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Deluxe Edition by: Koko Taylor List Price: $17.98 CD-Charts Price: $14.99 You Save: $2.99 (17%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0014551561026 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Alligator Records Manufacturer: Alligator Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Alligator Records Release Date: January 22, 2002 Studio: Alligator Records Sales Rank: 60522 MPN: 515610 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Koko Taylor's something of a deluxe edition herself. With a Cadillac of a voice that rumbles the earth and rattles the glassware, she reigns as the undisputed empress of the blues. Deluxe Edition, a retrospective of her 15 years with Alligator Records, may not include such classics as "I Got What It Takes" and the Willie Dixon-penned "Twenty-Nine Ways," but it does have "I'm a Woman," Taylor's answer to Muddy Waters, just to kick things off. Other highlights include "Born Under a Bad Sign"--a duet with Buddy Guy, of course. Much of Taylor's work in the 1970s included such duets, and here can also be found Carey Bell (on "Mother Nature"), Pinetop Perkins (on "Hey Bartender"), and B.B. King (on "Blues Hotel"). Everything on Deluxe Edition brims with Taylor's trademark attitude, the sass and toughness for which she's well known. Yet Taylor is capable of astonishing tenderness as well, as is borne out by "I'd Rather Go Blind" and "Time Will Tell." Though this collection boasts only one obligatory previously unreleased track, it's a doozy: "Man Size Job," simply put, kicks ass. Looks like Taylor's reign is in no danger whatsoever. --Genevieve Williams Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Some of Koko's bestI picked up this CD on a whim since I have most of her music on vinyl and I have to say for a CD its very very good. They really captured her energy, power and detail with this pressing. If your new to Koko pick up this CD, I am sure it won't be your last. Rating: - Koko Taylor musicThis was a gift for my daughter and she is thrilled with it. Koko at her best....SG Rating:  - Queen of Chicago Blues: Koko Taylor's Greatest Hits on Alligator, 1975-1999 Before marrying "Pops" Taylor, Koko Taylor was Memphis native Cora Walton. She had a number of hit songs on Chess records in the 1960s. After her time at Chess she went without a record label until she signed with Alligator Records; this 2002 collection is taken from those seven studio albums and one live album. DELUXE EDITION consists of 15 songs, including one live recording (track 8) and one previously unreleased track (track 7), recorded 1975-1999 (most from '78-'93). Disc packaged in clear jewel case; total running time: 64:07. Booklet includes track information, but it is not easily discerned. There is also a six-panel fold-out with a mini-poster on one side; the other side is an assortment of captioned photographs, a ... Read More: Rating:  - My God, That Voice!If you have stumbled across this page because you are looking for a great blues CD to add to your collection, then congratulations--you have found it. If you buy this CD, or any other CD by Koko Taylor, you will be rewarded with moving songs that hit you right in your gut. In other words, this is not background music. This is music for when you actually want to listen to music. Koko need only sing one note and I have chills from head to foot. Not a lot of artists can do that to me. This is the real thing. Rating: - ****1/2. A really nice samplerKoko Taylor has been hailed as "Queen of the Blues" for almost forty years. Born Cora Walton in Mississippi in 1935, she made her first recordings for Chess Records in Chicago, but signed with Bruce Iglauer's Alligator Records in 1975 when Chess went under. This 2002 compilation brings together 14 songs from her first seven Alligator albums. And the good people at Alligator have included a new song, of course...if they can make a few thousand diehard fans buy 14 songs they already have in order to get one new one, they'll do it. Still, "Deluxe Edition" is a really fine collection. The opening track is a somewhat predictable rip-off of Muddy Waters' "Mannish Boy", and a couple of numbers are a little bit too polished ... Read More: |
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