The Complete Plantation Recordings (The Historic 1941-42 Library of Congress Field Recordings)

~ Release by Muddy Waters (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Tracks 1 to 6 recorded at Stovall, Mississippi circa August 24 to 31 1941.
Tracks 7 to 17 recorded at Stovall, Mississippi Friday, July 24 1942.
Tracks 18 to 22 recorded probably at Clarksdale, Mississippi, possibly July 20 to 24 1942.
Transfered from the Library of Congress 16-inch acetate disc masters. Digitally remastered at MCA Music Media Studios, No. Hollywood, CA.
32-Bit digital re-mastering by Hiltongrove, London.

Tracks 2, 4 to 7, 14, 16, 21 and 22 previously unreleased.

Distributed by the local BMG company

℗ & © 1997 MCA Records Inc.

Trifold Digipak with additional 12 -page booklet and 4-page Chess Legendary Masters Series catalogue

Label Code (Boxed): LC 01056
Price Code (Boxed separately): PY 940
Price Code (F): UN 711
Price Code (F): BM 720
Matrix / Runout: CHD 9344 P0248
Mastering SID Code: none
Mould SID Code: IFPI 3701

Annotation last modified on 2024-01-07 19:11 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Country Blues (number one)
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (in 1941-08)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1941-08)
recording of:
Country Blues (number one)
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:33
2Interview #1
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (in 1941-08)
spoken vocals:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) (in 1941-08) and Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1941-08)
recording of:
Interview #1
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters & Alan Lomax3:52
3I Be’s Troubled
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (in 1941-08)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1941-08)
recording of:
I Be’s Troubled (in 1941-08)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:05
4Interview #2
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (in 1941-08)
spoken vocals:
John Work (John Wesley Work III) (in 1941-08) and Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1941-08)
recording of:
Interview #2
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters, John Work & Alan Lomax1:50
5Burr Clover Farm Blues
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (in 1941-08)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1941-08)
recording of:
Burr Clover Farm Blues
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:54
6Interview #3
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (in 1941-08)
spoken vocals:
John Work (John Wesley Work III) (in 1941-08) and Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1941-08)
recording of:
Interview #3
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters & John Work1:15
7Ramblin’ Kid Blues (partial)
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-24)
acoustic guitar:
Percy Thomas
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24) and Percy Thomas (on 1942-07-24)
mandolin:
Louis Ford (blues mandolinist) (, on 1942-07-24)
violin:
Henry Sims and Henny "Son" Simms (on 1942-07-24)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24)
recording of:
Ramblin’ Kid Blues (partial)
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Son Simms Four1:09
8Ramblin’ Kid Blues
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-24)
acoustic guitar:
Percy Thomas
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24) and Percy Thomas (on 1942-07-24)
mandolin:
Louis Ford (blues mandolinist) (, on 1942-07-24)
violin:
Henry Sims and Henny "Son" Simms (on 1942-07-24)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24)
recording of:
Ramblin’ Kid Blues
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Son Simms Four3:16
9Rosalie
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-24)
acoustic guitar:
Percy Thomas
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24) and Percy Thomas (on 1942-07-24)
mandolin:
Louis Ford (blues mandolinist) (, on 1942-07-24)
violin:
Henry Sims and Henny "Son" Simms (on 1942-07-24)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24)
Son Simms Four3:03
10Joe Turner
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-24)
acoustic guitar:
Percy Thomas
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24) and Percy Thomas (on 1942-07-24)
mandolin:
Louis Ford (blues mandolinist) (, on 1942-07-24)
violin:
Henry Sims and Henny "Son" Simms (on 1942-07-24)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24)
vocal:
Louis Ford (blues mandolinist)
Son Simms Four2:46
11Pearlie May Blues
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-24)
acoustic guitar and vocal:
Percy Thomas
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24) and Percy Thomas (on 1942-07-24)
mandolin:
Louis Ford (blues mandolinist) (, on 1942-07-24)
violin:
Henry Sims and Henny "Son" Simms (on 1942-07-24)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24)
Son Simms Four3:27
12Take a Walk With Me
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-24)
acoustic guitar:
Henry Sims
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24)
guitar [second guitar]:
Son Simms (on 1942-07-24)
recording of:
Take a Walk With Me
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:04
13Burr Clover Blues
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-24)
acoustic guitar:
Henry Sims
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24)
guitar [second guitar]:
Son Simms
recording of:
Burr Clover Blues
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:13
14Interview #4
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-24)
vocal:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
recording of:
Interview #4
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters0:35
15I Be Bound to Write to You (first version)
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-24)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24)
guitar [second guitar]:
Charles Berry (played guitar on early Muddy Waters records) (on 1942-07-24)
recording of:
I Be Bound to Write to You
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:26
16I Be Bound to Write to You (second version)
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-24)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24)
guitar [second guitar]:
Charles Berry (played guitar on early Muddy Waters records) (on 1942-07-24)
recording of:
I Be Bound to Write to You
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:52
17You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone (number one)
recorded in:
Stovall, Mississippi, United States (on 1942-07-24)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1942-07-24)
recording of:
You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone (number one)
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:26
18You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days
recorded in:
Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States (in 1942-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1942-07)
recording of:
You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days (in 1942-07)
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:08
19Why Don’t You Live So God Can Use You
recorded in:
Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States (in 1942-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1942-07)
recording of:
Why Don’t You Live So God Can Use You (in 1942-07)
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:07
20Country Blues (number two)
recorded in:
Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States (in 1942-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1942-07)
recording of:
Country Blues (number two)
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:34
21You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone (number two)
recorded in:
Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States (in 1942-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1942-07)
recording of:
You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone (number two)
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters13:40
2232‐20 Blues
recorded in:
Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States (in 1942-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1942-07)
guitar [second guitar]:
Charles Berry (played guitar on early Muddy Waters records) (in 1942-07)
recording of:
32‐20 Blues
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:37

Credits

Release

art direction and design:Eyetoeye (art direction and design)
liner notes:Mary Katherine Aldin
producer:Andy McKaie (task: reissue producer)
recording engineer:Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
mastering:Erick Labson
acoustic guitar:Muddy Waters (blues musician)
transferrer:Mike “Handz” Donaldson
manufactured by:Pozzoli
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)
licensed from:AGI, USA
recorded at:Stovall's Plantation (Plantation in Coahoma County, Mississippi. Home to many a pre-war blues artists.)
mastered at:Hiltongrove Multimedia (also known as Hiltongrove Multimedia, was established in 1994 by Guy Davis to create a music company offering a CD mastering/editing facility, with a brokerage service for CD manufacturing) in Walthamstow, Waltham Forest, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
MCA Music Media Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:Legendary Masters Series (Late 90's Chess/Universal re-issues) (order: 3)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1688343 [info]