Muddy Waters - Hard Again Vinyl Record (New, 180 gram, Import) 

Muddy's Triumphant Comeback! 

This is a new, imported 180 gram blues vinyl record pressing of Muddy Waters' Hard Again.

Released January 10th, 1977, Hard Again was the first of three masterful collaborations with Johnny Winter. The album marked a major resurgence for Muddy Waters, who had hung in with the failing Chess Records until it's 1975 demise. 

Hard Again is a desert island blues album, featuring a magical only-once-ever lineup of Muddy Waters as the blues singer, a position he preferred, Johnny Winter and Bob Margolin on guitar, Pinetop Perkins on piano, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith playing drums, James Cotton on harmonica, and Charles Calmese on bass. 

Muddy plays gripping renditions of several former hits that overshadow past recordings. Commentary like "The Blues Had A Baby and they Named It Rock n Roll" cemented his status as a living link between the blues and rock. 

Hard Again won a Grammy in 1977. 


Label: Music on Vinyl

TRACK LISTING 

1 Mannish Boy 5:17
2 Bus Driver 7:45
3 I Want to Be Loved 2:22
4 Jealous Hearted Man 4:23
5 I Can't Be Satisfied 3:29
6 Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock & Roll (#2) 3:35
7 Deep Down in Florida 5:24
8 Crosseyed Cat 6:00
9 Little Girl 7:07