Super Blues |  | Artists: Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Little Walter
Label: Mca
Category: Music
Buy New: $19.99
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 644435
Media: LP Record
UPC: 076732916810
EAN: 0076732916810
ASIN: B00008FDKQ
Release Date: October 17, 1990
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Condition: BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED, LP, GIFT QUALITY, ITALY ISSUE OF THE CHECKER RECORDINGS, SHIPS W-TRACKING #
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| Tracks:
| • | Long Distance Call - Bo Diddley, Morganfield, McKinl | | • | Who Do You Love? - Bo Diddley, McDaniel, Elias | | • | I'm a Man - Bo Diddley, Diddley, Bo | | • | Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley, McDaniel, Elias | | • | You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover - Bo Diddley, Dixon, Willie | | • | I Just Want to Make Love to You - Bo Diddley, Dixon, Willie | | • | My Babe - Bo Diddley, Dixon, Willie | | • | You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care) - Bo Diddley, McDaniel, Elias | | • | Studio Chatter - Bo Diddley, McDaniel, Elias | | • | Sad Hours - Bo Diddley, Little Walter | | • | Juke - Bo Diddley, Little Walter |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Complete with psychedelic cover art and hilarious Vietnam-era liner notes, this relic from the Summer of Love is an enduring delight. The bold notion to team blues masters Muddy Waters and "Little Walter" Jacobs with rocking rhythm-and-blues king Bo Diddley works wonders throughout, achieving a creative chemistry and energy rarely seen in jam bands of this sort. The vocal and instrumental interplay on every track is intensely competitive in the tradition of jook house "headcutting" contests, with each performer spurring the next on to evermore impressive heights, while soaring through a repertoire of favorites like Muddy's "Long Distance Call," Bo's "I'm a Man" and "Who Do You Love," Little Walter's "Sad Hours," and Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover." With the powerhouse headliners backed by the likes of Otis Spann on piano and Buddy Guy on guitar, this period piece remains a fun and refreshing gem. --Alan Greenberg
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| Customer Reviews:
 A must have in any blues collection November 2, 2007
PATRICK HAZELL (Washington, Iowa)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Super Blues has been one of my long-time favorite blues albums. I used to dance around the house in flying circles to this album with my baby children in my arms as they laughed and laughed in fun. I think to this day--some 35 years later, it is still one of their favorites--and they are in the "Biz". I've been a professional myself-- blues piano player since 1961, and harp player since 1964--started playing blues in the mid-50s. Yes, Little Walter is near his end on this album--it shows--but yet, his harp playing stands in there in spite of the lack of his powerful tone of previous years. The album is worth having even from this perspective. Bo Diddley is happening--energy is the main thing here--whether or not his guitar is in tune is besides the point. The live recording aspect of this album gives it an energy that most studio recordings lack.
My review comes with the full knowledge that this album and the Super, Super Blues album which followed later are probably two of the most panned blues albums ever released. Well, I'm one person who definitely bucks the crowd with my high opinion of both.
jive talking at its best July 25, 2006
Mr. David G. Webster (dorset england)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this album is one of the best r and b cuts i have ever heard. 3 legends playing the blues how they should be played. the whole essence of what inspired the stones and the yardbirds is contained in this almost holy recording. those who worship at the shrine of the god of rythm and blues simply must own it. you cannot reasonably call yourself an r and b fan unless you buy it. now.
 We be jammin' February 15, 2004
Johnny Heering (Bethel, CT United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This album documents what was essentially a jam session between Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters and Little Walter, recorded on January 4, 1967. They run through some of each man's most famous songs, in a very informal way. While the performances aren't as good as the original versions of these songs, there are still fun in their own sloppy way. It's kind of fun to hear these legends teasing each other and joking around. While this is not an essential recording, if you are a fan of Chess Records, you will probably enjoy it.
I enjoyed it myself February 22, 2003
Andre M. (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've never understood why some blues fans hate this album so much. I enjoy it myself. The banter between Bo, Muddy and Walter is priceless. The versions of "I'm A Man," "You Don't Love Me," "Bo Diddley," "Who Do You Love," and the ending of "Long Distance Call" make it a worthwhile purchase. This captures what is in essence an informal jam session and to my ears at least, it does a good job.
 Dreadful September 10, 2001
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Simply awful. Next to Mississippi Mud, this is a incalculable embarrassment to these Muddy and the other 2 American music pioneers. In an effort to "update" the sound of Muddy, Walter, and Bo, the record company thought it would be "groovy" to record a psychedelic blues album. It wasn't groovy 30 years ago, and it's not groovy today. Avoid at all cost.
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