Muddy Waters – The Best Of Muddy Waters

 

Chess records 1958  – LP 1427

notes:
The Best of Muddy Waters is a greatest hits album by
 Muddy Waters released by Chess Records in April 1958.
 The twelve songs were originally issued as
singles between 1948 and 1954
The album is the first by Waters and the third
by Chess on the long playing (or LP record)

credits:
    Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
    Ernest "Big" Crawford – bass on "Long Distance Call",
 "Louisiana Blues", "Honey Bee", "I Want You To Love Me", and "I Can't Be Satisfied"
    Willie Dixon – bass on "I Just Want To Make Love To You", "I'm Ready",
    and "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"
    Little Walter – harmonica on tracks A-1, A-2, A-3, A-6, B-1, B-2, and B-4; 

guitar on B-5
    Walter "Shakey" Horton – harmonica on B-3 (as credited on LP – 

Little Walter is the
    harmonica player on all tracks on this collection where harmonica is present.)
    Jimmy Rogers – guitar on tracks A-1, A-4, A-6, B-1, B-3, and B-4
    Otis Spann – piano on A-1, A-6, B-1, B-3, and B-4
    Fred Below – drums on A-1, A-6, and B-1
    Elgin Evans – washboard on A-3; drums on B-3 and B-4
    Leonard Chess – bass drum on B-2 and B-5

   Recorded:    Chicago, April 1948 – September 1, 1954
                        Sheldon Recording Studios, Inc.
     Producer    Leonard Chess, Phil Chess

tracklist:

A1        I Just Want To Make Love To You
Written-By – Dixon*
2:50
A2        Long Distance Call
Written-By – Morganfield*
2:39
A3        Louisiana Blues
Written-By – Morganfield*
2:52
A4        Honey Bee
Written-By – Morganfield*
3:20
A5        Rollin' Stone
Written-By – Morganfield*
3:05
A6        I'm Ready
Written-By – Dixon*
3:02
B1        Hoochie Coochie
Written-By – Dixon*
2:49
B2        She Moves Me
Written-By – Morganfield*
2:55
B3        I Want You To Love Me
Written-By – Morganfield*
3:01
B4        Standing Around Crying
Written-By – Morganfield*
3:19
B5        Still A Fool
Written-By – Morganfield*
3:12
B6        I Can't Be Satisfied
Written-By – Morganfield*
2:41

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