{"product_id":"koko-taylor-koko-taylor-chess-acoustic-sounds-series-lp","title":"Koko Taylor - Koko Taylor (Chess Acoustic Sounds Series Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChess Acoustic Sounds Series 180 Gram Vinyl in Tip-On Gatefold Jacket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKoko Taylor's self-titled 1969 album for Chess is her first entry in the Chess Records Acoustic Sounds Series, reissued here under catalog number ACHE 46720. The original analog tapes were remastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab and pressed on 180 gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings. The tip-on gatefold jacket carries the original front: Don Wilson's illustration of Taylor under a crescent moon, the Chess Stereo LPS 1532 banner, and the line \"Produced by Willie Dixon.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn Cora Ann Walton in 1928 and raised outside Memphis, Taylor moved to Chicago in 1952 and was singing in the city's blues clubs when Dixon heard her in 1962. She signed to Checker, the Chess subsidiary, in 1964. On December 7, 1965 she recorded his \"Wang Dang Doodle,\" which reached No. 4 on the Billboard R\u0026amp;B chart and No. 58 on the Hot 100, sold a million copies, and in 2023 entered the Library of Congress National Recording Registry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album gathers sessions from 1965 to 1968 at Ter Mar in Chicago, with Dixon producing and Gene Barge sharing the arrangements. Buddy Guy plays guitar on several tracks, alongside Walter \"Shakey\" Horton on harmonica, Lafayette Leake and Sunnyland Slim on piano, and Clifton James on drums. Dixon wrote eight of the twelve songs, including \"Twenty Nine Ways\" and \"Insane Asylum\"; \"Nitty Gritty\" is Taylor's own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChess's notes call her Chicago's undisputed Queen of the Blues. She went on to record nine albums for Alligator from 1975, won the 1985 Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album, collected 29 Blues Music Awards, entered the Blues Hall of Fame in 1997 and received a National Heritage Fellowship in 2004. She died in Chicago in June 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove You Like A Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Love A Lover Like You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Mess With The Messer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Don't Care Who Knows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWang Dang Doodle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'm A Little Mixed Up\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"7\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNitty Gritty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhatever I Am You Made Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwenty Nine Ways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInsane Asylum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYes, It's Good For You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 199957924306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.18.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Chess","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":48226576728222,"sku":"199957924306","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/koko-taylor-koko-taylor-180-gram-black-vinyl-uk-vinyl-lp-album-record-5792430-901784.jpg?v=1789977827","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/koko-taylor-koko-taylor-chess-acoustic-sounds-series-lp","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}