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Analogue Productions - AAPB 121 - 200 Gram Virgin Vinyl

1,000 Numbered Limited Edition - Mastered by Ryan K. Smith Pressed at QRP

"This gem is truly a limited edition pressing — only 1,000 copies will be pressed, 999 if you eliminate my copy. the fold-out cover is linen coated and the print and layout mimics the 1942 release. The inside cover includes outstanding notes; photos and the three inserts complete the handsome package. An essential blues library addition!" — Recording = 7/10; Music = 10/10 - Dennis D. Davis, Hi-Fi +

Limited to 1000 numbered copies, Analogue Productions’ deluxe release of these seminal Muddy Waters recordings is one of the coolest and most significant projects I’ve seen—not only in terms of the recorded content, but in conception and packaging, too. For the first time these LPs include all the songs captured by Alan Lomax’s “portable” field equipment—350 lbs. worth custom rigged into a Ford sedan—during two sessions in 1941 and 1942, plus interviews with the 26-year-old Muddy that were considered an essential part of the Library of Congress’s attempt to document the widest possible range of American folk music. The linen-bound gatefold jacket meticulously recreates the original Library of Congress releases, with historic photos of Waters, Lomax, his recording set-up, etc. The Library of Congress transferred the original metal disc recordings to a high-res 192kHz digital file used by Sterling Sound’s Ryan K. Smith to master this edition, and the results are a revelation. While the sound is relatively primitive, it is also remarkably natural, pure, and immediate. By comparison the incomplete 1966 Testament release sounds like it was made under a blanket. This is a remarkable achievement. Get it while you can. - TAS

Historic 1941-42 Alan Lomax/John Work III-Produced Library of Congress Field Recordings Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from a 192kHz File Created from the Original Metal Direct-to-Disc Recording!

At the onset of the 1940s, The Library of Congress started its systematic series of field recordings of American traditional music and on a 1941 recording trip through the Delta, led by Alan Lomax and John Work III, they came upon the 26-year-old Muddy Waters, recording him at his home with a small accompanying combo (guitar, mandolin and violin), and made music history. "We were all very impressed by him; I mean, there was no question about the fact he was a blues singer who had great feeling and poise and mastery, and something very profound and special of his own to say," remembered Lomax. In 1942, Lomax made his second trip through the Delta recording the remainder of the tracks, including more of Muddy's songs. The following year, at age 28, Muddy moved to Chicago and a blues legend was born.

Analogue Productions is pleased to reissue The Complete Plantation Recordings of Muddy Waters which represents everything listed by the Library of Congress as recorded by the blues master during these historic 1941-42 sessions. Work's voice can be heard on the recordings conducting portions of interviews with Muddy. A great many more tracks were recorded than were initially released on the Library of Congress' 1942 five-album set, Folk Music of the United States Album IV – Afro American Blues and Game Songs. The newly mastered and numbered 33 1/3 200-gram LP offering was pressed at Quality Record Pressings, and is limited to 1,000 copies. For this reissue the original metal disc recordings created by Lomax were the source for a high-res 192kHz digital file used by Sterling Sound's Ryan K. Smith for the mastering.

200-gram vinyl LP reissue from Analogue Productions
• Historic 1941-42 Library of Congress Field Recordings produced by Alan Lomax and John Work III
• Some tracks originally released in 1942 as Folk Music of the United States Album IV – Afro American Blues and Game Songs
• Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from a 192kHz file created from the original metal direct-to-disc recording
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Numbered deluxe edition limited to 1,000 copies

LP1
Country Blues (Number One)
Interview #1
I Be's Troubled
Interview #2
Burr Clover Farm Blues
Interview #3
Ramblin' Kid Blues (Partial)
Ramblin Kid Blues
Rosalie
Joe Turner
Pearlie May Blues

LP2
Take A Walk With Me
Burr Clover Blues
Interview #4
I Be Bound To Write To You (First Version)
I Be Bound To Write To You (Second Version)
You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number One)
You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days
Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You
Country Blues (Number Two)
You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number Two)
32-20 Blues