a&r Alex Gibney
a&r Jerry Rappaport
a&r [a&r direction / producer] Andy McKaie
a&r [a&r direction / producer] Steve Berkowitz
art direction Adam Owett
art direction Christopher Austopchuk
art direction Howard Fritzson
art direction Vartan
compilation producer [series producer] Jeffrey Peisch
compiled by, producer Andy McKaie
coordinator [a&r coordination] Darren Salmieri
coordinator [a&r coordination] Patti Matheny
coordinator [production coordinator] Michele Horie
coordinator [project coordinator] Michele Horie
design Jo Hay
design Margery Greenspan
design [blues "guitar man" icon design] Ellen Nygaard
executive-producer Jeff Jones
executive-producer Pat Lawrence
tracks 1 to 8, 15 guitar, vocals Muddy Waters
liner notes Martin Scorsese
liner notes Robert Gordon
management [business affairs] Chuck Fleckenstein
management [business affairs] Mark Schwartz
management [business affairs] Rhonda Malmlund
management [business affairs] Robin Schwartz
management [business affairs] Susan Jacobs
management [licensing] Robin Schwartz
mastered by Erick Labson
photography by [cover / cd tray, pg. 11, outer inlay] MCA Records Archives
photography by [pg. 16] Jill Furmanovsky
photography by [pg. 16] Star File
photography by [pg. 7] Tom Copi
photography by [pg. 8] Bill Greensmith
photography by [pgs. 5 & 13] Sylvia Pitcher
photography by [pgs. 6 & 12] David Gahr
tracks 5 to 15 producer Leonard & Phil Chess
producer [associate producer] Dana Smart
tracks 5 to 15 producer [often with] Willie Dixon
product manager Rhonda Shields
project manager John Jackson
project manager Rhonda Shields
research [photo research] Dan Luskin
research [photo research] Geary Chansley
research [photo research] Ryan Null
research [photo research] Salimah El-Amin
Phonographic Copyright (p) Universal Music Enterprises
Copyright (c) Universal Music Enterprises
Record Company UMG Recordings, Inc.
Distributed By Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC, Terre Haute
Pressed By Sony DADC, Pitman
Mastered At Universal Mastering Studios West
Licensed From Estate Of McKinley Morganfield
Licensed From Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
℗ © 2003 Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution Corp.

Track 1 recorded in Stovall, Mississippi, circa August 24-31, 1941. Originally Library of Congress AAFS 18 A.
Track 2 recorded in Chicago, September 27, 1946. Originally on Columbia/Legacy 47911, Roots 'n' Blues / The Retrospective 1925-1950.
Track 3 recorded in Chicago, April 1948. Originally Aristocrat 1305.
Track 4 recorded in Chicago, February 1950. Originally Aristocrat single 412.
Track 5 recorded in Chicago, February 1950. Originally Chess 1426.
Track 6 recorded in Chicago, October 23, 1950. Originally Chess 1441.
Track 7 recorded in Chicago, January 23, 1951. Originally Chess 1452.
Track 8 recorded in Chicago, January 7, 1954. Originally Chess 1560.
Track 9 recorded in Chicago, April 13, 1954. Originally Chess 1571.
Track 10 recorded in Chicago, May 24, 1955. Originally Chess 1602.
Track 11 recorded in Chicago, November 3, 1955. Originally Chess 1612.
Tracks 12, 13 recorded in Chicago, December 1, 1956. Originally Chess 1652.
Track 14 recorded in Chicago, June 27, 1962. Originally Chess 1827.
Track 15 recorded in Chicago, April 9, 1964. Originally Chess 1895.
Track 16 recorded in Westport, Connecticut, October 1976. Originally on Blue Sky LP 34449, [m=29552].

Mastered at Universal Mastering - West, No. Hollywood, California.

Track 1 licensed courtesy of The Estate of McKinley Morganfield.
Tracks 2, 16 licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
Tracks 3 to 15 courtesy of [l878].
Barcode: 0 08811 32542 8
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L327
Mould SID Code: IFPI 7242
Matrix / Runout: DIDX-153375 1