1 	I Am The Blues 	
2 	Ramblin’ Mind 	
3 	Rollin’ And Tumblin’ 	
4 	Bottom Of The Sea 	
5 	Honey Bee 	
6 	Blues And Trouble 	
7 	Hurtin’ Soul 	
8 	Screamin’ And Cryin’

Bass – Louis Satterfield
Drums – Morris Jennings
Guitar – Pete Cosey, Phil Upchurch
Harmonica – Paul Oscher
Organ – Charles Stepney
Piano – Otis Spann 

After the Rain dates from the most controversial period in Muddy Waters' history -- along with its predecessors, Electric Mud (probably the most critically despised album in Muddy's catalog) and Brass and the Blues (an effort to turn him into B.B. King), it came out of an era in which Chess Records was desperately thrashing around trying any musical gambit to boost the sales of its top blues stars. But unlike Electric Mud, in which the repertoire selected by producer Marshall Chess was mostly unsuited, and the musical settings provided by Phil Upchurch, Pete Cosey et al. were too loud and too frenetic for Muddy's style of singing, After the Rain simply let him be Muddy Waters. The album mostly featured higher-wattage remakes of a lot of familiar repertoire, including "Honey Bee" and "Rollin' and Tumblin'," and also reintroduced Muddy's own electric guitar, which had mostly been unheard on his recordings of the 1960s (and completely missing from Electric Mud). And on the tracks where he does play lead, they're first-rate representations of his talent as it stood at the tail end of the 1960s, powerful and bold, like a king (or maybe even a god) surveying a blues landscape he had shaped, and ranging across it freely. Even the tracks on which the heavily modernistic touches appear (such as Cosey's bowed guitar on "Bottom of the Sea") don't harm the flow or tone of the overall album. The latter is as close to an experimental track as After the Rain gets, and Muddy gets into the spirit of the piece as a singer far better here than he did on most of the preceding album. But mostly he is just himself here, not overly bold -- which may be the record's major flaw, but an understandable one after the reception accorded Electric Mud -- and not too much different from the previous decade. And it's immensely pleasing on that basis alone, even if the sales figures didn't reflect this -- it would take time for Muddy to rebuild his old audience, and he and Chess Records would go on to try other settings, working with young white blues enthusiasts (Fathers and Sons) and U.K. rock admirers (The London Muddy Waters Sessions) with varying results, some of them (The Woodstock Album) award-winning. But After the Rain, though ignored at the time, was a worthy and thoroughly worthwhile addition to his discography, and not just as a curio -- moments like "Honey Bee," "Blues and Trouble," "Screamin' and Cryin'," and "Hurtin' Soul" show what he could do with these younger players in tow (as opposed to the other way around on Electric Mud), and all of it will bring a smile to any real fan. ---Bruce Eder, AllMusic Review

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A1 	Can't Get No Grindin' (What's The Matter With The Meal) 	2:45
A2 	Mother's Bad Luck Child 	4:57
A3 	Funky Butt 	2:53
A4 	Sad Letter 	4:15
A5 	Someday I'm Gonna Ketch You 	3:12
B1 	Love Weapon 	4:05
B2 	Garbage Man 	2:40
B3 	After Hours 	3:50
B4 	Whiskey Ain't No Good 	4:32
B5 	Muddy Waters' Shuffle 	2:20

Muddy Waters - vocal and guitar
James Cotton - harmonica
Pinetop Perkins - piano, harpsichord
Pee Wee Madison - guitar
Sam Lawhorn - guitar
Calvin Jones - bass
Willie Smith - drums

Muddy's next-to-last Chess album, Can't Get No Grindin' marked a return to working with a band of his own after several experimental line-ups and recordings -- Pinetop Perkins took over the piano spot from the late Otis Spann, with Chess veteran harpist James Cotton aboard, and PeeWee Madison, and Sammy Lawhorn handling the guitars (apart from Muddy's axe, natch). The music is raw, hard-edged, and sharp (the guitars slash and cut), more like a successor to Muddy's classic 1950's sides (he rethinks a bunch '50s numbers here) than to the London Sessions, Super Blues, brass blow-outs, and psychedelic albums that he'd been doing. It's also easy to hear Muddy's heart in this release -- he fairly oozes soul out of every note he sings. The title track, "Sad Letter," and "Mother's Bad Luck Child" are all killer tracks, and most of the rest isn't far behind, though "Garbage Man" is the best known of the newer tracks, thanks to subsequent covers. ---Bruce Eder, AllMusic Review

Can’t Get No Grindin’ is, surprisingly, the only Muddy Waters album in the Hall of Fame that was actually recorded as an album, not a compilation of singles and older material. Chess veteran Ralph Bass produced the set in Chicago during the period after the company had been sold to GRT of New York but while the last Chess building and studio still stood at 320 E. 21st Street. Most of Muddy’s working band, joined by alumnus James Cotton on harp, backed him on a quickly recorded session (Bass preferred live spontaneity to perfected multiple takes when producing blues) that found the master and his crew in fine form, delivering the kind of blues that made Muddy famous back in the 1950s. Chess had tried to take him in more contemporary directions on other albums of the ’60s and ’70s but ended up with a classic by just letting Muddy cut a straight-ahead, no-frills, no-rock-stars album. The title track, parenthetically subtitled What’s the Matter With the Meal, is actually a rendition of Memphis Minnie’s What’s the Matter With the Mill. ---Jim O’Neal, blues.org

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1 	Long Distance Call 	4:59
2 	Baby Please Don't Go 	2:37
3 	I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man 	3:32
4 	Blues Before Sunrise 	5:47
5 	Rolling Stone 	4:13
6 	I Can't Be Satisfied 	3:06
7 	Blow Wind Blow 	4:04
8 	I Feel Like Going Home 	4:35
9 	Walking Thru The Park 	3:04
10 	Lovin' Stuff (Encore) 	1:35

Muddy Waters - guitar, vocals
Otis Spann - piano, drums
Backing Band – Chris Barber Band (tracks: 9, 10) 

Liner notes: Recorded at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Sunday October 26, 1958. This is the complete Muddy Waters Concert presented in performance order, total time 38.42, dubbed from the only existing acetate.

Muddy Waters was brought to England on tour by the Chris Barber band, who are heard at the end of the album. Chris Barber was responsible for first bringing many Bluesmen to England and generally found that they preferred to have the band backing them. This concert was one of the few occasions when the Barber band was able to persuade the bluesmen to play on their own some of the time. ---discogs.com

This is the same package as one earlier released in England. It's Muddy with Otis Spann, playing England's Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1958 with the Chris Barber Jazz Band backing them. The Tomato version adds "Long Distance Call" and "Baby Please Don't Go" to the original ten-song lineup; overall, the sound is still rough, taken from the original -- and existing -- acetate. Muddy's guitar was deliberately turned down for this concert, making him nigh to inaudible, but he's in fine voice and Spann fills in all the missing holes nicely. Not essential, but an interesting sidebar to his recorded legacy. ---Cub Koda, AllMusic Review

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Muddy Waters
1.- Blow Wind, Blow
2.- Trouble No More No. 2
3.- Goin' Down Slow
4.- Built Up From The Ground
5.- Blowin' On Up
6.- Sonny Boy Williamson &  Muddy's Mojo

Jimmy Rogers
7.- My Home Is In Shelby County
8.- You're Sweet

Muddy Waters – vocals, guitar
Carey Bell – harmonica
Pinetop Perkins - piano
Sammy Lawhorn – guitar
Pee Wee Madison – guitar
Sonny Wimberly – bass
Willy Smith – drums
Otis Spann – piano, vocal (track 4)
Paul Butterfield – harmonica (track 5)
Luther Johnson – guitar (track 5)
Jerome Arnold – bass (track 5)
Sam Ley – drums  (track 5)
Sonny Boy Williamson – vocal, harmonica (track 6)
Matt Murphy – guitar (track 6)
Otis Spann – piano (track 6)
Willy Dixon – bass (track 6)
Bill Stepney – drums (track 6)
Jimmy Rogers – vocal, guitar (tracks 7 & 8)

Python Records, PLB-BB 903

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1 - Country Blues - 3:27
2 - I Be's Troubled - 3:05
3 - Burr Clover Farm Blues - 2:55
4 - Ramblin' Kid Blues - 1:10
5 - Ramblin' Kid Blues - 3:17
6 - Rosalie - 3:02
7 - Joe Turner (Vocals – Louis Ford) - 2:46
8 - Pearlie May Blues (Vocals – Percy Thomas) - 3:24
9 - Take a Walk With Me - 3:04
10 - Burr Clover Blues - 3:13
11 - I Be Bound to Write to You (First Version) - 3:22
12 - I Be Bound to Write to You (Second Version) - 2:52
13 - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone #1 - 3:22
14 - You Got to Take Sick and Die Some of These Days - 2:08
15 - Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You? - 2:08
16 - Country Blues #2 - 3:34
17 - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone #2 - 3:41
18 - 32-20 Blues - 3:22

The Historic 1941-1942 Library of Congress Field Recordings.

Tracks 1 to 3: Recorded Stovall, Mississippi, August 24-31, 1941
Tracks 4 to 8: Recorded Stovall, Mississippi, July 24, 1942 (Son Simms Four)
Tracks 9 to 13: Recorded Stovall, Mississippi, July 24, 1942
Tracks 14 to 18: Recorded probably Clarksdale, Mississippi, possibly July 20-24, 1942

Muddy Waters - Guitar, Vocals
Charles Berry - Guitar
Louis Ford - Mandolin, Vocals
Henry "Son" Sims - Guitar, Violin
Percy Thomas - Guitar, Vocals
Alan Lomax – Producer

These Library of Congress field recordings made by Alan Lomax from 1941-1942 feature Muddy with Percy Thomas on guitar, Louis Ford on mandolin, and Henry Sims on violin. Capturing Muddy in a string-band context playing his earliest repertoire, this is a major historical document. Unfortunately, the Universe edition of these recordings omits several interview segments with Muddy and Lomax, which most fans of this music will definitely want, making The Complete Plantation Recordings on MCA/Chess the version to own. --- Barry Lee Pearson, Rovi

In the Summer of 1941 Alan Lomax came to Stovall, Mississippi, on behalf of the Library of Congress to record various country blues musicians. “He brought his stuff down and recorded me right in my house,” Waters recalled in Rolling Stone, “and when he played back the first song I sounded just like anybody's records. Man, you don't know how I felt that Saturday afternoon when I heard that voice and it was my own voice. Later on he sent me two copies of the pressing and a check for twenty bucks, and I carried that record up to the corner and put it on the jukebox. Just played it and played it and said, `I can do it, I can do it.'” Lomax came back again in July of 1942 to record Waters again. Both sessions were eventually released as Down On Stovall's Plantation on the Testament label. --- musicians.allaboutjazz.com

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01. I'm Ready (Willie Dixon) - 3:23
02. 33 Years (McKinley Morganfield, Charles E. Williams) - 5:16
03. Who Do You Trust (McKinley Morganfield) - 4:58
04. Copper Brown (McKinley Morganfield, Marva Brooks) - 4:54
05. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon) - 3:56
06. Mamie (McKinley Morganfield, Jimmy Rogers) - 5:33
07. Rock Me (McKinley Morganfield) - 3:50
08. Screamin' And Cryin' (McKinley Morganfield) - 5:04
09. Good Morning Little School Girl (Sonny Boy Williamson) - 3:19

- Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) - vocals (01-09), slide guitar (02,06,08), guitar (03,04)
- "Pine Top" Perkins - piano (01-09)
- Jimmy Rogers - guitar (01-09)
- Bob Margolin - bass (01-09)
- Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - drums (01-09)
- Johnny Winter - guitar (01,04,05,07,09), slide guitar (03), producer
- Walter Horton - acoustic harp (01,05), electric harp (02,03,08)
- Jerry Portnoy - electric harp (01,04,05,07,09), acoustic harp (06)   

For the middle album of his Johnny Winter-produced, late-'70s musical trilogy, blues giant Muddy Waters brought a new spirit to some familiar material. Starting with members of Waters' touring band -- pianist Pinetop Perkins, bassist Bob Margolin, and drummer Willie "Big Eyes" Smith -- Winter added underrated guitarist (and longtime Waters foil) Jimmy Rogers and extraordinary harp player Big Walter Horton to the mix. The songs recorded for I'm Ready offer a mix of new material and vintage hit singles like the title cut, the mid-'60s jewel "Screamin' and Cryin'," or the Willie Dixon-penned "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man." Waters and band provide these well-worn gems with a little new studio polish, but it is with the newer songs that the performers really shine. On the powerful "33 Years," Waters punctuates his tale of lost love with snaky slide guitar, assisted by Horton's wailing electric harp. "Who Do You Trust" features some of Waters' dirtiest vocals, the bluesman growling the lyrics while Winter layers his twangy slide above Horton's harp and Perkins' mournful ivories. "Rock Me" is old-school blues, Waters revisiting this classic cut for the umpteenth time as Rogers and Horton support his vocals with smoky guitar and guest player Jerry Portnoy adds some subtle but assertive electric harp to the affair. I'm Ready closes with the Sonny Boy Williamson chestnut "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl," the high-spirited Waters sounding in good form as Portnoy's harp flails away in the background. Although nearing the end of his career, Waters experienced a well-deserved artistic and commercial resurgence thanks to the three albums recorded with Winter for Blue Sky. Hard Again, I'm Ready, and King Bee all bring a harder edge to Waters' classic performances, with Winter's production heavy on the guitar and lighter on the brassy Chicago blues sound unfamiliar to the rock-oriented target audience. For new listeners trying to get a feel of what the blues is all about, I'm Ready and its bookends are the albums to start with. Once you experience a taste of Muddy Waters, you'll be ready for more. --- Rev. Keith A. Gordon, Rovi

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01 – Got My Mojo Working [00:02:50]
02 – Forty Days And Forty Nights [00:03:03]
03 – Walking Thru The Park [00:02:45]
04 – I Got My Brand On You [00:02:19]
05 – Crawlin’ Kingsnake [00:02:30]
06 – She’s Into Something [00:02:46]
07 – Blues Before Sunrise [00:02:41]
08 – Mean Mistreater [00:02:47]
09 – Mopper’s Blues [00:02:53]
10 – Just A Dream (On My Mind) [00:02:31]
11 – I Feel So Good [00:02:55]
12 – Love Affair [00:02:47]
13 – Recipe For Love [00:02:57]
14 – Hey, Hey [00:02:42]
15 – Take The Bitter With The Sweet [00:03:06]
16 – Southbound Train [00:02:54]
17 – Double Trouble [00:02:47]
18 – Woman Wanted [00:02:51]
19 – Read Way Back [00:02:37]
20 – I’m Your Doctor [00:02:16]
21 – Tiger In Your Tank [00:02:14]
22 – Meanest Woman [00:02:18]
23 – Real Love [00:02:40]
24 – Messin’ With The Man [00:02:19]
25 – Muddy Waters Twist [00:01:52]
26 – You Shook Me [00:02:43]
27 – You Need Love [00:02:46]

Muddy Waters - Guitar, Vocals
Boyd Atkins - Sax (Tenor)
Fred Below - Drums
Francis Clay - Drums
James Cotton - Harmonica
Willie Dixon - Bass
Al Duncan - Drums
Pat Hare - Guitar
Earl Hooker - Guitar
George Hunter - Drums
Earnest Johnson - Bass
Marcus Johnson - Sax (Tenor)
Casey Jones - Drums
Lafayette Leake - Piano
Little Walter - Harmonica
Bobby Little - Drums
Matt "Guitar" Murphy - Guitar
Milton Rector - Bass
A.C. Reed - Sax (Tenor)
Jimmy Rogers - Guitar
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith - Drums, Vocals
Otis Spann - Piano
Andrew Stephenson - Bass
Hubert Sumlin - Guitar
Luther Tucker - 	Guitar
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker – Organ

Muddy Waters created the template for modern electric blues, and most of rock as well, during his famous association with Chicago's Chess Records in the late '50s and early '60s. This single-disc set collects some of Waters' most essential and signature tracks, many of which were produced by Willie Dixon, whose behind-the-scenes presence at Chess also helped usher in the age of modern blues. The rest is history, as they say. ---Steve Leggett, Rovi

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CD1
1. Junior Shuffle / Floyd's Guitar Blues / G.P.S. Boogie
2. Baby Please Don't Go / Soon Forgotten / Corinne Corinna / Hoochie Coochie Man / Howlin' Wolf


CD2
3. Blow Wind Blow / What's A Matter With A Meal / Kansas City
4. Caldonia / Scremin And Cryin / I Got My Mojo Working / Gabbage Man

Line-Up:
Muddy Waters - vocals, guitar 
Jerry Portnoy - harmonica 
Bob Margolin - guitar 
Luther Johnson - guitar 
Pinetop Perkins - piano
Calvin Jones - bass 
Willie Smith – drums

Recorded at the Jazz Jamboree '76, Warsaw.

Jazz Jamboree Festival, one of the biggest and oldest jazz festivals in Europe, takes place in Warsaw. The first Jazz Jamboree was organised by Hot-Club Hybrydy. It was three days long (18 to 21 September 1958) and it was called "Jazz 58". The first three editions of the festival took place in the student's club Stodoła (with some of the concerts in Cracow). Then the venue was changed to Filharmonia Narodowa, and since 1965 all editions have taken place in Sala Kongresowa in Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw.

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1 Black Cat Bone/ Dust My Broom 	5:54 	
2 Can't Be Satisfied 	3:48 	
3 Caledonia 	6:58 	
4 Dealin' With The Devil 	7:50 	
5 Rocket 88 	2:09 	
6 I Done Got Over It 	6:00 	
7 How Long Can A Fool Go Wrong 	5:54 	
8 Mama Talk To Your Daughter 	5:54 	
9 Love Her With A Feeling 	5:47 	
10 Trouble No More 	4:10 	
11 Got My Mojo Workin' 	4:59

Personnel: 
Muddy Waters (guitar); 
Johnny Winter (guitar); 
James Cotton (harp);
 + Bob Margolin (guitar); 
Pinetop Perkins (piano); 
Charles Calmese (bass guitar); 
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (drums).

In March 1977, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, and James Cotton did a concert tour together in support of Waters' then-recent Hard Again LP, on which Winter had played guitar (as well as produced) and Cotton had played harmonica. This CD, not released until about 30 years later, has an hour of music drawn from three different shows on the tour. It might have been spurred by a Muddy Waters album, but in fact Waters, Winter, and Cotton all took vocals -- sometimes alone, and sometimes on the same song -- on stage, and these 11 songs feature the vocals of each of the three in about equal measure. Often these kind of touring combinations are too many cooks in the kitchen, or, if not quite that, at least more fun to attend than to listen to on tape. The latter could be said of the material on this disc, which is really just okay, not great, and not even among the best recordings that have been issued of Waters in the mid-'70s. It's still solid and decent, including some Waters classics ("Can't Be Satisfied," "Got My Mojo Workin'," "Trouble No More"), Cotton originals, and covers of staples by Jackie Brenston ("Rocket 88"), John Lee Hooker ("I Done Got Over It"), J.B. Lenoir ("Mama Talk to Your Daughter"), Lowell Fulson ("Love Her with a Feeling"), and Elmore James ("Dust My Broom"), as well as the famed jump blues "Caledonia." It's undeniable, however, that Waters was, even at this relatively advanced age, by far the most commanding singer of the trio. The songs on which his vocals are prominent (especially "Can't Be Satisfied" and "Trouble No More") kind of dwarf the ones on which his singing is absent or secondary, making the cuts that emphasize Cotton and Winter seem rather workmanlike in comparison. Nevertheless, the sound is good, and the band filled out competently with sidemen (particularly Pinetop Perkins on piano), making this a satisfactory listen for serious blues collectors, though a little superfluous for most fans. --- Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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1. Muddy Waters - All Aboard 2:50
2. Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow 3:36
3. Muddy Waters - Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had 3:04
4. Muddy Waters - Walkin' Thru The Park 3:18
5. Muddy Waters - I'm Ready 3:35
6. Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call 6:22
7. Howlin' Wolf - Rockin' Daddy 3:40
8. Howlin' Wolf - What A Woman! 3:01
9. Howlin' Wolf - Who's Been Talking? 3:05
10. Howlin' Wolf - Red Rooster (rehearsal) 1:28
11. Howlin' Wolf - Red Rooster 3:51
12. Howlin' Wolf - Highway 49 2:47
13. Howlin' Wolf - Do The Do 2:17

Personnel:
Muddy Waters - Vocals & Slide Guitar
Otis Spann - Piano
Michael Bloomfield - Lead Guitar
Paul Butterfield - Harmonica
Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass Guitar (except Track 1)
Sam Lay - Drums
Jeff Carp - Chromatic Harmonica (Track 1)
Phil Upchurch - Bass Guitar (Track 1)

Howlin Wolf - Vocals,Harmonica (Track 9), Acoustic Guitar (Track 10)
Eric Clapton - Lead Guitar
Steve Winnwood - Piano & Organ
Bill Wyman - Bass Guitar, Shakers, Cow-Bell
Charlie Watts - Drums, Conga, Assorted Percussion
Hubert Sumlin - Rhythm Guitar
Jeffrey M.Carp - Harmonica]
Ian Stewart - Piano (Tracks 7 & 13)
Lafayette Leake - Piano (Track 11)
Phil Upchurch - Bass Guitar (Track 7)
John Simon Piano (Track 9)

The title is a bit of a ringer, since this isn't a collaborative effort in any way, shape, or form. Muddy & the Wolf contains a half-dozen live Muddy Waters tracks with backing from Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, and Otis Spann, the material culled from the Fathers & Sons sessions. The set also features tracks by Howlin' Wolf from his London sessions with Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr. File under "just OK." ---Cub Koda, allmusic.com

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