Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill (and More) on New “Chess Masters” Volume

Six years after the last set of Muddy Waters’ Chess recordings by Hip-O Select, the boutique label will release You Shook Me: The Chess Masters Volume 3 1958-1963 next week.

While Waters’ profile was well on the rise before the period covered on this two-disc set – having put singles like “I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man,” “I Just Want to Make Love to You” and “Mannish Boy” in the upper reaches of the R&B charts – You Shook Me is notable for being anchored not only around single releases but two of Waters’ first LPs. 1960’s Muddy Waters Sings “Big Bill” was a tribute to Big Bill Broonzy, the Chicago bluesman who gave Waters one of his first major professional breaks opening for him at local clubs. The other, recorded that same year, was Muddy Waters at Newport 1960, a killer of a live album that featured revelatory versions of “Hoochie Coochie Man” and “Got My Mojo Workin.'”

This 49-track set also includes one unreleased instrumental, “Sweet Black Angel,” and a handful of songs that appeared only on a multi-LP box set of Waters’ Chess output released in Japan. Mary Katherin Aldin pens liner notes for the booklet, which is filled with rare photos of Waters in action.

You Shook Me is available next Tuesday, December 18. Grab it from Amazon U.S. or Amazon U.K. and hit the jump for full specs.

You Shook Me: The Chess Masters Volume 3 1958-1963 (Hip-O Select B0017581-02, 2012)

Disc 1

1. Walking Thru the Park
2. Blues Before Sunrise
3. Mean Mistreater
4. Crawlin’ Kingsnake
5. Lonesome Road Blues
6. Mopper’s Blues
7. Take the Bitter with the Sweet
8. She’s Into Something
9. Southbound Train
10. Just a Dream (on My Mind)
11. I Feel So Good
12. Hey, Hey
13. Love Affair
14. Recipe for Love
15. Baby, I Done Got Wise
16. Tell Me Baby
17. When I Get to Thinking
18. Double Trouble
19. Woman Wanted
20. Read Way Back
21. I’m Your Doctor
22. Deep Down in My Heart
23. Tiger in Your Tank
24. Soon Forgotten
25. Meanest Woman
26. I Got My Brand on You

Disc 2

1. I Got My Brand on You (Live)
2. (I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man (Live)
3. Baby Please Don’t Go (Live)
4. Soon Forgotten (Live)
5. (I Wanna Put a) Tiger in Your Tank (Live)
6. I Feel So Good (Live)
7. I’ve Got My Mojo Working (Part 1) (Live)
8. I’ve Got My Mojo Working (Part 2) (Live)
9. Goodbye Newport Blues (Live)
   
10. Real Love *
11. Lonesome Bedroom Blues
12. Messin’ with the Man
13. Going Home
14. Down by the Deep Blue Sea *
15. Muddy Waters Twist
16. Tough Times
17. You Shook Me
18. You Need Love
19. Little Brown Bird
20. Sweet Black Angel (a.k.a. Black Angel Blues) **
21. Five Long Years
22. Brown Skin Woman *
23. Twenty Four Hours

* indicates track previously unreleased in the U.S. ** indicates previously unreleased track.

Disc 1, Tracks 1 and 3 from Chess single 1718, 1959
Disc 1, Track 2 from The Chess Box (Chess CHD3-80002, 1989)
Disc 1, Track 4 from They Call Me Muddy Waters (Chess LP 1553, 1970)
Disc 1, Tracks 5-6, 9-10, 12, 15 and 18 from Muddy Waters Sings “Big Bill” (Chess LP 1444, 1960)
Disc 1, Tracks 7-8 from Chess single 1733, 1959
Disc 1, Track 11 and 17 from Chess single 1748, 1960
Disc 1, Track 13 from Chess single 1758, 1960
Disc 1, Tracks 14 and 16 from Chess single 1739, 1959
Disc 1, Track 19 from Chess single 1774, 1960
Disc 1, Tracks 20-21 from Chess single 1752, 1960
Disc 1, Track 22 from Rare and Unissued (Chess CH-9180, 1984)
Disc 1, Tracks 23 and 25 from Chess single 1765, 1960
Disc 1, Tracks 24 and 26 and Disc 2, Tracks 10, 14 and 22 from The Chess Box (Chess PLP 6040/6050 (JP))
Disc 2, Tracks 1-9 released as Muddy Waters at Newport 1960 (Chess LP 1449, 1960)
Disc 2, Tracks 12 and 14 released as Chess single 1796, 1961
Disc 2, Track 13 and 16 released as Chess single 1819, 1962
Disc 2, Tracks 15 and 17 released as Chess single 1827, 1962
Disc 2, Tracks 18-19 released as Chess single 1839, 1962
Disc 2, Tracks 21 and 23 released as Chess single 1862, 1963