Muddy Waters The Best of Muddy Waters (Chess 75 Series) 180g LP (Mono)

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As one of Chess Records' first artists, Muddy Waters helped transplant the beating heart of the blues from the Mississippi delta to the south side of Chicago, armed with a ferocious electric guitar and a songbook of some of the most enduring blues standards ever written. The Best of Muddy Waters, first released in 1958, collects 12 of his best, including "Rollin' Stone," "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man," "I'm Ready," "I Just Want to Make Love to You" and more.

Bring home the sound of America's greatest blues label in high fidelity with the Chess Records 75th Anniversary Series. These audiophile reissues of classic albums and compilations from the Chess discography are remastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl at Quality Record Pressings (QRP). Each disc is packaged in tip-on gatefold sleeves printed on high-grade board.

The quality is far beyond any MCA-era reissue I've heard. These 12 raw, arresting tracks by Mississippi Delta transplant McKinley Morganfield include his first single, 1948's 'I Can't Be Satisfied'; the blissful 'Mad Love (I Want You to Love Me)'; the biting 'She Moves Me'; the ominous Delta-inflected 'Rollin' Stone,' and the red-hot 'I'm Ready,' which floats on labelmate Little Walter's ethereal harmonica. The cream of the Chess roster—Walter, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Rogers, and Otis Spann, among others—provides backing. Matthew Lutthans has remastered this all-analog album from the original master tapes, bringing a sense of immediacy to these tracks. The blues has seldom sounded as cool.