Taj Mahal – The Hidden Treasures Of Taj Mahal 1969-1973 (2012/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:17:20 minutes | 847 MB | Genre: Blues
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Booklet, Front cover | © Columbia – Legacy
Harlem folkie wonder-cum-Chicago Blues badass Taj Mahal gets the legend treatment for his 70th birthday: Columbia has decided to honor the singer/songwriter/storytellers back pages with a hidden treasures release. Its a long, sweaty affair. Underlying it all, and no matter the kind of music hes playing, when Mahal sings he comes on like the black Bob Dylan: unmannered, guttural, loose but bold, toying with beginnings and endings of lines, at once interpretive of the masters but unlike anything heard before. If you prefer your Soul music with some gristle, and maybe fried in some -Bacon Fat,î then these rarities from early-era Taj is just the ticket.
Tracklist:
01. Chainey Do
02. Sweet Mama Janisse (1970 Version)
03. Yan-Nah Mama-Loo
04. Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day (1970 Version)
05. I Pity the Poor Immigrant
06. Jacob’s Ladder
07. Ain’t Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo’)
08. Sweet Mama Janisse
09. You Ain’t No Street Walker Mama, Honey but I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff
10. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
11. Shady Grove
12. Butter
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