Muddy Waters - At Newport 1960 [180-gram]

Muddy Waters At Newport 1960 captures one of the most famous sets in blues history, a Chicago bandleader taking his electric sound to a jazz festival crowd and winning it over completely.

Recorded live in Rhode Island in 1960 with a band that included Otis Spann on piano and James Cotton on harmonica, the set sounds loose, loud and thoroughly joyful. Waters was already a Chess Records star, but this performance showed that his music could hold a crowd that had come for something else entirely, and it helped carry Chicago blues beyond its home audience.

(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man arrives with its signature swagger, Baby, Please Don't Go rolls along on a heavy shuffle, I've Got My Mojo Working turns into a full-on crowd participation moment, and Goodbye Newport Blues closes the night with a wry, knowing farewell.

Nine tracks of hot, sweaty live blues, cut with direct metal mastering on this limited edition 180g pressing, with deluxe inner sleeves to keep it looking sharp. It is a front-row seat to a pivotal performance, and a reminder of why Waters' band was one of the best bands in the business. Play it loud and let the festival come to you.