Super Blues


Super Blues is a 1967 studio album by a blues supergroup consisting of Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, and Little Walter. The album was released in both mono and stereo formats by Checker Records in June 1967. A follow-up album The Super Super Blues Band was released later that year and featured Howlin' Wolf replacing Little Walter.

Background

The album was produced by Ralph Bass for Chess Records, although Marshall and Phil Chess were present at the sessions and were credited with supervision. The album's recording engineers were Doug Brand and Ron Malo.
The song featured on the album were several of the musicians most famous songs includes Bo Diddley's "I'm a Man", Muddy Waters' "I Just Want to Make Love to You", and Little Walter's "My Babe".
Forced Exposure describes the recording as an informal jam session and wrote: "Critics remain divided over the merits of Super Blues as an album, but most agree it occupies a remarkable place in history both as an experiment and as a shape of things to come. Recorded at a time when electric blues' influence on the mainstream was at its height, shades of Waters & Bo's future proto-funk experimentation can be heard throughout Super Blues rough-at-the-seams, yet still loose and relaxed tracks."

Track listings

Original album

;Side one
  1. "Long Distance Call" – 5:15
  2. "Who Do You Love?" – 4:10
  3. "I'm a Man" – 5:40
  4. "Bo Diddley" – 4:35
;Side two
  1. "You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover" – 4:25
  2. "I Just Want to Make Love to You" – 6:07
  3. "My Babe" – 3:52
  4. "You Don't Love Me " – 4:05

    1992 bonus tracks

  6. "Studio Chatter" – 1:27
  7. "Sad Hours" – 5:09
  8. "Juke" – 3:31

    Personnel

Per liner notes
;Technical
  • Ralph Bass – producer
  • Ron Malo – engineer
  • Doug Brand – engineer
  • Don Bronstein – cover design
  • Leslie Sims – cover art
  • Vartan – reissue art direction