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MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD HOMER HARRIS McKinley Morganfield vcl-1, speech-2, gtr-3; Son Simms speech-4, gtr-5; Alan Homer Harris vcl; Muddy Waters gtr; poss. Leroy Foster gtr; James Clark pno; Lomax speech-6; John Work speech-7 poss. Ransom Knowling bass; prob. Judge Riley drums Stovall, Miss. circa 24-31 Aug. 1941 Chicago, Fri. 27 Sept. 1946 4769-A-1(a) Country Blues -1-3 LC, AAFS 18, AFSL4, CCO4649 I’m Gonna Cut Your Head Testament LP 2207 Testament LP2210, MCA CD 9344 CCO4650 Atomic Bomb Blues Testament LP 2207 4769-A-1(b) Interview No.1 -2-3-6 LC, MCA CHD 9344 CCO4651 Tomorrow Will Be Too Late Testament LP 2207 4769-A-2(a) I Be’s Troubled -1-3 LC, MFS 18, AFSL4, Testament LP2210, MCA CHD 9344 MUDDY WATERS 4769-A-2(b) Interview No. 2 -2-4-6-7 LC, MCA CHD 9344 Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; poss Leroy Foster gtr; poss. Ransom Knowling bass; 4770-B-1 Burr Clover Farm Blues LC, MCA CHD 9344 -1-2-3-4-5 James Clark pno; prob. Judge Riley drum 4770-B-2 Interview No. 3 -2-4-7 LC, MCA CHD 9344 Chicago, Fri. 27 Sept 1946 SON SIMMS FOUR CCO4652-1 Jitterbug Blues Testament LP 2207 McKinley Morganfield gtr, vcl-1; Percy Thomas gtr, vcl-2; Son Simms violin; CCO4653-1 Hard Day Blues Testament LP 2207 Louis Ford mandolin, vcl-3; group members foot-tapping, vcl interjections-4 CCO4654-1 Burying Ground Blues Testament LP 2207 Stovall, Miss., Fri. 24 July 1942 Ramblin’ Kid Blues LC, MCA CHD9344 JAMES (BEALE STREET) CLARK (partial) -1-4 James Clark pno, vcl; Muddy Waters gtr; poss. Leroy Foster gtr; poss. Ransom 6628-A-6 Ramblin’ Kid Blues -1-4 LC, Testament LP 2210, Knowling bass; prob. Judge Riley drums THE COMPLETE MUDDY WATERS MCA CHD 9344 Chicago, Fri. 27 Sept. 1946 6628-A-7 Rosalie -1-4 LC, Testament LP 2210, CCO4655-1 Come To Me Baby Columbia 37391, 30020, MCA CHD 9344 (What Evil Have I Done) Testament LP 2207 6628-A-8 Joe Turner -3-4 LC, Testament LP 2210, DISCOGRAPHY MCA CHD 9344 CCO4656-1 You Can’t Make The Grade Columbia 37391, 30020, 6628-B-1 Pearlie May Blues -2 LC, Testament LP 2210, Testament LP 2207 MCA CHD 9344 SUNNY LAND SLIM WITH MUDDY WATER Compiled by Phil Wight and Fred Rothwell MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD Sunnyland Slim vcl, pno; Muddy Waters gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass; unk, McKinley Morganfield vcl, gtr, speech-1; Son Simms gtr-2; Charles Berry gtr- drums 3; Chicago, 1947 Stovall, Miss., Fri. 24 July 1942 THE germ of the idea for this discography was first spawned back in the early 1980s. Lacking U7056 Johnson Machine Gun Aristocrat 1301 any cohesive post 1966 Muddy listing (1966 being the ‘cut off’ point for the first edition 6628-B-2 Take A Walk With Me -2 LC, Testament LP2210, U7057 Fly Right, Little Girl Aristocrat 1301 of Leadbitter and Slaven’s ‘Blues Records’) I decided to compile a post 1966 Muddy Waters MCA CHD 9344 6628-B-3 Burr Clover Blues -2 LC, Testament LP2210, MUDDY WATER WITH SUNNYLAND SLIM discography, the aim being to possibly publish it in Pickin’ The Blues magazine. Fred got in touch MCA CHD 9344 Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; Sunnyland Slim pno; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass; unk. with me in answer to a query in PTB; he had been working on a Muddy disco on his own so we Interview No. 4 -1 MCA CHD 9344 drums 6629-A-1 I Be Bound To Write LC, Testament LP 2210, Chicago, 1947 decided to pool resources. We took the decision to make it really comprehensive by including all To You -3 MCA CHD 9344 U7058 Gypsy Woman Aristocrat 1302 the sessions Muddy had played on, not just issues under his own name, and to list as many issues 6629-A-2 I Be Bound To Write LC, MCA CHD 9344 U7059 Little Anna Mae Aristocrat 1302 and reissues as possible. Unfortunately PTB ceased publication and the manuscript was hawked To You -3 6629-A-3 You’re Gonna Miss Me LC, Testament LP 2210, MUDDY WATERS around several places but never found a home. When I’m Gone MCA CHD 9344 Finally Blues & Rhythm took the plunge and in 1991 it was published as an A5 size booklet Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; Alex Atkins alto sax; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass, MCKINLEY MORGANFIELD Sunnyland Slim pno under the Blues & Rhythm imprint. It sold very well, garnered a lot of praise and ran to two McKinley Morganfield vcl, gtr; prob. Charles Berry gtr-1 Chicago, April 1948 printings. Since then we have tried to keep it up to date as possible, adding a lot of new material prob. Clarksdale. Miss., poss. 20-24 July 1942 U7108 Good Lookin’ Woman Chess LP 680002 and generally correcting mistakes. It was also published as part of Sandra Tooze’s Muddy 6666-A-3 You Got To Take Sick And LC, Testament LP 2210, U7109 Mean Disposition Chess LP 2057 Die Some Of These Days MCA CHD 9344 biography. 6666-B-1 Why Don’t You Live So LC, Testament LP 2210, SUNNYLAND SLIM WITH MUDDY WATERS For this re-publication the decision was taken to remove all reissue details of long gone LPs, God Can Use You MCA CHD 9344 Sunnyland Slim vcl, pno; Muddy Waters gtr; Alex Atkins alto sax; Ernest ‘Big’ EPs etc and in most cases only list the original issue (whether it be 78, 45, LP or CD), with 6666-K2 Country Blues LC, Testament LP 2210, Crawford, bass MCA CHD 9344 Chicago, April 1948 significant CD reissues added for certain sessions. No doubt there will be errors, we can’t claim 6667-A-1 You’re Gonna Miss Me LC, MCA CHD 9344 U7110 She Ain’t Nowhere Aristocrat 1304 When I’m Gone to have got it 100 per cent correct so if anyone has new information feel free to contact Fred U7111 My Baby, My Baby Aristocrat 1304 or me via B&R. 6667-F3 32-20 Blues -1 LC, MCA CHD 9344 Mention must also be made of the excellent research done by Scott Dirks, Tony Glover and JAMES ‘SWEET LUCY’ CARTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA MUDDY WATERS WITH RYTHM (SIC) ACCOMPANIMENT Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; prob. Alex Atkins alto sax; prob. Lee Brown pno; unk. Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass Ward Gaines, the authors of ‘Blues With A Feeling – The Little Walter Story’, which has been of clarinet; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass Chicago, April 1948 tremendous help in correctly identifying the harmonica players on many of the Chess sessions. Chicago, 1946 U7112 I Can’t Be Satisfied (Looking Aristocrat 1305, Chess 1514 1597 Mean Red Spider 20th Century 20-51 B For My Baby – Chess 1514) Phil Wight Reverse by James ‘Sweet Lucy’ Carter. U7113 I Feel Like Going Home Aristocrat 1305 36 >> B&R >> 200 37 >> B&R >> 200 Baby Face Leroy Foster vcl-1, drums; Little Walter vcl-2, hca-3, gtr-4, Muddy Waters vcl-5, gtr, vcl comment-6 Chicago, Jan.1950 R-1357 Bad Acting Woman -2 -4 Regal 3296 H-511 I Just Keep Loving Her -2 -3 Parkway 502, Herald 403 H-512 Boll Weevil -1 -3 Parkway 104, Herald 404 H-513 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ Part 1 Parkway 501, Herald 404 (Rollin’ Blues) -1 -2 -3 -5 H-514 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ Parkway 501 Part 2 -1 -2 -3 -5 H-515 Red Headed Woman -1 -3 Parkway 104, Savoy 1122 H-516 Muskadine Blues (Take A Regal 3296, Herald 403 Walk With Me) -2 -4 H-517 Moonshine Blues Parkway 502, Savoy 1122 (Moonshine Baby) -2 -4 -6 H-511 remastered as H-1004; H-512 as H-1007; H-514 as H-1006; H-515 as SBL-4460; H-516 as R-1356, H-1005; H-517 as SBL-4459. Although Herald 404 has matrix H514 in the wax it is matrix H513 that plays MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITAR Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass-1; drums-2 (poss. Elgin Evans) Chicago, Feb.1950 U7235 Rollin’ And Tumblin’ Aristocrat 412 Part 1 -1-2 U7236 Rollin’ and Tumblin’ Aristocrat 412 Part 2 -1-2 U7237 Rollin’ Stone Chess 1426 ST. LOUIS JIMMY WITH MUDDY WATERS AND HIS BLUES MUDDY WATERS AND HIS GUITAR Rollin’ Stone (alt. take) Chess LP 624474 COMBO Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; Johnny Jones pno; Leroy Foster gtr, bass drum, hi- U7238 Walkin’ Blues -1 Chess 1426 St. Louis Jimmy Oden vcl; Oliver Alcorn tenor sax; Sunnyland Slim pno; Muddy hat-1 MUDDY WATERS (1434) OR MUDDY WATERS AND HIS Waters gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford, bass Chicago, Summer 1949 GUITAR Chicago 1948 U7215 Screamin’ And Cryin’ -1 Aristocrat 406 Muddy Waters vcl, gtr; Little Walter hca; Ernest ‘Big’ Crawford bass, speech-1 UB9290A Florida Hurricane Aristocrat 7001 U7216 Where’s My Woman Been -1 Aristocrat 406 Chicago, Summer 1950 UB9293A So Nice And Kind Aristocrat 7001 U7217 Last Time I Fool Around Chess LP 6641174 U7261 You’re Gonna Need My Help I Chess 1434 SUNNY LAND SLIM AND MUDDY WATER With You Said (Gonna Need My Help) U7262 Sad Letter Blues Chess 1434 Little Walter vcl, hca; Muddy Waters vcl-1, gtr; Sunnyland Slim vcl-1, pno; It has been suggested that the 2nd gtr on mx U7217 may be Tampa Red. U7263 Early Morning Blues-1 Chess 1490 Floyd Jones gtr, Leroy Foster drums JIMMY ROGERS (Before Daybreak) Chicago 1948 Jimmy Rogers vcl, gtr; Little Walter hca; Muddy Waters gtr; Ernest ‘Big’ U7264 Appealing Blues Chess 1468 A Blue Baby Tempo Tone 1002 Crawford bass; poss.
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