King of Electric Blues

Muddy Waters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002AI7
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #279,250 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good collection of latter-day Muddy..., May 9, 2004

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Docendo Discimus (Vita scholae) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of Electric Blues (Audio CD)

...but now that his original Blue Sky albums (the ones produced by Johnny Winter) have been re-released in remastered and expanded editions, there is really no reason to buy this compilation.

It used to be the only available remastering of any of Muddy's late career work for Johnny Winter's Blue Sky label, and it blew the original LPs and CDs out of the water, but now that is no longer the case, and the three Blue Sky albums ("Hard Again", "I'm Ready" and "King Bee") are just too good to be condensed onto one CD with a less-than-perfectly chosen track list.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff, August 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: King of Electric Blues (Audio CD)

Buy this cd, then make sure you have a fire extinguisher handy because when you play this something is likely to catch on fire! Smoke will be coming out of your stereo! "She's Nineteen Years Old" is a killer track...everything on here is great. Even though this is from later in Muddy's career, don't be fooled - the guy still knew how to throw down some damn good blues.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All the Muddy Waters you need..., September 20, 2005

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CS "As long as there is music" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of Electric Blues (Audio CD)

At least until you listen to this CD. After that you may feel the need to go buy more good stuff from one of the biggest names in blues ever. Muddy Waters was the blues, and this album offers a great compilation of his best work. Great settings, great jams, great musicians surrounds him. A great must-have CD for all blues lovers and players.