The Real Folk Blues (Muddy Waters album)

The Real Folk Blues
Compilation album by
ReleasedJanuary 1965 (1965-01)
RecordedSeptember 1947 – 1964 in Chicago, Illinois
GenreChicago blues, folk blues
Length34:02
LabelChess
ProducerMarshall Chess
Muddy Waters chronology
The Best of Muddy Waters
(1957)
The Real Folk Blues
(1965)
Muddy, Brass & the Blues
(1966)
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The Real Folk Blues is a 1965 compilation album of Muddy Waters recordings, released on the Chess record label in January 1965. The album was the first release of The Real Folk Blues series and has since been re-released in multiple formats. The album features some of Waters' first recordings.