MUDDY WATERS Muddy, Brass And The Blues (Chess Records Anniversary Series 2026 limited edition 10-track LP all-analog mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings. By 1967, Muddy Waters had already built his reputation on raw, Delta-bred electric slide guitar, but for Muddy, Brass And The Blues, Chess Records pushed him into markedly different territory. Where his earlier records looked back to his Southern roots, this session was built around the present, trading his traditional stripped-down ensemble for a horn-driven, organ-heavy arrangement. Waters himself set down the guitar for these sessions entirely, a decision that pushes his voice to the front of the mix and results in one of the more soul- and R&B-inflected performances of his catalogue. The session brings together Otis Spann on piano with guitarists Sammy Lawhorn and Pee Wee Madison. This edition marks the album's first official American LP reissue in more than thirty years. Presented inside a tip-on jacket gatefold picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed. Recommended).