At Newport 1960

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At Newport 1960
Live album by Muddy Waters
Released	1960
Recorded	July 3, 1960
Genre	Chicago blues
Length	32:38
Label	MCA/Chess
Professional reviews
all about jazz (favorable) [1] All Music Guide [2] Blues Access (favorable) [3] BluesWax (favorable) [4] fRoots [5] Southwest Blues (favorable) [6]
Muddy Waters chronology
At Newport 1960 (1960) Sings Big Bill Broonzy (1960)

At Newport 1960 is a live album by Muddy Waters recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival. Waters was backed by a band including Otis Spann, James Cotton, and Pat Hare. In 2003, the album was ranked number 348 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.^[7] The album is also listed in The Rough Guide to Blues 100 Essential CDs.^[8]

This album was remastered and rereleased on CD in 2001 by MCA, including four extra monaural studio tracks.

[edit] Track listing

1. "I Got My Brand On You" (Dixon) – 4:24
2. "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" (Dixon) – 2:50
3. "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Morganfield) – 2:52
4. "Soon Forgotten" (Oden) – 4:08
5. "Tiger In Your Tank" (Dixon) – 4:12
6. "I Feel So Good" (Broonzy) – 2:48
7. "Got My Mojo Working" (Foster) – 4:08
8. "Got My Mojo Working, Pt. 2" (Foster) – 2:38
9. "Goodbye Newport Blues" (Hughes, Morganfield) – 4:38
   • Tracks 1-9 were recorded on July 3, 1960 at the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island.
10. "I Got My Brand On You" (Dixon) – 2:22 ^[9]
11. "Soon Forgotten" (Oden) – 2:41 ^[10]
12. "Tiger In Your Tank" (Dixon) – 2:17 ^[11]
13. "Meanest Woman" (Morganfield) – 2:18 ^[11]
    • Tracks 10-13 are bonus tracks included in the 2001 MCA/Chess release. These were recorded in Chicago in June of 1960.

[edit] Notes and sources

1. ^ Maurizo Comandini, "Lookin' 'round: Muddy Waters at Newport 1960", All About Jazz (Italian)
2. ^ Cub Koda & Bruce Eder, "Review: At Newport 1960, All Music Guide
3. ^ John Sinclair, "Blues & Roots", Blues Access, 46, Summer 2001
4. ^ Gary W. Miller, "A seminal album for a seminal Bluesman" [requires free subscription], BluesWax, March 13, 2002
5. ^ "And The Rest: Muddy Waters - Live at Newport/Live (BGO)", fRoots, 162, December 1996
6. ^ Mark A. Cole, "CD Review: Muddy Waters At Newport 1960", Southwest Blues Magazine, November 2001
7. ^ "348: At Newport 1960", in "The 500 greatest albums of all time", Rolling Stone, November 2003
8. ^ Greg Ward, The Rough Guide to Blues 100 Essential CDs, Rough Guides, November 23, 2000, p.177-178 (ISBN 1858285607 )
9. ^ Originally appeared on Chess CHD2-9348, One More Mile: Chess Collectibles by Muddy Waters
10. ^ Previously unreleased in the U.S.
11. ^ ^{a b} Originally Chess single 1765