Audio CD review:
Muddy Waters - The Complete Plantation Recordings

Muddy Waters - The Complete Plantation Recordings

Band: Muddy Waters Title: The Complete Plantation Recordings Rating: Release Date: 08 June, 1993 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Country Blues (Number One) 2: Interview #1 (Previously Unissued) 3: I Be's Troubled 4: Interview #2 (Previously Unissued) 5: Burr Clover Farm Blues (Previously Unissued) 6: Interview #3 (Previously Unissued) 7: Ramblin' Kid Blues (Partial. Previously Unissued) 8: Ramblin' Kid Blues 9: Rosalie 10: Joe Turner (Vocal: Percy Thomas) 11: Pearlie May Blues (Vocal: Percy Thomas) 12: Take A Walk With Me (Second Guitar: Son Simms) 13: Burr Clover Blues (Second Guitar: Son Simms) 14: Interview #4 (Previously Unrelaeased) 15: I Be Bound To Write To You 16: I Be Bound To Write To You (Second Version, Second Guitar: Charles Berry, Previously Unissued) 17: You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number One) 18: You Got To Take Sick & Die Some Of These Days 19: Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You 20: Country Blues 21: You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone 22: 32-20 Blues

Editoral Review Alan Lomax, searching for Robert Johnson (recently deceased), came through and recorded a young McKinley Morganfield. This is a treasure trove--for the Muddy Waters fan, for the blues historian, for the country-blues enthusiast. 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. --Genevieve Williams .. You can see a complete list of all Muddy Waters discography, or go back to the Muddy Waters tabs