Muddy Waters-The Complete Plantation Recordings [1941-1942] [FLA

Audio CD (June 8, 1993)
Original Release Date: June 8, 1993
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Chess
ASIN: B000002OC1


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This is a treasure trove--for the Muddy Waters fan, for the blues historian, for the country-blues enthusiast. Alan Lomax, searching for Robert Johnson (recently deceased), came through and recorded a young McKinley Morganfield. The rest is history. Early versions of future classics can be found on these field recordings from 1941-42, and the guitar and voice that would have unimaginable influence on blues and rock & roll. There's no Chicago yet in these often-scratchy recordings, but if you listen, you can hear where it came from.


Disc: 1
1. Country Blues - (version 1)
2. Interview #1 - (previously unreleased)
3. I Be's Troubled
4. Interview #2 - (previously unreleased)
5. Burr Clover Farm Blues - (previously unreleased)
6. Interview #3 - (previously unreleased)
7. Ramblin' Kid Blues - (previously unreleased, excerpt)
8. Ramblin' Kid Blues
9. Rosalie
10. Joe Turner - (with Louis Ford)
11. Pearlie May Blues - (with Percy Thomas)
12. Take a Walk With Me - (with Son Simms)
13. Burr Clover Blues - (with Son Simms)
14. Interview #4 - (previously unreleased)
15. I Be Bound to Write to You - (version 1, with Charles Berry)
16. I Be Bound to Write to You - (previously unreleased, version 2, with Charles Berry)
17. You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone - (version 1)
18. You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days
19. Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You
20. Country Blues - (version 2)
21. You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone - (version 2)
22. 32-20 Blues - (previously unreleased, with Charles Berry)