Label: Chess Records.
Release Date: 1984.
Recording Time: 39 minutes.
Releases: 1991 (Chess / MCA/Chess), 1991 (Chess), 1991 (MCA Records), (2004 (Universal Distribution), 2013 (Geffen).
Release Info: Compilation Studio Recording.
Styles: Blues Revival, Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Electric Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Regional Blues, Slide Guitar Blues.
Compiler Dick Shurman rummaged around in the voluminous Chess vaults long enough to emerge with this sterling 14-song collection of unissued and rare sides, most of them dating from Muddy Waters' 1947-1954 heyday. "Little Anna Mae," "Feel like Going Home," and "You're Gonna Miss Me" spotlight his stark Delta roots; "Stuff You Gotta Watch," "Smokestack Lightnin'," and "Born Lover" boast fuller Waters bands of immense power and drive. - Review by Bill Dahl.
Credits: Mary Katherine Aldin - liner notes; Alex Atkins - sax (alto); Fred Below - drums; Leonard Chess - producer; Phil Chess - producer; Francis Clay - drums; James Cotton - harmonica; Ernest "Big" Crawford - bass; Willie Dixon - bass; Elgin Evans - drums; Leroy Foster - drums, guitar; Pat Hare - guitar; Howlin' Wolf - composer; Marcus Johnson - sax (tenor); Johnny Jones - piano; Ransom Knowling - bass; Little Walter - harmonica; Andy McKaie - reissue producer; McKinley Morganfield - composer; Odie Payne, Jr. - drums; Jimmy Rogers - guitar; Dick Shurman - compilation producer, liner notes; Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - drums; Otis Spann - piano; Andrew Stephenson - bass; Sunnyland Slim - piano; Tampa Red - guitar; Muddy Waters - composer, guitar, primary artist, vocals; Junior Wells - harmonica.
Tracks: 1) Little Anna Mae; 2) Mean Disposition; 3) Feel Like Going Home; 4) You're Gonna Miss Me; 5) Standin' Here Tremblin'; 6) Last Time I Fool Around with You; 7) Where's My Woman Been; 8) Stuff You Gotta Watch; 9) Lonesome Day; 10) Iodine in My Coffee; 11) Smokestack Lightning; 12) Let Me Hang Around; 13) Born Lover; 14) Deep Down in My Heart.