Monday, April 19, 2010

Koko TAYLOR - I Got What It Takes 1977

Koko TAYLOR- I Got What It Takes 1977
1997 Issue. MCD 09328

Blues

With 18 tracks spanning 1964-1971, this compilation receives the nod over the shorter Koko Taylor (eight cuts double off anyway). Opening with her nails-tough "I Got What It Takes," the disc boasts "Wang Dang Doodle," several sides never before on album, and the strange, previously unissued "Blue Prelude." Four 1971 tracks from Taylor's tough to find second Chess album, Basic Soul, are also aboard (including "Bills, Bills and More Bills" and her queenly version of "Let Me Love You Baby"). Producer Willie Dixon's guiding hand is apparent everywhere. By Bill Dahl, All Music Guide.
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Willie Dixon- (Bass), (Vocals),
Buddy Guy- (Guitar),
Big Walter Horton- (Harmonica),
Matt "Guitar" Murphy- (Guitar),
Louis Myers- (Guitar),
Robert Nighthawk- (Guitar),
Koko Taylor- (Vocals),
Gene Barge- (Tenor Sax),
Dillard Crume- (Bass),
Fred Below- (Drums),
Bob Crowder- (Drums),
Al Duncan- (Drums),
Donald Hankins- (Saxophone),
Clifton James- (Drums),
Lafayette Leake- (Piano),(Keyboards), 
Jack Meyers- (Bass),
Muddy Waters- (Vocals),
Louis Satterfield- (Bass),
Sunnyland Slim- (Piano),
John Williams- (Guitar),
Dave Meyers- (Electric Bass),
Rufus Grume- (Guitar),
Dennis Miller- (Guitar).
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Track 1 taken from Checker single 1092.
Track 2 taken from Chess LP 1532 "Koko Taylor".
Track 3 taken from Chess LP 1532 "Koko Taylor".
Track 4 taken from Chess LP 1532 "Koko Taylor".
Track 5 taken from Checker single 1135.
Track 6 taken from Checker single 1174.
Track 7 taken from Checker single 1166.
Track 8 taken from Checker single 1166.
Track 9 taken from Chess LP 1532 "Koko Taylor".
Track 10 taken from Chess LP 1532 "Koko Taylor".
Track 11 taken from Checker single 1210.
Track 12 taken from Chess LP 1532 "Koko Taylor".
Track 13 is previously unreleased.
Track 14 taken from Chess LP 1532 "Basic Soul".
Track 15 taken from Chess LP 1532 "Basic Soul".
Track 16 taken from Chess LP 1532 "Basic Soul".
Track 17 taken from Chess LP 60015 "Blues Rock Avalanches - The Montreaux Festival".
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01. I Got What It Takes (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor) (3:08)
02. Don't Mess with the Messer (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor) (2:45)
03. Whatever I Am, You Made Me (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor) (2:28)
04. I'm a Little Mixed Up (Edward Johnson, Betty James Koko Taylo) (2:42)
05. Wang Dang Doodle (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor) (3:01)
06. (I Got) All You Need (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor) (2:18)
07. Love Me (Willie Dixon Koko Taylo) (2:48)
08. What Came First the Egg or the Hen (Willie Dixon Koko Taylo) (2:28)
09. Insane Asylum  (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor) (4:22)
10. Fire (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor) (2:35)
11. I Don't Care Who Knows (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor) (2:13)
12. Twenty-Nine Ways to My Baby's Door (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor) (3:13)
13. Blue Prelude (Gordon Jenkins, Joe Bishop Koko Taylor) (3:32)
14. I Need More and More (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor) (2:44)
15. Um Huh My Baby (Willie Dixon, Harold Barrage Koko Taylor) (3:52)
16. Bills, Bills and More Bills (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor) (2:52)
17. Let Me Love You Baby (Willie Dixon, James Ingram Koko Taylor) (2:48)
18. Untitled  (Willie Dixon Koko Taylor, Muddy Waters) (6:24)
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