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Muddy Waters - The Best of Muddy Waters [Speakers Corner 180g LP] 24-bit/96kHz & CD-format; New Rip!

Posted By : aksman | Date : 14 Aug 2011 07:17:09 | Comments : 16 |
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Muddy Waters - The Best of Muddy Waters
Speakers Corner 180g LP / Cat.#: Chess LP-1427
Mastered by Willem Makkee @ EBS, Hannover, Germany

Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192kHz (presented in 24/96 & 16/44.1; mono) | FLAC | m3u, cue & Tech Log
Artwork | DR Analysis | 442 / 146 mb incl. recovery | FSonic, FFactory & Hotfile | Blues | 1958

The material this artist cut for Chess during this period is nothing short of a blues revelation. There has never been anything quite like it, before or after, and when one has heard Muddy Waters from this period, one has simply heard the best blues has to offer.
- Eugene Chadbourne/AMG (5/5 Stars)


The Best of Muddy Waters is a 1958 greatest hits album by Muddy Waters released by Chess Records in April 1958. With gaining popularity for 33 & 1/3 rpms (commonly called LPs) Chess Records started releasing its first LPs in 1958. The Best of Muddy Waters (released sometime in April 1958 according to Billboard magazine) was the third LP that Chess released.

Review by Eugene Chadbourne

The profile of Muddy Waters on the front of this album is a classic bit of color portrait photography. The bluesman seems to be staring up at something, a glazed look of wonder in his eyes. What could it be? Perhaps a vision of all the different "best of" sets and repackagings of his material that would happen in the future. In the end, it comes down to "That Same Thing" that Waters used to sing about, although he was talking about something else. The material this artist cut for Chess during this period is nothing short of a blues revelation. There has never been anything quite like it, before or after, and when one has heard Muddy Waters from this period, one has simply heard the best blues has to offer. This collection was the first "best of" Chess created, obviously mindful that what they had on their hands was nothing less than a tray of gold. The earliest pieces, such as "Louisiana Blues," are just marvelous, the country blues slide guitar augmented just so slightly by string bass, the harmonica of Little Walter, and the barest trace of percussion. Rhythmically, these performances are flawless and drenched with the feel as if they were slabs of chicken that had spent the day simmering in a jerk sauce. From there, one hears the classic Chicago blues combo sound emerging, which it does with great glory on tracks such as "Standing Around Crying." Yet with all the more extensive material that has been released of this artist since the late 50s, it is hard to conceive of why a consumer looking for Waters would settle for this collection. It is not a question of "less is more," as there is great consistency to the Waters discography from this period; listeners who enjoy this material will want more, more, more.




Track listing

All songs written and composed by All songs written by McKinley Morganfield, except where noted.
    Side one

    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

    1. "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" (Dixon) Chess #1560 2:49
    2. "She Moves Me" Chess #1490 2:54
    3. "I Want You to Love Me" unknown 3:01
    4. "Standin' Around Cryin'" Chess #1526 3:19
    5. "Still a Fool" unknown 3:14
    6. "I Can't Be Satisfied" Aristocrat #1305 2:41

Personnel
    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
    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

Dynamic Range Analysis

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Analyzed: Muddy Waters / The Best of Muddy Waters [Speakers Corner 180g LP]
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -1.24 dB -16.65 dB 2:52 01-I Just Want to Make Love to You
DR12 -3.29 dB -18.80 dB 2:41 02-Long Distance Call
DR12 -3.76 dB -19.64 dB 2:52 03-Louisiana Blues
DR13 -3.36 dB -20.11 dB 3:22 04-Honey Bee
DR10 -7.03 dB -20.00 dB 3:08 05-Rollin' Stone
DR11 -1.61 dB -15.33 dB 3:04 06-I'm Ready
DR11 -2.59 dB -17.45 dB 2:52 07-I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
DR13 -1.55 dB -16.88 dB 2:57 08-She Moves Me
DR13 -1.05 dB -18.05 dB 3:04 09-I Want You to Love Me
DR11 -3.54 dB -17.35 dB 3:22 10-Standin' Around Cryin'
DR11 -3.84 dB -17.84 dB 3:16 11-Still a Fool
DR10 -4.78 dB -18.25 dB 2:45 12-I Can't Be Satisfied
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Number of tracks: 12
Maximum peak difference (-1.05 dB - -7.03 dB): 5.98 dB

Official DR value (Song Mode): DR12
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Technical Log

RCM Hannl 'limited' with "Rotating Brush"
Music Hall MMF 9.1 Turntable
Tonearm: Pro-Ject 9cc evo with Pure Silver Wires
Cartridge: Nagaoka MP-500
Brocksieper Phonomax (Tube Phono PreAmp)
E-MU 0404 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface
Interconnections : Silent Wire NF5
WaveLab 6 recording software
iZotope RX Advanced 2.00 for resampling and dithering

Vacuum cleaning > TT > Brocksieper Phonomax > E-MU 0404 > WaveLab 6 (24/192) > manual click removal >
analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) > resampling and dithering with iZotope RX Advanced 2.00
> split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)

No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original tracklayout.


Personal Note

With my vinyl transfers, I try to catch the whole beauty of vinyl records; therefore I don't use any post-processing or any sound improvement. What you get is a clear and flat transfer. For getting a clear sound, I'll do an extended washing of each record with my RCM, which can take up to 30 minutes brushing on each side. Resistant ticks and clicks I try to remove as good as possible, but the priority is not to lose any musical information in the process. Surface noises, as long they are not too high, are left in place. Only on bad pressings or on records recorded at extremely low levels do I use a fade in-/-out. As John Peel said, "Life is full of surface noises." In some cases this means that I have to make a compromise.... The result has to pass my personal quality criteria, which is IMO quite high.



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Posted By: wormwood Date: 14 Aug 2011 08:46:22
FF links show Little Walter
Posted By: aksman Date: 14 Aug 2011 09:00:57
@ wormwood
Thx for the information. Link fixed.
Posted By: priority Date: 14 Aug 2011 09:05:31
Great, thanks for this upload.
Posted By: kongo127 Date: 14 Aug 2011 09:44:54
Wonderful record Aksman! :)

My tube amplifier is already heating-up!

I can´t wait to hear this one!

Thank you again for making my day!


Cheers!
Posted By: jazzever Date: 14 Aug 2011 10:58:06
Great share,thank you aksman::))
Posted By: hzrfnpgss Date: 14 Aug 2011 11:05:34
thanks aksman !!! more blues please :D
Posted By: Narayan23 Date: 14 Aug 2011 13:26:06
Thanks a lot from Spain!
Posted By: mrask Date: 14 Aug 2011 17:58:09
I love your previous rip of this record. Do you think downloading this one is justified? Thanks again for all the wonderful music!
Posted By: aksman Date: 14 Aug 2011 18:04:43
@ mrask

IMO this rip offers a dramatically improve sound.... The previous rips of this (and also Best of Little Walter) was made around 3 years ago and been one of my first rips. I used Audacity in that time, without knowing that Audacity didn't accept 24/96 via analog input during to Windows restrictions... Therefore those rips are first time available in real 24/96 sound.
Another thing was the use of Click repair in the previous rip. This time I used only Spectral Repair (part of iZotope RX Advanced 2.9) to remove vinyl related clicks, recording related clicks and distortions (there are a few) I left in place.
Posted By: mrask Date: 14 Aug 2011 18:16:08
Thanks for the response, Aksman. Based on that info I gotta give this one a try. I'm amazed at how you (and the other dedicated fellows here) continue to step up your game!
Posted By: nedjo Date: 15 Aug 2011 09:12:25
Thanks Aksman,
Posted By: jpics Date: 15 Aug 2011 15:15:46
Thanks aksman
Posted By: slokopdeborrel Date: 16 Aug 2011 13:04:03
Thanks a lot from Flanders!
Posted By: samdaman Date: 17 Aug 2011 22:43:54
Thank you!
Posted By: deep_purple60 Date: 27 Aug 2011 18:14:58
Thank you very much.
Posted By: cvrcmrc Date: 09 Nov 2011 22:11:10
Thank you!
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