Release Date: March 2, 1999.
Recording Time: 50 minutes.
Release Info: Studio Recording.
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Electric Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues, Piano Blues, Regional Blues, Slide Guitar Blues.
This Indigo collection includes several tracks each from some of the biggest names in Chicago blues, including Little Walter ("I Just Keep Loving Her," "Blues Baby"), Snooky Pryor ("Telephone Blues"), Sunnyland Slim ("Roll, Tumble and Slip: I Cried"), and Muddy Waters ("Gypsy Woman," "I Can't Be Satisfied"). - Review by Earl Simmons
22 classic tracks from 1947-48 feat. Muddy Waters, Sunnyland Slim, Floyd Jones, Walter Jacobs & many others. All tracks have been digitally remastered.
... Blues, Rare and Well Done
This is a compilation of some of the first recordings of soon-to-be Chcago stalwarts like Little Walter,("I Just Keep Lovin' Her") Snooky Pryor("Telephone Blues"), and Floyd Jones("Stockyard Blues"). These came from a host of small labels like Ora-Nelle, Tempo-Tone, Marvel, Planet, and Opera. These were mostly back-room operations, and the sound quality is less than stellar. Also included here are six cuts from the Aristocrat label by Sunnyland Slim and Muddy Waters. Aristocrat (later to become Chess Records)was a more professional operation than the others, so consequentially these sides have better sound than the rest. They are, however, duplicated on the MCA/Chess CD "Chess Blues: Aristocrat Of The Blues". All in all, a great release, well worth picking up. - by jonsarra (Toledo, OH)
Personnel: Muddy Waters (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Floyd Jones, Johnny Williams (vocals, guitar); Little Walter, Snooky Pryor (vocals, harmonica); Sunnyland Slim (vocals, percussion, background vocals); Johnny Young (vocals); Jimmy Rogers, Moody Jones (guitar); Leroy Foster (drums).
Liner Note Author: Les Fancourt.
Illustrator: Chris Myers.
Credits: Othum Brown - primary artist; Chester Burnett - composer; Ernest "Big" Crawford - bass; Les Fancourt - liner notes; Leroy Foster - drums; Floyd Jones - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Moody Jones - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist; Little Walter - composer, harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Albert Luandrew - composer; Chris Myers - illustrations; Snooky Pryor - composer, harmonica, performer, primary artist, vocals; Jimmy Rogers - guitar; Sunnyland Slim - composer, percussion, performer, primary artist, vocals, vocals (background); Muddy Waters - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals, vocals (background); Johnny Williams - composer, guitar, performer, primary artist, vocals; Johnny Young - composer, primary artist, vocals.
Tracks: 1) I Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter; 2) Telephone Blues - Moody Jones/Snooky Pryor; 3) Snooky and Moody's Boogie - Moody Jones/Snooky Pryor; 4) My Baby Walked Out on Me - Johnny Young; 5) Keep What You Got - Floyd Jones; 6) Ore Nellie Blues - Othum Brown; 7) Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones; 8) Blues Baby - Little Walter; 9) I Want My Baby - Little Walter; 10) Roll, Tumble and Slip (I Cried) - Sunnyland Slim; 11) Train Time (Four O'Clock Blues) - Sunnyland Slim; 12) Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim; 13) Fly Right Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim; 14) Gypsy Woman - Muddy Waters; 15) Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters; 16) I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters; 17) I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters; 18) Hard Times - Floyd Jones; 19) Let Me Ride Your Mule - Johnny Young; 20) School Days - Floyd Jones; 21) Money Taking Woman - Johnny Young; 22) Worried Man Blues - Johnny Williams.