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Taj Mahal (hca, g); Jesse Edwin (g, p, arr); Al Kooper (org, p); Gary Gilmore (b); Chuck Blackwell, Earl Palmer (dr)
1. Good Morning Miss Brown
2. Corrina
3. I Ain?t Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll
4. Going Up The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
5. Done Changed My Way Of Living
6. The Cuckoo (alternate version)
7. She Caught The Katy and Left Me A Mule To
Ride
8. The Cuckoo
9. You Don?t Miss Your Water
10. Ain?t That A Lot of Love
11. New Stranger Blues
12. Things Are Gonna Work Out Fine
Re-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering,
Lyndhurst Hall, London Includes 3 bonus tracks not
on the original release: The Cuckoo (alternate
version), New Stranger Blues & Things Are Gonna
Work Out Fine. Taj Mahal's second album, recorded
in the spring and fall of 1968, opens with more
stripped-down Delta-style blues in the manner of
his debut, but adds a little more amplification
(partly courtesy of Al Kooper on organ) before
moving into wholly bigger sound on numbers like
'She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride'
and 'The Cuckoo' -- the latter, in particular,
features crunchy electric and acoustic guitars and
Gary Gilmore playing his bass almost like a lead
instrument, like a bluesman's answer to John
Entwistle. Most notable, however, may be the two
original closing numbers, 'You Don't Miss Your
Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)' and 'Ain't That a
Lot of Love,' which offer Taj Mahal working in
the realm of soul and treading onto Otis Redding
territory. This is particularly notable on 'You
Don't Miss Your Water,' which achieves the
intensity of a gospel performance and comes
complete with a Stax/Volt-style horn arrangement
by Jesse Ed Davis that sounds more like the real
thing than the real thing. 'Ain't That a Lot of
Love,' by contrast, is driven by a hard electric
guitar sound and a relentless bass part that
sounds like a more urgent version of the bassline
from the Spencer Davis Group's 'Gimme Some
Lovin'.' This LP reissue includes a trio of bonus
tracks: a faster-paced rendition of 'The Cuckoo'
with a more prominent lead guitar, the slow
electric lament 'New Stranger Blues' featuring
some good mandolin-style playing on the guitar,
and the rocking instrumental 'Things Are Gonna
Work Out Fine,' which is a killer showcase for
Davis' lead electric guitar and Taj Mahal's
virtuosity on the harmonica. Bruce Eder/AMG
Personnel: Taj Mahal, Harp(Harmonica) and Miss
'National? Steel-bodied guitar. Jesse Edwin Davis,
Guitar, Piano and Brass arrangements. Gary
Gilmore, Bass. Chuck Blackwell, Drums & also Al
Kooper, Piano. Earl Palmer, Drums.
Kat.č.: PP 9698 (LP - audiofilský vinyl), Pure Pleasure , cena: 899.00 Kč, EAN: 5060149621165 skladem: 0ks, expedujeme do 2-40 dnů