MUDDY WATERS I'm Ready PURE PLEASURE RECORDS 180g AUDIOPHILE pressing NM

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MUDDY WATERS  I'm Ready 
Pure Pleasure Records JZ 34928 - 180 gram All Analog Audiophile pressing

Tracklist

A1 I'm Ready Guitar – Johnny WinterHarmonica [Acoustic] – Walter HortonHarmonica [Electric] – Jerry Portnoy 3:43 A2 33 Years Guitar [Slide] – Muddy WatersHarmonica [Electric] – Walter Horton 5:20 A3 Who Do You Trust Guitar – Muddy WatersGuitar [Slide] – Johnny WinterHarmonica [Electric] – Walter Horton 4:59 A4 Copper Brown Guitar – Johnny Winter, Muddy WatersHarmonica [Electric] – Jerry Portnoy
4:56 B1 I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man Guitar – Johnny WinterHarmonica [Acoustic] – Walter Horton 3:59 B2 Mamie Guitar [Slide] – Muddy WatersHarmonica [Acoustic] – Jerry Portnoy 5:35 B3 Rock Me Guitar – Johnny WinterHarmonica [Electric] – Jerry Portnoy 3:51 B4 Screamin' And Cryin' Guitar – Muddy WatersHarmonica [Electric] – Walter Horton 5:07 B5 Good Morning Little School Girl Guitar – Johnny WinterHarmonica [Electric] – Jerry Portnoy 3:15

*(all photos are of the actual item)

• Bass – Bob Margolin
• Drums – Willie "The Lion" Smith
• Engineer, Mixed By – Dave Still
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Painting [Cover] – Phil Hays*
• Piano – "Pine Top" Perkins*
• Producer, Mixed By – Johnny Winter
• Vocals – Muddy Waters

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Scanner): 5060149620762

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "Hoochie Coochie Man" - Rated 226/500! 
Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in the July 2010 Issue of Stereophile! Pressed at Pallas in Germany! 

For the middle album of his Johnny Winter-produced late-'70s music trilogy, blues giant Muddy Waters brought a new spirit to some familiar material. Starting with members of Waters' touring band – Pinetop Perkins, Bob Margolin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith – Winter added underrated guitarist (and longtime Waters foil) Jimmy Rogers and extraordinary harp player Big Walter Horton to the mix. The songs recorded for I'm Ready offer a mix of new material and vintage hit singles like the title cut, the mid-'60s jewel Screamin' and Cryin', or the Willie Dixon-penned I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man. 

For new listeners trying to get a feel of what the blues is all about, I'm Ready is the perfect place to start. Once you experience a taste of Muddy Waters, you'll be ready for more. 

"Judging by the gatefold black and white photo,everyone had a great time making the album. You’ll have as good a time listening. The sound is quite three-dimensional, with a pronounced but pleasant presence region peak that ads a needed rough edge to the proceedings. The stage is relatively compact and very coherent with plenty of old fashioned mike leakage that helps to create a “live” sound in an era of isolation booth multi-track mono productions. Producer Winter and engineer Still knew the sound they were going for and they got it!" - Michael Fremer, www.musicangle.com, Music 8/10, Sound 8/10

"Waters tested this ["Hoochie Coochie Man"] out at the Chicago blues club Zanzibar. Dixon gave him some advice: 'Well, just get a little rhythm pattern,' he said. 'Do the same thing over again, y'know.' Waters cut it a couple of weeks later, with Dixon on bass." - Rolling Stone 

Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• Pressed at Pallas in Germany
• Limited Edition
• Audiophile Re-Mastering
• Gatefold Jacket 
"Based upon the diversity of music, quality of product and their extraordinary rate of progress, Pure Pleasure Records is our re-issue record company of the year." 
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