Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) {Universal B0015982-02 rel 2011}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 254 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 91 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 8 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1969, 2011 Cadet Concept / Geffen / Get On Down / Universal | B0015982-02
Blues / Chicago Blues / Electric Blues
After the Rain dates from the most controversial period in Muddy Waters' history – along with its predecessors, Electric Mud (probably the most critically despised album in Muddy's catalog) and Brass and the Blues (an effort to turn him into B.B. King), it came out of an era in which Chess Records was desperately thrashing around trying any musical gambit to boost the sales of its top blues stars. But unlike Electric Mud, in which the repertoire selected by producer Marshall Chess was mostly unsuited, and the musical settings provided by Phil Upchurch, Pete Cosey et al. were too loud and too frenetic for Muddy's style of singing, After the Rain simply let him be Muddy Waters.
The album mostly featured higher-wattage remakes of a lot of familiar repertoire, including "Honey Bee" and "Rollin' and Tumblin'," and also reintroduced Muddy's own electric guitar, which had mostly been unheard on his recordings of the 1960s (and completely missing from Electric Mud). And on the tracks where he does play lead, they're first-rate representations of his talent as it stood at the tail end of the 1960s, powerful and bold, like a king (or maybe even a god) surveying a blues landscape he had shaped, and ranging across it freely. Even the tracks on which the heavily modernistic touches appear (such as Cosey's bowed guitar on "Bottom of the Sea") don't harm the flow or tone of the overall album. The latter is as close to an experimental track as After the Rain gets, and Muddy gets into the spirit of the piece as a singer far better here than he did on most of the preceding album. But mostly he is just himself here, not overly bold – which may be the record's major flaw, but an understandable one after the reception accorded Electric Mud – and not too much different from the previous decade. And it's immensely pleasing on that basis alone, even if the sales figures didn't reflect this – it would take time for Muddy to rebuild his old audience, and he and Chess Records would go on to try other settings, working with young white blues enthusiasts (Fathers and Sons) and U.K. rock admirers (The London Muddy Waters Sessions) with varying results, some of them (The Woodstock Album) award-winning. But After the Rain, though ignored at the time, was a worthy and thoroughly worthwhile addition to his discography, and not just as a curio – moments like "Honey Bee," "Blues and Trouble," "Screamin' and Cryin'," and "Hurtin' Soul" show what he could do with these younger players in tow (as opposed to the other way around on Electric Mud), and all of it will bring a smile to any real fan.
Personnel:
Muddy Waters – Vocals, Lead Guitar
Phil Upchurch – Guitar
Morris Jennings – Drums
Otis Spann – Piano
Louis Satterfield – Bass
Pete Cosey – Guitar
Charles Stepney – Organ
Paul Oscher – Harmonica
Tracklist:
01 - I Am The Blues
02 - Ramblin' Mind
03 - Rollin' And Tumblin'
04 - Bottom Of The Sea
05 - Honey Bee
06 - Blues And Trouble
07 - Hurtin' Soul
08 - Screamin' And Cryin'
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 31. August 2012, 19:02
Muddy Waters / After The Rain
Used drive : ASUS DRW-24B1ST a Adapter: 3 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 4:39.72 | 0 | 20996
2 | 4:39.72 | 4:45.56 | 20997 | 42427
3 | 9:25.53 | 4:50.02 | 42428 | 64179
4 | 14:15.55 | 5:24.29 | 64180 | 88508
5 | 19:40.09 | 4:18.24 | 88509 | 107882
6 | 23:58.33 | 4:24.02 | 107883 | 127684
7 | 28:22.35 | 4:39.22 | 127685 | 148631
8 | 33:01.57 | 5:01.62 | 148632 | 171268
Track 1
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\01 I Am The Blues.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 2.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 805972A3
Copy CRC 805972A3
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 2
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\02 Ramblin' Mind.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 2.4 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 6536C8D1
Copy CRC 6536C8D1
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 3
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\03 Rollin' and Tumblin'.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 2.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC EE3FEF95
Copy CRC EE3FEF95
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 4
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\04 Bottom of the Sea.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 2.2 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 44631D53
Copy CRC 44631D53
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 5
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\05 Honey Bee.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 2.2 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 77F74AC7
Copy CRC 77F74AC7
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 6
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\06 Blues and Trouble.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 3.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 03CC2432
Copy CRC 03CC2432
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 7
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\07 Hurtin' Soul.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 3.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 4F14C675
Copy CRC 4F14C675
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 8
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\08 Screamin' and Cryin'.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 3.4 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C1E9C0DE
Copy CRC C1E9C0DE
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
No errors occurred
End of status report
–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.3
[CTDB TOCID: UbWyszBRp8Owano2DNTalQIzWyc-] disk not present in database, Submit result: UbWyszBRp8Owano2DNTalQIzWyc- has been uploaded
==== Log checksum EC28E12AE59B03A0664E4CF64F67DB6B17B0735A1C634DF99CAE234DEC6BC532 ====
EAC extraction logfile from 31. August 2012, 19:02
Muddy Waters / After The Rain
Used drive : ASUS DRW-24B1ST a Adapter: 3 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\FLAC\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 4:39.72 | 0 | 20996
2 | 4:39.72 | 4:45.56 | 20997 | 42427
3 | 9:25.53 | 4:50.02 | 42428 | 64179
4 | 14:15.55 | 5:24.29 | 64180 | 88508
5 | 19:40.09 | 4:18.24 | 88509 | 107882
6 | 23:58.33 | 4:24.02 | 107883 | 127684
7 | 28:22.35 | 4:39.22 | 127685 | 148631
8 | 33:01.57 | 5:01.62 | 148632 | 171268
Track 1
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\01 I Am The Blues.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 2.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 805972A3
Copy CRC 805972A3
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 2
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\02 Ramblin' Mind.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 2.4 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 6536C8D1
Copy CRC 6536C8D1
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 3
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\03 Rollin' and Tumblin'.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 2.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC EE3FEF95
Copy CRC EE3FEF95
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 4
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\04 Bottom of the Sea.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 2.2 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 44631D53
Copy CRC 44631D53
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 5
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\05 Honey Bee.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 2.2 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 77F74AC7
Copy CRC 77F74AC7
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 6
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\06 Blues and Trouble.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 3.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 03CC2432
Copy CRC 03CC2432
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 7
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\07 Hurtin' Soul.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 3.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 4F14C675
Copy CRC 4F14C675
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
Track 8
Filename C:\EAC rips\Muddy Waters - After The Rain (1969) [FLAC]\08 Screamin' and Cryin'.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Extraction speed 3.4 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC C1E9C0DE
Copy CRC C1E9C0DE
Track not present in AccurateRip database
Copy OK
None of the tracks are present in the AccurateRip database
No errors occurred
End of status report
–– CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.3
[CTDB TOCID: UbWyszBRp8Owano2DNTalQIzWyc-] disk not present in database, Submit result: UbWyszBRp8Owano2DNTalQIzWyc- has been uploaded
==== Log checksum EC28E12AE59B03A0664E4CF64F67DB6B17B0735A1C634DF99CAE234DEC6BC532 ====
===