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The Anthology

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Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0008811264925
Label : Universal / Island
Manufacturer : Universal / Island
Publisher : Universal / Island
Release date : 2001-08-31
Title : The Anthology
Format : Array
Original release date : 2001-08-28
Running time : 145
Studio : Universal / Island
MPN : 008811264925
Number of discs : 2

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Muddy Waters should need no introduction. Not only did he provide a name for the world's greatest rock & roll band, but he also created the Chicago electric blues sound that's dominated the genre since he first hit the windy city in the late 1940s. His bands also featured what would become a who's who of electric blues: Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and the list goes on. The Anthology covers Waters's most important period: his first years at Chess through the late 1960s. All his best-known songs are featured in their definitive versions, providing the perfect introduction to a blues master who doesn't need one. --Mike Johnson

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-09-02 rating:

The beginning
This is truly a must-have for anyone interested in Muddy or the blues and why it took off in the way that it did. These awesome recordings give a great insight into what blues are and even seem strangley familiar after the years of listening to Clapton and the Rolling Stones, themselves having been influenced so strongly by Muddy. This is where it all really took off, with Muddy's slide playing ringing out so clearly above his emotion filled, thoughtful lyrics. Must-have!

review by: date: 2002-01-24 rating:

Muddy - The 'benchmark' vocal and instrumental bluesman
'The Anthology' truly captures the essence and amplifies the breadth of Muddy Waters' blues legacy. The excellent - but sensitive -reworking of what would now be viewed as primitive recordings makes this artist come alive again! It is hugely pleasing to identify phrasing and 'licks' that have appeared in the guitar works of his latterday devotees in the R&B genre. Sadly, few examples of his work are available widely and 'The Anthology' is the 'must have' record of Muddy's influential benchmark styles of vocal and instrumental virtuosity.

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