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Muddy came to Chicago in ’43 but didn’t really rise up ’til ’47, when the Chess brothers started recording him. This fantastic (and fabulously priced) set compiles the early Aristocrat sides and all Muddy’s Chess singles through ’62. This is the passionate, powerful pinnacle of Chicago blues: his hits I Feel Like Going Home; Louisiana Blues; Long Distance Call; Honey Bee; Still a Fool; She Moves Me; Mad Love; I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man; Just Make Love to Me; I’m Ready; Manish Boy; Trouble No More; Sugar Sweet; Don’t Go No Farther; Close to You; his immortal Got My Mojo Working; I Feel So Good; Rock Me, and more! Acrobat.