WATERS,MUDDY - I'm Ready (Translucent Red Vinyl) (Sealed) (LP)

180-gram translucent red vinyl. Pressed at RTI; gatefold jacket. Featuring an all-star band with the likes of the legendary Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Walter Horton on harmonica, and the masterful Pine Top Perkins on piano, Muddy Waters' I'm Ready would go on to become one of Muddy Waters' most revered albums, earning him a Grammy Award in 1978. Featuring hits "I'm Ready," "Hoochie Koochie Man," "Screamin' and Cryin'" plus more! The second of his Johnny Winter-produced albums for the Blue Sky Records label, I'm Ready was issued one year after Muddy found renewed commercial and critical success with Hard Again. Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) will always be known as one of the founding fathers of modern day blues. His legendary style of playing guitar, his unique vocal prowess and of course his stellar list of classic Chicago and Mississippi Delta blues tunes have all gone on to influence generations upon generations of rock and blues performers worldwide. This legendary masterwork is reissued by Friday Music, mastered by Joe Reagoso from the original Blue Sky tapes. This new edition has a stunning gatefold cover with the original artwork and inner sleeve elements not seen in LP form in years.