Muddy Waters - Folk Singer (Reel-to-Reel, Ultra Tape)
Guitar, Vocals – Muddy Waters [click here to see more vinyl featuring Muddy Waters]
Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Clifton James
Guitar – Buddy Guy
2 x Ultra Tape reel-to-reel
15 ips, ¼-inch analog tape copy (IEC equalization) sourced from a copy of the original analog master tape.
Transferred real-time, using an ATR-modified Ampex Tape Machine with flux magnetic heads.
Custom slipcase cover
Stereo
Studio
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Chess
Recorded at Ter Mar Studios in September, 1963
Engineered by Ron Malo
Produced by Ralph Bass, Willie Dixon
Remastered by Bernie Grundman
Cover by Don Bronstein
Originally released in 1964
Reissued in 2018
Tracks :
- My Home Is In The Delta
- Long Distance
- My Captain
- Good Morning School Girl
- You Gonna Need My Help
- Cold Weather Blues
- Big Leg Woman
- Country Boy
- Feel Like Going Home
Reviews :
"Muddy's "unplugged" album was cut in September of 1963 and still sounds fresh and vital today. It was Muddy simply returning to his original style on a plain acoustic guitar in a well-tuned room with Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on second acoustic guitar. The nine tracks are divvied up between full rhythm section treatments with Buddy and Muddy as a duo and the final track, "Feel Like Going Home," which Waters approaches solo. What makes this version of the album a worthwhile buy is the inclusion of five bonus tracks from his next two sessions: An April 1964 session brings us Willie Dixon's "The Same Thing" and Muddy's "You Can't Lose What You Never Had," while the October 1964 session features J.T. Brown on sax and clarinet on "Short Dress Woman" and "My John the Conqueror Root," as well as "Put Me in Your Lay Away," another strong side. Folk Singer offers both sides of Muddy from the early '60s." AllMusic Review by Cub Koda
Ratings :
AllMusic 4.5/5 , Discogs 4.66/5