP 44035
- Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf
- First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy


- Hoochie Coochie - Muddy Waters
- Juke - Little Walter

notes by Esmond Edwards

Argo LP-4026

notes by Esmond Edwards

(=) Cadet LPS-4026 "Electronically altered for STEREO"


= PYE NPL 28030 (UK)

45 rpm EP

(=) PYE NEP 44029 (UK) "Vol. 1, Part 1"

45 rpm EP

(=) PYE NEP 44035 (UK) "Vol. 1, Part 2"


= Barclay 844005 (Fr)

notes by Esmond Edwards and Bob Schnieders

= Chess CH-9253 (1984)

= Chess/Green Line GCH-8027 (It 1986)

821963The Blues   Volume 2

- Thirty Days - Chuck Berry
- Sugar Mama - John Lee Hooker
- Evil - Howlin' Wolf

- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
- I'm A Man - Bo Diddley
- Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter

- Key To The Highway - Little Walter
- It Ain't No Secret - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Wee Wee Hours - Chuck Berry
- Ten Years Ago - Buddy Guy
- So Many Roads - Otis Rush

EP Vol. 2 - Chess CRE 6011
- Sugar Mama - John Lee Hooker
- Key To The Highway - Little Walter

- So Many Roads - Otis Rush
- Wee Wee Hours - Chuck Berry


notes by Esmond Edwards

Argo LP-4027

notes by Esmond Edwards

(=) Cadet LP-4027

notes by Esmond Edwards

= PYE NPL 28035 (UK)

45 rpm EP

(=) Chess CRE 6011 (UK 1965)   "Vol. 2"

notes by Esmond Edwards and Bob Schnieders

= Chess CH-9267 (US 1984)

837/1963


MUDDY WATERS

- Twenty-Four Hours (12444)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Five Long Years (12442)   @ youtube

rec. May 2, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Luther Tucker, g; Willie Dixon, b; Willie Smith, dr

   
Chess 1862

83a9/1963Muddy Waters

- You Shook Me (U-11711) [Chess 1827]
- Little Brown Bird (U-11837) [Chess 1839]

- You Need Love (U-11836) [Chess 1839]
- Muddy Water's Twist (U-11448) [Chess 1827]

Chess 1827 / Chess 1839

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Guy Stevens

PYE Int. NEP 44010 (UK 9/1963)

Earl Hooker discography

841963American Folkblues [sic] Festival 1963 resp. American Folk Blues Festival 1963
"A documentation of the authentic blues featuring the best blues artists of America"

Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well   @ youtube
Big Joe Williams - I Have No Friends
Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues   @ youtube
Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby   @ youtube
Victoria Spivey - Grant Spivey   @ youtube
Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie   @ youtube

Sonnyboy Williamson - I Don't Know   @ youtube
Sonnyboy Williamson - Sonny's Harmonica Boogie   @ youtube
Lonnie Johnson - It's Too Late To Cry   @ youtube
Otis Spann - Had My Fun (3:53)   @ youtube

Muddy Waters - Five Long Years   @ youtube
Memphis Slim et al. - Bye, Bye, Blues   @ youtube

rec. October 13, 1963 live at the (2nd) American Folk Blues Festival in Bremen, Germany; accompanists: Matt "Guitar" Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr; prod. by Siegfried E. Loch

Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 track sequence:
Muddy Waters - Five Long Years
Willie Dixon - Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues
Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby
Matthew Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know

Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home
Lightnin' Hopkins - Ain't It A Pity
Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sunnyland Slim - Everytime I Get The Drinking
Hubert Sumlin - No Title Boogie
Howlin Wolf - Dust My Broom


originally unissued Muddy Waters tracks from same event on Evidence ECD 26200, all previously (1992) released on ACT CD 9204 & ACT CD 9205:
Muddy Waters - My Captain (3:51)
Muddy Waters - Catfish Blues (2:59)
Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow (alt tk) (= "In The City") (3:57)
Muddy Waters - My Home Is In The Delta (= "I Feel Like Cryin'") (4:42)

notes (8-pp. German/English) by Horst Lippmann and Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

Fontana 681510 ZL (mono) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival"   incl. photos by Rolf Ambor

or
= Fontana 885403 ZL (mono)
= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Germany 1963) "American Folkblues Festival"

notes by Anonymous

= Fontana TL 5204 (mono) (UK 1964) "American Folk Blues Festival"

notes by Jean Tronchot

= Fontana 885403 MY (mono)
= Fontana 885403 ZY (stereo) (Fr 196?)

notes by Jean Tronchot

= Fontana 681510 TL/ZL (Fr 19??)


= Fontana 858 100 FPY (NL 1968)

= Polydor 2310 296 (Fr)




= Exodus EX/EXS 302 (US 1966) [Ewart Abner's label]


(=) Philips/Phonogram SFL-7385 (Jp 1969) "American Folk Blues Festival 63-64"

notes by Willy Leiser

= L+R 42.023 (Germany 1981)


= Optimism/L+R CD-2023 (US 1983?)


= Bellaphon/L+R CDLR 42023 (Germany 1998)

5 CD box set
notes by Bill Dahl
   
(=) Evidence ECD 26100 (US 1995) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65"     CDs 2 & 3: "1963, parts 1 & 2"

notes by Jerry Gordon

(=) Evidence ECD 26087-2 (US 1997) "American Folk Blues Festival '62-'65 - Highlights"

Evidence ECD 260101 "American Folk Blues Festival '66 - '72" (as announced in the notes accompanying Evidence ECD 26087-2) obviously never happened!

3 CD set
 
(=) Bellaphon CDLR 726321 (Germany 1999) "1962, 1963, 1964"     CD 2: "1963"


(=) Oldays ODR 6287-88 (Jp 2016) "1962-63"

a few more re-releases @ discogs. com

American Folk Blues Festival discography
Fontana Records discography
L+R Records discography

84a12/1963Folk Festival Of The Blues   Recorded Live@ youtube (full album)

- Wee, Wee Baby - Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Buddy Guy   @ youtube
- Sitting And Thinking - Muddy Waters   @ youtube
- Worried Blues (3:10) - Buddy Guy ||   @ youtube
- Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson ||| [Checker 1134]   @ youtube
- Sugar Mama - Howlin' Wolf [] #   @ youtube


- Clouds In My Heart - Muddy Waters   @ youtube
- May I Have A Talk With You - Howlin' Wolf #   @ youtube
- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters   @ youtube
- Don't Know Which Way To Go - Buddy Guy   @ youtube
- She's 19 Years Old - Muddy Waters   @ youtube

# rec. July 26, 1963 at Copa Cabana Club, Chicago; Howlin' Wolf, voc, [] hca; Jarrett Gibson, ts; Donald Hankins, bs; Otis Spann, p; Buddy Guy, g; Jack Meyers, b; Fred Below, dr
|| / ||| studio recordings with dubbed audience:
|| rec. August 14, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Buddy Guy, voc, g; Jarrett Gibson, ts; Donald Hankins, bs; Lafayette Leake, p; Jack Meyers, b; Clifton James, dr
||| rec. January 11, 1963 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williemason, voc, hca; Lafayette Leake or Billy Emerson, org; Matt Murphy. g; Milton Rector, b; Al Duncan, dr

notes by Pete Welding
 
Argo LP 4031 (US 12/1963) / Cadet LP-4031 (US 1965ff.)     Argo changed its name to Cadet in 1965

notes by Pete Welding

= PYE NPL 28033 (UK 1963) "Folk Festival Of The Blues Recorded Live"


= Marble Arch MALS 724 (UK 1967) "Festival Of The Blues"

= Chess/Funckler MAR-S 3171 (NL 1968) "Folk Festival of the Blues Recorded Live"


= Barclay 84116 S (Fr)


= Chess LP-1533 (1969) "Blues from 'Big Bill's' CopaCabana   Recorded Live"

= Chess CH-9181


= Chess 9113 (1984) "Folk Festival of the Blues Recorded Live"

= Chess/Green Line GCH-8004 (It 1984)

= Chess/Green Line CD 1015 (It 1989)


= Charly CD BM 15 (UK 1993) "Live Action! - Charly Blues Masterworks Volume 15"

853/1964The Blues   Volume 3

- Diggin' My Potatoes - Washboard Sam
- Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon
- Lonely No More - Little Milton
- I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) - Howlin' Wolf
- Off The Wall - Little Walter

- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters

- It's My Own Fault - John Lee Hooker
- Baby Please Don't Go (alt tk) - Muddy Waters
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Time Brings On A Change - Jimmy Witherspoon
- The Sun Is Shining (alt tk) - Elmore James
- The World's In A Tangle - Jimmy Rogers



Argo LP-4034


(=) Cadet LP-4034 "Electronically altered for STEREO"

notes by John Burton

= PYE NPL 28045 (UK)

notes by John Burton and Cary Baker

= Chess CH-9276 (US 1988)

861964The Blues   Volume 4

- Billy's Blues part 2 - Billy Stewart
- Last Night - Little Walter [previously unissued]
- Trouble Trouble - Lowell Fulson
- My Baby's Got Soul - Larry Williams
- Third Degree - Eddie Boyd
- I Don't Know - Willie Mabon & His Combo

- I'm A Little Mixed Up - Betty James

- She's 19 Years Old - Muddy Waters
- Flat Foot Sam - T.V. Slim
- Boom, Boom - Little Walter [Checker 867]
- I Guess I'm A Fool - Memphis Slim & House Rockers
- Leave My Wife Alone - John Lee Hooker


notes by Joe Segal

Argo LP-4042


(=) Cadet LP-4042 "Electronically altered for STEREO"

notes by Joe Segal
click to read notes !
= Chess CRL 4003 (UK 1964)


= Chess/MCA CH/CHD-9220 (US 1990)

86a5/1964Muddy Waters: Folk Singer

- My Home Is In The Delta #
- Long Distance #
- My Captain
- Good Morning School Girl #
- You Gonna Need My Help #

- Cold Weather Blues
- Big Leg Woman
- Country Boy #
- Feel Like Going Home (Muddy Waters solo)

rec. September 1963 at Ter Mar Studios in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Buddy Guy, g; # Willie Dixon, b; # Clifton James, dr
photographer: Don Bronstein

notes by Ralph Bass

Chess LP 1483 (US 5/1964)

more releases @ discogs.com

875/1964MUDDY WATERS

- The Same Thing (13150)   @ youtube
- You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (13151)   @ youtube

rec. April 9, 1964 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; Buddy Guy or James "Pee Wee" Madison, g; Willie Dixon, b; S.P. Leary, dr


Chess 1895

8811/1964MUDDY WATERS

- My John The Conquer Root [sic] (13473)   @ youtube
- Short Dress Woman (13474) #   @ youtube

rec. c. September 1964 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; James Cotton, hca; J.T. Brown, ts, # cl; Otis Spann, p; Sammy Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison, g; Calvin Jones, b; Willie Smith, dr

   
Chess 1914

892/1965MUDDY WATERS

- Put Me In Your Lay Away (13475) *   @ youtube
- Still A Fool (U 7360) # [Chess 1480]

* rec. c. September 1964 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; James Cotton, hca; J.T. Brown, cl; Otis Spann, p; Sammy Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison, g; Calvin Jones, b; Willie Smith, dr

# rec. July 11, 1951 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; Little Walter, sp, g; Jimmy Rogers, g; Big Crawford, b; Elga Edmonds, dr


Chess 1921

907/1965MUDDY WATERS

- My Dog Can't Bark (13932)   @ youtube
- I Got A Rich Man's Woman (19935)   @ youtube

rec. May 18, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Sammy Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison, g; Calvin Jones, b; Willie Smith, dr

   
Chess 1937

911965American Folk Blues Festival
dansez avec Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Matthew (Guitar) Murphy

Willie Dixon - Crazy For My Baby (2:37)
Matt Murphy - Matt's Guitar Boogie (4:05)


Muddy Waters - Five Long Years (3:55)
Memphis Slim - Wish Me Well (3:04)

rec. Octobre 13, 1963 à Brème (Allemagne)

7 inch 45 rpm EP
notes by Jean Tronchot

Fontana MEDIUM 466.024 ME (Fr 1965)

921966Muddy Waters: Down On Stovall's Plantation
His First Recordings: The Celebrated 1941-42 Library Of Congress Recordings, with The Son Sims Four

Testament T-2210 / Bounty BY 6031 track sequence:
- I Be's Troubled
- Rambling Kid Blues
- You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days
- Burr Clover Blues
- Pearlie Mae Blues
- Country Blues No. 1

- Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You?
- Country Blues No. 2, Take A
- Walk With Me
- Joe Turner
- You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Dead And Gone
- I Be Bound To Write To You

MCA/Chess CD 9344 track sequence:
Muddy Waters
- Country Blues (number one) (3:32)
- interview #1 (3:51)
- I Be's Troubled (3:04)
- interview #2 (1:50)
- Burr Clover Farm Blues (2:54)
- interview #3 (1:13)
Son Simms Four
- Ramblin' Kid Blues (partial) (1:10)
- Ramblin' Kid Blues (3:15)
- Rosalie (3:02)
- Joe Turner (2:46)
- Pearlie May Blues (3:25)
Muddy Waters
- Take A Walk With Me (3:04)
- Burr Clover Blues (3:13)
- interview #4 (0:34)
- I Be Bound To Write To You (first version) (3:25)
- I Be Bound To Write To You (second version) (2:52)
- You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (number one) (3:25)
- You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days (2:08)
- Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You (2:07)
- Country Blues (number two) (3:34)
- You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (number two) (3:40)
- 32-20 Blues (3:22)

rec. 1941/42 for the Library of Congress by Alan Lomax; prod. by Pete Welding
Testament T-2210 / Bounty BY 6031 (1966) cover photo by Ted Williams
Testament T-2210 (OJL re-release 19??) cover photo by Raeburn Flerlage

notes by Pete Welding

Testament T-2210 (US 1966)
BU 35 (August 1966), p. 23
BW 10 (September 1966), pp. 11/12

notes by Pete Welding

= Bounty BY 6031 (UK 1966)
BU 44 (June-July 1967), p. 24/25

notes by Pete Welding

Testament T-2210 (special re-release by OJL) (US 19??)

notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

(=) MCA/Chess CD 9344 (US 1993) "The Complete Plantation Recordings 1941-42"


(=) Universe LUNV111 (It)

Testament Records discography

931966Muddy Waters: Brass And The Blues

- Corine, Corina (14866) (3:37) # [Chess 1973]   @ youtube
- Piney Brown Blues (3:10) #   @ youtube
- Black Night (2:15)   @ youtube
- Trouble In Mind (2:51)   @ Spotify
- Going Back To Memphis (2:38)   @ youtube

- Betty And Dupree (2:58) #   @ youtube
- Sweet Little Angel (3:27)   @ youtube
- Take My Advice (2:48)   @ youtube
- Trouble (2:23) #   @ youtube
- Hard Loser (3:05)   @ youtube

rec. June 22/23, 1966 at Ter Mar Recording Studios in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; tp; tb; as; Gene Barge, ts; bs; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; # Charles Stepney, org; Sammy Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison, g; Calvin Jones, b; Willie Smith, dr

notes by Ralph Bass

Chess LP/LPS 1507

more releases @ discogs.com

949/1966MUDDY WATERS

- Hootchie Coochie Man [sic] (15035) (Willie Dixon) (2:51) #   @ youtube
- Corine, Corina (14866) (Bob Miller) (3:10) *   @ youtube

# rec. January 7, 1954 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Little Walter, hca; Otis Spann, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds, dr
* rec. June 22/23, 1966 at Ter Mar Recording Studios in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; tp; tb; as; Gene Barge, ts; bs; James Cotton, hca; Otis Spann, p; Charles Stepney, org; Sammy Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison, g; Calvin Jones, b; Willie Smith, dr

Corine, Corina: "from Chess LP 1507"

DJ Copy has title of A-side as "Hootchie Cootchie Man", title of B-side as "Corinna", writer's credit as "Hubert"!

   
Chess 1973 (US 9/1966)

951966The Blues   Volume 5

- That's Alright - Jimmy Rogers [Chess 1435]
- Honey Bee - Muddy Waters [Chess 1468]
- How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf [Chess 1479]
- Ground Hog Blues - John Lee Hooker
- Free And Easy Mind - Jimmy Nelson
- Double Dealing - Percy Mayfield

- Seventh Son - Willie Mabon & his Combo [Chess 1608]
- Check Yourself - Lowell Fulson
- The Key - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Me And My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie
- Confessin' The Blues - Little Walter & the Jukes [Checker 890]
- 24 Hours - Eddie Boyd [Chess 1533]


notes by Marshall Chess and Willie Dixon
   
Cadet LP-4051 (US 1965 ff.)   "All Platinum Record Group"   "GRT Record Group"   "Chess Producing Corp."

click to enlarge!
= Chess CRL 45123 (UK 1965)

notes by Marshall Chess and Willie Dixon

Cadet LPS-4051 (US 1966)   "Electronically altered for STEREO"

LP
notes by Marshall Chess, Mary Katherine Aldin, Willie Dixon

= Chess/MCA CH-9320 (US 1990)

CD
notes by Marshall Chess, Mary Katherine Aldin, Willie Dixon

= Chess/MCA CHD-9320 (US 1990)
= Chess/MCA CHC-9320 (cassette)

Argo/Cadet/Chess 'The Blues' series discography

95a1966The Bluesmen of the Muddy Waters Chicago Blues Band

Band
- Chicago Slide (1:45)   @ youtube
Luther Johnson
- Creepin' Snake (3:47)   @ youtube
George Smith
- Lookout Victoria (2:45)
Otis Spann
- You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now # (3:50)
Victoria Spivey
- Take Webster's Word For It (5:45)
Band
- Theme (1:15)

Otis Spann
- Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do # (5:25)
Luther Johnson
- Born In Georgia (2:00)   @ youtube
Victoria Spivey
- Trouble Hurts (2:45)
Band
- Watermelon Man (4:15)
George Smith
- Old Ugly Man Like Me (3:10)
Victoria Spivey
- Gave It All To Me (5:05)

P-Vine CD bonus tracks:
Otis Spann
- You Know You Don't Love Me Baby
- Why Don't You Leave Me Alone

rec. November 25, 1966 in New York City, NY; Victoria Spivey, voc; Otis Spann, p, # org, voc; George Smith, hca, voc; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, g, voc; Samuel Lawhorn, g; "Main Stream" (Muddy Waters, prob. does not play on all tracks), g; Francis Clay, dr
photos by Len Kunstadt

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1010 (US 1968)

notes by Len Kunstadt
 
Spivey 1010 (US 196?)

notes by Len Kunstadt
 
Spivey 1010 (US 196?)

notes by Len Kunstadt

Spivey 1010 (US 196?)


= P-Vine PCD-93209 (Jp 2009)

Spivey Records discography
Otis Spann discography
Lucille Spann discography
Muddy Waters discography
Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson discography

961966Rhythm & Blues All Stars

Little Walter - My Babe
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin' [Chess 1618]
Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes
Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon - It Ain't No Secret What My Babe Can Do


Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
John Lee Hooker - Walkin' The Boogie
Memphis Slim - Mother Earth
Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
Bo Diddley - Road Runner



Marble Arch MAL 610 (UK 1966)

973/1967Muddy Waters: More Real Folk Blues

- Sad Letter (2:57)
- Gonna Need My Help (3:05)
- Whiskey Blues (2:30)
- Down South Blues (2:50)
- Train Fare Blues (2:45)
- Kind-Hearted Woman (2:35)

- Appealing Blues (2:45)
- Early Morning Blues (3:05)
- Too Young To Know (3:12)
- She's All Right (alt tk) (2:28)
- My Life Is Ruined (3:12)
- Honey Bee (3:18)


Chess LP/LPS 1511

97a1967John Lee Hooker Live At Cafe Au Go-Go

- I'm Bad Like Jesse James   @ youtube
- She's Long, She's Tall (She Weeps Like A Willow Tree)   @ youtube
- When My First Wife Left Me   @ youtube
- Heartaches And Misery   @ youtube

- One Bourbon, One Scotch One Beer   @ youtube
- I Don't Want No Trouble   @ youtube
- I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive   @ youtube
- Seven Days And Seven Nights   @ youtube

CD bonus tracks (Live at Soledad Prison):
- What's The Matter Baby   @ youtube
- Lucille   @ youtube
- Boogie Everywhere I Go   @ youtube
- Serves Me Right To Suffer   @ youtube
- Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang   @ youtube


LP rec. August 20, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City by Rudy Van Gelder; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, gs; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; though listed on sleeve, George Smith does not appear; prod. by Bob Thiele

notes by Stanley Dance

Bluesway BL-6002 (US 1967) (mono)

 
Bluesway BLS-6002 (US 1967) (stereo)


= Bluesway/King SR-248 (Jp 1969)

= Mediterraneo-Movieplay TK 3029 (Sp 1976)

notes by Stanley Dance
 
= Beat Goes On BGOLP/BGOCD 39 (UK 1989)

Bluesway Records discography
Otis Spann discography
Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson discography

etc., etc., etc. @ discogs

97b3/1967Otis Spann: The Blues Is Where It's At

- Popcorn Man #   @ youtube
- Brand New House #   @ youtube

- Chicago Blues # *   @ youtube
- Steel Mill Blues (= Five Long Years)   @ youtube
- Down On Sarah Street #   @ youtube

- T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do #   @ youtube
- Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do (Stanley Dance's subtitle: "Party Blues") #   @ youtube

- My Home Is On The Delta [sic] *   @ youtube
- Spann Blues #   @ youtube

rec. August 30, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City, N.Y.; Otis Spann, voc, p; # George Smith, hca [without amplification]; Sammy Lawhorn, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson [except "My Home Is On The Delta"], * Muddy Waters, g; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele
photography by Charles Shabacon

notes by Stanley Dance

Bluesway BL-6003 (mono) (US 3/1967)

notes by Stanley Dance
 
= Bluesway BLS-6003 (stereo) (US 3/1967)

notes by Stanley Dance

Sparton/ABC BL 6003 (mono) (Ca 1967)

notes by Stanley Dance

= Sparton/ABC BLS 6003 (stereo) (Ca 1967)

notes by Stanley Dance

= His Master's Voice CLP 3609 (mono) (UK 1967)

notes by Stanley Dance

= His Master's Voice CSD 3609 (stereo) (UK 1967)

= Stateside SSLM 6042 (New Zealand 1967)

notes by Patrice Blanc-Francard

= Stateside CSSX 240.759 (stereo) (Fr 1968)

notes by Stanley Dance
 
= Probe IPR-8191 (Jp 1973)

notes by Stanley Dance

= MCA 204 927 (Fr 1982)

notes by Bez Turner

= Charly CRB-1062 (UK 1983) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do"

notes by Stanley Dance

= Crosscut CCR 1016 (Germany 1987)

notes by Wolfgang Quander

= (AMIGA 8 56 566) Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin 0760 063 (LP) (GDR 1990) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do" (Blues Collection Nr. 17)


= Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin/(Amiga) DSB 0460 063 (cassette) (GDR 1990) "Nobody Knows Chicago Like I Do" (Blues Collection Nr. 17)

notes by Stanley Dance

= Beat Goes On BGOCD 221 (UK 1994)

notes by Bill Dahl

(=) MCA MCAD-11202 (US 1995) "Down To Earth - The Bluesway Recordings" (Bluesway 6003 + 6013)

Bluesway Records discography
Otis Spann discography
George 'Harmonica' Smith discography
Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson discography

981967Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Muddy Waters: Super Blues

- Long Distance Call (5:15)
- Who Do You Love # (4:10)
- I'm A Man (5:40)
- Bo Diddley (4:35)

- You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover (4:25)
- I Just Want To Make Love To You # (6:07)
- My Babe # (3:52)
- You Don't Love Me # (4:05)

CD bonus tracks:
- studio chatter
- Sad Hours # [Red Lightnin' EP 0027]
- Juke (instr) [Red Lightnin' EP 0027]

rec. January 4, 1967 in Chicago, IL; Bo Diddley, voc, g; Little Walter, voc, hca; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; Sam Lawhorn, g; Little Sonny Wimberley, b; Frank Kirkland, dr; Cookie Vee, tamb, # voc

notes by Terry Vail

Checker MAR S-3099

(=) Chess CHD 9168

etc., etc., etc.

991967Heavy Heads

Muddy Waters
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Don't Start Me To Talkin'
Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' For My Baby
Little Walter
- Juke
Washboard Sam
- Diggin' My Potatoes
John Lee Hooker
- Walkin' The Boogie

Bo Diddley
- I'm A Man
Little Walter
- Blues With Feeling
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Sad To Be Alone
John Lee Hooker
- Let's Go Out Tonight
Howlin' Wolf
- The Red Rooster
Little Milton
- I Feel So Bad



Chess LP/LPS 1522

1009/1967MUDDY WATERS

- Birdnest On The Ground (15842)   @ youtube
- When The Eagle Flies (15843)   @ youtube

rec. c. June 1967 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; Cash McCall, g; Earnest Johnson, b; unknown, dr


Chess 2018

Chess LP CH-1553

1011968Luther Georgia Boy Snake Johnson
with The Muddy Waters Blues Band@ youtube (full album)

- Long Distance Call * (3:50)   @ Spotify
- Chicken Shack (instr) * (3:04)   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Love 'n' Trouble * (3:19)   @ Spotify
- Mini Dress * (2:30)   @ youtube
- Looking For My Baby (3:40)   @ Spotify

- Watch Dog # * (3:03)   @ Spotify
- Mud In Your Ear (instr) * (3:40)   @ Spotify
- I'm So Glad # * (3:13)   @ Spotify
- Love Without Jealousy # * (2:20)   @ youtube
- Excuse Me Baby (2:10)   @ youtube   @ Spotify

rec. September 1967 at Impact Sound Studio, New York; Luther "Georgi Boy" "Georgia Boy" Johnson, voc (except #), g; George "Mojo" Buford, * hca, # voc; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g; "Sammy Langhorn" Sammy Lawhorn, lead g; Little Sonny Wimberley, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Muddy Waters & Bob Messinger

The hamonicist on the back cover photo (far right) is not Mojo Buford, but rather Birmingham Jones, who had been a member of the Muddy Waters Band for a short timespan before this LP was recorded!

notes by Bob Messinger
   
Douglas SD 781 (US 1968) [Alan Douglas' label]


= Douglas SD 781 (Ca 1968) "Muddy Water [sic] Blues Band" on label side 1 - no mention of Luther Johnson on both labels!

notes by Bob Messinger

= Transatlantic TRA 188 (UK 1969)

some tracks reissued on Muse MR 5008 (1973) and Muse MR 5021 (1975) & Wienerworld (2012)

Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson discography
George "Mojo" Buford discography
Otis Spann discography

1021968Luther Georgia Boy Snake Johnson: Come On Home
with The Muddy Waters Blues Band

- Comin' Home Baby (instr)   @ Spotify
- Top Of The Boogaloo
- Blues For Hippies   @ youtube
- Remember Me #   @ Spotify
- Evil

- Sad Day Uptown   @ Spotify
- Digging My Potatoes   @ Spotify
- Sting It
- Natural Hair Wig
- Snake [actually "Why'd You Do Me"]

rec. 1968 at Impact Sound Studio, New York; Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, g, voc; # George "Mojo" Buford, voc; Paul Oscher, hca (except #); Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g, Pee Wee Madison, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Muddy Waters & Bob Messinger

notes by Bob Messinger

Douglas SD 789 (US 1968)

some tracks reissued on Muse MR 5008 (1973) and Muse MR 5021 (1975) & Wienerworld (2012)

Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson discography
George "Mojo" Buford discography
Otis Spann discography

1031968The Blues

Washboard Sam - Diggin My Potatoes
Wille Dixon - Walking The Blues
Little Milton - Lonely No More
Chuck Berry - Worried Life Blues

Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone

Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
Jimmy Witherspoon - Time Brings About A Change
Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining
Jimmy Rogers - The World's In A Tangle
Little Walter - Key To The Highway


notes by Esmond Edwards

Marble Arch MALS-804 (UK 1968)

1041968Blues Classics

Muddy Waters
- I'm Ready
- Long Distance Call
- Rollin' & Tumblin'
Howlin' Wolf
- Red Rooster
- How Many More Years
- Wang Dang Doodle

John Lee Hooker
- High Priced Woman
- Louise
- In The Mood
Little Walter
- Everybody Needs Somebody
- I Had My Fun
- Oh Baby



Chess HJC 215 (NL 1968)

1051968Going Back To Chicago

Muddy Waters
- Gone To Main Street [Chess 1526]
- Sad Sad Day [Chess 1537, actually not on record!]
- Evans Shuffle [Chess 1441]
- Please Have Mercy [Chess 1514]
- Sugar Sweet [Chess 1612]
- Meanest Woman [Chess 1765]
- Tiger In Your Tank [Chess 1765]

Little Walter
- I Got To Go [not on label; actually not on record]
- Lights Out
- It Ain't Right
- Rocker
Jimmy Rogers
- Out On The Road
- Act Like You Love Me
- What Have I Done


notes (October 1968) by Keith Tillman

Python PLP-KM 1

Python Records discography

   

- Blues Riff (instr)
- You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had #
- Bloodstains On The Wall
- Hoochie Coochie Man No. 2
- Long Distance Call
- Country Boy
- Got My Mojo Working No. 2
- What's Getting Wrong With Me
- Have You Ever Been Mistreated?

rec. October 21, 1968 at The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, UK; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Paul Oscher, hca, Otis Spann, p, # voc; Luther Johnson, Pee Wee Madison, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr

recording from BBC TV
originally unissued

Python PLB-BB 902

# JSP LP 1070

1061968Otis Spann: The Bottom Of The Blues@ youtube (full album playlist)

- Heart Loaded With Trouble
- Diving Duck
- Shimmy Baby #

- Look Like Twins *
- I'm A Fool #

- My Man #
- Down To Earth #
- Nobody Knows
- Doctor Blues


rec. November 20, 1967 in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; # Lucille Spann, voc; * Muddy Waters, Luther Johnson, Sam Lawhorn, g; George Buford, hca; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele
photographer: Dennis Chalkin

notes by Sheldon Harris
 
Bluesway BLS 6013 stereo (US 1968) / (US 1970s repress)

notes by Sheldon Harris
 
= EMI Stateside SL 10255 mono / SSL 10255 stereo (UK 1968)

notes by Sheldon Harris

= Philips 843533 BY stereo (Germany 1968)

notes by Sheldon Harris

= Beat Goes On BGOLP 92 stereo (UK 1990)
= Beat Goes On BGOCD 92 (UK 1990)

(=) MCA 11202 (US 1995)

Bluesway Records discography
Otis Spann discography
Lucille Spann discography
Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson discography
Mojo Buford discography

etc., etc., etc. @ discogs.com

1071969The Real Chicago Blues of Muddy Waters   Part One

- All Aboard [Chess 1620]
- Evan's Shuffle [Chess 1441]
- Blow Wind Blow [Chess 1550]
- Sad, Sad Day [Chess 1537]
- She's So Pretty [Chess 1560]
- Mean Red Spider [Aristocrat 1307]

- Clouds In My Heart [Chess 1724]
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man [Chess 1542]
- Young Fashioned Ways [Chess 1602]
- Turn Your Lamp Down Low (= Baby Please Don't Go) [Chess 1542]
- I Don't Know Why [Chess 1579]
- She's All Right (alt tk) [Chess unissued]

notes by Keith Tillman

Python PLP-KM 12

Python Records discography

1081969The Real Chicago Blues of Muddy Waters   Part Two

- I Got To Find My Baby [Chess 1644]
- My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble) [Chess 1596]
- I Feel Like Going Home [Aristocrat 1305, Chess 1514]
- Please Have Mercy [Chess 1514]
- I Want To Be Loved [Chess 1596]
- I'm A Natural Born Lover [Chess 1585]
- Loving Man [Chess 1585]

- Don't Go No Farther [Chess 1630]
- Ooh Wee [Chess 1724]
- Sugar Sweet [Chess 1612]
- Diamonds At Your Feet [Chess 1630]
- Tiger In Your Tank (1960) [Chess 1765]
- Trouble No More [Chess 1612]
- Gone To Main St. [Chess 1526]

rec. between 1948 and 1956; Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Rogers, Big Crawford, Walter Horton


Python PLP-KM 18

Python Records discography

1091969The Real Chicago Blues Of Muddy Waters   Part Three

- My Fault
- I Live The Live I Love
- Baby, Please Don't Go (alt tk)
- Got My Mojo Working (orig. version)
- Rock Me
- Woman Wanted
- Oh Yeah

- She's Got It
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet
- Look What You've Done
- Mean Mistreater
- She's 19 Years Old
- I Won't Go On
- Meanest Woman


Python PLP-KM 19

Python Records discography

1101969Muddy Waters

- Country Boy
- All Night Long


Python PKM-04

1111969Heavy Heads Voyage 2

Willie Mabon
- I Don't Know
Chuck Berry
- Wee Wee Hours

Muddy Waters
- Forty Days And Forty Nights
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Your Funeral And My Trial
Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' At Midnight
Little Walter
- Off The Wall

Sonny Boy Williamson
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes
Little Walter
- Key To The Highway

Muddy Waters
- All Night Long
Howlin' Wolf
- How Many More Years
John Lee Hooker
- Union Station Blues
Lowell Fulson
- Reconsider Baby



Chess LP/LPS 1528

1121969?More Rhythm And Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me To Talking
Little Walter - Juke
Jimmy Witherspoon - When The Lights Go Out
Memphis Slim - I Guess I'm A Fool
Jimmy McCracklin - New Orleans Beat (Everybody Rock)

Luther Dixon - The Feeling Of Love
Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
John Lee Hooker - Leave My Wife Alone
Larry Williams - My Baby's Got Soul

Muddy Waters - You Need Soul


Marble Arch MAL-813

1131970MUDDY WATERS

- Going Home (18253) #   @ youtube
- I Feel So Good (17797) *   @ youtube

* rec. April 21-23, 1969 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Paul Butterfield, hca; Otis Spann, p; Mike Bloomfield, g; Donald "Duck" Dunn, b; Sam Lay, dr
# rec. 1969 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc; unknown, ts; Paul Oscher, hca; Pinetop Perkins, p; Sammy Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison, g; Calvin Jones, b; Willie Smith, dr; female voc group


Chess 2085

Quicksilver QS 5071

1141970Vintage Muddy Waters

- Smokestack Lightning
- Streamline Woman
- Deep Down In My Heart
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Mean Red Spider
- Crawlin' Kingsnake

- Flood
- Youre Gonna Miss Me
- Sun Rose This Morning
- Standin' Here Tremblin'
- Real Love
- Mojo

rec. 1949 - 1959 in Chicago, IL; compiled by Mike Leadbitter

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Sunnyland KS 100 (UK 1970)

Sunnyland discography

1151971Muddy Waters: Back In The Early Days
Volumes 1 and 2

- I Feel Like Going Home
- Mean Red Spider
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Muddy Jumps One
- Streamline Woman
- Evan Shuffle
- Country Boy

- All Night Long
- Baby Please Don't Go
- My Fault
- Gone to Main Street
- Please Have Mercy
- She's Allright
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man


- Sad Sad Day
- Lovin' Man
- I'm a Natural Born Lover
- Blow Wind Blow
- Oh Yeah
- She's So Pretty
- I Don't Know Why

- Ooh Wee
- Young Fashioned Ways
- Clouds In My Heart
- I Want to Be Loved
- My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble
- I Got to Find My Baby
- Sugar Sweet

"Recording, mastering by the "Firm", editing and cutting by Dennis Blackham. Cover design and layout by Denise Brownlow. [...] Arranged, compiled and produced by the "Firm" for Syndicate Chapter May 1971."

two record set

Syndicate Chapter S.C. 001/2

two record gatefold set
 
Syndicate Chapter S.C. 001/2 (UK 1971)

Syndicate Chapter discography

1161971Muddy Waters: Good News
Volume 3

- Trouble No More
- Don't Go No Further
- Diamonds At Your Feet
- Evil
- All Abouard
- I Love The Life I Live
- Rock Me

- Mean Mistreater
- Recipe For Love
- Good News
- Come Home Baby
- I Won't Go On
- She's Got It
- Close To You


Syndicate Chapter S.C. 002 (UK 1971)

Syndicate Chapter discography

1171971Muddy Waters - Little Walter - Howlin' Wolf: We Three Kings

Muddy Waters
- She's Into Something
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet
- Read Way Back
- I'm Your Doctor
- Tiger In Your Tank
- Meanest Woman
- Lonesome Room Blues

Muddy Waters
- Five Long Years
- Twenty Four Hours
Little Walter
- I Don't Play
- Just Your Fool
Howlin' Wolf
- Change Your Way [actually Change My Way; Chess 1712]
- I've Been Abused [Chess 1735]
- Mister Airplane Man [Chess 1735]


       
Syndicate Chapter S.C. 005 (UK 1971)

Syndicate Chapter discography
Little Walter discography
Howlin' Wolf discography

117a1971They Call Me Muddy Waters

- When The Eagle Flies (2:44) [Chess 2018]   @ youtube
- Crawlin' Kingsnake (2:28)
- County Jail (3:00)
- It's All Over (3:20)
- Bird Nest On The Ground (2:52) [Chess 2018]   @ youtube
- They Call Me Muddy Waters (3:21)

- Find Yourself Another Fool (2:40)   @ youtube
- Kinfolk's Blues (2:26)   @ youtube
- Making Friends (2:37)
- Blind Man (3:00)
- Two Steps Forward (2:37)
- Howling Wolf (2:42)

notes by Pete Welding

Chess CH-1553 (US 1971)

lots of re-releases at www.discogs.com

1181971McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters

- Louisiana Blues (2:52)
- I'm Ready (3:02)
- Honey Bee (3:20)
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:50)
- Kind-Hearted Woman (2:35)
- She Moves Me (2:55)

- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (2:49)
- Long Distance Call (2:39)
- She's All Right (alt tk) (2:28)
- Rollin' Stone (3:05)
- Standing Around Crying (3:19)
- Too Young To Know (3:12)


- Walking Thru The Park (2:39)
- Still A Fool (3:12)
- You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (2:55)
- I Can't Be Satisfied (2:41)
- I Want You To Love Me (3:01)
- Rolling And Tumbling (2:57)

- Just To Be With You (3:12)
- You're Gonna Need My Help (3:05)
- Same Thing (2:40)
- My Life Is Ruined (3:12)
- Baby, Please Don't Go (3:01)
- Got My Mojo Working (Part I) (4:30)


Chess 2CH 60006

   

- Honey Bee [Blind Pig BPCD 5054, BPLP 5054]
- Hoochie Coochie Man [Blind Pig BPCD 5054, BPLP 5054]
- Walking Through The Park [Blind Pig BPCD 5054, BPLP 5054]
- Trouble No More [Blind Pig BPCD 5054, BPLP 5054]
- Just To Be With You [Blind Pig BPCD 5054, BPLP 5054]
- intro to 19 Years Old # [Blind Pig BPCD 5054]
- 19 Years Old [Blind Pig BPCD 5054]
- I Am The Blues [TopCat TCO 3012]

rec. October 18, 1971 or November 1971 live at Washington State University, Pullman, WA; Muddy Waters, voc, g, # sp; George "Harmonica" Smith, hca; Joe "Pinetop" Perkins; p; James "Pee Wee" Madison, Sam Lawhorn, g; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr

originally unissued

   

- Long Distance Call [Blind Pig BPCD 5054, BPLP 5054] Top Cat BFTC 02982
- Manish Boy Top Cat BFTC 02982
- Crawlin' Kingsnake Top Cat BFTC 02982
- Got My Mojo Working Top Cat BFTC 02982
- Hold It Top Cat BFTC 02982
- interview 'on the road' (4:33) with Muddy Waters

rec. October 20, 1971 or November 1971 live at Oregon University; Muddy Waters, voc, g, # sp; George "Harmonica" Smith, hca; Joe "Pinetop" Perkins; p; James "Pee Wee" Madison, Sam Lawhorn, g; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr

originally unissued

1191972Genesis Vol. 1
The Beginnings Of Rock

Album 1
Sunnyland Slim
- Johnson Machine Gun
- Fly Right Little Girl

Muddy Waters
- Gypsy Woman
- Little Anna Mae
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- I Feel Like Going Home
Leroy Foster
- Locked Out Boogie [Aristocrat 1234]

Leroy Foster
- Shady Grove [Aristocrat 1234]
Forrest City Joe
- Memory Of Sonny Boy [Aristocrat 3101]
- Sawdust Bottom [Aristocrat unissued]
Robert Nighthawk
- Anna Lee
- Sweet Black Angel
Little Johnny Jones
- Big Town Play Boy
- Shelby County Blues



Album 2
Muddy Waters
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Rollin' Stone
- Louisiana Blues
- Evan's Shuffle
- Long Distance Call
- Honey Bee
- Howlin' Wolf

Muddy Waters
- She Moves Me
- My Fault
- Still A Fool
- They Call Me Muddy Waters
- All Night Long
- Please Have Mercy
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man


Album 3
Memphis Minnie
- Broken Heart
- Me And My Chauffeur
Robert Nighthawk
- Jackson Town Gal
- Return Mail Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Jacqueline
- Little City Woman
- Lonesome

Big Bill Broonzy
- Romance Without Finance
Washboard Sam
- Shirt Tail
- Diggin' My Potatoes
- Minding My Own Business
- Horseshoe Over My Door
- By Myself
- I'm A Lonely Man



Album 4
Jimmy Rogers
- That's All Right
- Ludella
- Goin' Away Baby
- I Used To Have A Woman
- Money Marbles And Chalk
- Back Door Friend
- The Last Time

Jimmy Rogers
- Out On The Road
- Act Like You Love Me
- Blues All Day Long
- Chicago Bound
- Sloppy Drunk
- You're The One
- Walking By Myself


compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven

4 LP box set
notes by Mike Leadbitter

Chess 6641 047 (UK Phonogram)

'Genesis' discography

1201972Blues Rock Cookbook: Montreux Festival

- Let It Rock - Chuck Berry
- School Days - Chuck Berry

- County Jail (2470) - Muddy Waters #
- Trouble No More (2473) - Muddy Waters #
- I Got My Mojo Workin' (2477) - Muddy Waters #
- Wrinkles - Lafayette Leake
- Swiss Boogie - Lafayette Leake

- (They Call It) Stormy Monday (2478) - Muddy Waters & T-Bone Walker #
- She Says She Loves Me (2543) - Muddy Waters & T-Bone Walker #
- I Got What It Takes - Koko Taylor
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
- Diddley Daddy - Bo Diddley
- I Hear You Knockin' - Bo Diddley
- You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover - Bo Diddley
- Baby What You Want Me To Do - Bo Diddley
- Early In The Morning - Bo Diddley

"Blues Avalanche" track sequence:
- I Hear You Knockin' - Bo Diddley
- You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover - Bo Diddley
- Diddley Daddy - Bo Diddley
- Early in the Morning - The Aces with Lafayette Leake

- Baby What You Want Me To Do - The Aces with Lafayette Leake
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
- I Got What It Takes - Koko Taylor


- Wrinkles - Lafayette Leake
- Swiss Boogie - Lafayette Leake

- County Jail - Muddy Waters #

- Trouble No More - Muddy Waters #
- I Got My Mojo Workin' - Muddy Waters #
- (They Call It) Stormy Monday (2478) - Muddy Waters & T-Bone Walker #

"LRC CD 9050" bonus tracks:
- Long Distance Call (2471) #
- Rock Me Baby (2472) #
- Rosalee (2474) (as "Rosalie") #
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (2475) (as "All Night Long") #
- All I Had Was Gone (2476) (as "Early Morning Blues") #

unissued tracks:
- Sail On (2468) #
- Hoochie Coochie Man (2469) #

# rec. June 17, 1972 live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland; Muddy Waters, voc, g; (T-Bone Walker, voc, g); Mojo Buford, hca; Lafayette Leake, p; Louis Myers, g; Dave Myers, b; Fred Below, dr

DLP

Chess 2CH-60015 (US 1972)

DLP

= Chess CH-2-9225 (US 1984)
= Chess GCH2-6033 "Blues Avalanche"

(=) LRC CD 9050

1211972The Great Blues Men

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 1:
Homesick James - Set A Date
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road
Sleepy John Estes - Corinna °°

Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old #
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G
Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way °°

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - Key To The Highway
Otis Spann - Burning Fire
Lightnin' Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business

Vanguard VSD 25/26, LP 2:
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues
Junior Wells - Stormy Monday Blues °°
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues
Son House (+ Al Wilson) - Empire State Blues °°
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby

Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
J. B. Hutto - Please Help
Fred McDowell - Fred's Ramblin' Blues
Ida Cox - Four Day Creep °°
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VCD 115/16 (US 1991), Vanguard 3VCD 193/95-2]   @ youtube
Otis Rush - I't's A Mean Old World


°° not on CD

# rec. July 1967, live at Newport Folk Festival '67 in Newport, RI; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; poss. George Smith, hca; James "Pee Wee" Madison, Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr

design by Jules Halfant; front cover collage by Eric Von Schmidt

Vanguard VCD 25/26:
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:44)
John Lee Hooker - Dusty Road (3:05)

Muddy Waters - Nineteen Years Old (4:55) #
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:40)
Mance Lipscomb - Blues In G (3:33)
Mississippi John Hurt - Moanin' The Blues (3:15)
Johnny Shines - Dynaflow Blues (2:35)
Sonny Terry - Mountain Blues (3:04)
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson - It's All Right, Baby (2:30)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:38)
Otis Spann - Burning Fire (3:15)
Lightning Hopkins - Cotton Field Blues (5:36)
Big Bill Broonzy - Louise, Louise Blues (2:55)
Johnny Young - Tighten Up On It (3:06)
James Cotton - Ain't Nobody's Business (3:23)
Jimmy Rushing - How Long, How Long Blues (4:45)
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (4:10)
J.B. Hutto - Please Help (2:52)
Fred McDowell - Fred's Rambling Blues (2:05)
Robert Pete Williams - On My Way From Texas (3:43)
Otis Rush - It's A Mean Old World (2:22)

gatefold DLP
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1972)

gatefold DLP
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

= Vanguard VSD 25/26 (Fr 1972)

DLP, no gatefold, but 2-page leaflet
notes by Leroy J. Pierson

Vanguard VSD 25/26 (US 1986)

notes by Leroy J. Pierson

(=) Vanguard VCD 25/26 (US 1988)

lots of further editions at www.discogs.com

Newport Folk Festival discography
Mississippi John Hurt discography
Reverend Gary Davis discography
Reverend Robert Wilkins discography
Skip James discography
Sleepy John Estes discography
Yank Rachell discography
Hammie Nixon discography
Robert Pete Williams discography
Jesse Fuller discography
John P. Hammond discography
Dave Van Ronk discography

1221972Muddy Waters: Rare Live Recordings   Volume 1

- The Blues Ain't Nothin' (Otis Spann, voc) *
- Trouble No More *
- Five Long Years *
- Got My Mojo Working **
- Captain, Captain (Muddy Waters, voc, ac g) §
- T-99 (Otis Spann, voc) *

- Blowin' These Blues || [short instr version of "Got My Mojo Workin'"]
- Goodbye Baby # [actually "Blow Wind Blow", incomplete (part 2)]
- Hoochie Coochie Man #
- Honey Bee ##
- Walking Through The Park #

"All selections recorded 'live' at venues in U.S.A. & Europe"
* rec. October 4, 1963 at Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt a.M., Germany (American Folk Blues Festival '63); Muddy Waters, voc; Otis Spann, p; Matt Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b: Billy Stepney, dr; ** band voc
§ rec. October September 29, 1963 at Kurhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany (American Folk Blues Festival '63); Muddy Waters, voc, ac g
|| rec. ???; Muddy Waters, g [?]; Paul Butterfield, hca; Luther Johnson, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Sam Lay, dr
# Radio broadcast November 1970, Stockholm, Sweden; Muddy Waters, voc, ## g; Carey Bell, hca; Joe 'Pinetop' Perkins, p; James 'Pee Wee' Madison, Sam Lawhorn g; Sonny Wimberley, b; Willie Smith dr
"Photograph courtesy of Scandinavian Blues Association, Tegnergatan 21, S-852, 49 Sundsvall, Sweden"

cover plain white with photocopied inserts

Python PLB-BB 901 (UK 1972) (Black Bear series)

cover plain white with photocopied inserts and blank red labels

= Python PLB-BB 901 (UK 197?) (Black Bear series)

Python Records discography
Otis Spann discography

1231972Muddy Waters: Rare Live Recordings   Volume 2

- Blues Riff (instr, incomplete)
- You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
- Bloodstains On The Wall #
- Hoochie Coochie Man No. 2 / version 2
- Got My Mojo Working No. 2 / version 2

- Long Distance Call
- Country Boy
- Have You Ever Been Mistreated?
- What's Getting Wrong With Me *

"All selections recorded 'live' at venues in U.S.A. & Europe"
rec. October 21, 1968 at The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk, UK (BBC 2 TV Broadcast "Jazz At The Maltings"); Muddy Waters, voc, g; Paul Oscher, hca, Otis Spann, p, # voc; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Pee Wee Madison, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr
* rec. 1963 in Europe; Otis Spann, voc, p, Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr
"Photograph courtesy of Scandinavian Blues Association, Tegnergatan 21, S-852, 49 Sundsvall, Sweden"
Muddy Waters & Sammy Lawhorn; previously published in Jefferson No. 14, 1971, p. 13 (accompanying Clas Ahlstrand's, Peter Måhlin's and Jan-Åke Petterson's Muddy Waters article/interview "Muddy Talkin'", pp. 6-14); photographer Bill Greensmith [?]

cover plain white with photocopied inserts

Python PLB-BB 902 (UK 1972) (Black Bear series)

cover plain white with photocopied inserts and blank black labels

= Python PLB-BB 902 (UK 197?) (Black Bear series)

Python Records discography
Otis Spann discography

1241972Muddy Waters: Rare Live Recordings   Volume 3

Muddy Waters
- Blow Wind, Blow # [incomplete (part 1)]
- Trouble No More No. 2 / version 2 #
- Goin' Down Slow #
- Built Up From The Ground $

- Blowin' / Comin' On Up *
- Sonny Boy (Williamson) & Muddy's Mojo §   @ youtube     @ youtube
Jimmy Rogers(live footage)
- My Home Is In Shelby County ||
- You're Sweet ||


# Radio broadcast November 1970, Stockholm, Sweden; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Carey Bell, hca; Joe 'Pinetop' Perkins, p; James 'Pee Wee' Madison, Sam Lawhorn g; Sonny Wimberley, b; Willie Smith, dr
$ rec. 1963 at unknown location, Europe; Otis Spann, voc, p; Matt Murphy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr
* rec. ???; Muddy Waters, g [?]; Paul Butterfield, hca; Luther Johnson, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Sam Lay, dr
§ rec. October September 29, 1963 in Baden-Baden, Germany; Muddy Waters, voc; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Matt Murphy, g; Otis Spann, p; Willie Dixon, b; Bill Stepney, dr, band voc
|| poss. early 1970s live (in Chicago, IL?); Jimmy Rogers, voc, g, sp; unknown acc.

cover plain white with photocopied inserts

Python PLB-BB 903 (UK 1972) (Black Bear series)

cover plain white with photocopied inserts and blank black labels

= Python PLB-BB 903 (UK 197?) (Black Bear series)

Python Records discography
Otis Spann discography
Jimmy Rogers discography

124a1972Forever Blues
Original Hits / Volume 1

Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin's Boogie
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin'
Bobby Bland - Yield Not To Temptation
Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
Jimmy McCracklin - The Walk


Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Workin'
Little Walter - Juke
Junior Parker - Next Time You See Me
Bobby Marchan - There Is Something On Your Mind
Gene Allison - You Can Make It If You Try
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo


compiled by Jim Pewter
photo by Rusty Miller (Atlanta)


Forever FR104 (US 1972)

1251973Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival 1972

- Introduction to the Festival - Michael Turner
- Kitchen Sink Boogie - Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
- Ain't That Loving You - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- I Walk On Guilded Splinters - Dr. John
- (I'm A) Roadrunner/These Things - Junior Walker & the All Stars

- Tribute to Fred McDowell - Bonnie Raitt
  a) Write Me A Few Of Your Lines
  b) Kokomo
  c) Drop Down Mama
- Highway 49 - Howlin' Wolf

- Honey Bee (25832) - Muddy Waters #
- Form Kinetic - CJQ


- Festival Dedication To Otis Spann - John Sinclair, Muddy Waters & Lucille Spann
- Dedicated To Otis - Lucille Spann with Mighty Joe Young
- Goin' Down - Freddie King
- Please Send Me Someone To Love - Luther Allison
- My Last Meal - Boogie Brothers with Sister Sarah Brown

- Dust My Broom - Johnny Shines
- Gambler's Blues - Otis Rush
- Women Be Wise - Sippie Wallace with Bonnie Raitt
- Life Is Splendid - Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra


# rec. Sept. 9, 1972 live at the Otis Spann Memorial Field, Ann Arbor, MI; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Marcus Johnson, as; Mojo Buford, hca; Pinetop Perkins, p; James 'Pee Wee' Madison, Louis Myers, g; Calvin Jones, b; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, dr; prod. by Gary Grimshaw and John Sinclair
The Boogie Brothers were Sister Sarah Brown, b; Johnny Nicholas, g; Steve Nardella, hca

DLP

Atlantic SD2-502 (US 1973)

= Atlantic P-5090 (Jp)

8 LP box set, 45 rpm 180 gram

Classic SD 2 502 (US 2000)

= Atlantic 2CD AMCY-6134-5 (Jp 2001)

Wounded Bird WOU 2502 (US 2014)

1261973Chicago Blues: The Beginning
12 Previously Unissued 1946 Recordings In The Newly Developed Modern Blues Styles

Muddy Waters & Homer Harris
- Hard Day Blues
Johnny Shines
- Delta Pine Blues

James Clark with Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- Come To Me Baby [Columbia 37391]
Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- Atomic Bomb Blues
Johnny Shines
- Ride, Ride, Mama

Muddy Waters & Homer Harris
- Jitterbug Blues

Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- I'm Gonna Cut Your Head
Johnny Shines
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues

Muddy Waters & Homer Harris
- Burying Ground Blues
James Clark with Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- You Can't Make The Grade [Columbia 37391]
Johnny Shines
- Tennessee Woman Blues

Homer Harris & Muddy Waters
- Tomorrow Will Be Too Late

notes by Pete Welding

Testament T-2207 (US 1973)

Testament Records discography

1271973Muddy Waters: Can't Get No Grindin'

- Can't Get No Grindin' (What's The Matter With The Meal) (2:45) [Chess 2143]   @ youtube
- Mother's Bad Luck Child (4:57)
- Funky Butt (instr) (2:53) *
- Sad Letter (4:15) #
- Someday I'm Gonna Ketch You [sic] (3:12) #   @ youtube

- Love Weapon (4:05) #*
- Garbage Man (2:40) [Chess 2143]
- After Hours (instr) (3:50)
- Whiskey Ain't No Good (4:32) #
- Muddy Waters' Shuffle (2:20)

rec. March 1972 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, # g; James Cotton, hva, Pinetop Perkins, p; * harpsichord; Pee Wee Madison, Sammy Lawhorn, g; Calvin Jones, b; Willie Smith, dr; prod. by Ralph Bass


Chess CH-50023

1281973MUDDY WATERS

- Can't Get No Grindin' (What's The Matter With The Meal) [Chess CH-50023]
- Garbage Man [Chess CH-50023]


Chess 2143

1291973MUDDY WATERS

- Can't Get No Grindin' (What's The Matter With The Meal) [Chess CH-50023]
- Garbage Man [Chess CH-50023]


Chess 2176 (NL)

1301973The Blues - A Real Summit Meeting
Recorded Live at Newport in New York 1973

LP 1:
Big Mama Thornton
- Little Red Rooster
- Ball And Chain
Jay McShann
- Smooth Sailing
- Confessin' The Blues

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
- They Call Me Mr. Cleanhead
- Hold It Right There
- Back Door Blues
- Kidney Stew Blues
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- That's Alright Now Mama (2:36)   @ youtube


LP 2:
Lloyd Glenn
- Honky Tonk Train Blues
- After Hours
- Pine Tops Boogie Woogie

Muddy Waters
- Long Distance #   @ youtube
- Where's My Woman Been #   @ youtube
- Got My Mojo Workin' #   @ youtube

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
- Drifter
- Please Mr. Nixon
B.B. King
- Outside Help


# rec. June 29, 1973 live at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Philharmonic Hall; presented by George Wein; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Mojo Buford, hca; Pinetop Perkins, p; Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, Bob Margolin, g; Calvin Jones, b; Willie Smith, dr

DLP
notes by Dan Morgenstern

Buddah BDS 5144-2 (US 1973)

etc., etc., etc. @ discogs.com

1311973Muddy Waters: Mud In Your Ear

- Diggin' My Potatoes * ** [Douglas SD 789]
- Watch Dog # ## ### [Douglas SD 781]
- Sting It (instr) * [Douglas SD 789]
- Snake (actually "Why'd You Do Me?") * [Douglas SD 789]
- Natural Wig * ** [Douglas SD 789]

- Mud In Your Ear (instr) # ## [Douglas SD 781]
- Excuse Me Baby # [Douglas SD 781]
- Sad Day Uptown * *** [Douglas SD 789]
- Top Of The Boogaloo (instr) * [Douglas SD 789]
- Long Distance Call # ## [Douglas SD 781]



Wienerworld/P-Vine CD bonus tracks:
- Why'd Do You Do Me [= "Snake", Douglas SD 789]
- Love 'n' Trouble [Douglas SD 781]
- Looking For My Baby [Douglas SD 781]
- Coming Home Baby (instr)
- Mud In Your Ear (instr, reprise)

# tracks from Douglas SD 781 (1967); rec. September 1967; Mojo Buford, ## hca; ### voc; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g; Sammy Langhorne [sic, actually Lawhorn], g; Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, g; Francis Clay, dr
* tracks from Douglas SD 789 (1968); rec. 1968 at Impact Sound Studio, New York; Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, g, ** voc; *** George "Mojo" Buford, hca; Paul Oscher, hca (except ***); Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, g, Pee Wee Madison, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Muddy Waters & Bob Messinger
Muse MR 5008 cover design/photo by Don Schlitten
Happy Bird LP artwork by Uwe Schildmeier
Wienerworld CD artwork by Mati Klarwein ℗

notes by Gary Giddins

Muse MR 5008 (US 1973)


= Happy Bird B/90077 (Germany 1974)   (℗ 1973 Muse Records)


= Happy Bird B/90077 (Germany 1974)   (℗ 1973 Muse Records)

= Muse MCD 6004 (US 1989)


(=) Wienerworld WNRCD 5063 AD-20 (UK 2012)
= P-Vine PCD-93605 (Jp 2012)

Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson discography
Mojo Buford discography

1321973Otis Spann: Heart Loaded With Trouble
The Classic Blues of Otis Spann

- Heart Loaded With Trouble *   @ youtube
- I'm A Fool *   @ youtube
- Doctor Blues *   @ youtube
- Looks Like Twins *   @ youtube
- Down To Earth [] *   @ youtube

- My Home Is On The Delta
- Down On Sarah Street #
- Spann Blues #
- Chicago Blues
- Brand New House #

# rec. August 30, 1966 "at the Café Au Go-Go" [actually studio recordings with an audience] in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; George Smith, hca [without amplification]; Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Luther Johnson, gs; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele
* rec. November 20, 1967 in New York City; Otis Spann, voc, p; [] Lucille Spann, voc; Muddy Waters, Luther Johnson, Sam Lawhorn, g; George Buford, hca; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; prod. by Bob Thiele

"Previously issued in other albums" (part of BLS 6003 and BLS 6013)

notes by Joel Selvin

Bluesway BLS 6063 (US 1973, promo)   has dissimilar (most likely false) track sequence written on back cover

notes by Joel Selvin

Bluesway BLS 6063 (US 1973)   track sequence corrected by use of a sticker

Bluesway Records discography
Otis Spann discography
Mojo Buford discography
George "Harmonica" Smith discography
Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson discography
Lucille Spann discography

1331974Muddy Waters: Unk In Funk

- Rollin' And Tumblin *
- Just To Be With You *
- Electric Man *
- Trouble No More (3354) #

- "Unk" In Funk []
- Drive My Blues Away *
- Katie *
- Waterboy Waterboy *
- Everything Gonna Be Alright (3362) #

rec. January 29/30, 1974 in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; # Mojo Buford, [] Paul Oscher, * Carey Bell, hca; Pinetop Perkins, p; Luther 'Guitar Jr.' Johnson, Bob Margolin, g; Calvin Jones, b; Willie Smith, dr


Chess 60031

= Chess 50040
= Chess 91531
= Chess 8115
= Bellaphon 19179 (Sz)
= Victor 6181 (Jp)
(=) Charly CD 39 (UK)
= Hip-O-Select 0006962-02

1341975Chicken Shack featuring Luther Johnson
with "The Muddy Waters Blues Band"

- Mini Dress *
- Remember Me #
- Snake
- Comin' Home Baby (instr)
- Blues For Hippies

- Chicken Shack (instr) *
- Love 'n' Trouble *
- I'm So Glad # *
- Love Without Jealousy # *
- Evil

# * tracks from Douglas SD 781 (1967) with Mojo Buford, # voc, * hca; reissue produced by Skip Drinkwater

Douglas SD 781 (1967)
Douglas SD 789 (1968)

notes by Ray Townley

Muse MR 5021 (US 1975)


= Happy Bird B/90080 (Germany 1975?)

Wienerworld CD (2012)

Luther "Georgia Boy"/"Snake" Johnson discography

1356/1975Genesis Vol. 3 - Sweet Home Chicago

Album 1:
Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- Big World
- Overseas
- Playhouse
Otis Spann
- It Must Have Been The Devil
- Five Spot

Gus Jenkins
- Eight Ball
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires
- One Of These Days [Checker 752]
- Murmur Low [Checker 752]
Little Henry
- I Declare That Ain't Right
- Matchbox Blues
Blue Smitty
- Sad Story
- Elgin Movements
- Date Bait


Album 2:
Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider
- Hard Days
- Burying Ground
- Last Time I Fool Around With You
- Screaming And Crying
- Where's My Woman Been
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2

- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Lonesome Day
- Iodine In My Coffee
- Flood
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Oh! Yeh
- Smokestack Lightning

Album 3:
Little Walter
- Juke
- Boogie
- Mean Old World
- Sad Hours
- Don't Have To Hunt No More
- Tonight With A Fool
- Quarter To Twelve
- Blues With A Feeling

- Last Boogie
- Fast Boogie
- Light's Out
- You're So Fine
- Blues Light
- Last Night
- Thunderbird
- I Got To Go


Album 4:
Jimmy Rogers
- Today, Today Blues
- The World Is In A Tangle
- She Loves Another Man
- Hard Working Man
- Chance To Love
- My Little Machine
- Mistreated Baby
- What's The Matter

Jimmy Rogers
- You're The One
John Brim
- Rattlesnake
- It Was A Dream
- Ice Cream Man
- Lifetime Baby
- Tough Times
- Go Away
- That Ain't Right


compiled by Mike Rowe

4 LP box set

Chess 6641 174 (UK Phonogram)

Neil Slaven review in Blues Unlimited 113, p. 24-25; click to download pdf-file
Neil Slaven review in Blues Unlimited 113, p. 24-25

'Genesis' discography

1361977Muddy Waters: Hard Again

- Mannish Boy (5:17)
- Bus Driver (7:45)
- I Want To Be Loved (2:22)
- Jealous Hearted Man (4:23)
- I Can't Be Satisfied (3:29)

- Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock & Roll (#2) (3:35)
- Deep Down In Florida (5:24)
- Crosseyed Cat (6:00)
- Little Girl (7:07)

2004 bonus track:
- Walking Through The Park (3:55)

rec. October 4-9, 1976 at Dan Hatman's studio in Westport, CT; Muddy Waters, voc, g; James Cotton, hca; Pinetop Perkins, p; Johnny Winter, g; Bob Margolin, g; # Charles Calmese, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr; prod. by Johnny Winter
front cover photo by Richard Avedon; back cover photo by David Gahr


Blue Sky SKY 32357 (US 1977)


= Blue Sky SKY 81853 (UK 1977)

notes by Bob Margolin
(=) Epic/Blue Sky EPC 515161 2 (EU 2004)

1371981Muddy Waters: King Bee

- I'm A King Bee (3:51)   @ youtube
- Too Young To Know (4:31)   @ youtube
- Mean Old Frisco (3:46)   @ youtube
- Forever Lonely (4:34)   @ youtube
- I Feel Like Going Home (3:44)   @ youtube

- Champagne & Reefer (4:37)   @ youtube
- Sad Sad Day (5:25)   @ youtube
- (My Eyes) Keep Me In Trouble (3:19)   @ youtube
- Deep Down In Florida (4:09) #   @ youtube
- No Escape From The Blues (2:08)   @ youtube

2004 bonus tracks:
- I Won't Go On (4:18)   @ youtube
- Clouds In My Heart (4:18) #   @ youtube

rec. May 1980 at the Schoolhouse; augmented with out-takes from 1977's "Hard Again" LP; Muddy Waters, voc, g; Jerry Portnoy, hca; # James Cotton, hca; Pinetop Perkins, p; Johnny Winter, g; Bob Margolin, g; Calvin Jones, b; # Charles Calmese, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr; prod. by Johnny Winter
photos by David Michael Kennedy

Blue Sky SKY 37064 (US 1981)


= Blue Sky SKY 84918 (UK 1981)

(=) Blue Sky EK 37064 (US 2004)

1381981Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones: Sweet Home Chicago

Swinging Pig TSP-009 track sequence:
- Sweet Little Angel #
- Flip Flop And Fly #
- Introdution (Muddy speech)
- Down The Road I Go #
- Country Boy #

- I'm A King Be #
- Someday Baby #
- County Jail #
- Baby Please Don't Go #


- Hoochie Coochie Man #
- Long Distance Call #
- Manish Boy #

- Champagne And Reefer #
- Next Time You See Me #
- Talking About My Woman #
- I Want To Be Loved #
- I Can't Be Satified #
- I Just Want To Make Love To You #

Swinging Pig TSP-CD-115-2 bonus tracks:
- Lonely At The Top
- Just Another Night
- Miss You
- State Of Shock
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
- It's Only Love
- Tonight
- Let's Dance
- Let's Dance 2
- Slave
- Tie You Up
- She Was Hot

# rec. November 22, 1981 live at the Checkerbord Lounge in Chicago, IL; Muddy Waters, voc, g; George 'Mojo' Buford, hca; Lovie Lee, p, voc; John Primer, g, voc; Rick Kreher, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Ray Allison, dr; + The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger, voc; Keith Richards, g; Ron Wood, g; Ian Stewart, p; + guests: Junior Wells, hca, voc; Lefty Dizz, g; Buddy Guy, g, voc; Mick Jones, b

2 LP set

Swinging Pig TSP-009

2 CD set

(=) Swinging Pig TSP-CD-115-2

1391981Muddy Waters: The Original Hoochie Coochie Man

- The Stuff You Gotta Watch (2:43)
- Iodine In My Coffee (3:24)
- Close To You (3:01)
- You Gonna Miss Me (2:35)
- Mean Red Spider (2:15)

- Diamonds At Your Feet (2:21)
- You Gonna Need My Help (3:04)
- She's All Right (alt tk) (2:27)
- So Glad I'm Living (2:50)
- One More Mile (3:15)


Stack-O-Hits AG9015 (US 1981)
= Cleo 00930683 (US 1981)

= Blue Moon BMLP 1023 (UK 1985)

= Cleo CL 0030683 (Germany)

= Masters MACD 61032-3 (Germany)

= LaserLight 17 191 (US 2000) "Muddy's Blues"

= Passport Audio/in-akustik CD-1025 (Germany 2006) "Muddy's Blues"

1401982Wizards from the Southside

Howlin' Wolf
- Down In The Bottom

Muddy Waters
- Rollin' 'N' Tumblin'
John Lee Hooker
- Walkin' The Boogie

Muddy Waters
- Evans Shuffle (Ebony Boogie)
Little Walter
- Mellow Down Easy
Howlin' Wolf
- Evil

Muddy Waters
- Still A Fool

Little Walter
- Hate To See You Go
Howlin' Wolf
- I Ain't Superstitious
Bo Diddley
- She's Mine She's Fine

Muddy Waters
- Just To Be With You
Bo Diddley
- I'm A Man
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Bring It On Home

Muddy Waters
- Mannish Boy


Chess CH-8203

= Chess CH-9102 (1984)

1411982Down Home Chicago Blues
Black Music in the 1950s Volume 5
Presenting the historic Parkway Session, 1950

Baby Face Leroy with Little Walter & Muddy Waters
- I Just Keep Loving Her *
- Just Keep Loving Her *
- Boll Weavil *
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1 [actually - part 2] *
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2 [actually - part 1] *
- Red Headed Woman *
- Moonshine Blues *

- Muskadine Blues *
- Bad Acting Woman *
J. B. Lenoir with Sunnyland Slim
- I Wanna Play A Little While #
- Louise #
- People Are Meddlin' (In Our Affairs) #
Sunnyland Slim
- I Done You Wrong []
- Low Down Sunnyland Train []


* rec. January 1950 in Chicago for Monroe Passis' Parkway label; Baby Face Leroy Foster, voc, dr; Little Walter, g, voc; Muddy Waters, g, voc
# JOB recordings; J.B. Lenoir, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p
[] rec. for Regal; Sunnyland Slim, voc, p

Delmark DL/DD 648 compilation prod. by Robert G. Koester
Delmark DL/DD 648 cover artwork by Jeanette Walzak, cover photo by Val Wilmer, liner photos by Ray Flerlage
P-Vine PLP-364 cover photo by Mark Power


Delmark / P-Vine PLP-9038 (Jp 1982)

notes by Jim O'Neal
 
= Delmark DL 648 (US 1984) "The Blues World of Little Walter"


= Delmark / P-Vine PLP-364 (Jp 1988) "The Blues World of Little Walter"

notes by Jim O'Neal

= Delmark DD 648 (US 1993) "The Blues World of Little Walter" ("from original masters, digitally restored")

Little Walter discography
Baby Face Leroy Foster discography
Delmark Records discography

1421982Muddy Waters in Concert 1958

- Hoochie Coochie Man
- Blow Wind Blow
- Long Distance Call
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Blues Before Sunrise

- Rollin' Stone
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- I Feel Like Going Home
- Walking Through The Park
- Encore

rec. October 26, 1958 at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK; with the Chris Barber Band


Krazy Kat KK 7405 (UK 1982)

Krazy Kat Records discography

142a1982Muddy Waters: Rolling Stone

- Walking Thru The Park (2:39)
- Gone To Main Street (2:20)
- She Moves Me (2:55)
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:50)
- Tiger In Your Tank (2:14)
- I Want You To Love Me (3:01)
- Got My Mojo Working (4:19)

- Rollin' Stone (alt tk) (3:05)
- Baby Please Don't Go (alt tk) (3:01) [Argo LP-4034]
- My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble) (3:05)
- Long Distance Call (2:39)
- 40 Days And 40 Nights (2:50)
- Standing Around Crying (3:19)
- Still A Fool (3:12)


Chess CH 8202 (US 1982)

= Chess CH-9101 (US 1984)

142b1982Muddy Waters: Sweet Home Chicago

- Forty Days And Forty Nights
- Rollin' And Tumblin'
- All Aboard
- Rock Me
- Rollin' Stone

- I'm Ready
- Standin' And Cryin'
- She Moves Me
- I Feel So Good
- Goin' Home

Stack-O-Hits / Aura A1001 (US late 1970s / early 1980s) "Sweet Home Chicago"


= Quicksilver QS-5071 (US 1982) "Sweet Home Chicago"

= Blue Moon BMLP 1.006 (UK 1983) "Rollin' Stone"

= Blue Moon / Carrere 66.050 (Fr 1983) "Rollin' Stone"

= Music-Box SMB 143 (Greece 1983) "Rollin' Stone"

142c1984Muddy Waters: Rare And Unissued

- Little Anna Mae (2:29)
- Mean Disposition (2:28)
- Feel Like Going Home (3:10)
- You're Gonna Miss Me (2:33)
- Stand Here Trembling (2:21)
- Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:32)
- Where's My Woman Been (3:02)

- "Gal You Gotta Watch" (2:45) (= Stuff You Gotta Watch)   @ youtube
- Lonesome Day (3:25)
- Iodine In My Coffee (3:27)
- Smokestack Lightning (3:05)
- Let Me Hang Around (2:11)
- Born Lover (2:35)
- Deep Down In My Heart (3:03)


Chess LP CH-9180 (US 1984)

1431985Muddy Waters: The Chess Box

LP 1:
- Gypsy Woman
- Little Anna Mae
- Mean Disposition
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- I Feel Like Going Home
- Train Fare Home Blues
- Down South Blues

- Kind Hearted Woman
- Sitten' Here And Drinkin'
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Mean Red Spider
- Standin' Here Tremblin'
- Streamline Woman
- Hard Days
- Muddy Jumps One (instr)


LP 2:
- Little Geneva
- Canary Bird
- Burying Ground
- Screaming And Crying
- Where's My Woman Been
- Last Time I Fool Around With You
- Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 1
- Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 2

- Rolling Stone
- Rolling Stone (alt tk)
- Walkin' Blues
- You're Gonna Need My Help I Said
- Sad Letter Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Appealing Blues


LP 3:
- Louisiana Blues
- Evan's Shuffle
- Long Distance Call
- Too Young To Know
- Honey Bee
- Howlin' Wolf
- Country Boy
- She Moves Me

- My Fault
- Still A Fool
- They Call Me Muddy Waters
- All Night Long
- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Lonesome Day


LP 4:
- Please Have Mercy
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man
- Standing Around Crying
- Gone To Main Street
- Iodine In My Coffee
- Flood
- My Life Is Ruined

- She's All Right
- Sad Sad Day
- Turn The Lamp Down Low (Baby Please Don't Go)
- Loving Man
- Blow Wind Blow
- Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me)


LP 5:
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- She's So Pretty
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- Oh Yeah
- I'm Ready
- Smokestack Lightnin'
- I Don't Know Why

- I'm A Natural Born Lover
- Ooh Wee
- This Pain
- Young Fashioned Ways
- I Want To Be Loved
- My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble
- Mannish Boy


LP 6:
- I Got To Find My Baby
- Sugar Sweet
- Trouble No More
- Clouds In My Heart
- Forty Days And Forty Nights
- All Aboard
- Just To Be With You

- Don't Go No Farther
- Diamonds At Your Feet
- Live The Life I Love
- Rock Me
- Look What You Done
- Got My Mojo Working
- Good News
- Evil


LP 7:
- Come Home Baby, I Wish You Would
- Let Me Hang Around
- I Won't Go On
- She's Got It
- Born Lover
- She's Nineteen Years Old
- Close To You

- Walkin' Thru The Park
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Mean Mistreater
- Crawlin' Kingsnake
- Lonesome Road Blues
- Mopper's Blues
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet


LP 8:
- She's Into Something
- South Bound Train
- Just A Dream
- I Feel So Good
- Hey Hey
- Love Affair
- Recipe For Love

- Baby, I Done Got Wise
- Tell Me Baby
- When I Get To Thinkin'
- Double Trouble
- Woman Wanted
- Read Way Back


LP 9:
- I'm Your Doctor
- Deep Down In My Heart
- Tiger In Your Tank
- Soon Forgotten
- Meanest Woman
- I Got My Brand On You

- Real Love
- Lonesome Room Blues
- Messin' With The Man
- Going Home
- Down By The Deep Blue Sea
- Muddy Waters Twist
- Tough Times


LP 10:
- You Shook Me
- You Need Love
- Little Brown Bird
- Five Long Years
- Brown Skin Woman
- Twenty Four Hours
- Coming Round The Mountain
- Let Me Hang Around

- Elevate Me Mama
- So Glad I'm Living
- Love Strikes Like The Lightning
- Early In The Morning
- One More Mile
- 13 Highway
- You Don't Have To Go
- Things That I Used To Do


LP 11:
- The Same Thing
- You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
- My John The Conqueror Root
- Short Dress Woman
- Put Me In Your Lay Away
- My Dog Can't Bark
- I Got A Rich Man's Woman
- Making Friends

- It's All Over
- County Jail
- Two Steps Foreward
- Blind Man
- Find Yourself Another Fool
- Kinfolk's Blues
- Bird Nest On The Ground
- When The Eagle Flies


bonus LP (only with first pressing!):
- Woman Wanted (recording session)

- Read Way Back

11 LP box set
with 20-pp. booklet

Chess PLP-6040/51 (Jp 1985)

1447/1985The Blues

Little Walter - My Babe
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning

Sonny Boy Williamson - Help Me

Muddy Waters - I Just Want To Make Love To You

EP

Chess CHES 4008 (UK)

145198519 Tracks From The Film Chicago Blues

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
- We're Ready
- First Time I Met The Blues
- Country Girl
- Hoodoo Man

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
- We're Ready
- In My Younger Days
Johnny Young
- Driving Wheel
- Walking Groundhog



Muddy Waters
- She's 19 Years Old
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- I Got My Mojo Working
Mighty Joe Young
- Why You Want To Hurt Me
Koko Taylor
- Wang Dang Doodle

J.B. Hutto
- Speak My Mind
- Come On Back Home
Johnny Lewis
- Your Gonna Miss Me
- Uncle Sam
- Hobo Blues
- I Hear You Knocking


rec. December 1969 live in Chicago, IL; first broadcast in the UK in late 1970

notes by Mike Rowe

Red Lightnin' RL 0055 (UK 1985)


= P-Vine PCD-5332 (Jp 1998) "Muddy Waters, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy ..."

Red Lightnin' Records discography

1461986Muddy Waters Live 1965-1968

- Blow Wind Blow
- Hoochie Coochie Man [Python PLB-BB 901]
- Sunrise Blues [aka "Blow Wind Blow"]
- Honey Bee [Python PLB-BB 901]
- Baby Please Don't Go

- Walking Through The Park [Python PLB-BB 901]
- Trouble No More [Python PLB-BB 901]
- Going Down Slow
- All Night Long
- Goodbye Baby [Python PLB-BB 901]

"rec. 1965-1968; licensed from HF Productions"


Les Editions Blues CFPC401 (Fr 1986)

1471987The Best of Chess Blues   Volume One

- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
- Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) - Robert Nighthawk
- 24 Hours - Eddie Boyd and His Chess Men
- Seventh Son - Willie Mabon
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulsom

- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Juke - Little Walter & His Night Cats
- Eisenhower Blues - J.B. Lenoir
- Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers
- Don't Start Me Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Boom, Boom (Out Goes The Lights) - Little Walter


compiled by Andy McKaie


Chess CHD-31315

1481988Alley Special

Wright Holmes
- Good Road Blues
- Alley Special
Sonny Boy Johnson
- Quinsella
Wright Holmes
- Drove From Home Blues
David McKinley
- Ardelle
Stick Horse Hammond
- Little Girl
- Truck 'em


Muddy Waters (as "James Carter")
- Mean Red Spider
Baby Boy Warren
- Nervy Woman Blues [Prize / Staff 706]
- My Special Friend Blues [Prize / Staff 706]
W. Harris
- Angel Of Mercy
- Low Down Dirty Shame
Eddie Burns
- Untitled Blues (Decoration Day Blues)
David McKinley
- Shreveport Blues


restored by John R.T. Davis

notes (November 1987) by Chris Smith

Krazy Kat KK 820 (UK 1988)

notes by Chris Smith

= Collectables CD COL-5320 (UK 1990)

Krazy Kat Records discography

1491989Blues Deluxe

- Sweet Home Chicago - Lonnie Brooks Blues Band
- Clouds In My Heart - Muddy Waters #
- Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong - Son Seals Blues Band

- Hey Bartender - Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine
- Need A Friend - Mighty Joe Young *
- Wang Dang Doodle - Willie Dixon

rec. August 1-17, 1980 live at Navy Pier, Chicao, IL at the Chicago Blues Festival; prod. by Norm Winer & Bob Gelms; executive producer: Seth Mason; executive consultant: Bruce Iglauer


# rec. August 16, 1980; Muddy Waters, voc, g; George 'Mojo' Buford, hca; Lovie Lee, p; John Primer, Rick Kreher, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Ray Allison, dr

* rec. August 1, 1980; Mighty Joe Young, voc, g; Tommy Giblin, keyb; Conrad Black, rhythm g; Bennie Turner, b; Willie Hayes, dr


XRT 9301 [Alligator]


= Alligator XRTCD 9301

1501990The Greatest in Country Blues   (1927-1956)

LP 1
- High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton
- See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Cotton Field Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers
- James Alley Blues - Richard "Rabbit" Brown
- Had A Good Father And Mother - Washington Phillips
- Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- My Black Momma Part I - Son House
- Bull-Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- Trouble Hearted Blues - Ishman Bracey
- Honey In The Rock - Blind Mamie Forehand
- Frankie - Mississippi John Hurt
- Man Trouble Blues - Jaybird Coleman
- How Long - Frank Stokes
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Voice Throwin' Blues - Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins


LP 2
- Devil Got The Woman - Skip James
- When That Great Ship Went Down - William And Versey Smith
- The Jail House Blues - Sam Collins
- Touch Me Light Momma - George "Bullet" Williams
- Mothers Love - Blind Joe Taggart
- Skin Man Blues - "Hi" Henry Brown
- Lost Lover Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
- Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander
- K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
- Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
- Preachin' Blues - Robert Johnson
- Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee - Furry Lewis
- Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues - Bessie Tucker
- Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band
- Crazy Cryin' Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Woke Up This Morning - Roosevelt Graves
- That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
- McAbee Railroad Piece - Palmer McAbee
- The Gone Dead Train - King Soloman Hill
- Hastings St. - Blind Blake And Charlie Spand


LP 3
- Shorty George - Smith Casey
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - Bozie Sturdivant

- I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
- How You Want It Done? - Big Bill Broonzy
- She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - The Georgia Cotton Pickers
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- California Desert Blues - Lane Hardin
- Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James
- Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
- Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr
- Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy [Parkway 501]
- Penitentiary Blues (Pt. 1 & 2) - Smokey Hogg
- Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
- Mighty Long Time - Sonny Boy Williamson
- River Blues (Pt. 2) - Lowell Fulson
- Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
- Moanin' Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins


compiled by Johnny Parth

3 LP set with 24-pp. booklet notes (English and German) by Paul Oliver

RST Blues Documents BD-01 (Austria 1990)

3 CD set
notes by Paul Oliver

1927-1930


1927-1936


1929-1956
= Story Of Blues/Da Music 3521/3522/3523 (Austria 1992)

= Century Media SOB 3521-2/3522-2/3523-2 (1994)

3 CD set

= 1201 Music 7002-2 (US 1999) "The Greatest in Country Blues   Volume 1"

RST Blues Documents discography

150a1990Legends Of The Blues Volume One

Columbia LP C/AL 46215 track sequence:
- St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt
- Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying - Blind Willie Johnson
- Pigmeat Is What I Crave - Bo Carter
- Southern Can Is Mine - Blind Willie McTell
- Low Down St. Louis Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Revenue Man Blues Patton - Charley Patton
- Stormy Night Blues - Leroy Carr
- I Believe I'll Make A Change - Josh White

- Forth Worth And Dallas Blues - Leadbelly
- Sweet Home Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
- Truckin' My Blues Away, #2 - Blind Boy Fuller
- Spreadin' Snakes Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Nothing In Ramblin' - Memphis Minnie
- Fixin' To Die Blues - Bukka White

- Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters
- Don't You Leave Me Here (tk 1) - Big Joe Williams
- Death Letter - Son House


SPV Blue CD SPV 91722 bonus tracks:
- Hell Hound On My Trail - Robert Johnson
- Rock Island Line - Leadbelly and The Golden Gate Quartet


original series compiled & prod. by Lawrence Cohn

notes by Paul Oliver

Columbia LP C/AL 46215 (US 1990)

notes by Paul Oliver

= Columbia/Legacy CD CK 46215 (US 1990)

notes by Paul Oliver

= CBS/Legacy CD 467245 (EU 1990)


= CBS/Sony CSCS 5323 (Jp 1990)

notes by Neil Slaven

(=) SPV Blue SPV 91722 (Germany/Poland 2008)

20 CD box set, CD 5
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)

1511991The Blues   Volume 6
'50s Rarities

- Goin' Back Home - Howlin' Wolf
- Juke (U 7437-4) - Little Walter [previously unissued]
- Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller
- Date Bait - Blue Smitty & His String Men
- Lake Michigan - Memphis Minnie
- What Kind Of Gal Is That? - Little Joe E. Lee
- I Don't Know - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Would You Call Me A Fool? - Percy Mayfield

- All Night Long - Muddy Waters
- Gary Stomp - John Brim
- Overseas - Floyd Jones
- Got Lonesome Here - Eddie Boyd
- Messin' Around With The Blues - Alberta Adams
- I'm Mad (alt tk) - Willie Mabon [previously unissued]
- Alarm Clock Blues - Floyd Dixon
- Don't Drive Me Baby - Lowell Fulson



Chess/MCA CH/CHD-9330 (US 1991)

1521992The Complete Muddy Waters 1947 - 1967

disc 1:
- Gypsy Woman
- Little Anna Mae
- Good Looking Woman
- Mean Disposition
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- I Feel Like Going Home
- Train Fare Home Blues
- Down South Blues
- Kind Hearted Woman
- Sittin' Here And Drinkin' (Whiskey Blues)
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Mean Red Spider
- Stand Here Tremblin'
- Streamline Woman
- Hard Days
- Muddy Jumps One
- Little Geneva
- Canary Bird
- Burying Ground
- Screamin' And Cryin'
- Where's My Woman Been
- Last Time I Fool Around With You
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Pt. 1
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Pt. 2

disc 2:
- Rollin' Stone
- Walking Blues
- You're Gonna Need My Help I Said
- Sad Letter Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Appealing Blues
- Louisiana Blues
- Evans Shuffle
- Long Distance Call
- Too Young To Know
- Honey Bee
- Howling Wolf
- Country Boy
- She Moves
- My Fault
- Still A Fool
- They Call Me Muddy Waters
- All Night Long
- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Lonesome Day
- Please Have Mercy
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man
- Standing Around Crying
- Gone To Main Street
- Iodine In My Coffee

disc 3:
- Flood
- My Life Is Ruined
- She's All Right
- Sad Sad Day
- Turn The Lamp Down Low (Baby Please Don't Go)
- Loving Man
- Blow Wind Blow
- Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me)
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- She's So Pretty
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- Oh Yeah
- I'm Ready
- Smokestack Lightning
- I Don't Know Why
- I'm A Natural Born Lover
- Ooh Wee
- This Pain
- Young Fashioned Ways
- I Want To Be Loved
- My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble)
- Mannish Boy
- I Got To Find My Baby
- Sugar Sweet
- Trouble No More
- Clouds In My Heart

disc 4:
- Forty Days And Forty Nights
- All Aboard
- Just To Be With You
- Don't Go No Further
- Diamonds At Your Feet
- I Live The Life I Love, I Love The Life I Live
- Rock Me
- Look What You Done
- Got My Mojo Working
- Good News
- Evil
- Come Home Baby, I Wish You Would
- Let Me Hang Around
- I Won't Go On
- She's Got It
- Born Lover
- She's 19 Years Old
- Close To You
- Walkin' Thru The Park
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Mean Mistreater
- Crawlin' Kingsnake

disc 5:
- Lonesome Road Blues
- Moppers Blues
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet
- She's Into Something
- Southbound Train
- Just A Dream
- I Feel So Good
- Hey Hey
- Love Affair
- Recipe For Love
- Baby I Done Got Wise
- Tell Me Baby
- When I Get To Thinking
- Double Trouble
- Woman Wanted
- Read Way Back
- I'm Your Doctor
- Deep Down In My Heart
- Tiger In Your Tank
- Soon Forgotten
- Meanest Woman
- I Got My Brand On You

disc 6:
- I Got My Brand On You
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Soon Forgotten
- Tiger In Your Tank
- I Feel So Good
- Got My Mojo Working
- Got My Mojo Working Pt. 2
- Goodbye Newport Blues
- Real Love
- Lonesome Room Blues
- Messin' With The Man
- Going Home
- Down By The Deep Blue Sea
- Muddy Waters Twist
- Tough Times
- You Shook Me
- You Need Love
- Little Brown Bird
- Five Long Years
- Brown Skin Woman
- Twenty Four Hours
- Coming Roung The Mountain
- Le Me Hang Around

disc 7:
- Elevate Me Mama
- So Glad I'm Living
- My Love Strikes Like Lightning
- Early In The Morning
- One More Mile
- 13 Highway
- You Don't Have To Go
- Things I Used To Do
- Wee Wee Baby
- Sitting And Thinking
- Clouds In My Heart
- Got My Mojo Working
- She's 19 Years Old
- My Home Is In The Delta
- Long Distance
- My Captain
- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
- You Gonna Need My Help
- Cold Weather Blues
- Big Leg Woman
- Country Boy
- Feel Like Going Home

disc 8:
- The Same Thing
- You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
- My John The Conquer Root
- Short Dress Woman
- Put Me In Your Lay Away
- My Dog Can't Bark
- I Got A Rich Man's Woman
- Making Friends
- Betty And Dupree
- Trouble
- Black Night
- Trouble In Mind
- Take My Advice
- Hard Loser
- Going Back To Memphis
- Piney Brown Blues
- Sweet Little Angel
- Corine, Corina
- It's All Over
- County Jail
- Two Steps Forward
- Blind Man
- Find Yourself Another Fool
- Kinfolk's Blues
- Birdnest On The Ground
- When The Eagle Flies

disc 9 - Alternate Takes
- Rollin' Stone
- All Night Long
- She's All Right
- Baby Pleaes Don't Go
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet
- She's Into Something
- Recipe For Love
- Woman Wanted (8 Takes)
- Read Way Back (9 Takes, Including Backing Track)
- You Shook Me
- Elevate Me Mama
- You Don't Have To Go

compiled by Les Fancourt

9 CD set

Charly CD RED BOX 3 (UK 1992)


disk one


disk two


disk three


disk four


disk five


disk six

disk seven

disk eight

disk nine

1531992Chess Blues

disc 1
- Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim

- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101]
- Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
- Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore - Baby Face Leroy
- Big Town Playboy - Johnny Jones
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk

- Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters
- Luedella - Jimmy Rogers
- Mother Earth - Memphis Slim
- Dr. Ross' Boogie - Doctor Ross
- Joliet Blues - Johnny Shines
- Moanin' At Midnight - Howlin' Wolf

- All Night Long (alt tk) - Muddy Waters
- Mr. Commissioner (alt tk) - Arbee Stidham
- Getting Old And Grey - Howlin' Wolf


disc 2
- Walkin' The Boogie (alt tk) - John Lee Hooker
- Juke - Little Walter
- Conjur Man - Memphis Minnie

- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone - Muddy Waters
- Broken Heart (alt tk) - Memphis Minnie
- Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix
- Funeral Hearse At My Door - Rocky Fuller
- Hard Time Gettin' Started - Eddie Boyd
- Don't Need No Horse - Little Walter
- Eight Ball - Gus Jenkins
- Fast Boogie - Little Walter
- I'm Mad - Willie Mabon
- Ice Cream Man - John Brim
- Whose Muddy Shoes - Elmore James
- Got To Have It - Willie Mabon
- I Declare That Ain't Right - Henry Gray
- Remember - Alberta Adams
- [Untitled Instrumental] - Henry Gray
- Blues With A Feeling - Little Walter

- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
- Forty-Four - Howlin' Wolf
- Got To Find My Baby (alt tk) - Little Walter
- Evil - Howlin' Wolf
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir


disc 3
- Mellow Down Easy - Little Walter
- My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble) - Muddy Waters
- My Baby - Little Walter
- You Got To Love Me - Billy Boy Arnold
- Walking The Blues - Willie Dixon
- Don't Start Me To Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
- Twenty-Nine Ways To My Baby's Door - Willie Dixon
- Right To Love You - Paul Gayton
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm Leaving You - Otis Spann
- Break Of Day - Howlin' Wolf
- Please Don't Go - Floyd Dixon
- Keep It To Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers

- Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
- Fattening Frogs For Snakes - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Slow Leake - Lafayette Leake
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Howlin' Wolf
- She Don't Know - J.B. Lenoir
- Your Funeral And My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Key To The Highway - Little Walter

- Double Trouble (alt tk) - Muddy Waters
- Come On Home - Eddie Boyd
- Goat - Sonny Boy Williamson II Band Track
- So Many Roads, So Many Trains - Otis Rush


disc 4
- First Time I Met The Blues - Buddy Guy
- Too Poor - Detroit Junior
- Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson
- The Shakedown - Lloyd Glenn
- Sun Is Shining (alt tk) - Elmore James
- Calling On My Darling - Albert King
- The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
- Nine Below Zero - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
- Satisfied - Little Milton
- Something's Got A Hold On Me - Etta James
- Wrinkles - The Big Three Trio
- Bring It On Home - Sonny Boy Williamson II
- Good Moanin' Blues - Big Walter Horton
- Killing Floor - Howlin' Wolf
- What Kind Of Man Is That? - Koko Taylor
- We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton
- Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
- Dirty Work Goin' On - Little Joe Blue
- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - John Lee Hooker
- Jinglin' Baby - Eddie "Guitar" Burns

- That's Why I Don't Mind - Muddy Waters
- Keep It To Myself - Buddy Guy
- Sitting Here Alone - Hound Dog Taylor
- I'd Rather Go Blind - Etta James


compiled by Mary Katherine Aldin & Andy McKaie; prod. by Andy McKaie

4 CD box set
64-pp. booklet notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

MCA CHD4-9340 (US 1992)

1541992Blues Giants In Concert
More American Folk Blues Festival 1963 a/k/a "The Lost Blues Tapes, Vol. 2"

Memphis Slim - Blues Everywhere (2:29)
Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - John Henry (2:50)

Muddy Waters - Captain Captain (3:47)   @ youtube
Muddy Waters - Catfish Blues (2:59)
Muddy Waters - In The City (= "Blow Wind Blow") # (3:56)
Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Cryin' (= "My Home Is In The Delta") # (5:07)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Love For Me Is True (= "That's All I Want Baby") # (4:51)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Misuse Me # (4:57)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Gettin' Tired (3:04)
Otis Spann - Going Down Slow (alt version) (= "Had My Fun") ## (3:32)
Lonnie Johnson - Careless Love (3:13)
Lonnie Johnson - C.C. Rider (2:36)
Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues (4:33)
Big Joe Williams - Big Roll Blues (2:55)
Big Joe Williams - Back In The Bottom (3:16)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (2:21)


rec. October 13, 1963 "live" in Bremen, Germany; prod. by Siegfried Loch, co-producer: Horst Lippmann


ACT 9205-2 (Germany 1992)

154a1992The Legendary Muddy Waters: Maintenance Shop Blues

- Hoochie Coochie Man
- My Home Is In The Delta
- Baby, You Don't Have To Go
- I'm A King Bee
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Long Distance Call
- Trouble No More
- Goin' Down Slow
- Got My Mojo Workin'
- Mannish Boy

rec. November 9, 1981 live at Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Muddy Waters, voc, g; George 'Mojo' Buford, hca; Lovie Lee, p; John Primer, Rick Kreher, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Ray Allison, dr; producer/director: Doug Brooker
Originally broadcast in 1981 at Iowa Public Television on their television show called "Maintenance Shop Blues"

VHS video

Yazoo 508 (US 1992)

VHS video

= KJ Jazz Productions KJ 143 (UK 1995)

Mojo Buford discography

154b1992Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective   (1925-1950)

disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled
Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder - Untitled
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah


disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty
Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville
Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy
Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler
Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side
Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues


disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie (McTell) - Bell Street Lightnin'
Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues
Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues
Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues
Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed
The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues
George Curry - My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy
Jack Kelly - Flower Blues
Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues


disc 4:
Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together   @ youtube
Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues   @ youtube
Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe
Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues
Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special [previously unissued]   @ youtube
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You
Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late

McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues (CCO 4654-IN) [originally unissued]   @ youtube
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
(Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me


compiled by Lawrence Cohn

4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)

20 CD box set
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)

1551993Blues Harp Boogie
25 Years of Blues Harmonica

Paul Orta and The Kingpins - Wailing At Weavers
King Biscuit Boy - Get It Right
Billy Boy & Tony McPhee - Catfish
Louisiana Red with Bill Dicey - Alabama Train
Junior Wells with Buddy Guy - Country Girl
Greg "Fingers" Taylor With Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets - Soul Survivor
Walter Horton - Jukin' With Walter
Charlie Musselwhite - I'm Goin' Home
Sonny Boy Williamson - Your Funeral And My Trial
Troyce Key & J.J. Malone feat. Paul Green - Annie Maybe
Sonny Blake & Mose Vinson - Bugle Call Blues
The Paul deLay Band - Harpoon Man

Carey Bell & Muddy Waters - Trouble No More
King Biscuit Boy - I've Done Everything I Can
Little Walter - Walter's Jump (instr) #
Paul Lamb and The Blues Burglars - You Sure Make Loving Hard
Jimmy Reed - Cry Before I Go
Walter Horton - Rockin' My Boogie
The Paul deLay Band - Mine All Mine
Junior Wells & Buddy Guy - Hoodoo Man Blues
Harmonica Red & Clarence Edwards - I'm Your Slave
Greg "Fingers" Taylor with Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets - Dixie Diner



# from a c. October 1967 German TV recording (AFBF '67)


Music Club MCCD 124 (UK 1993)

1561993Blues With A Feeling
Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival

disc 1 / Vanguard VCD 73133-2:
- Introduction by Dick Waterman (2:05) #
Son House (1965) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Preachin' Blues (3:54) [Vanguard VSD 79225] #
- Death Letter (4:01) [Vanguard VSD 79225] #
- Empire State Express (3:50) # [Vanguard VSD 25/6; 3VCD 208-10]
Skip James (1964 blues workshop, introduction most likely by Bill Barth) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Devil Got My Woman (4:52)   @ youtube
Bukka White [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (5:00)
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues (5:26) °° [Vanguard VRS 9180; 3VCD193/95-2]
Mississippi Fred McDowell [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Louise Louise (3:05)
Rev. Robert Wilkins
- Don't Let Nobody Turn You 'round (3:48)   @ youtube
Rev. Pearly Brown & Mrs. Christine Brown
- Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (3:06)   @ youtube
Fred and Annie Mae McDowell with Rev. Robert Wilkins
- What Do You Think About Jesus (5:43)   @ youtube
Lightnin' Hopkins (July 23, 1965 morning "Blue Guitar" workshop) [ Vanguard VCD 79715-2]
- The Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite (Monkey Faced Woman) (3:22)   @ youtube
- Come On Baby (2:13)   @ youtube
- Baby Please Don't Go (2:46) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
Mance Lipscomb [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Freddie (2:01) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
- So Different Blues (2:33)   @ youtube
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic) (2:36)   @ youtube


disc 2 / Vanguard VCD 73134-2:
Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train (4:02) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
Mississippi John Hurt [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Here I Am Lord, Send Me (3:54)
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (3:20)
Jesse Fuller [Vanguard VRS-9185; 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]
- San Francisco Bay Blues (2:51) °°
John Lee Hooker (1964 blues workshop) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Blues (2:48)   @ youtube

Muddy Waters (1968 blues workshop) [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- Walkin' Blues (4:31)   @ youtube
- I Can't Be Satisfied (3:16)   @ youtube
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon
- Five Long Years (2:26) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
Willie Dixon & Lafayette Leake with Pete Seeger, bj
- Wrinkles (instr) (3:28)
Dave Van Ronk
- Cocaine (3:44) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
John Hammond
- Drop Down Mama (2:50)
Eric Von Schmidt
- Grizzly Bear (4:55) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]
John Koerner
- Traveling Blues (4:49) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
The Chambers Brothers [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]
- See See Rider (3:21) [Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
Paul Butterfield Blues Band (July 23, 1965)
- Blues With A Feeling (4:12) * [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2; 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
- Look Over Yonders Wall (2:10) *   @ youtube
- Born In Chicago (4:08) ** [Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2]   @ youtube


compilation prod. by Mary Katherine Aldin
# rec. 1965 live at Newport Folk Festival ("Blues Workshop") in Newport, RI; Son House, voc, g
* rec. July 23, 1965 at an afternoon workshop called "Blues: Origins and Offshoots" (late addition to the roster - advertisements for the concert series make no mention of the group); Paul Butterfield, voc, hca; Michael Bloomfield, g; Elvin Bishop, g; Jerome Arnold, b; Sam Lay, dr; Nick Gravenites, voc; ** Bruce Langhorne, tamb


"all tracks previously unreleased except" °°

2 CD set
notes (May 1993) by Mary Katherine Aldin

Vanguard VCD2-77005 (US/Germany 1993)


(=) Vanguard VCD 73133-2 (US 1997) "part one"


(=) Vanguard VCD 73134-2 (US 1997) "part two"

1571994Muddy Waters: One More Mile
Chess Collectibles   Vol. 1

disc 1:
- Hard Days
- Muddy Jumps One
- Burying Ground
- You Gonna Need My Help
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2
- Rollin' Stone (alt tk)
- Country Boy
- She's So Pretty
- Oh Yeah!
- I Don't Know Why
- I Want To Be Loved
- I Got To Find My Baby
- Crawlin' Kingsnake (alt tk)
- Read Way Back (undubbed alt)
- Tiger In Your Tank
- Meanest Woman
- I Got My Brand On You
- Lonesome Room Blues
- Messin' With The Man
- Five Long Years
- You Don't Have To Go
- Elevate Me Momma

disc 2:
- Thirteen Highway
- Early In The Morning Blues
- One More Mile
- Come Back Baby (Let's Talk It Over)
- My Dog Can't Bark
- Roll Me Over Baby
- Trouble In Mind (hornless remix)
- Trouble, Trouble (hornless remix)
- My Pencil Won't Write No More (2765) #
- Cold Up North (2766) #
- Streamline Woman (2767) #
- Rock Me (2768) #
- Standing Around Crying (2769) #
- Hoochie Coochie Man (2770) #
- Baby Please Don't Go (2771) #
- You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (2772) #
- Feel Like Goin Home (2773)
- Where's My Woman Been (2774) #
- Rollin' And Tumblin (2775) #

# rec. June 13, 1972 in Lausanne, Switzerland for Radio Lausanne; Muddy Waters, voc, g; George Buford, hca, Louis Myers, g; prod. by Willy Leiser

2 CD set

MCA/Chess CHD 2-9348

Mojo Buford discography

157a1994Muddy Waters & Otis Spann Live at Newport

- I Got My Brand On You (4:45) #
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (2:58) #
- Baby, Please Don't Go (3:00) #
- Soon Forgotten (4:19) #
- Tiger In Your Tank (4:35) #
- I Feel So Good (2:54) #
- Got My Mojo Workin' (Part 1) (4:27) #
- Got My Mojo Workin' (Part 2) (3:00) #
- Goodbye Newport Blues (4:49) #
- Catfish Blues (3:05) *
- Boogie Woogie (3:18) *
- Slow Blues (3:32) *
- Jump Blues (3:57) *
- St. Louis Blues (4:11) *

# Muddy Waters & Otis Spann at Newport, July 3, 1960
* Otis Spann & Muddy Waters at Newport, July 3, 1960


Charly CDRB 6 (UK 1994) (Charly R&B Masters Vol. 6)

= Altaya / Charly R&B BB051 (Brazil 1996) (Mestres Do Blues N° 51)

1581995Muddy Waters in Concert

- Hoochie Coochie Man
- My Home Is In The Delta
- Baby, You Don't Have To Go
- I'm A King Bee
- Baby, Please Don't Go
- Long Distance Call
- Trouble No More
- Got My Mojo Workin'
- Mannish Boy

unissued track from same session:
- Goin' Down Slow [Yazoo 508 VHS video]

rec. November 9, 1981 live at Iowa State University, Ames, IA; Muddy Waters, voc, g; George 'Mojo' Buford, hca; Lovie Lee, p; John Primer, Rick Kreher, g; Earnest Johnson, b; Ray Allison, dr

Originally broadcast in 1981 at Iowa Public Television on their television show called "Maintenance Shop Blues"


Charly CD 1257 (UK 1995)

Mojo Buford discography

1591997Muddy Waters & Friends: Goin' Way Back

- Gypsy Woman § //
- Little Anna Mae § //
- My Home Is On The Delta [sic] § //
- Take A Little Walk § //
- Mean Disposition # § //
- Laverne (Why Do You Treat Me So Mean?) * //
- Leavin' In The Mornin' * //
- Got A Sweet Little Girl # * //
- Bad Lovin' Trouble [] #
- Nothin' Bother Me [] #
- Crazy 'Bout You Baby # \\ //

rec. October 18, 1967 at 624 Prince Arthur Street Rooming House in Montreal, Québec, Canada; Muddy Waters, voc, § g; [] Otis Spann, voc, ac g; George 'Mojo' Buford, # hca, \\ voc; * Luther 'Georgia Boy-Snake' Johnson, voc, g; // Sammy Lawhorn, g; Lawrence 'Little Sonny' Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary, dr; executive producer: Jim West; reissue producer: Michael Nerenberg

notes by Michael Nerenberg

Just A Memory JAM CD 9130-2 (Ca 1997)

Otis Spann discography
Mojo Buford discography
Luther 'Georgia Boy / Snake' Johnson discography

1601997Muddy Waters: Paris, 1972

- Introduction
- Clouds In My Heart
- Lovin' Man
- County Jail
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- Blow Wind Blow
- Honey Bee
- Walking Thru The Park
- Rollin' 'n' Tumblin'
- Walkin' Blues
- Got My Mojo Workin' #

rec. prob. June 5, 1972 at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, France; Muddy Waters, voc, g; George 'Mojo' Buford, hca; Joe 'Pinetop' Perkins, p; Louis Myers, g; Calvin Jones, b; Willie Smith, dr; # band voc


Pablo Jazz PACD 5302-2 (US 1997)

1611997Blues With A Feeling - part two

Elizabeth Cotten
- Freight Train
Mississippi John Hurt
- Here Am I Lord Send Me
- Pallet On Your Floor
Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller
- San Francisco Bay Blues
John Lee Hooker
- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby

Muddy Waters
- Walkin' Blues
- I Can't Be Satisfied
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon
- Five Long Years
Lafayette Leake & Willie Dixon
- Wrinkles
Dave Van Ronk
- Cocaine
John Hammond
- Drop Down Mama
Eric Von Schmidt
- Grizzly Bear
"Spider" John Koerner
- Traveling Blues
The Chambers Brother
- See See Rider
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Blues With A Feeling
- Look Over Yonders Wall
- Born In Chicago


rec. live at the Newport Folk Festival


Vanguard VCD 73134-2 (US 1997)

1621997Otis Spann with Muddy Waters and his Band: Live The Life

- Been A Long, Long Time (4:23) # *
- Look Under My Bed (4:26) # *
- Tribute To Martin Luther King (4:40) # *
- Sarah Street (6:24) # *
- Worried Life Blues (4:00) # *
- Kansas City (4:11) || #
- Tin Pan Alley (7:29) || #
- 5 Long Years (7:32) ||
- Live The Life I Love ||(3:21)
- I Wanna Go Home (5:59) || §
- Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (3:37) || *
- High Rising (instr) (4:36) ||
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright (2:09) # *
- What's On Your Worried Mind (2:27) # *
- Mean Old Train (3:03) # *
- My Baby Left Me (2:55) # *

rec. c. 1968 live at unknown location; Otis Spann, p, # lead voc; Muddy Waters, || voc, * g; prob. Paul Oscher, hca; prob. Sammy Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison, g; Sonny Wimberley, b; S.P. Leary. dr; § Charles Morganfield & others, chorus

notes by Frank Scott

Testament TCD-6001 (US 1997)

Testament Records discography

1631997The Aristocrat Of The Blues
The Best of Aristocrat Records

disc 1:
- Chicago Boogie - The Five Blazes
- Ice Man Blues - Tom Archia
- Fishin' Pole - Tom Archia
- Boogie Woogie Blues - Clarence Samuels
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim
- Fly Right, Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim

- Gypsy Woman - Muddy Waters
- Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters
- Forest Sykes Plays The Blues - Forest Sykes
- Good Lookin' Woman - Muddy Waters
- Mean Disposition - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- My Baby, My Baby - Sunnyland Slim

- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
- I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- So Nice And Kind - St. Louis Jimmy
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk

- Train Fare Home - Muddy Waters
- Kind Hearted Woman - Muddy Waters
- Down South Blues - Muddy Waters
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Muddy Waters
- Locked Out Boogie - Leroy Foster
- Shady Grove Blues - Leroy Foster


disc 2:
- You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider - Muddy Waters
- Standin' Here Tremblin' - Muddy Waters
- Muddy Jumps One - Muddy Waters
- Streamline Woman - Muddy Waters
- Hard Days - Muddy Waters
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe [Aristocrat 3101]
- Baby, I'm Sick Of You - Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats
- Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
- She Knows How To Love A Man - Robert Nighthawk
- Anna Lee - Robert Nighthawk
- Return Mail Blues - Robert Nighthawk

- Little Geneva - Muddy Waters
- Canary Bird - Muddy Waters
- Burying Ground - Muddy Waters
- You Gonna Need My Help - Muddy Waters
- Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones
- Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones

- Screamin' And Cryin' - Muddy Waters
- Where's My Woman Blues - Muddy Waters
- Last Time I Fool Around With You - Muddy Waters
- Six Three O - Robert Nighthawk
- Prison Bound - Robert Nighthawk
- Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk

- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 - Muddy Waters
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 2 - Muddy Waters

2 CD set

Chess/MCA 9387

= Chess MVCE-30017 (Jp 1997)

1641997Harp Legends II

- Step Back Baby - King Biscuit Boy
- All My Money Gone - Paul Delay Band

- Boogie Thing - Muddy Waters Band
- Alcoholic Man - Carey Bell with Willie Williams
- Annie Lee - Billy Boy Arnold
- All Nite Long - Todd Sharpville (with Paul Lamb)
- Hound Dog - Big Walter Horton
- When You Get Rid Of My Mule - Mose Vinson (with Sonny Blake)
- Castin' My Spell - King Biscuit Boy
- Mean Mistreater - Big Walter Horton
- Pretty Baby - The Kingpins featuring Paul Orta
- Lester's Comet - Lester Davenport
- Down At The Grocery Stone - Jimmy Reed
- It Ain't Right - Martin Stone (with Billy Boy Arnold)
- Mean Old World - Little Walter #
- John Henry - Big Walter Horton
- Lonesome For A Dime - Buster Benton (with Carey Bell)
- Everybody Needs Somebody - Charlie Musselwhite
- I Want To Be Loved - Paul Delay Band
- Bye Bye Bird - Sonny Boy Williamson [II]
- Let These Blues - Louisiana Red
- Shakey's Edmonton Blues - Big Walter Horton



# from a c. October 1967 German TV recording (AFBF '67)

notes by Michael Heatley

Catfish KATCD 105 (UK 1997)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

164a1997Muddy Waters: His Best 1947 to 1955

- I Can't Be Satisfied (Aristocrat 1305)
- I Feel Like Going Home (Aristocrat 1305)
- Train Fare Blues (Aristocrat 1306)
- Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 1 (Aristocrat 412)
- Rollin' Stone (Chess 1426)
- Louisiana Blues (Chess 1441)
- Long Distance Call (Chess 1452)
- Honey Bee (Chess 1468)
- She Moves Me (Chess 1490)
- Still A Fool (Chess 1480)
- Standing Around Crying (Chess 1526)
- Baby Please Don't Go ("Chess 1542", actually alt tk)
- I Want You To Love Me (Chess 1550)
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (alt tk, originally unissued)
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (Chess 1571)
- I'm Ready (Chess 1579)
- Young Fashioned Ways (Chess 1602)
- Mannish Boy (Chess 1602)
- Sugar Sweet (Chess 1612)
- Trouble No More (Chess 1612)

compiled & prod. by Andy McKaie

trifold digipak with 12-pp. booklet

Chess MCD 09370 / Universal 329 370-2 (EU 1997)


= Chess/MCA CHD-9370 (US 1997) (The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection series)

1651999Muddy Waters   Live - 1971
Lost Tapes - never heard before@ youtube (full CD album)

- Honey Bee # (4:40)
- Hoochie Coochie Man # (3:46)
- Walking Thru The Park # (4:34)
- Trouble No More # (2:30)
- Just To Be With You # (4:45)
- Muddy's introduction to "19 Years Old" # (0:53)
- She's 19 Years Old # (9:58)
- Long Distance Call * (6:30)
- Mannish Boy * (4:55)
- Crawlin' Kingsnake * (3:34)
- Got My Mojo Working * (4:39)
enhanced CD bonus:
- interview 'on the road' (4:33) with Muddy Waters
- video performance of "Long Distance Call" by Muddy and his band

Blind Pig BPLP 5054 track sequence:
- introduction / Honey Bee # (4:57)
- Hoochie Coochie Man # (3:48)
- Walking Thru The Park # (4:36)
- Trouble No More # (2:24)
- Just To Be With You # (4:56)

- Long Distance Call * (6:32)
- Mannish Boy * (4:55)
- Crawlin' Kingsnake * (3:37)
- Got My Mojo Working * (4:56)

show prod. by Link Wyler (at the time Big Mama Thornton's manager); executive producers: Richard Chalk (TopCat Records founder) & Joan Wyler (widow of Link Wyler)
# rec. October 18, 1971 or November 1971 live at Washington State University, Pullman, WA; Muddy Waters, voc, g, sp; George "Harmonica" Smith, hca; Joe "Pinetop" Perkins; p; James "Pee Wee" Madison, Sam Lawhorn, g; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr
* rec. October 20, 1971 or November 1971 live at Oregon University; Muddy Waters, voc, g, sp; George "Harmonica" Smith, hca; Joe "Pinetop" Perkins; p; James "Pee Wee" Madison, Sam Lawhorn, g; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr
Top Cat BFTC 0292 front cover photo by D. Shigley
Blind Pig artwork by Al Brandtner (from Raeburn Flerlage photo)


TopCat BFTC 0292 (US 1999)


= Blind Pig BPCD 5054 (US 1999) "The Lost
Tapes - Recorded Live"

restored, limited edition
HQ-180 gram vinyl
notes by Tim Schuller

= Blind Pig BPLP 5054 (US 2008) "The Lost Tapes - Recorded Live"

165a2000Muddy Waters: Rollin' Stone
The Golden Anniversary Collection (The Chess Masters, Vol. 1)
)

CD 1:
- Gypsy Woman (2:36)
- Little Anna Mae (2:34)
- Good Lookin' Woman (2:45)
- Mean Disposition (2:37)
- I Can't Be Satisfied (2:44)
- I Feel Like Going Home (3:12)
- Train Fare Home (2:48)
- Down South Blues (2:55)
- Kind Hearted Woman (2:38)
- Sittin' Here And Drinkin' (Whiskey Blues) (2:36)
- You're Gonna Miss Me (2:40)
- Mean Red Spider (2:19)
- Standin' Here Tremblin' (2:27)
- Streamline Woman (3:19)
- Hard Days (2:37)
- Muddy Jumps One (2:30)
- Little Geneva (2:49)
- Canary Bird (2:46)
- Burying Ground (2:37)
- You Gonna Need My Help (3:03)
- Screamin' And Cryin' (3:07)
- Where's My Woman Been (3:10)
- Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:38)
- Walkin' Blues (2:59)
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 (3:01)
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 2 (2:32)

CD 2:
- Rollin' Stone (3:09)
- Rollin' Stone (alt tk) (3:02)
- You're Gonna Need My Help I Said (3:08)
- Sad Letter Blues (3:03)
- Early Morning Blues (3:10)
- Appealing Blues (Hello Little Girl) (2:51)
- Louisiana Blues (2:55)
- Evan's Shuffle (2:14)
- Long Distance Call (2:42)
- Too Young To Know (3:14)
- Honey Bee (3:23)
- Howling Wolf (2:40)
- Country Boy (3:13)
- She Moves Me (2:58)
- My Fault (2:44)
- Still A Fool (3:19)
- They Call Me Muddy Waters (3:25)
- All Night Long (2:54)
- All Night Long (alt tk) (3:59)
- All Night Long (alt tk #2) (3:20)
- Stuff You Gotta Watch (2:51)
- Lonesome Day (3:31)
- Please Have Mercy (3:13)
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man (3:02)

compilation prod. by Andy McKaie
second volume in this series is Chess/Hip-O Select B0002758-02 (US 2004) "Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters Volume 2, 1952-1958"
third volume in this series is Chess/Hip-O Select/Geffen B0017581-02 (US 2012) "You Shook Me: The Complete Chess Masters Volume 3, 1958-1963"

2 CD set

Chess/MCA 088 112 301-2 (US 2000)

1662001Newport Folk Festival
Best of the Blues 1959-68


disc 1:
Mississippi John Hurt
- Sliding Delta
- Candy Man
- Coffee Blues
- Stagger Lee
- Here I Am Lord Send Me
- Pallet On Your Floor
Skip James
- Devil Got My Woman (3:23)
- Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Son House
- Preaching Blues
- Death Letter Blues
- Empire State Express
- Son Blues
Bukka White
- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Louise
- If The River Was Whiskey

Muddy Waters (solo)
- Walkin' Blues [Vanguard VCD2-77005]
- I Can't Be Satisfied [Vanguard VCD2-77005]

disc 2:
Robert Pete Williams
- Levee Camp Blues
- Midnight Boogie
- On My Way From Texas
Mance Lipscomb
- Freddie
- So Different Blues
- God Moves On The Water (The Sinking Of The Titanic)
Jesse Fuller
- San Francisco Bay Blues
- Double Double Do Love You
Rev. Gary Davis
- Samson And Delilah
- I Won't Be Back No More
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
- Intro/The Train Is Leaving °°
- Drink Muddy Water °°
- Long Gone
- Key To The Highway
- My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door
Sleepy John Estes
- Clean Up At Home

disc 3:
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Woman I'm Lovin' She's Taken My Appetite
- Baby Please Don't Go
Lightnin' Hopkins & Samuel Lay
- Shake That Thing
John Lee Hooker & Bill Lee
- Tupelo
- Bus Station Blues
- Let's Make It °°
- Great Fire Of Natchez °°
- Boom Boom °°
- I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby
Memphis Slim
- How Long °°
- Black Cat Crossed My Path °°
- Harlem Bound °°
- Piano Instrumental °°

Muddy Waters & Otis Spann
- Blow Wind Blow °°   @ youtube
- Flood (= "Clouds In My Heart") °°   @ youtube
Chambers Brothers
- CC Rider
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Blues With A Feeling
- Born In Chicago °°


compilation prod. by Tom Vickers
front cover painting by Meredith Steele
°° 12 previously unreleased tracks

3 CD set
notes by John Milward

Vanguard 3VCD193/95-2 (US 2001)

1672001Blues Revue of 20th Century   Vol. 1

Introduction for Muddy Waters (0:38) *   @ youtube
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (3:40) *   @ youtube
- Blow Wind Blow (2:30) *   @ youtube
Interview with Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner & Muddy Waters (4:46)
Introduction for Big Mama Thornton (0:39) ||
- Ball and Chain (6:58) ||
- Houn Dawg (3:17) ||
Introduction for Big Joe Turner (0:46) #
- Hide and Seek (4:15) #
- Shake, Rattle and Roll (4:34) #
Introduction for George "Harmonica" Smith (1:20) #   @ youtube
- Mississippi River Blues (3:47) #   @ youtube
- Juke (3:23) #   @ youtube
J.B. Hutto
- Too Much Alcohol (5:31) #   @ youtube
Introduction for Bee Houston (0:35) #   @ youtube
- High Heel Sneakers (4:50) #   @ youtube

Blues Revue All Stars (Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, George "Harmonica" Smith)
- I Am the Blues (6:46) #   @ youtube
Big Mama Thornton
- Oh Happy Day (9:00) #   @ youtube


# rec. October 18, 1971 live at Washington State University in Pullman, WA
|| rec. October 20, 1971 live at University of Oregon in Eugene, OR
* rec. October 1971 live at Monroe State Prison in Washington, WA; Muddy Waters, voc, g; George "Harmonica" Smith, hca; Joe "Pinetop" Perkins; p; James "Pee Wee" Madison, Sam Lawhorn, g; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr


TopCat TC03012 (US 2001)


= Blue Moon TKO Magnum CDBM 141 (UK 2001) "Leavin' Chicago"

167a8/2001Muddy Waters: The Anthology (1947-1972)

- Gypsy Woman
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- I Feel Like Going Home
- Train Fare Home Blues
- Mean Red Spider
- Standin' Here Tremblin'
- You Gonna Need My Help
- Little Geneva
- Rollin' & Tumblin' Part One
- Rollin' Stone
- Walkin' Blues
- Louisiana Blues
- Long Distance Call
- Honey Bee
- Country Boy
- She Moves Me
- Still A Fool
- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone
- Standin' Around Cryin'
- Baby Please Don't Go
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
- I Just Want To Make Love To You
- I'm Ready
- Young Fashioned Ways
- I Want To Be Loved (alt tk)

- My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble)
- Mannish Boy
- Sugar Sweet
- Trouble No More
- Forty Days And Forty Nights
- Just To Be With You
- Don't Go No Farther
- Diamonds At Your Feet
- I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love)
- Got My Mojo Working
- Rock Me
- Look What You've Done
- She's Nineteen Years Old
- Close To You
- Walking Thru The Park
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet
- I Feel So Good (Live)
- You Shook Me
- My Home Is In The Delta
- Good Morning Little School Girl
- The Same Thing
- You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
- All Aboard (Fathers And Sons)
- Can't Get No Grindin'

2 CD set

MCA 1639391 (US 8/2001)

2 CD set

= MCA 088 112 649-2 (US 2001)

1682002Colin James presents THE BLUES MASTERS@ youtube (full album)

- I've Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
- Blues Don't Like Nobody - Otis Spann
- How Long Has That Train Been Gone - Mable Hillery   @ youtube
- Cornbread And Peas - Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee
- Hooray, These Women Is Killin' Me - Sonny Terry
- Born And Livin' With The Blues - Brownie McGhee
- Tin Pan Alley Blues - Sunnyland Slim
- T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do - Otis Spann
- Crazy For My Baby - Willie Dixon/Sunnyland Slim/Colin James
- Bassology - Willie Dixon

- You Can't Lose What You Never Had - Muddy Waters
- Bye Bye Baby, Goodbye - Muddy Waters

A re-edited version of a "Festival" series programme originally recorded by CBC in a Toronto studio over three days in 1966

DVD

Sanctuary Visual Entertainment SDE 2022 (US 2002)

168a2003Roots Of The Blues

disc 1 "Folk Blues":
Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Blues (2:47)
The Chambers Brothers - See See Rider (3:08)
John Hammond - Statesboro Blues (3:39)
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (3:53)
Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine (3:46)
Buffy Sainte-Marie - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (2:51) °°
Spider John Koerner - Traveling Blues (4:44)
Bill Monroe - Blue Yodel # 4 (2:43)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Maria Muldaur - Richland Woman (4:19)
Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Geoff & Maria Muldaur - Chevrolet (3:51)
Sam & Kirk McGee - Milk Cow Blues (2:31) °°
Tony Glover - I Dont Need No Whiskey (4:30) °°
Josh White - What You Gonna Do When Your Meat Gives Out (1:49) °°
Eric Von Schmidt - Grizzly Bear (4:34)
Mance Lipscomb - Keep On Truckin' Mama (1:35) °°


disc 2 "Delta & Country Blues":
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Rev. Gary Davis - You Got To Move (5:50)
Skip James - I'm So Glad (1:53)
Son House - Empire State Express (3:50)
Bukka White - Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (4:45)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - If The River Was Whiskey (2:34)

Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:53)
Odetta - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (2:13)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Key To The Highway (3:37)
Sleepy John Estes - Clean Up At Home (2:59)
Mance Lipscomb - Freddie (1:50)
Memphis Slim - How Long (2:59)
Robert Pete Williams - Midnight Boogie (3:25) [Vanguard VRS 9180, Vanguard VSD 77/78, Vanguard CD 70193-2, Vanguard 3VCD 208-10]   @ youtube
Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon - Five Long Years (2:22)
Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (5:12)


disc 3 "Urban Blues":
Junior Wells - Messin' With The Kid (2:21)
Otis Rush - I Can't Quit You Baby (3:14)
J.B. Hutto & The Hawks - Going Ahead (2:03)
Otis Spann - Marie (2:28)
James Cotton - Rocket 88 (2:03)
Homesick James And His Dusters - Dust My Broom (3:17)
Johnny Young's South Side Blues Band - One More Time (2:26)
The Johnny Shines Blues Band - If I Get Lucky (3:23)
Buddy Guy - One Room Country Shack (5:30)

Muddy Waters with Otis Spann - Blow Wind Blow (3:09)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Baby Please Don't Go (2:37)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (3:55)
Charlie Musselwhite - Juke (4:18)
Big Mama Thornton - Ball And Chain (6:48)
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (3:01)


compilation prod. by Tom Vickers; cover design by Ann Smalley; photography by David Gahr

°° previously unreleased tracks

3 CD set
notes by Ed Ward

Vanguard 3VCD 208-10 (Germany 2002)
= Vanguard CD 79715 (US 2003)

168b2004Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man@ youtube (2 CD playlist)
The Complete Chess Masters   Volume 2 (1952-1958)

CD 1:
- Standing Around Crying (3:22)
- Gone To Main Street (2:29)
- Iodine In My Coffee (3:31)
- Flood (2:41)
- My Life Is Ruined (Landlady) (2:38)
- She's All Right (2:30)
- She's All Right (alt tk) (2:29)
- Sad, Sad Day(3:44)
- Turn Your Lamp Down Low (Baby Please Don't Go) (2:41) [Chess 1542]   @ youtube
- Baby Please Don't Go (alt tk) (3:16)   @ youtube
- Loving Man (2:28)
- Blow Wind Blow (3:10)
- Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me) (3:04)
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (alt tk) (2:47)
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (2:52)
- She's So Pretty (2:13)
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:54)
- Oh Yeh (Oh Yeah) (2:58)
- I'm Ready (3:04)
- Smokestack Lightnin' (3:08)
- I Don't Know Why (2:53)
- I'm A Natural Born Lover (2:51)
- Ooh Wee (2:45)
- This Pain (3:08)
- Young Fashioned Ways (2:59)

CD 2:
- I Want To Be Loved (2:45)
- My Eyes (Keep Me In Trouble) (3:12)
- Mannish Boy (2:55)
- I Got To Find My Baby (2:50)
- Sugar Sweet (2:31)
- Trouble No More (2:42)
- Clouds In My Heart (2:59)
- Forty Days And Forty Nights (2:53)
- All Aboard (2:56)
- Just To Be With You (3:15)
- Don't Go No Farther (2:56)
- Diamonds At Your Feet (2:27)
- I Love The Life I Live (I Live The Life I Love) (2:51)
- Rock Me (3:12)
- Look What You've Done (2:24)
- Got My Mojo Working (2:52)
- Good News (2:50)
- Evil (2:17)
- Come Home Baby, I Wish You Would (2:55)
- Let Me Hang Around (2:14)
- I Won't Go On (2:57)
- She's Got It (2:49) [Chess 1692]   @ youtube
- Born Lover (2:34)
- She's Nineteen Years Old (3:19)
- Close To You (3:06)

bonus track:
- She's Got It (alt tk) (2:42)   @ youtube

compilation prod. by Andy McKaie
first volume in this series is Chess/MCA 088 112 301-2 (US 2000) "Rollin' Stone - The Golden Anniversary Collection"
third volume in this series is Chess/Hip-O Select/Geffen B0017581-02 (US 2012) "You Shook Me: The Complete Chess Masters Volume 3, 1958-1963"

2 CD set

Chess/Hip-O Select B0002758-02 (US 2004)

1692005The Chronological Leroy Foster   1948 - 1952

Leroy Foster & Muddy Waters
- Locked Out Boogie
- Shady Grove Blues
Baby Face Leroy And His Trio
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Little Walter Trio
- Bad Actin' Woman
- I Just Keep Loving Her
Baby Face Leroy Trio
- Boll Weevil
- Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 1 [Parkway 501]
- Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 2 [Parkway 501]
- Red Headed Woman
Little Walter Trio
- Muskadine Blues (Take A Walk With Me)
- Moon-Shine Blues Moonshine Baby
Baby Face And Sunnyland Trio
- Pet Rabbit
- Louella
Baby Face Leroy
- Late Hours At Midnight
- Blues Is Killin' Me

notes by Dave Penny

Classics CD 5137 (Fr 2005)

169a2006Muddy Waters: Definitive Collection

- I Can't Be Satisfied (2:44)
- I Feel Like Going Home (3:12)
- Rollin' & Tumblin', Part One (3:01)
- Rollin' Stone (3:09)
- Louisiana Blues (2:55)
- Long Distance Call (2:42)
- Still A Fool (3:19)
- Turn Your Lamp Down Low (Baby Please Don't Go) (2:43)
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (2:48)
- I Just Want To Make Love To You (2:52)
- I'm Ready (3:06)
- Mannish Boy (2:57)
- Trouble No More (2:43)
- Forty Days And Forty Nights (2:52)
- Don't Go No Farther (2:56)
- Got My Mojo Working (2:53)
- Rock Me (3:13)
- Walkin' Thru The Park (2:47)
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet (3:09)
- You Shook Me (2:45)
- My Home Is In The Delta (4:01)
- The Same Thing (2:45)
- You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (2:57)
- Crosseyed Cat (6:01)


Chess/Geffen B0006273-02 (US 2006) (The Definitive Collection series)

1702009Muddy Waters: Authorised Bootleg
Live at the Fillmore Auditorium

- Forty Days And Forty Nights
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
- Rock Me
- Baby Please Don't Go
- She Moves Me
- Got My Mojo Working
- You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
- Forty Days And Forty Nights
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Thirteen Highway
- Rock Me
- Honey Bee (aka Sail On)
- Trouble No More
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
- Long Distance Call

rec. November 4 - 6, 1966 at the Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, CA by Bill Graham; Muddy Waters, voc, slide g; Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Sammy Lawhorn, g; George Smith, hca; Mac Arnold, b; Francis Clay, dr


Geffen/Chess B0012650-02 (US 2009)

1712012BABY FACE LEROY TRIO

- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 [Parkway 501,. unedited = 3:20]   @ youtube
- Rollin' and Tumblin' Part 2 (H 514-1) [Parkway 501]   @ youtube (3:20 - 6:06)

rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, dr; Little Walter, voc, hca; Muddy Waters, g, voc

"direct from [16"] session acetates"; "mastering and lacquer cutting was done by Lewis Durham of Evangelist Records/Kitty, Daisy & Lewis using all-analogue equipment."


Parkway 501 (Louis Records UK 2012)

louisrecords.blogspot.co.uk

1722012Muddy Waters: Mud In Your Ear

- Digging My Potatoes
- Long Distance Call
- Mud In Your Ear
- Sad Day Uptown
- I'm So Glad
- Chicken Shack
- Excuse Me Baby
- Remember Me
- Evil
- Watch Dog
- Why'd You Do Me
- Love N' Trouble
- Looking For My Baby
- Coming Home Baby
- Mud In Your Ear [reprise]

reissue prod. by Alan Douglas; artwork by Mati Klarwein


Wienerworld WNRCD 5063

1732013The Very Best of American Folk Blues Festival '63-'85

Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch (Chicago's Young Blues Generation) - The Train I Ride
Margie Evans - Chilly Waters
Juke Boy Bonner - Running Shoes
Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee - Rock Island Line
John Lee Hooker - Della Mae
Clifton Chenier - Zydeco Et Pas Sale
James "Sparky" Rucker - Crossroads
Jimmy Dawkins Chicago Blues Band - Got My Mojo Workin'
Lightin Slim & Whispering Smith - Winter Time Blues
Blind Joe Hill (One-Man-Blues-Band) - Big Boss Man
John Jackson - Poor Boy
Louisiana Red - Pretty Woman
Bukka White - World Boogie
Bowling Green John Cephas, Harmonica Phil Wiggins - Last Fair Deal

Muddy Waters - Five Long Years
John Lee Hooker - King Of The World
Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Trying To Make London My Home
Victoria Spivey, Willie Dixon, Bill Stepney - Grant Spivey
James "Sparky" Rucker - Babylon Blues
Margie Evans, Sunnyland Slim & Carey Bell's Blues Harp Band - Hound Dog


Bellaphon CDLR 664128 (Germany 2013)

1742012 

LITTLE WALTER TRIO
- Just Keep Lovin' Her (H 511-1) # [Parkway unissued]   @ youtube
BABY FACE LEROY TRIO
- Boll Weevil (H 512-1) * [Parkway unissued]   @ youtube

# rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Little Walter, voc, hca; Muddy Waters, g; Leroy Foster, dr, g ?

* rec. January 1950 in Chicago, IL; Leroy Foster, voc, dr; Little Walter, hca; prob. Jimmy Rogers, g; Muddy Waters, g

"direct from [16"] session acetates"; "mastering and lacquer cutting was done by Lewis Durham of Evangelist Records/Kitty, Daisy & Lewis using all-analogue equipment."


Parkway 505 (Louis Records UK 2012)

louisrecords.blogspot.co.uk

174a2012Muddy Waters: You Shook Me
The Complete Chess Masters   Volume 3 (1958 to 1963)

CD 1:
- Walking Thru The Park
- Blues Before Sunrise
- Mean Mistreater
- Crawlin' Kingsnake
- Lonesome Road Blues
- Mopper's Blues
- Take The Bitter With The Sweet
- She's Into Something
- Southbound Train
- Just A Dream (On My Mind)
- I Feel So Good
- Hey, Hey
- Love Affair
- Recipe For Love
- Baby, I Done Got Wise
- Tell Me Baby
- When I Get To Thinking
- Double Trouble
- Woman Wanted
- Read Way Back
- I'm Your Doctor
- Deep Down In My Heart
- Tiger In Your Tank
- Soon Forgtten
- Meanest Woman
- I Got My Brand On You

CD 2:
- I Got My Brand On You
- (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Soon Forgotten
- (I Wanna Put A) Tiger In Your Tank
- I Feel So Good
- Got My Mojo Working, Part 1
- Got My Mojo Working, Part 2
- Goodbye Newport Blues
- Real Love
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues
- Messin' With The Man
- Going Home
- Down By The Deep Blue Sea
- Muddy Waters Twist
- Tough Times
- You Shook Me
- You Need Love
- Little Brown Bird
- Sweet Black Angel (a/k/a Black Angel Blues) (instr)
- Five Long Years
- Brown Skin Woman
- Twenty Four Hours

compilation prod. by Andy McKaie
first volume in this series is Chess/MCA 088 112 301-2 (US 2000) "Rollin' Stone - The Golden Anniversary Collection"
second volume in this series is Chess/Hip-O Select B0002758-02 (US 2004) "Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters Volume 2, 1952-1958"

2 CD set
notes by Mary Katherine Aldin

Chess/Hip-O Select/Geffen B0017581-02 (US 2012)

174b2014The Roots Of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 3

disc 1: The 1960s
Mance Lipscomb - Shake, Shake, Mama (2:50)
John Lee Hooker - Tupelo (3:19)
Rev. Gary Davis - Samson And Delilah (4:05)
Robert Pete Williams - I've Grown So Ugly (2:48)
Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (3:03)
Lonnie Johnson - Moaning Blues (4:01)
Smoky Babe - Hottest Brand Goin' (4:06)
Herman E. Johnson - I Just Keeps On Wanting You (2:45)
Scrapper Blackwell - Shady Lane (5:27)
Pink Anderson - I Got Mine (3:07)
Pete Franklin - Prison Bound (4:21)
Shirley Griffith - Bye Bye Blues (4:11)
R.C. Smith - Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:25)
Memphis Willie B. - Wine Drinking Woman (3:36)
Baby Tate - What Have I Done To You (2:42)
Leroy Dallas - She Caught The M & O (3:43)
Sleepy John Estes - Vernita's Blues (2:19)
J.D. Short - I'm Just Wastin' My Time (5:25)

Muddy Waters - Feel Like Going Home (3:52)
Buddy Moss - Amy (2:42)
Johnny Young - Want My Lovin' (3:30)
Arvella Gray - Corrine, Corrina (2:13)
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man (2:53)
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis - Alberta (2:56)


disc 2: The 1970s
Son House - Empire State Express (3:41)
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Frisco Lines (3:59)
J.B. Lenoir - If I Get Lucky (2:59)
Skip James - Sickbed Blues (4:06)
R.L. Burnside - Long Haired Doney (2:45)
Furry Lewis - Old Original Furry Lewis Blues (3:46)
Joe Callicott - Lonesome Katy Blues (3:04)
John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:15)
Babe Stovall - Worried Blues (3:33)
Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road #2 (4:20)
Larry Johnson - Four Women Blues (2:33)
Jack Owens - I Love My Baby (4:50)
Johnny Shines - Your Troubles Can't Be Like Mine (4:18)
Brownie McGhee - My Last Suit (3:53)
Juke Boy Bonner - Tired Of The Greyhound Bus (2:26)
Tarheel Slim - So Sweet, So Sweet (3:19)
Tom Shaw - Baby Be A Boy Child Named Him After Me (5:44)
Eddie Taylor - Bullcow Blues (3:10)
Bill Williams - Salty Dog (4:37)
Guitar Shorty - Jessie Jones (3:58)
Rev. Pearly Brown - It's A Mean Old World To Try To Live In (2:24)
Louisiana Red - Dead Stray Dog (3:56)
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:56)
Henry Townsend - Can't You See (3:18)


front cover photo (of Big Joe Williams) by Axel Küstner

112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl

Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)

17510/2014The Aristocrat Blues Story

CD 1:
- Rollin' And Tumblin' (Part 1) - Muddy Waters
- My Baby, My Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Jackson Town Gal - Robert Nighthawk
- Shelby County Blues - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405]
- I Feel Like Crying - Andrew Tibbs
- Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forest City Joe
- Boogie Woogie Blues - Clarence Samuels
- Locked Out Boogie - Leroy Foster [Aristocrat 1234]
- Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy
- Ice Man Blues - Tom Archia with George Kirby

- You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters
- Toothless Woman Blues - Andrew Tibbs
- Chicago Boogie - Five Blazes & Ernie Harper
- I'm Bound For Canaan Land - Famous Blue Jay Singers Of Birmingham
- Crying The Blues - Laura Rucker
- Mean And Evil Baby - Tom Archia with Sheba Griffin
- Six Three 0 - Robert Nighthawk
- Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim

CD 2:
- Annie Lee Blues - Robert Nighthawk with Robert McCullum
- Lollipop Mama - Clarence Samuels

- Screamin' And Cryin' - Muddy Waters
- She Ain't Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim
- A Woman On Every Street - Forest City Joe
- Drinkin' Blues - Tom Archia
- So Nice And Kind - St. Louis Jimmy
- Baby I'm Sick Of You - Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats
- Shady Grove Blues - Leroy Foster [Aristocrat 1234]
- She's Gone - The Dozier Boys
- Married Man Blues - Andrew Tibbs with Tom Archia
- Black Angel Blues - Robert Nighthawk with Robert McCullum
- Fly Right Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim
- Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes
- Cherry - Tom Archia with Sheba Griffin
- Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones [Aristocrat 405]
- Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs

- I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters

2 CD set

One Day Music 5060255182666

1762016Gunsmoke Blues
Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Turner, George "Harmonica" Smith

- Honey Bee #
- Hoochie Coochie Man #
- Walking Through The Park #
- Trouble No More #
- Just To Be With You #
- intro to 19 Years Old #
- 19 Years Old #
- I Am The Blues *
- Long Distance Call *
- Manish Boy *
- Crawlin' Kingsnake *
- Got My Mojo Working *
- Hold It Top *
- interview 'on the road' (4:33) with Muddy Waters

# rec. October 18, 1971 or November 1971 live at Washington State University, Pullman, WA; Muddy Waters, voc, g, # sp; George "Harmonica" Smith, hca; Joe "Pinetop" Perkins; p; James "Pee Wee" Madison, Sam Lawhorn, g; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr
* rec. October 20, 1971 or November 1971 live at Oregon University; Muddy Waters, voc, g, # sp; George "Harmonica" Smith, hca; Joe "Pinetop" Perkins; p; James "Pee Wee" Madison, Sam Lawhorn, g; Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, b; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, dr

DVD

1772017Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie

CD 1:
James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby(3:32)
James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt (2:40)
Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28)
Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51)

Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45)
Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50)
John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09)
Little Walter with Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37)
Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29)
Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37)
Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35)
Johnny Temple - Old '98' Blues (2:25)

Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:43)
St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (3:19)
Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25)
Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54)
Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22)
Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17)
Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48)
Robert Nighthawk with Ethel Mae Brown - Down The Line (2:50)
The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Woman (3:09
Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52)
Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29)


CD 2:
Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12)
Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15)
Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52)
Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57)
Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39)
Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need my Help (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore (3:16)
Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10)
Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38)
Gray Haired Bill - I'm A Hard Working Man (2:59)
The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05)
Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42)

Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:03)
Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15)
Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13)
Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45)

Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41)
Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50)
J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:52)
Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40)
Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (2:32)
Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good (2:36)
Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04)
Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59)
Little Walter - Juke (3:00)
Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer (2:55)


CD 3:
Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (3:04)
Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22)
Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17)
Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me (3:04)
Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11)
Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03)
Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37)
Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30)
Jimmy Rogers - What's The Matter (3:17)
Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48)
Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04)
Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47)
Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39)
Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:06)
Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03)
Homesick James - Homesick (3:08)
Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52)
Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money (2:31)
Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16)
J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53)
J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24)
Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37)
Big Boy Spires - Someday little Darling (3:11)
Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38)
Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32)


CD 4:
Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me (3:24)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:36)
John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49)
John Brim - Life Time Baby (3:06)
Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone (2:45)
Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat (2:50)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45)
Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59)
Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (3:09)
Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25)
J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02)
Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30)
Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04)
Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55)
Little Walter - Got To Find My Baby (3:09)
J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone (2:41)
Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15)
Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47)
Jimmy Rogers - You're The One (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29)
Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53)
Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40)


CD 5:
Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07)
Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27)
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06)
John Brim -Go Away (2:45)
John Brim - That Ain't Right (2:51)
Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30)
Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad (2:31)
Howlin' Wolf - Break Of day (2:48)
Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird (3:35)
Howlin' Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22)
Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You (2:42)
Otis Spann - I'm In Love With You Baby (2:40)
Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37)
Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47)
Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02)
Po' Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27)
Po' Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42)
Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37)
Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby (2:27)
Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47)
Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37)
John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46)
John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02)
Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46)


88-pp. book by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)

1787/2019Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 2 - Sweet Home Chicago
CD 1:
James Clark - Who But You (2:41)
Memphis Jimmy - Drifting (3:20)
Johnny Shines - Delta Pine Blues (3:03)
Johnny Shines - Ride, Ride Mama (2:55)
Johnny Shines - Evil-Hearted Woman Blues (2:50)
Homer Harris - I'm Gonna Cut Your Head (2:56)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:06)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Due Respects To You (3:27)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - No Special Rider Here (3:03)
'Blues Boy' Bill - "Little Boy" Blue (3:14)

Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (alt tk) (2:33)
James (Beal Street) Clark - Come To Me Baby (2:51)
James (Beal Street) Clark - You Can't Make The Grade (2:55)
Herman Ray - Xmas Blues (2:44)
Forest City Joe - Special Delivery Man (2:52)
Forest City Joe -. Shady Lane Woman (3:02)
Homer Harris - Atomic Bomb Blues (2:34)
Homer Harris - Tomorrow Will Be Too Late (3:08)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Devilment On My Mind (2:57)
Willie "Long Time" Smith - Homeless Blues (3:12)
Forest City Joe - Mean Mistreatin' Woman (2:52)
Forest City Joe - Lonesome Day Blues (2:51)
Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer (2:28)
Dirty Red - You Done Me Wrong (3:14)
Pete Franklin - Mr. Charley (3:10)
Big Bill Broonzy - Water Coast Blues (2:46)


CD 2:
Muddy Waters - Hard Days (2:41)
Muddy Waters - Burying Ground (2:38
Floyd Jones - School Days (2:51
Tampa Red - Come On, If You're Coming (2:53)
Tampa Red - I'll Find My Way (2:39)
Johnny Temple - Between Midnight And Day (2:36)
Johnny Temple - Sit Right On It (2:22)
Jimmy Rogers - Hard Working Man (3:22)
Jimmy Rogers - My Little Machine (3:12)
Jimmy Rogers - Crying Shame (2:50)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - Glory For Man (2:30)
Robert Lockwood Jr. - My Daily Wish (2:43)
Howling Wolf - How Many More Years (alt tk) (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Just My Kind (2:53)
Memphis Minnie - Broken Heart (2:37)
Memphis Minnie - Lake Michigan (3:00)
Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur (alt tk) (2:54)

Muddy Waters - Lonesome Day (3:32)
Muddy Waters - Stuff You Gotta Watch (2:52)
Blue Smitty - Crying (2:45)
Blue Smitty - Elgin Movement (3:27)
Memphis Minnie - In Love Again (2:32)
Memphis Minnie - What A Night (3:00)
Rocky Fuller - Funeral Hearse At My Door (3:17)
Little Walter - Driftin' (alt tk) (3:09)
Little Walter - Off The Wall (alt tk) (2:59)


CD 3:
Honey Boy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago (tk 2) (3:03)
Honey Boy Edwards - Drop Down Mama (2:39)
Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (tk 4) (2:34)
Big Boy Spires - My Baby Left Me (2:36)
Little Walter - That's It (3:14)
Little Walter - That's It (edited) (2:47)
Little Walter - Blues With A Feeling (alt tk) (2:57)
Elmore James - I See My Baby (3:07)
Elmore James - Country Boogie (2:43)
Lazy Bill - I Had A Dream (alt tk) (2:57)
Lazy Bill - She Got Me Walkin' (alt tk) (3:08)
Albert King - Little Boy Blue (alt tk) (2:41)
Albert King - Hand Me Down (Sweet Woman) (2:58)
Albert King - Murder (2:59)
Morris Pejoe - Untitled Instrumental (2:23)
Morris Pejoe - Hurt My Feelings (2:55)
Homesick James - Lonesome Blues (2:23)
Homesick James - 12th St Station (2:44)
Homesick James - Long Lonesome Days (2:26)
Gus Jenkins - Eight Ball (3:12)

Muddy Waters - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (alt tk) (2:48)
Otis Spann - It Must Have Been The Devil (2:43)
Otis Spann - Five Spot (2:45)
Little Walter - I Love You So (Oh Baby) (2:35)
Little Walter - Last Night (first tk) (2:56)
Henry Gray - Goodbye Baby (3:19)
Henry Gray - You Messed Up (2:53)


CD 4:
Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours (3:06)
Chuck Berry - No Money Down (3:00)
Chuck Berry - I've Changed (3:07)
Billy Boy Arnold - I Was Fooled (2:53)
Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night (2:54)
Bo Diddley - Little Girl (alt tk) (2:38)
Bo Diddley - I'm A Man (alt tk) (3:08)
Bo Diddley - You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) (2:50)
Henry Gray - Watch Yourself (2:45)
Henry Gray - That Ain't Right (2:29)

Muddy Waters - This Pain (3:10)
Muddy Waters - I Want To Be Loved (alt tk) (2:46)
Little Walter - Little Girl (3:07)
Little Walter - Temperature (first tk) (2:02)
Dusty Brown - Hurry Home (2:45)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Evening Everybody (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Have You Ever Been In Love (2:55)
Herby Joe - Smokestack Lightning (2:53)
Herby Joe - Dreamed (Last Night) (2:28)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - I Need You Pretty Baby For My Own (2:47)
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - Blues King Mango (2:26)
Po Joe Williams - Goin' Back (2:53)
Po Joe Williams - My Baby Left (2:37)
Billy Boy Arnold - You Got Me Wrong (2:41)
Billy Boy Arnold - My Heart Is Crying (2:12)
Sonny Boy Williamson - I Don't Know (2:56)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Like Wolf (2:51)
Sonny Boy Williamson - This Is My Apartment (2:41)


CD 5:
Jimmy Reed - I'm Gonna Ruin You (first tk) (2:49)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (2:41)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (2:59)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Hurts Me So Much (tk 2) (2:38)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Fattening Frogs For Snakes (alt tk) (3:01)
Elmore James - Knocking At Your Door (2:39)
G. "Davy" Crockett - Look Out Mable (2:25)
Jimmy Reed - Honey, Where You Going? (alt tk) (3:14)
Jimmy Reed - Little Rain (alt tk) (3:12)
Jimmy Reed - Signals Of Love (alt tk) (2:32)
Dusty Brown - Well You Know (I Love You) (2:48)
Freddie Hall - I Love This Carrying On (2:43)
Freddie Hall - She's A Upsetter (2:35)
Little Mack Simmons - My Walking Blues (3:12)
Little Mack Simmons - Come Back (2:35)
Eddie Boyd - Nothing But Trouble (2:34)
Eddie Boyd - Her Picture In The Frame (3:28)
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (3:05)
Elmore James - I Can't Hold Out (2:18)
Elmore James - The Sun Is Shining (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Mr Airplane Man (2:47)
Howling Wolf - Little Baby (2:45)
Hound Dog Taylor - Baby's Coming Home (2:38)
Hound Dog Taylor - Five, Take Five (2:05)
Homesick James - Can't Afford To Do It (2:31)
Homesick James - Set A Date (2:40)
Slim Willis - Running Around (2:55)
Slim Willis - No Feeling For You (3:02)


essay by Mike Rowe

5 CD set

Wienerworld WNRCD5106 (US/EU 7/2019)

1799/2019Muddy Waters: The Complete Plantation Recordings
The Historic 1941-42 Library Of Congress Field Recordings

LP 1:
Muddy Waters
- Country Blues (number one)
- Interview #1
- I Be's Troubled
- Interview #2
- Burr Clover Farm Blues
- Interview #3

Son Simms Four
- Ramblin' Kid Blues (partial)
- Ramblin Kid Blues
- Rosalie
- Joe Turner
- Pearlie May Blues


LP 2:
Muddy Waters
- Take A Walk With Me
- Burr Clover Blues
- Interview #4
- I Be Bound To Write To You (first version)
- I Be Bound To Write To You (second version)
- You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (number one)

Muddy Waters
- You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These
- Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You
- Country Blues (number two)
- You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (number two)
- 32-20 Blues

MCA/Chess CD 9344 (US 1993)

gatefold DLP, 200 g, limited ed. (1,000 copies)
notes (1993!) by Mary Katherine Aldin   there should have been updated notes!

Analogue Productions AAPB 121 (US/Ca/UK September 24, 2019)

1806/2021Gene Norman presents
Muddy Waters and His Band Live in Los Angeles 1954

- Baby Please Don't Go
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- I Just Want To Make Love To You

- I'm Ready
- INTERVIEW with Gene Norman
- Oh Yeah

rec. September 25, 1954 live at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA; Muddy Waters, voc, g; George Smith ("Little George"), hca; Otis Spann, p; Jimmy Rogers, g; Elga Edmonds ("Elgin Evans"), dr
1000 copies pressed

10 inch LP
notes (2021) by Neil Norman

GNP Crescendo GNP-9057 (US 6/2021)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 191
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, pp. 107, 476-481
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, pp. 331-335
- Robert Gordon: Can't Be Satisfied - The Life and Times of Muddy Waters, New York.- Boston (Back Bay Books) 2002
- Sandra P. Tooze: Muddy Waters - The Mojo Man.- Toronto (ECW Press) 1997
- Phil Wight & Fred Rothwell: The Complete Muddy Waters Discography.- Blues & Rhythm 200 (2005), pp. 36-53
- Jim O'Neal @ http://bluesoterica.com/...
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/chess1.html
- The 78rpm Record Home Page - Label Pictures
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Rob Ford, Phil Wight, Raymond Astbury, Tom Ball, Lex Jansen, Lew Collins, Klaus Kilian, Tom Wend, Jim Clay, Scott Dirks, Claes Parmland, Daniel Kölzer, Andrew Gohman, Bill Dahl, Mitsunori Kamiya, Paul Oscher, Brendan Talbott, Richard W. Rinn, Ben Walker, John Clarke, the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in Murfreesboro, TN, Frank Scott, Robert Pruter, Chris Smith, Jim O'Neal and Clifford Ocheltree for additional info / scans

 

Muddy Waters' October 24, 1940 Draft Registration Card

Muddy Waters' October 24, 1940 Draft Registration Card, back side
Muddy Waters' October 24, 1940 Draft Registration Card

 

Henry 'Son' Sims and Muddy Waters in Clarksdale, MS, summer of 1942; photographer: John Wesley Work III, original photo housed at the 'Center for Popular Music' in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Henry "Son" Sims and Muddy Waters in Clarksdale, MS, summer of 1942
photographer: John Wesley Work III, original photo housed at the "Center for Popular Music" in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

 

Muddy Waters' June 10, 1944 Social Security application form
Muddy Waters' June 10, 1944 Social Security application form

 

Muddy Waters' September 24, 1945 AFM (American Federation of Musicians) application form
Muddy Waters' September 24, 1945 AFM (American Federation of Musicians) application form

 

; source: John Lee 'Sonny Boy' and Lacey Belle Williamson, with a young Muddy Waters (left) and Eddie Boyd (centre, standing), mid 1940s at the Club Georgia on Chicago's south side; other persons are Andrew 'Bo' Bolton (Muddy's long time chauffeur, sitting far right), the woman standing on the right is Mrs. White, wife of the club owner, the boy standing on the left is Mrs. White's son, who helped out at the club; source: Rowe 1975, p. 42 (credited to 'Chess Records'); a bit photoshopped by Stefan Wirz
John Lee "Sonny Boy" and Lacey Belle Williamson, with a young Muddy Waters (left)
and Eddie Boyd (centre, standing), mid 1940s at the Club Georgia on Chicago's south side;
other persons are Andrew 'Bo' Bolton (Muddy's long time chauffeur, sitting far right), the woman
standing on the right is Mrs. White, wife of the club owner, the boy standing on the left
is Mrs. White's son, who helped out at the club

source: Rowe 1975, p. 42 (credited to "Chess Records"); a bit photoshopped by Stefan Wirz

 

  Muddy Waters, most likely 1948; photographer unknown; source: Front cover of MCA/Chess CD 9344 (US 1993) 'The Complete Plantation Recordings 1941-42'; photographer unknown, photo 'unflipped' and a bit photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz  
original photo (1948)   ---   unflipped & a bit photoshopped photo   ---   photo on MCA/Chess CD 9344 (1993)

Muddy Waters, most likely 1948
source: Front cover of MCA/Chess CD 9344 (US 1993) "The Complete Plantation Recordings 1941-42"
photographer unknown

photo in the middle "unflipped" (watch the breast pocket!) and a bit photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz

The photo most likely has been taken at a photo studio in Chicago, IL [not "Mississippi"!], and shows Muddy Waters
holding his first commercial record, Aristocrat 1302 [not "LoC AAFS 18"!], which had been released in March 1948.

 

Big Bill Broonzy and Muddy Waters, Chicago, late 1940s or early 1950s; source: Bob Riesman: I feel so good - The life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy.- Chicago & London (The Chicago University Press), 2011, photo pp. without pagination between pp. 166 and 167 ('Yannick and Margo Bruynoghe Collection'), a bit photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz
Big Bill Broonzy and Muddy Waters, Chicago, late 1940s or early 1950s
source: Bob Riesman: I Feel So Good - The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy.- Chicago & London (The Chicago University Press), 2011
photo pp. without pagination between pp. 166 and 167 ("Yannick and Margo Bruynoghe Collection"), a bit photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz

 


 

The GIBSON Les Paul Gold Top phase (early 1950s until 1957)

 

Muddy Waters, Henry Armstrong (club owner?) [not Jerome Green] (maraccas), Otis Spann, Henry Strong, 'Elgin Edmonds' [Elga Edmonds], Jimmy Rogers (presumably from the early 1950s); source: Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues - The City and the Music.- New York (Da Capo Paperback) 1975, first published in 1973 as 'Chicago Breakdown', p. 146 ('from Chess files')
Muddy Waters, Henry Armstrong (club owner) Jerome Green (maraccas), Otis Spann,
Henry Strong, "Elgin Edmonds" [Elga Edmonds], Jimmy Rogers (presumably from the early 1950s)

source: Mike Rowe: Chicago Blues - The City and the Music.- New York (Da Capo Paperback) 1975,
first published in 1973 as "Chicago Breakdown", p. 146 ("from Chess files")

 


Walter Horton, Willie Nix, Pattie Nix, J.T. Brown, "Kattie", Muddy Waters, and Jimmy Rogers
at a gathering in Chicago of former Mississippi musicians, c. early 1953

source: Mississippi Blues Trail marker #144, dedicated November 4, 2011
("courtesy Patty Nix/Delta Haze Corp."); a bit photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz

 

Muddy Waters at 708 Club, Chicago, ca. 1953; source: EBONY and JET magazine collection; photographer: Isaac Sutton Muddy Waters at 708 Club, Chicago, ca. 1953; source: EBONY and JET magazine collection; photographer: Isaac Sutton Muddy Waters at 708 Club, Chicago, ca. 1953; source: EBONY and JET magazine collection; photographer: Isaac Sutton
Muddy Waters at 708 Club, Chicago, with his 1952 Les Paul Goldtop guitar, ca. 1953 [not 1943, as claimed elsewhere!]
source: EBONY and JET magazine collection; photographer: Isaac Sutton

 

At Silvio's Lounge, Chicago, IL, mid 1950s: Band in the background, l to r: Muddy Waters (wearing glasses), Otis Spann, Elga Edmonds, Jimmy Rogers; At the bar, l to r: Viola Spearman (Koko Taylor's sister), Levi Walton (Koko Taylor's brother), Vera Walton (Levi Walton's wife), Koko Taylor, Robert Taylor, Savannah Becton (Koko Taylor's sister); source: Koko Taylor Collection, courtesy of Alligator Records - Tim Kolleth at https://bobcorritore.com/photos/koko-taylor-photo-page/</a>; a bit photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz
At Silvio's Lounge, Chicago, IL, mid 1950s: Band in the background, l to r: Muddy Waters (wearing glasses), Otis Spann, Elga Edmonds, Jimmy Rogers
At the bar, l to r: Viola Spearman (Koko Taylor's sister), Levi Walton (Koko Taylor's brother), Vera Walton (Levi Walton's wife), Koko Taylor, Robert Taylor, Savannah Becton (Koko Taylor's sister)
source: "Koko Taylor Collection, courtesy of Alligator Records - Tim Kolleth" at https://bobcorritore.com/photos/koko-taylor-photo-page/; a bit photoshop treated by Stefan Wirz

 

Muddy Waters at Smitty's Corner in Chicago, November 1959; source: Back cover of Rhythm & Blues Panorama N° 29 (5é année - 1964); photographer: Georges Adins
Muddy Waters at Smitty's Corner in Chicago, November 1957
source: Back cover of Rhythm & Blues Panorama N° 29 (5é année - 1964)
photographer: Georges Adins

 

Muddy Waters Band at Silvio's Lounge, Chicago, December 1957; colorized photo Muddy Waters Band at Silvio's Lounge, Chicago, December 1957; Pat Hare, g; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, voc; not Big Crawford [died in March 1956!] Samuel 'Singin' Sam' Chatmon, b; unknown saxophonist [prob. Sax Mallard]; Elga Edmonds, dr [in adjacent photo!]; James Cotton, hca [in main photo only hands holding microphone visible]
Muddy Waters Band at Silvio's Lounge, Chicago, December 1957
Pat Hare, g; Otis Spann, p; Muddy Waters, voc; Big Crawford [died in March 1956!] Samuel "Singin' Sam" Chatmon, b;
unknown saxophonist [prob. Sax Mallard]; Elga Edmonds, dr [in adjacent photo!]; James Cotton, hca [in main photo only hands holding microphone visible]
source of main photo: de.pinterest.com/pin/440508407276721410/
source of photo on the right: Living Blues 208 (August 2010); www.issues.louisvillemusicnews.net/2011/2011April/rambleapril2011.php
photographer: Yannick Bruynoghe, December 1957 (same location, but not same session as main photo!)

 

Muddy Waters at Silvio's Lounge, Chicago, December 1957; source: Front cover of Rhythm & Blues Panorama N° 25 (4é année - 1963); photographer: Yannick Bruynoghe
source: Front cover of Rhythm & Blues Panorama N° 25 (4é année - 1963)
Muddy Waters at Silvio's Lounge, Chicago, December 1957; source: Promo card Harold Davison Ltd., London (European Representation); photographer: Yannick Bruynoghe
source: Promo card Harold Davison Ltd., London (European Representation)
Muddy Waters at Silvio's Lounge, Chicago, December 1957; photographer: Yannick Bruynoghe

 


 


Muddy Waters at Big Bill Broonzy's burial at Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois, August 19, 1958

l to r: Win Stracke, Muddy Waters, Ransom Knowling (hidden), Studs Terkel, Chet Roble,
Brother John Sellers, Tampa Red, Sunnlyand Slim (top of head), Otis Spann
photo by Mickey Pallas, Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona

 

Hanging out in Muddy's basement at 4339 South Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, IL:James Cotton, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Rogers, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann (ca. 1960); source: Front page of Block - Tijdschrift voor Blues #85 (jan/feb/mrt '93); photographer: Georges Adins ('met dank aan Kees van Wijngaarden')
Hanging out in Muddy's basement at 4339 South Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, IL:
James Cotton, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Rogers, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, 1959

source: Front page of Block - Tijdschrift voor Blues #85 (jan/feb/mrt '93)
photographer: Georges Adins ("met dank aan Kees van Wijngaarden")
James Cotton's face pasted from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmoNlTH66_8 by Stefan Wirz

 

Lois Anderson-Johnson-Clark and M U D D Y   W A T E R S; source: 'Muddy Waters Legacy' facebook group; photographer's name not known ('*Courtesy of Leona Anderson')
(l to r) Eddie Smith (banjoist), two female unknowns (?), Monty Sunshine (clarinetist),
Muddy Waters, Lois Anderson, Chris Barber, Ottilie Patterson at Smitty's Corner, 1959

source: Robert Gordon: Can't Be Satisfied - The Life and Times of Muddy Waters, New York,
Boston (Back Bay Books), 2002, photo pp. without pagination between pp. 204 and 205
photographer's name unknown ("Courtesy of Chris Barber")
Lois Anderson-Johnson-Clark and M U D D Y   W A T E R S; source: 'Muddy Waters Legacy' facebook group; photographer's name not known ('*Courtesy of Leona Anderson')
Lois Anderson-Johnson-Clark and Muddy Waters
source: "Muddy Waters Legacy" facebook group; photographer's name
not known ("Courtesy of Leona Anderson"); a bit photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz

 

 clubbing in Washington, DC (l to r) James Cotton, Matty Rollins, Little Walter, Lois Anderson, Muddy Waters, c 1959; photographer: Sam Lay
Clubbing in Washington, DC (l to r) James Cotton, Matty Rollins [Little Walter's wife],
Little Walter, Lois Anderson, Muddy Waters, c. 1959

source: ; photographer: Sam Lay
P A T   H A R E at Smitty's Corner, Chicago, September 1959; source: 'Les Génies du Blues' Vol. 5 (1993), p. 53; photographer: Jacques Demêtre; The young woman is Lois Anderson-Johnson-Clark, mother of Mercy Morganfield, Muddy Waters' 3rd child
Pat Hare at Smitty's Corner, Chicago, September 1959
source: "Les Génies du Blues" Vol. 5 (1993), p. 53; photographer: Jacques Demêtre
The young woman is Lois Anderson-Johnson-Clark,
mother of Mercy Morganfield, Muddy Waters' 3rd child

 


 

The FENDER Telecaster ("The Hoss") phase (1957 ff.)
The Hoss is/was a blond 57 FENDER Telecaster later refinned and re-necked with a custom made rosewood board neck, screws added to pickguard and amp knobs added by a Chicago luthier.

 

Muddy Waters, British skiffle bandleader Chas McDevitt, and Otis Spann; photo taken in England, 1958; photographer: ???   Muddy Waters ; photographer:
Muddy Waters, British skiffle bandleader Chas McDevitt,
and Otis Spann, England, 1958

"The Hoss"
Muddy's originally white '57 Fender Telecaster has been modified around 1964/65: The body was painted red, amp knobs
& four extra pickguard screws were added and the maple neck was replaced with a custom wider neck, with a rosewood
fingerboard, to better accomodate Muddy's large hands
From existing photos/footage the changes on that guitar must have been made around 1964/65: He appeared playing
the white Telecaster on TV in England on May 7, 1964, and the modified one on August 14, 1965

 

Muddy Waters with Isaac Washington at Carnegie Hall in New York City, April 3, 1959; photographer: John Cohen; The harmonicist is *not* Little Walter, as almost all internet sources claim! 'Don't Follow Leaders, Watch The Pawking Metaws.'
Muddy Waters with Isaac Washington at Carnegie Hall in New York City, April 3, 1959
photographer: John Cohen
The harmonicist is *not* Little Walter, as almost all internet sources claim!
"Don't Follow Leaders, Watch The Pawking Metaws."

 


 

Muddy Waters at Newport, July 3, 1960, posing with John Lee Hooker's guitar, a HARMONY Monterey archtop; source: William Claxton & Joachim E. Berendt 'Jazzlife - A Journey for Jazz across America in 1960'.- Köln/Cologne (Taschen) 2013, p. 541; photographer: William Claxton
Muddy Waters at Newport, July 3, 1960
posing with John Lee Hooker's guitar, a HARMONY Monterey archtop
source: William Claxton & Joachim E. Berendt "Jazzlife - A Journey for Jazz across America in 1960".- Köln/Cologne (Taschen) 2013, p. 541
photographer: William Claxton

 


 

1963 AFBF ensemble   1963 AFBF ensemble, arrival at Frankfurt a.M. airport: from top: three airline company employees, Memphis Slim, Otis Spann, Muddy Waters, Bill Stepney, Sonny Boy Williamson; front row: Big Joe Williams, Len Kunstadt, Victoria Spivey, Willie Dixon; behind Willie Dixon: Matt 'Guitar' Murphy; source of photo on the right: Juke Blues 20 (1990), p. 10 '(courtesy 1968 AFBF programme)'
1963 AFBF ensemble (arrival at Frankfurt a.M. airport): from top: three airline company employees, Memphis Slim, Otis Spann, Muddy Waters, Bill Stepney,
Sonny Boy Williamson; front row: Big Joe Williams, Len Kunstadt, Victoria Spivey, Willie Dixon; behind Willie Dixon: Matt 'Guitar' Murphy
source of photo on the left: www.flickr.com/photos/7863952@N04/462846538/
source of photo on the right: Juke Blues 20 (1990), p. 10 "(courtesy 1968 AFBF programme)"

 

American Folk Blues Festival '63 at the Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Germany, September 29, 1963 (l to r) Bill Stepney's drums (part of them), Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey; source: Record Research 56 (November 1963), p. 5; photographer: Stephanie Wiesand
American Folk Blues Festival '63 at the Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Germany, September 29, 1963
(l to r) Bill Stepney's drums (part of them), Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Big Joe Williams,
Sonny Boy Williamson, Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey
source: Record Research 56 (November 1963), p. 5; photographer: Stephanie Wiesand

 

>Finale of the American Folk Blues Festival 1963 (October 8, 1963 at Deutsches Museum, Munich), (l to r) Lonnie Johnson, Willie Dixon (hidden), Victoria Spivey, Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Spann (hidden), Big Joe Williams, Memphis Slim, Matt Murphy (hidden), Muddy Waters, Bill Stepney; source: Blues Forum Nr. 10 (2. Quartal 1983), p. 22/23: photographer: Karl Schneider
Finale of the American Folk Blues Festival 1963 (October 8, 1963 at Deutsches Museum, Munich)
(l to r) Lonnie Johnson, Willie Dixon (hidden), Victoria Spivey, Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Spann (hidden),
Big Joe Williams, Memphis Slim, Matt Murphy (hidden), Muddy Waters, Bill Stepney
source: Blues Forum Nr. 10 (2. Quartal 1983), p. 22/23: photographer: Karl Schneider

 


 

Muddy Waters on UK tour ("The American Folk Blues and Gospel Caravan"), April/May 1964
Muddy Waters with Roger Eagle and Roger Fairhurst at the Brazennose Street Twisted Wheel in Manchester, UK; source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01371xt/p012z3kx: 'Roger, The Eagle Has Landed - A selection of black and white photos by Brian Smith of Roger Eagle from his extensive archive' by Mark Radcliffe; photographer: Brian Smith
Muddy Waters with Roger Eagle and Roger Fairhurst
at the Brazennose Street Twisted Wheel in Manchester, UK
source: "Roger, The Eagle Has Landed - A selection of black and white
photos by Brian Smith of Roger Eagle from his extensive archive."
by Mark Radcliffe; photographer: Brian Smith
Muddy Waters on UK tour, most likely May 1964, playing his white '57 Fender Telecaster ('The Hoss'); source: Front cover of R'n B Scene Vol. 1 No. 3 (1964); photographer's name not given, most likely Brian Smith
Front cover of R'n B Scene Vol. 1 No. 3 (1964)
Muddy playing his white '57 Fender Telecaster ("The Hoss")
photographer's name not given, most likely Brian Smith
Muddy Waters playing cards with Roger Eagle in the background at the Brazennose Street Twisted Wheel in Manchester, UK; source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01371xt/p013750b: 'Roger, The Eagle Has Landed - A selection of black and white photos by Brian Smith of Roger Eagle from his extensive archive' by Mark Radcliffe; photographer: Brian Smith
Muddy Waters playing cards with Roger Eagle in the background
at the Brazennose Street Twisted Wheel in Manchester, UK
source: "Roger, The Eagle Has Landed - A selection of black and white
photos by Brian Smith of Roger Eagle from his extensive archive."
by Mark Radcliffe; photographer: Brian Smith

 

Roster
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Muddy Waters
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Rev. Gary Davis
Otis Spann
Cousin Joe Pleasant
Ransom Knowling, bass
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, drums


Mississippi John Hurt felt unwell and stayed in the USA,
while [his then manager] Tom Hoskins accompanied the tour!

promoted by the British Harold Davison organisation
Itinerary
April 29, 1964: Colston Hall, Bristol
April 30, 1964: Guild Hall, Portsmouth
May 1, 1964: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
May 2, 1964: Town Hall, Birmingham
May 3, 1964: Hammersmith Odeon, London
May 5, 1964: De Montford Hall, Leicester
May 6, 1964: City Hall, Sheffield
May 7, 1964: "Blues and Gospel Train TV" in south Manchester
May 8, 1964: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
May 9, 1964: New Victoria Theatre, London
May 10, 1964: Fairfield Hall, Croydon
May 11, 1964: The Dome, Brighton


May 15, 1964: "Folk Blues & Gospel Concert" at Hunter College in New York City

 

Muddy Waters
Otis Spann, Ransom Knowling (hidden), Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 'Big Eyes' Smith,
Muddy Waters & Cousin Joe Pleasant
Muddy Waters being filmed; source:
Muddy Waters being filmed
Muddy Waters ; source:
Muddy Waters with Ransom Knowling and producer
(local Granada TV) Johnnie Hamp
Muddy Waters at "Blues and Gospel Train TV" in south Manchester (disused Wilbraham Road Station = "Chorltonville"), May 7, 1964
source of all photos: https://flashbak.com/didnt-it-rain-on-7-may-1964-rosetta-tharpes-blues-and-gospel-train-thundered-into-manchester-56327/

 

 


Concert for RTF in Paris, France (Maison de la Radio theater) 1964: Muddy Waters, voc, g; Otis Spann, p; Ransom Knowling, b; Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, dr

 

Muddy Waters
After returning from the UK tour, on May 15, 1964:
"Folk Blues & Gospel Concert" at Hunter College in New York City
(adding Mississippi John Hurt to the roster)

 


 

The GIBSON SG Junior phase 1965/66

 

Muddy Waters Band at the New York Folk Festival @ Carnegie Hall, June 17 or 19, 1965; l to r: Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Jimmy Lee Morris [neither Sammy Lawhorn nor Louis Myers, as some sources claim!], Pee Wee Madison; source: Getty Images; Michael Ochs Archives, photographer's name not given
Muddy Waters Band at the New York Folk Festival @ Carnegie Hall, June 17 (or 19), 1965
Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Jimmy Lee Morris1), Pee Wee Madison
1) neither Sammy Lawhorn nor Louis Myers, as some sources claim!
source: Getty Images; Michael Ochs Archives, photographer's name not given

 

Muddy Waters Band at the Newport Jazz Festival, July 1, 1965; l to r: Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Jimmy Lee Morris [neither Sammy Lawhorn nor Louis Myers, as some sources claim!], Pee Wee Madison; source: https://www.artsy.net/artwork/john-hoppy-hopkins-muddy-waters-james-cotton-louis-myers-and-peewee-madison-newport-jazz-festival; photographer: John 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Muddy Waters Band at the Newport Jazz Festival, July 1, 1965
Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Jimmy Lee Morris1), Pee Wee Madison
1) neither Sammy Lawhorn nor Louis Myers, as some sources claim!
source: https://www.artsy.net/artwork/john-hoppy-hopkins-muddy-waters-james-cotton-louis-myers-and-peewee-madison-newport-jazz-festival
photographer: John 'Hoppy' Hopkins

 

Muddy Waters & James Cotton at Carnegie Hall, New York, 1965; source: https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/collections/oIfBze/Blues-Photography; photographer: Dick Waterman
Muddy Waters & James Cotton at Carnegie Hall, New York, 1965
source: https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/collections/oIfBze/Blues-Photography
photographer: Dick Waterman

 

promo photo of Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band, 1966 (top left to bottom right): Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Francis Clay (with hat), Jimmy Lee Morris, James Cotton, Otis Spann, Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters; photographer: Jim Marshall Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band, 1966 (top left to bottom right): Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Francis Clay (with hat), Jimmy Lee Morris, James Cotton, Otis Spann, Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters; photographer: Jim Marshall
Big Mama Thornton
with the Muddy Waters Blues Band, 1966
(top left to bottom right): Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, Francis Clay (with hat), Jimmy Lee Morris,
James Cotton, Otis Spann, Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters; photographer: Jim Marshall

 


 


 

  click to read article !
Record Research 83 (April 1967), p. 3

photographer: Len Kunstadt, 1966
(scans courtesy Alan Balfour)

 



The GUILD phase 1967/68

 

Bob Messinger (Muddy's then manager): "I negotiated a deal with Guild Guitars to get them all guitars, basses, amplifiers.
Guild was over in Jersey City, and we drove there. We were so happy that day. Muddy got three guitars."

(source: Robert Gordon's Muddy Waters biography (2002), pp. 251-252)

 

The Muddy Waters Blues Band: Little Sonny Wimberley, Sammy Lawhorn, S.P. Leary, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Muddy Waters & Birmingham Jones, March 1968; source: Back cover of Douglas LP SD 781; photographer's name not given
Little Sonny Wimberley, Sammy Lawhorn, S.P. Leary, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Muddy Waters & Birmingham Jones, March 1968
source: Back cover of Douglas LP SD 781; photographer's name not given

"I was with muddy from nov 67 and in feb 68 at end of month i got sick and birmingham jones took my place for a month." (Paul Oscher @ facebook 08/14/2019)


Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson & Muddy Waters
source: Back cover of Douglas LP SD 789
photographer's name not given

 

Muddy Waters Blues Band at the Boston Tea Party, April 4, 1968; l to r: Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Sammy Lawhorn, Birmingham Jones, S.P. Leary
Muddy Waters Blues Band at the Boston Tea Party, April 4, 1968
l to r: Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson, Sammy Lawhorn, Birmingham Jones, S.P. Leary
source: ; photographer: Jeff Albertson

 


"The Muddy Waters Blues Band"
Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn & Big Moose Walker [sic, not Little Sonny Wimberley!]
all playing GUILD "Starfire" guitars
source: Guild advertisement in Sing Out! Vol. 17, No. 5 (October/November 1967), p. 34
photographer's name not given

 


Muddy Waters poses with his 1966 GUILD Thunderbird S-200 guitar (ebony grain finish and single coil pickups)
for a portrait used on his psychedelic blues album 'Electric Mud' in 1968 in Chicago, Illinois
(Cadet Concept Records LPS 314, May 1968)
source: https://www.roughtrade.com/us/music/electric-mud-fe366757-cf2c-4951-b561-d0ed3a2535f1
photographer: Ron Borowski

 

Muddy Waters, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson (with his back to the camera) and Paul Oscher at Helen Hermes' Moonlight Lounge on Goode Ave [now Annie Malone Dr] in St Louis, Missouri, c. 1968; Photo, taken by a Polaroid photographer in the club, posted at facebook by Paul Oscher (07/14/2019), photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz
Muddy Waters, Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson (with his back to the camera) and Paul Oscher
at Helen Hermes' Moonlight Lounge on Goode Ave [now Annie Malone Dr] in St Louis, Missouri, c. 1968
Photo (taken by a Polaroid photographer in the club) posted at facebook by Paul Oscher (07/14/2019), photoshop embellished by Stefan Wirz

 

 
Otis Spann, Muddy Waters & Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson
at the Vulcan Gas Company, Austin, TX, August 2, 1968 (Johnny Winter had opened)
source: http://www.michaelcorcoran.net/archives/4745
photographer: Burton Wilson
(BTW: The Vulcan closed in the summer of 1970)

 

October / November 1968 European tour, some events billed as "History of Soul"
Muddy Waters Band, combined with The Stars of Faith, Horace Silver Quintet, Joe Simon

 
Jazz Expo '68 - Royal Festival Hall/Hammersmith Odeon October 1968 concert program
"Souvenir broschure" for the Jazz Expo '68 event which took place at the Royal Festival Hall in London and at the Odeon Theatre in Hammersmith from 19th to 26th October, 1968. Billed as "The Newport Jazz Festival in London" and presented by Harold Davison, George Wein and Jack Higgins, the performing artists included Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Slide Hampton, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Horace Silver, Muddy Waters (headlined "Blues Scene '68" on October 22 at the Hammersmith Odeon), Gary Burton, John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Williams, T-Bone Walker, Earl Hines, Count Basie, and many more.
The "souvenir broschure" photo is showing Muddy Waters playing his (meanwhile abandoned) GIBSON SG Junior guitar!

Muddy Waters and the band also played one night at the Jazz Club in Bristol on October 12, 1968
and two nights at the Marquee Club, London, on November 12 and 21, 1968

 


Muddy Waters Blues Band as part of the "History of Soul" program
(October 23, 1968 in Frankfurt a.M., Germany): Otis Spann, Paul Oscher, S.P. Leary (hidden), Muddy Waters,
James 'Pee Wee' Madison, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Little Sonny Wimberley (hidden)
source: Blues Forum Nr. 10 (2. Quartal 1983), p. 22/23: photographer: Norbert Hess

 


Muddy Waters Band live 1968
Muddy Waters (vocals & slide guitar), Otis Spann (piano), Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson and James "Pee Wee" Madison (guitars),
Paul Oscher (harmonica), Sonny Wimberley (bass), S.P. Leary (drums)

 


Muddy Waters, vocals, guitar
Otis Spann, piano, vocalsPaul Oscher, harmonicaLuther "Georgia Boy" / "Snake" Johnson, guitar

James "Pee Wee" Madison, guitarLittle Sonny Wimberley, bassS.P. Leary, drums

Muddy Waters Band live at the "Copenhagen Jazz Festival" at the Tivoli Konsertsal, October 27, 1968
Muddy Waters (vocals & slide guitar), Otis Spann (piano), Luther "Georgia Boy" Johnson and James "Pee Wee" Madison (guitars),
Paul Oscher [18] (harmonica), Sonny Wimberley (bass), S.P. Leary (drums)
(All guitarists play Guild guitars, models "Thunderbird" 6-str, "Starfire V" 6-str and "Starfire" bass)

1. Back At The Chicken Shack (0:00)
2. Train Fare Home Blues °° (3:26)
3. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (9:24)
4. Long Distance Call °° (12:28)
5. Nobody Knows My Trouble (Spann, voc) (19:10)
6. Cold Cold Feeling (Spann, voc) (23:18)
7. Got My Mojo Working °° (26:44)
8. Tiger In Your Tank (32:00)

°° published on film "Jazz on the Screen" by David Meeker

 


Günther Kieser poster for October 29, 1968 "History of Soul" event at Musikhalle, Gr. Saal, in Hamburg, Germany

 

 
Muddy Waters Band at the "5th Paris Jazz Festival", Salle Pleyel, Paris, November 4, 1968
(l to r:) Muddy Waters, Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson, Paul Oscher, James 'Pee Wee' Madison, Little Sonny Wimberley
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 4.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 177; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

   

 
Muddy Waters at the "5th Paris Jazz Festival", Salle Pleyel, Paris, November 4, 1968
source: https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&STID=2S5RYD1NUSXE
photographer: Guy Le Querrec


Muddy Waters & Luther 'Georgia Boy' Johnson
at the "5th Paris Jazz Festival", Salle Pleyel, Paris, November 4, 1968
source: https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&STID=2S5RYD1NUSXE
photographer: Guy Le Querrec


Muddy Waters at the "5th Paris Jazz Festival", Salle Pleyel, Paris, November 4, 1968
source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 117
photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

 


 

'Santa' Muddy Waters, 1969, holding a Fender 'Jaguar' guitar in front of a Fender rig; source: Ebay auction from Burt Goldblatt collection (Peter Amft 2002 Christmas card); photographer: Peter Amft   'Santa' Muddy Waters, 1969; source: Internet; photographer: Peter Amft
Santa Muddy Waters, 1969, holding a Fender "Jaguar" guitar in front of a Fender rig

source: Ebay auction from Burt Goldblatt collection (Peter Amft 2002 Christmas card)
photographer: Peter Amft
Another ebay-seller has the following to say about that photo: "... taken at the Women's House of Correction in Chicago. [...] This image was used by Guitar Player magazine for a holiday card back in the 90s."

 


performance from the German "Beat-Club" TV show recorded in November 1970 during Muddy's European tour

"Blow Wind Blow" & "Honey Bee"

Muddy Waters - vocal and guitar (red Telecaster)
Carey Bell - harmonica
Pintup Pinetop Perkins - piano
James "Pee Wee" Madison - guitar
Sammy Lawhorn - guitar
Sonny Wimberley - bass
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - drums

 

Pee Wee Madison, Paul Oscher, Muddy Waters, Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith, Sammy Lawhorn (& Calvin 'Fuzz' Jones, obscured) at Cook County Jail's first summer entertainment show on June 16, 1971 in a yard at W 26th St. & California Ave., Chicago, IL; source: Joseph Morganfield's facebook page; photographer's name not given
Pee Wee Madison, Paul Oscher, Muddy Waters, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Sammy Lawhorn (& Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, obscured)
at Cook County Jail's first summer entertainment show on June 16, 1971 in a yard at W 26th St. & California Ave., Chicago, IL
source: Joseph Morganfield's facebook page; photographer's name not given

 


Muddy Waters Band at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles, July 29, 1971

Muddy Waters - vocal and guitar (red Telecaster)
Paul Oscher - harmonica, melodica
Pinetop Perkins - piano
James "Pee Wee" Madison - guitar
Sammy Lawhorn - guitar
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones - bass
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - drums

Muddy Waters being interviewed by Pete Welding

 

George Smith, Paul Oscher & Muddy Waters, August 2, 1971 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles; source: Blues Forum Nr. 12 (4. Quartal 1983), p. 5; photographer: Norbert Hess
George Smith, Paul Oscher & Muddy Waters, August 2, 1971 at the Ash Grove, Los Angeles
source: Blues Forum Nr. 12 (4. Quartal 1983), p. 5; photographer: Norbert Hess

 


 

Family

 

original photograph     //     cropped versions floating the internet

Muddy Waters with his wife Geneva; source: https://www.pinterest.de/pin/733031276849725382/visual-search/; photographer: Art Shay   Muddy Waters with his wife Geneva; source: Internet; photographer: Art Shay   Muddy Waters with his wife Geneva; source: Internet; photographer: Art Shay
Muddy Waters with his wife Geneva (née Ward, 1915 - March 16, 1973, they married in 1940), 1951
Muddy is holding a Kay archtop acoustic guitar with a Dearmond Rhythm Chief pickup (Model 1000, first advertized in November 1948)
source: https://www.pinterest.de/pin/733031276849725382/visual-search/; photographer: Art Shay

Art Shay's recollections of the photograph above: "The editor of the New Yorker ended his review of the new Keith Richards book Life with a plangent line from Richards asserting he could never be as good as Muddy Waters or as black. I met the generally acknowledged Father of Rock and his wife Geneva in 1951. Time magazine had sent me to the south side club in which he was performing. I arrived early as usual and there he was, strumming his guitar and cuddling his woman in the hallway. Slivers of dying winter light came down across the pair from some blessed window giving me barely enough natural light. He strummed a greeting using my name letter by letter. Billy Corgan noticed the first print of Muddy in the trunk of my car and bought it to hang in his studio next to vintage prints of some other music giants like the Beatles, Billie Holliday, and Ella Fitzgerald." (source: The Chicago Blog (Alan Thomas), 2012)

 

Muddy Waters with his wife Geneva (née Ward, 1915 - March 16, 1973, they married in 1940) and their granddaughter (which they raised) Amelia 'Cookie' Cooper in their home at 4339 South Lake Park in Chicago, Illinpois, November 1959; source: Internet; photographer's name not given   Muddy Waters with his wife Geneva (née Ward, 1915 - March 16, 1973, they married in 1940) and their granddaughter (which they raised) Amelia 'Cookie' Cooper in their home at 4339 South Lake Park in Chicago, Illinois, November 1959; source: Internet; photographer's name not given
Muddy Waters with his wife Geneva and their granddaughter (which they raised) Amelia "Cookie" Cooper
in their home at 4339 South Lake Park in Chicago, Illinois, November 1959

source: Internet; photographer: Georges Adins
Amelia 'Cookie' Cooper is the daughter of Muddy Waters' (and Leola Spain's) first child Azelene Morganfield (May 1, 1935 - June 18, 1963) and her boyfriend J.B. Cooper

 

JET magazine Vol. XXXVIII, # 3 (April 16, 1970)   'Muddy Waters Injured; 3 Killed In Auto Mishap'; source: JET magazine Vol. XXXVII, # 6 (November 13, 1969), p. 70       'Blues Singer Hurt; 3 Others Die In Crash'; source: Chicago Tribune, October 28, 1969, p. 26
"Muddy Waters Injured; 3 Killed In Auto Mishap"; source: JET magazine Vol. XXXVII, # 6 (November 13, 1969), p. 70
"Blues Singer Hurt; 3 Others Die In Crash"; source: Chicago Tribune, October 28, 1969, p. 26

The accident happened 11 a.m. on October 27, 1969 (Gordon 2002, p. 217)

 

JET magazine Vol. XXXVIII, # 3 (April 16, 1970)   'Hobbing about on crutches as a result of a near-fatal auto accident last October [1969], blues singer Muddy Waters admires his one month old [b. March 5, 1970] great granddaughter, Chandra Yvonne Cooper, in Chicago as his wife Geneva, cradles infant. He expects to 'return to work' in May'; source: JET magazine Vol. XXXVIII, # 3 (April 16, 1970), p. 39; photographer: Norman L. Hunter
"Family Affair: Hobbing about on crutches as a result of a near-fatal auto accident last October [1969],
blues singer Muddy Waters admires his one month old [b. March 5, 1970] great granddaughter, Chandra Yvonne Cooper,
in Chicago as his wife Geneva, cradles infant. He expects to 'return to work' in May."
source: JET magazine Vol. XXXVIII, # 3 (April 16, 1970), p. 39; photographer: Norman L. Hunter

 

JET Magazine Vol. XLIV, # 2 (April 5, 1973), p. 55   'Muddy Waters' Wife Dies At 57 After Long Illness'; source: JET Magazine Vol. XLIV, # 2 (April 5, 1973), p. 55; photographer: most likely Norman L. Hunter
"Muddy Waters' Wife Dies At 57 After Long Illness"
source: JET Magazine Vol. XLIV, # 2 (April 5, 1973), p. 55; photographer: most likely Norman L. Hunter

Geneva Morganfield died March 16, 1973

 

Muddy Waters at his [1974-1983] home, 16 South Adams St. in Westmont, Illinois, 1978; l to r: Muddy Waters, great-granddaughters NaCherrie & Chandra 'Peaches' Cooper, daughter Ros(a)lind [born March 3, 1970] & a friend of theirs, Lisa; source of photo: http://www.modernrocksgallery.com/chicago-jazz-blues-archive-herb-nolan/muddy-waters; photographer: Herb Nolan (Depicted persons identified by Joseph Morganfield on his facebook timeline)
Muddy Waters at his [1974-1983] home, 16 South Adams St. in Westmont, Illinois, 1978
l to r: Muddy Waters, great-granddaughters NaCherrie & Chandra "Peaches" Cooper,
daughter Ros(a)lind [born March 3, 1970] & a friend of theirs, Lisa

source of photo: http://www.modernrocksgallery.com/chicago-jazz-blues-archive-herb-nolan/muddy-waters; photographer: Herb Nolan
(Depicted persons identified by Joseph Morganfield on his facebook timeline)

 

Muddy Waters at his [1974-1983] home, 16 South Adams St. in Westmont, Illinois, 1978; l to r: Muddy Waters with (l to r) his wife Marva and his daughters Mercy and Renee in front of his home, 16 South Adams St. in Westmont, Illinois; source: Internet; photographer's name not given
Muddy Waters with (l to r) his wife Marva and his daughters Mercy and Renee
in front of his home, 16 South Adams St. in Westmont, Illinois

source: Internet; photographer's name not given

 

Muddy Waters with family, 1980
Muddy Waters with family, 1980
(1) McKinley Morganfield aka Muddy Waters, (2) Marva Jean aka Sunshine, née Brooks (∞ 1979), (3) NaCherie, (4) Renee,
(5) Joseph, (6) Lawrence, (7) Shreen, (8) Chandra "Peaches" Cooper, (9) Steve, (10) Amelia "Cookie" Cooper, (11) Rosalind

source of photo: http://rockandrollphotogallery.com/artist/muddy-waters/
photographer: David Michael Kennedy
(Depicted persons identified via a different picture from the same photo session, published in the gatefold of LP "King Bee" (1981), with the IDs)

 

 

 

 

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