The Real Folk Blues (Muddy Waters album)

The Real Folk Blues
Compilation album by
Muddy Waters
ReleasedJanuary 1965 (1965-01)[1]
RecordedSeptember 1947 – 1964[2][3][4][5] in Chicago, Illinois
GenreChicago blues, folk blues
Length34:02[5]
LabelChess
ProducerMarshall Chess[6]
Muddy Waters chronology
The Best of Muddy Waters
(1957) 		The Real Folk Blues
(1965) 		Muddy, Brass & the Blues
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Record Mirror[7]

The Real Folk Blues is a 1965 compilation album of Muddy Waters recordings, released on the Chess record label in January 1965. The album was the first release of The Real Folk Blues series and has since been re-released in multiple formats. The album features some of Waters' first recordings.

  1. ^ Ackerman, Paul, ed. (January 15, 1965). "New Release Inventory Checklist". Billboard. Vol. 78, no. 3. p. 52. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  2. ^ Robert L. Campbell; Robert Pruter; George R. White; Tom Kelly. "The Aristocrat Label". Robert Campbell. Clemson, South Carolina: Clemson University. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
  3. ^ George R. White; Robert L. Campbell; Tom Kelly. "The Chess Label Part I (1950–1952)". Robert Campbell. Clemson, South Carolina: Clemson University. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
  4. ^ George R. White; Robert L. Campbell; Tom Kelly. "The Chess Label Part II (1953–1955)". Robert Campbell. Clemson, South Carolina: Clemson University. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c Cub Koda. "The Real Folk Blues > Overview". Allmusic Guide. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  6. ^ "The Real Folk Blues > Credits". Allmusic Guide. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  7. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (26 February 1966). "Muddy Waters: The Real Folk Blues" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 259. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.