Muddy Waters: Muddy, Brass & The Blues-1966 Chess Blue/Light Blue Label Mono LP

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1966 Chess Blue to Light Blue Label Mono Release of Bandleader/Composer/Slide Guitarist/Pioneering Blues Vocalist McKinley Morganfield AKA Muddy Waters Entitled Muddy, Brass & the Blues, Produced by Gene Barge and Ralph Bass, Album Supervision by Marshall Chess - "This is a strange -- though in large part, successful -- album on a number of counts. Appearing after the release of the singles compilation Real Folk Blues, Brass and the Blues (also sometimes known as Muddy, Brass, and the Blues) was Chess Records' effort to give some fresh momentum to Muddy Waters' current recordings. It was only his third original LP following his tribute album to Big Bill Broonzy and the Folk Singer album -- like them, it was a concept album, but with a difference. Those earlier albums had been built around Waters simply returning to sounds and influences out of his past, but for Brass and the Blues the label tried to give him a new sound, somewhere close to that of B.B. King (who was selling a lot of records at the time). The presence of the brass and the prominent organ on some songs was manageable. Stripped of his guitar once again (the cover photo notwithstanding),Waters proved what a great R&B singer he was -- there are moments on this album where he almost crosses over into Otis Redding territory. Sammy Lawhorn and Pee Wee Madison's guitars come through the dubbed-on brass reasonably well, and this is more of a real "band" sound than was achieved on, say, Electric Mud, an even more extreme attempt at reshaping Waters' sound. The album was reasonably successful, though the reality in terms of Waters's sound and history is that, when this material has been compiled, the producers have often tried to use the undubbed versions without the brass." -  Sensational Personnel for the Large Band Includes Legendary Composer Muddy Waters on Vocals, the Brilliant James Cotton on Harmonica, the Amazing Otis Spann on Piano, the Talented Pinetop Perkins on Organ, Pee Wee Madison & Sammy Lawhorn on Guitars, Calvin Jones on Bass and Willie Smith on Drums! - Selections on Side One Are the Bob Miller Standard Corine Corina, Pete Johnson/Joe Turner's Piney Brown Blues, Black Night, the Richard Jones Classic Trouble in Mind & Will Smith's Going Back to Memphis - Tracks for Side Two Are the Traditional Betty and Dupree Arranged by Gene Barge & Charles Stepney, Robert McCallum's Sweet Little Angel, Gene Barge/Anderson's Take my Advice, Traditional Composition Trouble Arranged by Barge and Stepney & the Muddy Waters/L.J. Welch Penned Hard Loser - Used Copy, Front Cover Has a Light Surface Ring with Seam very Slightly Split at Top and Bottom, Back Cover Is Slightly Faded with a Signature in Red from Previous Owner, Record Is Slightly Worn with a Few Light Scuffs - Mono Recording, Product Code LP-1507 - California Residents Add 9.75% Sales Tax - International S & H Extra -