Search - Muddy Waters :: King of Chicago Blues

As good as it gets

G. Wallace | Hilliard, OH USA | 09/27/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I loved the "Proper Introduction to Muddy Waters" but this is even better. Four disks worth from the 1941 recordings through "Trouble No More" in excellent sound. Best takes, too. It's basically like the Chess anniversary set (1947-52) that came out a few years ago, only now including the great recordings from 1953-55. Discs 3 and 4 are just one masterpiece after the next, right up there with Armstrong or Monroe or name-your-greatest 20th century set. The songs you haven't heard are as good as the more typically anthologized. And it's cheap!"

Oh...my...god...this is the good stuff!

David E. Palmer | 11/26/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"just click 'buy it now' you won't be disappointed!!! an afternoons worth of the best blues music money can buy...quickly rose to the top of my playlist...great mastering, selection of material & el cheapo price...can't be beat period. (i also bought the new woody guthrie properbox 'some folk' & it's every bit as good) it's stuff like this that simply defines the two great idioms of folk 'n blues music & makes life better!"

Outstanding (complete) collection, and surprisingly clear.

Greg | Melbourne, Australia | 11/07/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Couldn't be happier with this 4-disc set. After losing the Disc 1 of Muddy's early work from the Chess box set, I was pleased to find this to replace it... and it's just been growing on me since. This is as much an historical record as a musical one, it seems to me I can hear developing style track-by-track.

I'm listening to it now with good headphones, on a baking hot and still day... if I shut my eyes I could be in the recording room."