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Breakin' It Up & Breakin' It Down

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Audio CD (June 5, 2007)
Original Release Date: June 5, 2007
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Sony
ASIN: B000PA9Q6E
In-Print Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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Muddy Waters had his second coming 30 years ago, when longtime friend and disciple Johnny Winter and his Blue Sky label returned him--after a series of listless recordings aimed at the rock audience--to the raw, powerful authenticity of his timeless Chess material with a series of powerful albums. Beginning with 1977's acclaimed Hard Again, a subsequent tour produced Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live, recorded onstage in Detroit, New York, and Philadelphia with Muddy's band, Winter, and harmonica player/vocalist James Cotton. Enough live material remained for Legacy to release an expanded version with an entire second disc of unissued concert material. It seems even that wasn't the end. This collection returns again to those remarkable concerts, featuring Muddy on five tracks, among them a rousing "I Can't Be Satisfied," "Trouble No More," "Caldonia," and the closing "Got My Mojo Workin'." Winter and Cotton are no less powerful, Cotton redoing Jackie Brenston's hit "Rocket '88'" and Winter ripping up John Lee Hooker's "I Done Got Over It" and "Mama Talk to Your Daughter." --Rich Kienzle


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4.0 out of 5 stars Bringin' It Back, June 14, 2007

By	Morgan Broman (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Muddy Waters' work on Chess Records from the late 1940s to the early 1970s is truly amazing. He was the most powerful blues artist and one of the best songwriters. Many fans think he was in decline in the mid-1970s when "Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down" was recorded. This concert document should dispel those thoughts. It might have taken Muddy longer to build up a head of steam, but when he got rollin', he was as "mannish" as ever. With old pal James Cotton blowing away on harp and Johnny Winter (who ignited Muddy's revival by producing his later records on Blue Sky Records) as his co-stars on the 1977 tour, Muddy was pushed to the heights he regularly reached in his 1950s and 1960s heyday ("Pinetop" Perkins on piano, and Bob Margolin on guitar also shine). The live version of "Can't be Satisfied" - the second cut on the disc - is as strong as any live recording in his career. I saw this band at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. and the three stars were on fire and having a whale of a time. When I bought "Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down," I thought, "there is no way this recording will be as good as I remember the show." But not to worry, it's all here and hearing it again made me smile at the memories of Muddy, James, and Johnny pouring out electric blues. A rousing "Got My Mojo Working" (the encore) finishes things up nicely. Someone once said, "In Muddy Waters' hands 'the blues' is a misnomer."

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5.0 out of 5 stars As wonderful as you'd expect, June 14, 2007

By	A. Pickering (CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

They were only together for one album and tour, but the Hard Again band was the most kickass assemblage of blues talent there has ever been. They simply never played anything, either live or in studio, that was not of extraordinarily high quality. This disc absolutely smokes, and it's a welcome treat that Cotton and Winter each get a couple turns on lead vocals. It's very encouraging that there's still this much great stuff left over after after the two disc edition of Muddy "Mississippi" Waters, because that means there's likely more on the way.

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5.0 out of 5 stars RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: ?WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU MIX, MUDDY WATERS, COTTON & WINTER? ANSWER:" OLD-TIME COOKING BLUES!", July 13, 2007

By	Rick Shaq Goldstein "Rick Shaq Goldstein" (Danville, Ca, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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This cd is a new release of a concert tour in 1977 with Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter and James Cotton. I vacillated for days before I bought this. I have deducted, that listening to the thirty second sound bites, are worthless, especially when making a decision on electric blues. In 30 seconds, the guy might not even be done tuning his guitar! I'm going to attempt, to help you, not to have to go through, the anguish, that I went through, before I made the decision to buy this cd. First of all, you can tell how much these three guys like each other. Since this is a live performance, you hear them kidding each other throughout each song. One guy sings: "Your mother ought to know..." And one of the guys not singing lead, is yelling: "Yea tell em!" or you hear enthusiastic screams like: "Ow!" "Yea" "Do it James!" "Do it Johnny", etc. I personally think James Cotton, and his mind blowing "harp" (For you non-experienced blues neophytes, that's his harmonica! Please make a note of that!) steals the whole show. That magic harp of his, is either screeching, scratching, waling, and always cooking. If I were to try to draw a verbal picture for you, of the type of blues these fella's are playing, I'd say, think about an old black and white detective movie, and you're inside a bar, smoke is slowly circling its way to the ceiling, and in the background you hear the blues. That's the kind of blues on this cd. James Cotton, when he's not blowing the "harp", showcases a voice, that sounds like its seen, a lot of cigarettes, a lot of whiskey, a lot of women, and left it with the blues. This entire cd, is old-time "roadhouse", feeling good, blues. There are 11 songs, totaling just under sixty minutes. This is a classic taste, of old-time jamming, ELECTRIC BLUES, with the "harp", being the pulse, that never misses a blue beat! Buy this!

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5.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful concert CD!
What a concert CD! "Breakin' it Up, Breakin' it Down" features the vocals of three pretty good bluesmen--Muddy Waters, James Cotton, and Johnny Winter. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Steven A. Peterson

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Find
Why was this stuff hidden away for so long--I love this CD--a great addition to my collection

Published 17 months ago by Kenneth H. Hahn

4.0 out of 5 stars Muddy Winter
As a Muddy Water's CD, I've heard him do better, but as a Johnny Winter CD it's some of his best work. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Michael Ary

5.0 out of 5 stars IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS!
This was a match made in "blues heaven". Some have lamented that Johnny Winter and James Cotton sings part of these tunes... Read more

Published 21 months ago by H. Brown

2.0 out of 5 stars Winter-Cotton-Margolin riding Water's Mud Flaps
You thought this was a Muddy Waters CD? Not so, majority of the vocals here are Winter and Cotton, with Muddy Waters singing some or part of only 5 songs on this 11 song disc... Read more

Published 22 months ago by R. Baker

5.0 out of 5 stars Rockin'!
The performances on this CD are very high energy, rockin' performances. "Mama Talk to Your Daughter" is one of my favorite blues songs, and they do a great job with it here. Read more

Published 22 months ago by Ecologist_1

5.0 out of 5 stars I know I like it!
I'm not one of those Blues fans that can tell you who played drums on which LP. If they weren't printed right above, I couldn't even name the guys on the cover of this one... Read more

Published 22 months ago by L. Cameron

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Additional Material from Waters/Winter Tours!
This CD is excellent. Sometimes when additional material is released it is dissapointing and it is apparent why the artist did not release it in the first place. Read more

Published 22 months ago by Alright Kid

5.0 out of 5 stars Submitted for your approval...
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Anyway. The couple of professional reviews I had read suggested that this was a good but somewhat superflous live album, certainly... Read more

Published 23 months ago by Docendo Discimus

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Muddy Waters
I'm a huge Muddy Waters fan and this is one of my favorites. The disc and case were in excellent condition and it was exactly in the condition that it said it would be... Read more

Published on November 20, 2007 by Richard J. Ramge

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