Name: Koko Taylor
Brand: Chess (USA)
SKU: 8810
Price: 47.32 SGD
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Koko Taylor

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Album: Koko Taylor
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Love You Like A Woman	More Info...	2:11
2)	I Love A Lover Like You	More Info...	2:48
3)	Don't Mess With The Messer Album Version	More Info...	2:48
4)	I Don't Care Who Knows Single Version	More Info...	2:15
5)	Wang Dang Doodle Single Version	More Info...	3:03
6)	I'm A Little Mixed Up Album Version	More Info...	2:43
7)	Nitty Gritty	More Info...	2:47
8)	Fire Single Version	More Info...	2:33
9)	Whatever I Am, You Made Me Album Version	More Info...	2:30
10)	Twenty-Nine Ways (To My Baby's Door) Album Version	More Info...	3:15
11)	Insane Asylum Single Version	More Info...	4:24
12)	Yes, It's Good For You	More Info...	2:44
13)	Love Sick Tears	More Info...	2:47
14)	He Always Knocks Me Out	More Info...	3:05

Album: Koko Taylor
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Love You Like A Woman	More Info...	2:11
2)	I Love A Lover Like You	More Info...	2:48
3)	Don't Mess With The Messer Album Version	More Info...	2:48
4)	I Don't Care Who Knows Single Version	More Info...	2:15
5)	Wang Dang Doodle Single Version	More Info...	3:03
6)	I'm A Little Mixed Up Album Version	More Info...	2:43
7)	Nitty Gritty	More Info...	2:47
8)	Fire Single Version	More Info...	2:33
9)	Whatever I Am, You Made Me Album Version	More Info...	2:30
10)	Twenty-Nine Ways (To My Baby's Door) Album Version	More Info...	3:15
11)	Insane Asylum Single Version	More Info...	4:24
12)	Yes, It's Good For You	More Info...	2:44
13)	Love Sick Tears	More Info...	2:47
14)	He Always Knocks Me Out	More Info...	3:05

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Koko Taylor (vocals); Johnny "Twist" Williams, Matt Murphy, Buddy Guy (guitar); Walter Horton (harmonica); Gene Barge, Donald Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew, Lafayette Leake (piano, organ); Willie Dixon (bass, background vocals); Jack Myers (bass); Clifton James, Fred Below (drums).
Reissue producer: Andy McKaie.
Recorded between December 7, 1965 and April 23, 1969. Originally released on Chess (1532). Includes liner notes by Bill Dahl.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
The drawing on the cover of Koko Taylor's self-titled 1969 debut album recalls the pictures that decorated 78 sleeves, advertisements, and sheet music for Bessie Smith and the other early blues mamas, linking Taylor to her musical heritage. However, the record itself was a very contemporary affair. Collecting singles reaching back as far as Taylor's '65 hit "Wang Dang Doodle" (an absolutely classic single) and featuring the cream of her Chess Records crop, KOKO TAYLOR is prime late-'60s Chicago blues. The difference between this rollicking music, the R&B records made in Muscle Shoals for Stax/Volt, and the rock & roll on the early Rolling Stones and Pretty Things albums is primarily a matter of the age and ethnicity of its makers--musically, it's all directly related. The CD reissue includes two previously unreleased bonus tracks, "Love Sick Tears" and "He Always Knocks Me Out."

Professional Reviews

Living Blues (7-8/01, p.77) - "...An exemplary reissue. Any fan of Koko's will want to check this out..."