Muddy Waters Folk Singer

Michael Fremer's 100 Recommended All-Analog LP Reissues Worth Owning - Rated 89/100!
Now at 33 1/3 RPM!
Mastered By Bernie Grundman From Original 1964 Chess Analog Masters!
180g Vinyl Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!
Lacquers Cut By Kevin Gray & Pressed At Quality Record Pressings On 180g Vinyl!
Packaged In A Gatefold, Deluxe, Stoughton Tip-On Jacket With Liner Notes By Michael Fremer!
There are a handful of landmark albums in any genre. In the blues, one of them is Muddy Waters' Folk Singer. It's been an audiophile staple for years. Originally released in 1964, Folk Singer was the only acoustic album Waters ever recorded, thus becoming the first and perhaps best blues concept album ever. Muddy of course started out playing acoustic blues in the Delta, and he's clearly very comfortable in this return to his roots, which was designed to appeal to the mid-1960s surge of interest in folk music.
Muddy's supporting cast includes a very young Buddy Guy on guitar, Willie Dixon at the upright bass and Clifton James on drums.
This recording has enormous presence with ample room for Muddy's booming voice to resonate.
Praise for Analogue Productions' 45 RPM edition of Folk Singer:
"The Quality Record Pressing is drop-dead quiet-as silent as the best Japanese pressings from the late 1970s-and the amount of inner detail released is simply astonishing...the sound is sweet, liquid and free of harshness and edge. The dynamics are mind-boggling. When Muddy takes it up ten notches to emphasize a point it's positively explosive in a way the 33 1/3 version only suggests." Music = 9/10, Sound = 10/10! - Michael Fremer, musicangle.com
"How about a 45 RPM set from Analogue Productions' recently launched Quality Record Pressings Facility, mastered by Bernie Grundman, in a beautiful gatefold jacket with extra sessions shots? It's been ages since I've heard LP surfaces this quiet - as in dead quiet. The expense and effort that Chad Kassem and company put into this venture are immediately obvious. ... Making music together bring this recording to life as never before. It's by far the best sounding and most engaging version yet... analog lovers will be in hog heaven." - Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound, May/June, Issue 223
Worried that the folk-music fad was luring listeners away from the blues, Chess Records directed Waters to record with acoustic instruments. These sessions - by Waters, Willie Dixon and a young Buddy Guy - went astonishingly well, and this pioneering 'unplugged' set is beloved by blues and folk fans alike. - Rolling Stone

Features:

• 33 1/3 rpm
• 180g Vinyl
• Mastered by Bernie Grundman
• Mastered from Original 1964 Chess Analog Masters
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Gatefold jacket with extra photos

Musicians:

• Muddy Waters vocals, guitar
• Buddy Guy, guitar
• Willie Dixon, bass
• Clifton James, drums

Selections:
Side A

1. My Home Is in the Delta
2. Long Distance
3. My Captain
4. Good Morning School Girl
5. You Gonna Need My Help

Side B

1. Cold Weather Blues
2. Big Leg Woman
3. Country Boy
4. Feel Like Going Home