Cat. No. VV 1398: MUDDY WATERS ~ SWEET HOME CHICAGO. ASTAN MUSIC LP 20027

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE. MUDDY WATERS (McKINLEY MORGANFIELD) WAS BORN IN 1915 IN ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI. IT WASN'T UNTIL 1941 THAT MUDDY MADE HIS FIRST RECORDINGS, FOR THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AS PART OF A SET OF FIELD RECORDINGS THAT WERE BEING MADE BY FAMED RESEARCHERS JOHN AND ALAN LOMAX. AS A RESULT MUDDY AQUIRED A TASTE FOR RECORDING. HE MIGRATED TO CHICAGO SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AND BEGAN PLAYING CLUBS AND PRIVATE PARTIES IN THE EVENINGS. HIS MUSICIANSHIP AND ORIGINALITY SOON BROUGHT HIM LOCAL ACCLAIM, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL 1946 THE MUDDY AGAIN RECORDED. HE CUT THREE SIDES FOR COLUMBIA RECORDS, HOWEVER, THE LABEL DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH HIM AND THE CONTRACT WAS ALLOWED TO LAPSE. IN THE LATE 1950s, MUDDY WAS BOOKED INTO THE NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL AND MUDDY IMMEDIATELY GAINED A FAR LARGER FOLLOWING THAN HE HAD EVER PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED. THE MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM CONSISTS OF "NEVER BEFORE RELEASED RECORDINGS" (AT THE TIME OF THIS RELEASE IN 1984 THEY MOST LIKELY HAVE ALSO BEEN RELEASED ON OTHER ALBUMS SINCE), CULLED FROM THE ARCHIVES OF CHESS RECORDS BY TOP BLUES PRODUCER NORM DAYRON, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCTION ON MUDDY'S CLASSIC FATHERS AND SONS LP FOR CHESS. THE SET INCLUDES THE FIRST RELEASE EVER OF THE ONLY GOSPEL RECORDING EVER KNOWN TO BE RECORDED BY MUDDY, GOIN' HOME. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND STILL RETAINS THE LIGHT PLASTIC SLEEVE IT CAME IN WITH ONLY ONE SIDE OPEN SIMPLY TO EXTRACT THE RECORD. THERE ARE SOME VERY, VERY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR ALONG THIS OPEN SLIDE. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS VIRTUALLY MINT CONDITION. A NICE LITTLE COLLECTABLE FOR MUDDY WATERS FANS. TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Forty Days And Forty Nights / Rollin' And Tumblin' / All Aboard / Rock Me / Rollin' Stone / I'm Ready / Standin' Around Cryin'. Side 2 - She Moves Me / I Feel So Good / Goin' Home / I Can't Call Her Sugar / You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had / Sad Letter / I Can't Be Satisfied / Baby Please Don't Go. 12" VINYL RECORD