Muddy Waters - Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Muddy Waters

Title: Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Muddy Waters Artist: Muddy Waters Release Date: 9/9/2003 Label: Universal Distribution Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 008811325428, 4988005525185 Genre: Blues Styles: Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Delta Blues, Blues Revival, Slide Guitar Blues, Regional Blues Moods: Confident, Earthy, Exuberant, Passionate, Plaintive, Raucous, Rollicking, Rousing, Boisterous, Cathartic, Earnest, Energetic, Exciting, Greasy, Gritty, Rowdy, Amiable/Good-Natured, Fiery, Freewheeling, Melancholy, Organic, Playful, Autumnal, Brooding, Party/Celebratory, Quirky, Visceral, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Country Blues, Number One
2. Burying Ground Blues
3. I Can't Be Satisfied
4. Rollin' & Tumblin', Pt.1
5. Rollin' Stone
6. Louisiana Blues
7. Long Distance Call
8. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man
9. I Just Want to Make Love to You
10. Mannish Boy
11. Trouble No More
12. Rock Me
13. Got My Mojo Working
14. You Shook Me
15. You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
16. The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock & Roll

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD Universal Distribution 000048202

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As part of the compilation series issued in conjunction with the major television series documentary The Blues, this is a collection of 16 of Waters' more notable performances. Though they span his entire career, actually all but three of them are taken from his prime years for Chess Records between the late '40s and mid-'60s. The two-disc The Anthology: 1947-1972 remains the best Waters best-of (and there have been a number of them) if you want to spend some more money, but this is pretty good if you can be satisfied with a single-disc collection. Many listeners would rate "I Can't Be Satisfied," "Rollin' & Tumblin'," "Rollin' Stone," "Long Distance Call," "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man," "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "Mannish Boy," "Trouble No More," "Got My Mojo Working," and "You Shook Me" (all of which are here) as not just indisputably among Muddy's best songs, but also as among the most essential electric blues done by anyone. That doesn't mean that there aren't great tracks that didn't make the cut ("Walkin' Thru the Park," "You Need Love," and "I'm Ready," for starters), but at least those are readily available elsewhere if you do decide you crave more than what's here. As Waters compilations go, this does have the mild advantage of taking in a few items before and after his Chess days, those being one of his acoustic early-'40s Library of Congress recordings ("Country Blues, Number One"), a 1946 track from his Columbia session ("Burying Ground Blues"), and a number from his Johnny Winter-produced 1976 Hard Again album ("The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock & Roll"). ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits A.C. Reed Sax (Tenor) Alex Gibney Series Producer Andy McKaie Compilation, Producer Bill Greensmith Photography Bob Little Drums Bob Margolin Guitar Charles Calmese Bass Dana Smart Associate Producer David Gahr Photography Earl Hooker Guitar Elgin Evans Drums Erick Labson Mastering Ernest "Big" Crawford Bass Francis Clay Drums Fred Below Drums James Clark Piano James Cotton Harmonica James Madison Guitar Jill Furmanovsky Photography Jimmy Rogers Guitar Jody Patton Executive Producer Johnny Big Moose Walker Organ Junior Wells Harmonica Lafayette Leake Piano Leonard Chess Producer Leroy Foster Guitar Little Walter Harmonica Margaret Bodde Producer Martin Scorsese Executive Producer, Liner Notes Michele Horie Production Coordination Muddy Waters Vocals, Guitar Otis Spann Piano Pat Hare Guitar Pat Lawrence Executive Producer Paul "PDA" Allen Executive Producer Phil Chess Producer Pinetop Perkins Piano Ransom Knowling Bass Richard Hutton Producer Robert Gordon Liner Notes S.P. Leary Drums Sylvia Pitcher Photography Ulrich Felsburg Executive Producer Vartan Art Direction Walter Horton Harmonica Willie "Big Eyes" Smith Drums Willie Dixon Band Producer, Bass