Re: [Harp-L] Muddy Waters "The Chess Box"

[Russ Bradley <wbradley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The Howling Wolf boxed set is excellent as well.  No lover of Chicago 
blues should be without those two boxed sets.

David M Scudamore wrote:
> Happy Birthday to me! My gift was one of the absolutely best ever! The Muddy Waters "Chess Box" set. It is a 3 CD set retailing around $45. First, it arrives in a box the same size as a 78 record box set. 3 CD's and a book.
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>  From the back of the box, "72 classic preformances by perhaps the greatest bluesman ever, Muddy Waters. Covering a quarter century on Chess Records, the recordings are sequenced as recorded and are digitally mastered from the original masters or original Chess 78 r.p.m. singles. Twenty-Four of the tracks are rare, including 10 previously unreleased. Included is a 32 page booklet featuring 2 sets of liner notes (one focusing on Muddy's life, the other on his music), song by song credits, a complete album by album Chess discography, historic photos and related memorabilia."
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>  Now for harp content! Chronological song by song, with credits is amazing! Muddy learned the harmonica at age 13, a few years before he took up the guitar. According to the notes, Little Walter first recorded on harmonica with Muddy on October 23, 1950 on "Louisiana Blues". Then in a session on January 25, 1951 Little Walter played harmonica on "Long Distance Call", then switched to guitar for "Honey Bee".
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> Some of the previously unreleased cuts are the alternate version from a session that did not make a record release. A lot of fun!
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