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Koko Taylor – vocals
Willie Dixon – double bass (A2-3, A6, B3-5), vocals (A5, B2, B5)
Buddy Guy – guitar (A2-3, A5-6, B1-5)
Johnny Shines – guitar (A2, B1, B4)
Matt “Guitar” Murphy – guitar (A2-3, B1, B3-4)
Johnny “Twist” Williams – guitar (A5, B2, B5)
Walter “Shakey” Horton – harmonica (A2, B1, B4)
Lafayette Leake – piano (A3, A5-6, B1, B3-5), organ (B2, B5)
Sunnyland Slim – piano (A2, B1, B4)
Jack Meyers – bass (A5, B1)
Gene “Daddy G” Barge – tenor saxophone (A5-6, B2, B5)
Donald Hankins – saxophone (A5)
Clifton James – drums (A2-3, A6, B1, B3-4)
Fred Below – drums (A5)
Unidentified musicians – various instruments (A1, A4, B2, B6)
Arranged by Willie Dixon, Gene Barge
Written by Morris Dollison (A1), Choice, Glover, Merriwether (A2), Willie Dixon (A3-5, B2-6), Betty James, Clarence Johnson (A6), Koko Taylor (B1)
1 LP, tip-on gatefold jacket printed on high-grade board
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12’’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings (QRP), Salina, Kansas, USA
Label : Chess Records – Acoustic Sounds Series / Chess Records 75 Series
Original Label : Chess Records
Recorded at Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois, in sessions between 1965 and 1969; “Wang Dang Doodle” recorded December 7, 1965; “Fire” and “Insane Asylum” recorded August 1967; “Love You Like a Woman,” “I Don’t Care Who Knows” and “Yes, It’s Good for You” recorded October 1968
Engineered by Ron Malo and Malcolm Chisholm
Produced by Willie Dixon
Mastered all-analog by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab
Liner notes by Don Kamerer
Originally released in 1969
Reissued in September 2026
Tracks:
Side A:
1. Love You Like a Woman
2. I Love a Lover Like You
3. Don’t Mess with the Messer
4. I Don’t Care Who Knows
5. Wang Dang Doodle
6. I’m a Little Mixed Up
Side B:
1. Nitty Gritty
2. Fire
3. Whatever I Am, You Made Me
4. Twenty-Nine Ways (To My Baby’s Door)
5. Insane Asylum
6. Yes, It’s Good for You
Reviews:
“Produced by Willie Dixon (who can intermittently be heard as a duet partner), the set is one of the strongest representations of the belter's Chess days available, with her immortal smash "Wang Dang Doodle," and the chunky "Twenty-Nine Ways," "I'm a Little Mixed Up," and "Don't Mess with the Messer." Top-flight session musicians on Taylor's 1965-1969 output included guitarists Buddy Guy, Matt Murphy, and Johnny Shines and saxman Gene "Daddy G" Barge.” AllMusic Review by Bill Dahl
Ratings:
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.37 / 5