Willie Dixon Willie's Blues 45PRM 2LP TEST PRESSING

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Willie Dixon and Memphis Slim Willie's Blues on 180g 45RPM 2LP set. Premium Audiophile Reissue from Analogue Productions. Mint. THIS IS AN ULTRA-RARE TEST PRESSING. NO COVER ART. Regular Analogue Productions edition long out of print.

This 45-RPM Test Pressing has a white label and comes in a plain white jacket with no cover art.
Since the early Fifties, Willie Dixon has been the studio kingpin of Chicago blues, having written, produced, and played bass on countless classics by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, Koko Taylor and many others. Dixon has always managed to find time away from the studio to work as a performer, slapping his upright bass and singing his own tunes in a highly compelling, conversational baritone. He was working the coffeehouse circuit with pianist Memphis Slim when he cut this, his first album as a leader, in 1959. Besides his unique interpretations of "Nervous" and "Built for Comfort," it includes eight lesser-known compositions from Dixon's prolific pen. It is unlike all other albums by Dixon, as he and Slim are accompanied not by the usual crew of Chicago blues players, but by a group of New York mainstream jazzmen, including tenor saxophonist Hal Ashby and guitarist Wally Richardson.

1.   Nervous 2.   Good Understanding 3.   That's My Baby 4.   Slim's Thing 5.   That's All I Want Baby 6.   Don't You Tell Nobody 7.   Youth To You 8.   Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues 9.   Built For Comfort 10.   I Got A Razor 11.   Go Easy 12.   Move Me