tracks

Country Blues (Number One)
Interview #1
I Be's Troubled
Interview #2
Burr Clover Farm Blues
Interview #3
Ramblin' Kid Blues (Partial)
Ramblin' Kid Blues
Rosalie
Joe Turner
Pearlie May Blues
Take A Walk With Me
Burr Clover Blues
Interview #4
I Be Bound To Write To You (First Version)
I Be Bound To Write To You (Second Version)
You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number One)
You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days
Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You
Country Blues (Number Two)
You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number Two)
32-20 Blues

notes

This version has no SID codes.
16-page booklet with the background story and photos.

Tracks 1-6 recorded at Stovall, Mississippi circa August 24-31 1941.
Tracks 7-17 recorded at Stovall, Mississippi Friday, July 24 1942.
Tracks 18-22 recorded probably at Clarksdale, Mississippi, possibly July 20-24 1942.
Transfered from the Library of Congress 16-inch acetate disc masters. Digitally remastered at MCA Music Media Stuios, No. Hollywood, CA.

Tracks 2, 4-7, 14, 16, 21 and 22 previously unreleased.

Track durations determined with foobar2000. Tracks 1-6 recorded at Stovall, Mississippi circa August 24-31 1941.
Tracks 7-17 recorded at Stovall, Mississippi Friday, July 24 1942.
Tracks 18-22 recorded probably at Clarksdale, Mississippi, possibly July 20-24 1942.
Transfered from the Library of Congress 16-inch acetate disc masters. Digitally remastered at MCA Music Media Studios, No. Hollywood, CA.
32-Bit digital re-mastering by Hiltongrove, London.

Tracks 2, 4 to 7, 14, 16, 21 and 22 previously unreleased.

Distributed by the local BMG company

℗ & © 1997 MCA Records Inc.

Trifold Digipak with additional 12 -page booklet and 4-page Chess Legendary Masters Series catalogue

credits

Acoustic Guitar – Charles Berry (3) (tracks: 15, 16, 22), Henry "Son" Simms, (tracks: 12, 13), Muddy Waters, Percy Thomas (tracks: 7 to 11)
Liner Notes [Story] – Mary Katherine Aldin
Mandolin – Louis Ford (tracks: 7 to 11)
Mastered By [Digital Remaster] – Erick Labson
Photography By [Cover, Pp. 2 & 11] – Mary Katherine Aldin
Photography By [Pp. 8-9] – Mark A. Humphrey
Recorded By – Alan Lomax, John Work
Reissue Producer – Andy McKaie
Reissue Producer [Associate] – Steven Lasker
Technician [Transfer From Acetate] – Mike Donaldson
Violin – Henry "Son" Simms, (tracks: 7 to 11)
Vocals – Louis Ford (tracks: 10), Muddy Waters (tracks: 1 to 9, 12 to 22), Percy Thomas (tracks: 11)
Written-By – Muddy Waters (tracks: 1 to 9, 12 to 22)
Acoustic Guitar – Charles Berry (3) (tracks: 15, 16, 22), Henry "Son" Simms, (tracks: 12, 13), Muddy Waters, Percy Thomas (tracks: 7 to 11)
Design, Art Direction – Eyetoeye
Liner Notes – Mary Katherine Aldin
Mandolin – Louis Ford (tracks: 7 to 11)
Mastered By [Digital Remaster] – Erick Labson
Recorded By – Alan Lomax, John Work
Reissue Producer – Andy McKaie
Reissue Producer [Associate] – Steven Lasker
Transferred By [Transfer From Acetate] – Mike Donaldson
Violin – Henry "Son" Simms, (tracks: 7 to 11)
Written-By, Vocals – Muddy Waters (tracks: 1 to 9, 12 to 22)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Uni Distribution Corp.
Licensed From – AGI, USA
Manufactured By – Pozzoli
Phonographic Copyright (p) – MCA Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – MCA Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Stovall's Plantation
Remastered At – MCA Music Media Studios
Remastered At – Hiltongrove Multimedia

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