{"product_id":"the_real_folk_blues_the_chess_75_series-1","title":"The Real Folk Blues (The Chess 75 Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Real Folk Blues is a 1966 compilation album by Muddy Waters, released by Chess Records as the first entry in the label's Real Folk Blues series — assembled by Marshall Chess at the height of the 1960s folk revival as a way of introducing the Chicago blues giant's back catalogue to a new, younger audience discovering the roots of American music. The album draws on recordings Waters made between 1947 and 1964, spanning virtually his entire career up to that point and bridging his early Delta-inflected recordings with the electrified Chicago sound he had done so much to define. As Acoustic Sounds has observed, the title's folk-revival framing was a clever act of repositioning — though, as they put it, \"Muddy didn't need repositioning. He was the source.\" The 12-track set includes some of the most elemental recordings in postwar American blues: \"Mannish Boy,\" built on one of the most recognizable riffs in the form; \"Walking Blues,\" tracing a direct line back to Robert Johnson; and \"Rollin' and Tumblin',\" \"Same Thing,\" \"Forty Days and Forty Nights,\" and \"You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had,\" each a masterclass in rhythm, menace, and wit. Liner notes were provided by Chess in-house songwriter Willie Dixon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Chess 75 Series edition, released on May 22, 2026 via Chess Records and Acoustic Sounds, presents the album as a 180-gram mono LP remastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab and pressed at Quality Record Pressings — the same all-analog production approach applied across the entire 75th anniversary series. The album is housed in a tip-on gatefold sleeve printed on high-grade board, faithfully replicating the spirit of the original release. It arrived alongside the Howlin' Wolf Real Folk Blues Chess 75 reissue as a companion piece, together making a definitive audiophile document of Chess Records' Chicago blues legacy at its most concentrated and essential.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album","offer_id":53629886005562,"sku":"38544","price":54.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-06-19_at_2.23.31_PM.jpeg?v=1781893500","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/the_real_folk_blues_the_chess_75_series-1","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}