Muddy Waters - Rollin Stone: Golden Anniversary Collection
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Artist: Muddy WatersEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-06-27
Music Label: Chess
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Gypsy Woman
- Little Anna Mae
- Good Lookin' Woman
- Mean Disposition
- I Can't Be Satisfied
- I Feel Like Going Home
- Train Fare Home
- Down South Blues
- Kind Hearted Woman
- Sittin' Here And Drinkin' (Whiskey Blues)
- You're Gonna Miss Me
- Mean Red Spider
- Standin' Here Tremblin'
- Streamline Woman
- Hard Days
- Muddy Jumps One
- Little Geneva
- Canary Bird
- Burying Ground
- You Gonna Need My Help
- Screamin' And Cryin'
- Where's My Woman Been
- Last Time I Fool Around With You
- Walkin' Blues
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 2
- Rollin' Stone
- Rollin' Stone (Alternate Take)
- You're Gonna Need My Help I Said
- Sad Letter Blues
- Early Morning Blues
- Appealing Blues (Hello Little Girl)
- Louisiana Blues
- Evan's Shuffle
- Long Distance Call
- Too Young To Know
- Honey Bee
- Howling Wolf
- Country Boy
- She Moves Me
- My Fault
- Still A Fool
- They Call Me Muddy Waters
- All Night Long
- All Night Long (Alternate Take)
- All Night Long (Alternate Take 2)
- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Lonesome Day
- Please Have Mercy
- Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man
Free Music Notes for Rollin Stone: Golden Anniversary Collection
Free Music Review: Excellent, but deifinitely not the place to start
Hit: 5 Stars
Wonderfully remastered by Eric Labson (if his name is on it, it sounds great!), absolutely comprehensive from 1947-51, and beautifully annotated; this is everything you could ask for if you are already a Muddy Waters fan. If you are just getting into Muddy, you'd be much better off with "best of" compiliations. This period was a developmental period for both Aristocrat/Chess and Muddy Waters, and sometimes the development was quite slow. Though Muddy was recording in the clubs with a full band, he was limited in the studio to just several instruments for most of these recordings. This was largely due to the fact that his first big hit, I Can't Be Satisfied, featured just Muddy and an upright bass, and Leonard Chess did not want to mess around with a formula that made hits. Except for a couple of notable exceptions, it stayed that way until the addition of the incredible Little Walter in February of 1951 for You're Gonna Need My Help, then the pounding bass drum of Leonard Chess(!) in July '51 and finally the rudimentary drums of Elgin Evans appear appear on several of the last cuts on this collection. It's also interesting that when the drums appear, the upright bass goes away. Did Chess want to save money? A full combo, with bass AND drums would not appear until 1954 with I Just Want To Make Love To You (but that's another story, and another volume).
Just let the reader note that while this is comprehensive, it also shows that Muddy was a mining a fairly narrow style at this point. Many of the songs are in the same key, have the same tempo, and even sport exactly the same slide licks. Even if you like slow-tempo, down-home blues, this could wear a bit on the listener. On Volume 2: 1952-1958, there is much more variety, thanks to a full blues combo, Otis Spann's marvelous piano, and Willie Dixon's great songs. I'm not putting this set down, but it is very narrow and very samey. That said, it IS Muddy Waters, and if you are a true fan, you need this. 'Nuff said.
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