Koko Taylor: I Got What It Takes-1975 Alligator 1st Pressing Stereo 12" Record
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1975 Alligator 1st Pressing Stereo Release of Bandleader/Composer/Pioneering Blues Vocalist Koko Taylor Entitled I Got what It Takes, Produced by Bruce Iglauer, Koko Taylor and Joe Young, Engineered by Stu Black, Mixing Engineer Is Alan Hendler, Liner Notes by Amy "Atomic Mama" O'Neal, Special Thanks to Bob Koester of Delmark Records, Album Recorded at Sound Studios in Chicago - "The queen's first album for Alligator, and still one of her very best to date. A tasty combo sparked by guitarists Mighty Joe Young and Sammy Lawhorn and saxist Abb Locke provide sharp support as the clear-voiced Taylor belts Bobby Saxton's "Trying to Make a Living," and Magic Sam's "That's Why I'm Crying," her own "Honkey Tonkey" and "Voodoo Woman," and Ruth Brown's swinging "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean." - Terrific Personnel for the Sextet Features Legendary Composer Koko Taylor on Vocals, the Amazing Mighty Joe Young & the Brilliant Sammy Lawhorn on Guitar, Abb Locke on Sax, Bill Heid on Keyboards, Cornelius Boyson on Bass and Vince Chappelle on Drums! - Selections on Side A Are the Public Domain Song Trying to Make a Living, the Willie Dixon's I Got what It Takes, the Herb Lance/Charlie Singleton Standard Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean, Original Koko Taylor Composition Voodoo Woman, Koko Taylor/Willie Dixon's Be what You Want to Be & Koko Taylor Penned Honkey Tonkey - Tracks For Side B Are Luther Dixon/Al Smith's Big Boss Man, Otis Spann's Blues Never Die, Denise LaSalle's Find a Fool Bump Her Head, the Joe Josea Classic Happy Home and Magic Sam's That's Why I'm Crying - Used Copy, Cover Very Good++, Record Very Good++ - Stereo Recording, Product Code AL-4706 - California Residents Add 9.75% Sales Tax - International S & H Extra -
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