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Muddy Waters The Complete Plantation Recordings 2 LP 200 Gram Vinyl No. 602/1000
Sold Date:
February 5, 2023
Start Date:
January 29, 2023
Final Price:
$281.66
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5
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This 2 LP set was issued by Analogue Productions in 2019. It is factory sealed and in excellent condition. The information below was cut-and-pasted from Acoustic Sounds website and provides a detailed description of the item. It is a numbered edition and this is No. 602/1000.
Shipment via USPS Priority Mail.
The Complete Plantation Recordings — Muddy WatersThe 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
33 1/3 200-gram double LP pressed at Quality Record Pressings
Stoughton Printing gatefold jacket wrapped in a linen cover
"Limited to 1,000 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.”
