The London Muddy Waters Sessions

Muddy Waters | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD (January 11, 2012)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Geffen
• ASIN: B000002OB1
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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The London Muddy Waters Sessions by Muddy Waters

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I may be getting old, April 4, 2004

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The London Muddy Waters Sessions (Audio CD)

Back in the early 1970s, Chess Records sent all of their major recording artists over to London to record. Muddy Waters was no exception to this gimmick. Muddy works here with a mixture of some of his regular band members and some young British rockers. The results are good, if not essential. Muddy had recorded most of these songs before, in superior versions. Not that these versions are bad, they are just lacking when compared to the original versions. Most of the songs here are given a more "contemporary" (circa 1970) feel to them, with mixed results. This is a pretty good album, but I would recommend starting with Muddy's older, "classic" material before you work your way up to this one.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Blues "Must Have", June 4, 2001

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Tom (Palatine, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The London Muddy Waters Sessions (Audio CD)

I don't know quite what's happening here, but, the guy sounds almost...happy. This is certainly not your typical or quintessential Muddy Waters' work, and that's fine - cuz it's a hell of a lot of fun.

This album plays a little like Muddy Waters covering B.B. King - full arrangements, loud energy and a strangely happy feel. Which is fun.

If anything, this album is a snapshot of Muddy in a rare mood. Something like catching Hitler shaving his legs, only infinitely more pleasant.

Apparently the whole series of London Sessions was like that - groupings of musicians brought together to see what might happen. I have heard much good about the Howling Wolf session.

Steve Windood (of all people) joins Muddy on a number of cuts off this album, though his influence is not readily apparent.

If I had a complaint, and I guess I do, it is that the cuts on this album all end in fade outs, suggesting that the actual sessions went on longer. I'd have gladly paid more for a double album that included these cuts in their entirety.

Still, it's loads of fun.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Let's not get carried away, May 18, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The London Muddy Waters Sessions (Audio CD)

Some of the reviews here are waaay too generous, so don't get your hopes up about the quality of this album. One reviewer refers to it as the best blues album of all time: Heck, I can name 10 or 12 other MUDDY WATERS albums that has this beat hands down! Muddy's vocals sound tired, the material is sub-par, and the band isn't particularly good, although Rory Gallagher gets off a few good solos. The organ playing is horrid--and absolutely unnecessary. The album cover art gives a pretty good indication that this wasn't a very serious Muddy Waters blues album. You can steer clear of this one, unless you have all of Muddy's classic stuff and are interested in hearing him on an "off-night."