Muddy Waters – I’m Ready (1978) 24-bit 96kHZ vinyl rip and redbook

I’m Ready is a 1978 album by Chicago blues veteran Muddy Waters. The second of Waters’ Johnny Winter-produced albums for the Blue Sky Records label, I’m Ready was issued one year after he found renewed commercial and critical success with Hard Again. The album earned Waters a Grammy Award in 1978.

I'm Ready [Blue Sky, 1978]
Not as ready as you were last time, Mud, but don't let it worry you–it's always harder to get hard again again. B - (Robert Christgau)

This is a VG+ copy of the LP, but there are two flaws in the song “Screamin’ & Cryin” that I chose to repair. It looks almost like a small razor blade cut (?), and both occur within a few seconds, but nonetheless, they are there – so if you are perfectionist, I suggest you pass on this rip. If I should find another copy, I’ll of course repost a repaired version of the song, but I think all in all, this is a good rip of a wonderful blues LP.



Aksman posted a beautiful rip of the first of the three Johnny Winter produced Blue Sky LPs, “Hard Again”, so thought I would offer the other two for those who may want them.


Tracks

A1 I’m Ready 3:43
Guitar – Johnny Winter
Harmonica [Acoustic] – Walter Horton
Harmonica [Electric] – Jerry Portnoy

A2 33 Years 5:20
Guitar [Slide] – Muddy Waters
Harmonica [Electric] – Walter Horton

A3 Who Do You Trust 4:59
Guitar – Muddy Waters
Guitar [Slide] – Johnny Winter
Harmonica [Electric] – Walter Horton

A4 Copper Brown 4:56
Guitar – Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters
Harmonica [Electric] – Jerry Portnoy

B1 I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man 3:59
Guitar – Johnny Winter
Harmonica [Acoustic] – Walter Horton

B2 Mamie 5:35
Guitar [Slide] – Muddy Waters
Harmonica [Acoustic] – Jerry Portnoy

B3 Rock Me 3:51
Guitar – Johnny Winter
Harmonica [Electric] – Jerry Portnoy

B4 Screamin’ And Cryin’ 5:07
Guitar – Muddy Waters
Harmonica [Electric] – Walter Horton

B5 Good Morning Little School Girl 3:15
Guitar – Johnny Winter
Harmonica [Electric] – Jerry Portnoy

Personnel

Muddy Waters – vocal & guitar
Jimmy Rogers – guitar
Big Walter Horton – acoustic and amplified harmonica
Bob Margolin – guitar/bass
Pinetop Perkins – piano
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith – drums
Johnny Winter – guitar
Jerry Portnoy – amplified harmonica (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9)