Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff

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Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff
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Studio album by
Taj Mahal
Released 1972
Genre Blues, acoustic blues
Label Columbia
Producer Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal chronology
Happy Just to Be Like I Am
(1971)		Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff
(1972)		 Oooh So Good 'n Blues
(1973)
Professional ratings
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Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff is the fifth American blues studio album by Taj Mahal. [1] Tracks 1-7 were recorded live; tracks 8-11 are studio recordings. The album cover shows a photograph of Taj Majal and Mississippi John Hurt taken by David Gahr backstage at the Newport Folk Festival in July 1964.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Taj Mahal except as noted.

  1. "Conch Intro" (not credited) – :30
  2. "Kalimba" – 1:35
  3. "Bound to Love Me Some" (Traditional) – 4:21
  4. "Ricochet" – 4:17
  5. "A Free Song (Rise Up Children Shake the Devil Out of Your Soul)" – 3:40
  6. "Corinna" (Jesse Ed Davis, Taj Mahal) – 2:20
  7. "Conch: Close" (not credited) – :33
  8. "Cakewalk Into Town" – 2:32
  9. "Sweet Home Chicago" (Traditional; Robert Johnson) - 6:45
  10. "Texas Woman Blues" - 2:55
  11. "Gitano Negro" - 8:30 [1]

Personnel

Technical

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff - Taj Mahal | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved March 2, 2019– via Robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Croft, Mat (January 30, 2008). "Oooh So Good'n Blues/Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff". Album Reviews. Record Collector . No. 345.
  4. ↑ Davis, Stephen (November 23, 1972).Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff, Rolling Stone . Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff - Taj Mahal | Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved May 24, 2021.
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