Muddy Waters - The Chess Box

Label:

Chess, MCA Records

Catalog#:

CHD3-80002, CHD3-80002

Format:

3 x CD, Compilation

Country:

Released:

1989

Genre:

Blues

Style:

Chicago Blues

Tracklist

		1947 To 1954
1-01		Gypsy Woman
1-02		Good Looking Woman
		Written-By - Unknown Artist
1-03		Mean Disposition
1-04		I Can't Be Satisfied
1-05		I Feel Like Going Home
1-06		Train Fare Home Blues
1-07		Mean Red Spider
1-08		Streamline Woman
1-09		Little Geneva
1-10		Rollin' And Tumblin', Part 1
1-11		Rolling Stone
1-12		Walkin' Blues
		Written-By - Robert Johnson
1-13		Louisiana Blues
		Washboard - Elgin Evans
1-14		Evans Shuffle
1-15		Long Distance Call
1-16		Honey Bee
1-17		She Moves Me
1-18		Still A Fool
1-19		Stuff You Gotta Watch
		Vocals - Jimmy Rogers , Little Walter
1-20		Standing Around Crying
		Harmonica [Either] - Junior Wells Harmonica [Or] - Little Walter
1-21		Flood
1-22		Baby Please Don't Go
1-23		Blow Wind Blow
		Harmonica - Walter "Shakey" Horton*
1-24		Hoochie Coochie Man
		1954 To 1959
2-01		I Just Want To Make Love To You
2-02		I'm Ready
2-03		Smokestack Lightnin'
		Written-By - Chester Burnett
2-04		Young Fashioned Ways
2-05		Mannish Boy
2-06		Trouble No More
2-07		Forty Days And Forty Nights
		Written-By - Bernard Roth*
2-08		Just To Be With You
		Written-By - Bernard Roth*
2-09		Don't Go No Farther
2-10		Diamonds At Your Feet
		Written-By - Henry Morganfield*
2-11		I Love The Life I Live, I Live The Life I Love
2-12		Rock Me
2-13		Look What You Done
2-14		Got My Mojo Working
2-15		Good News
		Saxophone [Tenor] - Marcus Johnson (2)
2-16		Evil
2-17		She's Nineteen Years Old
2-18		Close To You
		Saxophone [Tenor] - J. T. Brown
2-19		Walkin' Thru The Park
2-20		Blues Before Sunrise (With Dialogue & False Starts)
		Written-By - John Lee Hooker
2-21		Lonesome Road Blues
2-22		Take The Bitter With The Sweet (False Start, Dialogue & Alternate Take)
		Written-By - James Oden*
2-23		She's Into Something
		Written-By - Carl Wright
2-24		Southbound Train
2-25		Double Trouble
		Drums [Either] - Francis Clay Drums [Or] - Willie Smith Written-By - Harriet Melka*
		1960 To 1972
3-01		I Feel So Good
3-02		You Shook Me
		Organ, Piano - John "Big Moose" Walker Written-By - J.B. Lenoir , Willie Dixon
3-03		You Need Love
3-04		Twenty Four Hours
		Organ - John "Big Moose" Walker Written-By - Eddie Boyd
3-05		Elevate Me Mama (Alternate Take)
3-06		So Glad I'm Living
3-07		My Love Strikes Like Lightning
3-08		You Don't Have To Go
		Written-By - Jimmy Reed
3-09		Things That I Used To Do
		Written-By - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones
3-10		My Home Is In The Delta
3-11		Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
3-12		The Same Thing
3-13		You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had
3-14		Short Dress Woman
		Clarinet - J. T. Brown Drums [Either] - Willie Smith Drums [Or] - S.P. Leary Written-By - John T. Brown*
3-15		Making Friends
		Producer - Ralph Bass
3-16		Black Night (Alternate Mix)
		Co-producer - Gene Barge , Ralph Bass Written-By - Jessie Mae Robinson
3-17		Bird Nest On The Ground
		Organ - Pinetop Perkins* Written-By - Monk Higgins , Maurice Dollison*
3-18		Country Boy
		Bass - Sonny Wimberly Drums - S. P. Leary Guitar [Either] - Pee Wee Madison Guitar [Or] - Luther Johnson
3-19		Sugar Sweet ("Fathers And Sons" Alternate Take)
		Bass - Donald "Duck" Dunn Drums - Sammy Lay* Guitar - Michael Bloomfield* Guitar [Rhythm] - Paul Asbell Harmonica - Paul Butterfield Producer - Norman Dayron Written-By - Mel London
3-20		All Aboard ("Fathers And Sons" Alternate Take)
		Bass - Phil Upchurch Drums - Sammy Lay* Guitar - Michael Bloomfield* Harmonica [Chromatic] - Jeff Carp Producer - Norman Dayron
3-21		Going Down Slow
		Harmonica - Paul Oscher Piano - Pinetop Perkins* Producer - Ralph Bass Written-By - James Oden*
3-22		Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone (Original British Mix)
		Bass - Rik Grech* Drums - Mitch Mitchell Guitar - Rory Gallagher Harmonica - Carey Bell Harrington Keyboards - Georgie Fortune (Georgie Fame)* Producer - Esmond Edwards , Ian Green
3-23		Can't Get No Grindin' (What's The Matter With The Meal)
		Harpsichord - Pinetop Perkins* Producer - Ralph Bass

Credits

Bass - Andrew Stephens (tracks: 2-19 to 3-01) , Big Crawford (tracks: 1-01 to 1-16, 1-22) , Calvin Jones (tracks: 3-14 to 3-17, 3-21) , Willie Dixon (tracks: 1-24 to 2-10, 3-02 to 3-13)
Bass [Either] - Andrew Stephens (tracks: 2-11 to 2-18)
Bass [Or] - Willie Dixon (tracks: 2-11 to 2-18)
Co-producer - Leonard Chess (tracks: 1-01 to 3-15) , Phil Chess (tracks: 1-01 to 3-15)
Compilation Producer - Andy McKaie
Compiled By - Andy McKaie , Mary Katherine Aldin
Drums - Casey Jones (2) (tracks: 3-02, 3-03) , Clifton James (tracks: 3-10, 3-11) , Elgin Evans (tracks: 1-19 to 2-01) , Francis Clay (tracks: 2-04 to 2-24, 3-01, 3-12, 3-13) , Fred Below (tracks: 2-02, 2-03) , Willie Smith (tracks: 3-04, 3-15 to 3-17, 3-21, 3-23)
Drums [Bass Drum] - Leonard Chess (tracks: 1-17, 1-18)
Drums [Possibly] - Willie Smith (tracks: 3-05 to 3-09)
Engineer [Digital Assembly From Masters & Disc Transfers] - Doug Schwartz
Engineer [Digital Transfers From 78] - Paul Elmore (tracks: 1-11, 2-09, 2-14, 2-16) , Steven Lasker (tracks: 1-11, 2-09, 2-14, 2-16)
Guitar - Buddy Guy (tracks: 3-10, 3-11) , Earl Hooker (tracks: 3-02, 3-03) , Jimmy Rogers (tracks: 1-19 to 2-10) , Leroy Foster (tracks: 1-07, 1-08) , Little Walter (tracks: 1-16, 1-18) , Luther Tucker (tracks: 2-17 to 2-198, 3-04 to 3-09) , Muddy Waters (tracks: 1-01 to 2-01, 3-01, 3-10 to 3-14, 3-16, 3-17 to 3-23) , Pat Hare (tracks: 2-15 to 3-01) , Pee Wee Madison (tracks: 3-14 to 3-17, 3-21, 3-23) , Sammy Lawhorn (tracks: 3-12 to3-17, 3-21 to 3-23)
Guitar [Either] - Pee Wee Madison (tracks: 3-12, 3-13)
Guitar [Or] - Buddy Guy (tracks: 3-12, 3-13)
Harmonica - James Cotton (tracks: 2-11 to 2-14, 2-16, 2-20 to 3-01, 3-04 to 3-09, 3-14 to 3-16, 3-23) , Little Walter (tracks: 1-12 to 1-15, 1-17, 1-19, 1-21, 1-22, 1-24 to 2-10, 2-17 to 2-19)
Mastered By - Greg Fulginiti
Piano - Otis Spann (tracks: 1-20, 1-23 to 2-04, 2-06, 2-08 to 3-01, 3-04, 3-05, 3-12 to 3-20) , Sunnyland Slim (tracks: 1-01 to 1-03)
Saxophone [Alto] - Alex Atkins (tracks: 1-02, 1-03)
Saxophone [Tenor] - A. C. Reed (tracks: 3-02, 3-03) , Ernest Cotton (tracks: 3-02, 3-03)
Vocals - Muddy Waters
Written-By - Bill Broonzy* (tracks: 2-21, 2-24, 3-01) , McKinley Morganfield (tracks: 1-01, 1-03 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-23, 2-05, 2-06, 2-12 to 2-17, 2-19, 3-07, 3-10, 3-13, 3-15, 3-18, 3-20, 3-22, 3-23) , Sonny Boy Williamson (tracks: 3-05, 3-06, 3-11) , Willie Dixon (tracks: 1-24 to 2-02, 2-04, 2-09, 2-11, 2-18, 3-03, 3-12)

Notes

Track 1-01 rec. 1947
Tracks 1-02 to 1-05 rec. 4/1948
Tracks 1-06 to 1-08 rec. 11/1948
Track 1-09 rec. 7/1949
Tracks 1-10 to 1-12 rec. 2/1950
Tracks 1-13, 1-14 rec. 23/10/1950
Tracks 1-15, 1-16 rec. 23/1/1951
Tracks 1-17, 1-18 rec. 11/7/1951
Track 1-19 rec. 29/12/1951
Track 1-20 rec. 17/9/1952
Track 1-21 rec. 12/1952
Track 1-22 rec. 4/5/1953
Track 1-23 rec. 24/9/1953
Track 1-24 rec. 7/1/1954
Track 2-01 rec. 13/4/1954
Tracks 2-02, 2-03 rec. 1/9/1954
Track 2-04 rec. 3/2/1955
Tracks 2-05, 2-06 rec. 1955
Tracks 2-07 to 2-09 rec. 1956
Tracks 2-10 to 2-13 rec. 1/12/1956
Tracks 2-14, 2-15 rec. 5-6/1957
Tracks 2-16, 2-17 rec. 11/1958
Track 2-19 rec. Fall 1958
Track 2-20 rec. early 1959
Tracks 2-21 to 2-24 rec. 7/1959
Track 2-25 rec. 8/1959
Track 3-01 rec. 3/7/1960
Track 3-02 rec. 6/1962
Track 3-03 rec. 12/10/1962
track 3-04 rec. 2/5/1963
Tracks 3-05 to 3-09 rec. 6/6/1963
Tracks 3-10, 3-11 rec. 9/1963
Tracks 3-12, 3-13 rec. 4/1964
Track 3-14 rec. 10/1964
Tracks 3-15, 3-16 rec. 22/6/1966
Track 3-17 rec. 1967
Track 3-18 rec. 1968
Tracks 3-19, 3-20 rec. 22/4/1969
Track 3-21 rec. 6/1971
Track 3-22 rec. 7/12/1971
Track 3-23 rec. 3/1972
All tracks rec. Chicago except:
3-01 live Newport Jazz Festival
3-18 live Montreux Jazz Festival
3-22 live Mister Kelly's
3-23 London
Tracks 1-02, 2-22, 3-05, 3-16, 3-18 to 3-22 previously unreleased
Compilation Ⓟ&© 1989 MCA Records Inc.
Code: 0 7674-10802-2 9

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