Muddy Waters – Folk Singer (1964) [Reissue 2002] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Muddy Waters – Folk Singer (1964) [Reissue 2002]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 48:28 minutes | Scans included | 1,95 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 922 MB

Muddy’s “unplugged” album was cut in September of 1963 and still sounds fresh and vital today. It was Muddy simply returning to his original style on a plain acoustic guitar in a well-tuned room with Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on second acoustic guitar. The nine tracks are divvied up between full rhythm section treatments with Buddy and Muddy as a duo and the final track, “Feel Like Going Home,” which Waters approaches solo. What makes this version of the album a worthwhile buy is the inclusion of five bonus tracks from his next two sessions: An April 1964 session brings us Willie Dixon’s “The Same Thing” and Muddy’s “You Can’t Lose What You Never Had,” while the October 1964 session features J.T. Brown on sax and clarinet on “Short Dress Woman” and “My John the Conqueror Root,” as well as “Put Me in Your Lay Away,” another strong side. Folk Singer offers both sides of Muddy from the early ’60s.

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Muddy Waters – Folk Singer (1964) [APO Remaster 2011] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Muddy Waters – Folk Singer (1964) [APO Remaster 2011]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 40:15 minutes | Scans included | 1,63 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Full Scans included | 746 MB

Muddy’s “unplugged” album was cut in September of 1963 and still sounds fresh and vital today. It was Muddy simply returning to his original style on a plain acoustic guitar in a well-tuned room with Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on second acoustic guitar. The nine tracks are divvied up between full rhythm section treatments with Buddy and Muddy as a duo and the final track, “Feel Like Going Home,” which Waters approaches solo. What makes this version of the album a worthwhile buy is the inclusion of five bonus tracks from his next two sessions: An April 1964 session brings us Willie Dixon’s “The Same Thing” and Muddy’s “You Can’t Lose What You Never Had,” while the October 1964 session features J.T. Brown on sax and clarinet on “Short Dress Woman” and “My John the Conqueror Root,” as well as “Put Me in Your Lay Away,” another strong side. Folk Singer offers both sides of Muddy from the early ’60s.

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Muddy Waters – The Montreux Years (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Muddy Waters – The Montreux Years (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:15:00 minutes | 1,50 GB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd

The magnificent and incomparable Muddy Waters performed 3 legendary concerts at the Montreux Jazz Festival throughout the 1970s. Each of these historic concerts were recorded. Muddy Waters name is synonymous with the authenticity, excellence and individuality of the festival and this collection is a celebration of his unique talent.

The Montreux Years collection will bring together for the first time, some of the finest moments from Muddy Waters’ celebrated performances alongside rare material, unheard since the original recording.

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Muddy Waters – The Best Of Muddy Waters (1957/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Muddy Waters – The Best Of Muddy Waters (1957/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:15 minutes | 750 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Geffen

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 and most appeared in Billboard magazine’s top 10 Rhythm & Blues Records charts.

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Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill Broonzy (1960/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill Broonzy (1960/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 28:15 minutes | 530 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

Waters’s tribute album to the man who gave him his start on the Chicago circuit, this stuff doesn’t sound much like Broonzy so much as a virtual recasting of his songs into Muddy’s electric Chicago style. Evidently the first time Waters and his band were recorded in stereo, the highlights include high voltage takes on “When I Get to Drinkin'” and “The Mopper’s Blues,” with some really great harp from James Cotton as an added bonus.

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Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 (1960/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 (1960/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 35:03 minutes | 367 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager

At Newport 1960 is a live album by Muddy Waters recorded during his performance at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 3, 1960. With his longtime backup band, Muddy Waters plays a mix of his older popular tunes and some newer compositions. Chess Records released the album in the United States on November 15, 1960.

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Muddy Waters – Folk Singer (1964/2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Muddy Waters – Folk Singer (1964/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:33 minutes | 1,74 GB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Geffen*

There are a handful of landmark albums in any genre. In the blues, one of them is Muddy Waters’ Folk Singer. Originally released in 1964, Folk Singer was the only acoustic album Waters ever recorded, thus becoming the first and perhaps best blues concept album ever. Now, Folk Singer, which includes fellow blues greats Buddy Guy and Willie Dixon backing up Waters, is being re-released in an expanded version that features two bonus tracks recorded during the two 1964 sessions that followed those for the album – “The Same Thing” and “You Can’t Lose What You Never Had”. Muddy Waters was the king of electric Chicago blues, but on Folk Singer he proved to be, simply, one of the greats of 20th century music.

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Muddy Waters – Electric Mud (1968/2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Muddy Waters – Electric Mud (1968/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:18 minutes | 804 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Geffen

With ‘Electric Mud’ Muddy Waters took the blues in a new direction and managed to influence everyone from Chuck D to Jimi Hendrix.

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Muddy Waters – Floyd’s Guitar Blues (Live) (1976/2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Muddy Waters – Floyd’s Guitar Blues (Live) (1976/2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:15:23 minutes | 799 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Delta Music Concert Archive

This Muddy Waters set was recorded live in at the so-called “Jazz Jamboree” at the Palace of Culture and Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, in 1976 and has been issued many times under various titles over the years, including Floyd’s Guitar Blues, Baby Please Don’t Go, Hoochie Coochie Man Live!, I’m Ready Live, In Concert, and Live at Jazz Jamboree ’76, among others. It’s actually a pretty decent outing, and finds Waters working with what amounts to an all-star band with Bob Margolin and Luther Johnson on guitars, Pinetop Perkins on piano, Jerry Portnoy on harmonica, and a rhythm section of Calvin Jones on bass and Willie Smith on drums. It probably isn’t an essential Muddy Waters purchase, but it certainly isn’t a waste of money either, and dedicated fans shouldn’t hesitate to pick it up under one of its various titles.

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Muddy Waters – Hoochie Coochie Man: Live At The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club (1977/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Muddy Waters – Hoochie Coochie Man: Live At The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club (1977/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 1:00:28 minutes | 750 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: PonoMusic| Artwork: Front cover | © Justin Time

Recorded in January of 1977 at Montreal’s legendary Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club, the record features some of Muddy’s greatest bandmates, including Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson and “Steady Rollin’” Bob Margolin on guitar, Jerry Portnoy on harmonica, Pinetop Perkins on piano, along with Calvin Jones on bass and Willie Smith on drums. The band are terrific throughout which is why it is no surprise that they, like many others, went on to have outside recognition after playing with Muddy’s band. The standout track is an 11 minute version of the classic, “Kansas City,” in which Muddy shares vocals with Perkins.

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