The Best of Muddy Waters

The Best of Muddy Waters
Greatest hits album by Muddy Waters
Released	April 1958[1]
Recorded	April 1948 – September 1, 1954[2] in Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Chicago blues
Length	35:40[3]
Label	Chess LP 1427
Producer	Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Muddy Waters chronology
The Best of Muddy Waters (1958) At Newport 1960 (1960)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Best of Muddy Waters is a 1958 greatest hits album by Muddy Waters released by Chess Records in April 1958. With the increasing popularity of 33 1/3 rpm recordings (commonly called LPs), Chess Records started releasing its first LPs in 1958.^[4] The Best of Muddy Waters (released sometime in April 1958 according to Billboard magazine) was the third LP that Chess released.^[1] The album was re-released in CD format in 1997 by Chess and MCA Records.

Track listing

All tracks written by McKinley Morganfield, except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Original release[5]	Length
1.	"I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon)	Chess #1571	2:49
2.	"Long Distance Call"	Chess #1452	2:38
3.	"Louisiana Blues"	Chess #1441	2:49
4.	"Honey Bee"	Chess #1468	3:20
5.	"Rollin' Stone"	Chess #1426	3:05
6.	"I'm Ready" (Dixon)	Chess #1579	3:01

Side two
No.	Title	Original release[5]	Length
1.	"Hoochie Coochie" (Dixon)	Chess #1560	2:49
2.	"She Moves Me"	Chess #1490	2:54
3.	"I Want You to Love Me"	Chess #1550	3:01
4.	"Standing Around Crying"	Chess #1526	3:19
5.	"Still a Fool"	Chess #1480	3:14
6.	"I Can't Be Satisfied"	Aristocrat #1305[6]	2:41

Personnel

Per Discogs^[2]

• Muddy Waters – lead vocals, guitar
• Ernest "Big" Crawford – bass on "Long Distance Call", "Louisiana Blues", "Honey Bee", "I Want You To Love Me", and "I Can't Be Satisfied"
• Willie Dixon – bass on "I Just Want To Make Love To You", "I'm Ready", and "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"
• Little Walter – harmonica on tracks A-1, A-2, A-3, A-6, B-1, B-2, and B-4; guitar on B-5
• Walter "Shakey" Horton – harmonica on B-3 (as credited on LP - Little Walter is the harmonica player on all tracks on this collection where harmonica is present.)
• Jimmy Rogers – guitar on tracks A-1, A-4, A-6, B-1, B-3, and B-4
• Otis Spann – piano on A-1, A-6, B-1, B-3, and B-4
• Fred Below – drums on A-1, A-6, and B-1
• Elgin Evans – washboard on A-3; drums on B-3 and B-4
• Leonard Chess – bass drum on B-2 and B-5
• Studs Terkel – liner notes

Release history

Region	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	Chess	LP	LP 1427
Worldwide reissue	Chess	LP	LP CH-9255
United States	Chess	Cassette	CHC-9255
United States	Chess/MCA	CD	CHD-31268
Japan	MCA	CD	UICY-3199

References

1. "Go under ''1983 Hall of Fame Inductees'' then click on ''The Best of Muddy Waters--Muddy Waters (Chess, 1958)'' to see the album review.". Blues.org. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
2. "Muddy Waters - The Best Of Muddy Waters (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 1951-07-11. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
3. Chadbourne, Eugene. "The Best of Muddy Waters [Chess] - Muddy Waters : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
4. Howard Mandel, ed. (2005). The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues. Billboard Books. pp. 176 & 182. ISBN 0-8230-8266-0.
5. "Label: Chess". Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
6. "The Aristocrat Label". Hubcap.clemson.edu. Retrieved 2012-01-04.