M- 1968 PROMO TAJ MAHAL - NATCH'L BLUES Delta Style

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          1968 CLEAN  360 Sound Columbia PROMOTIONAL !

                       Taj Mahal

              The Natch'l Blues

\                     USA - (360 Sound Columbia Records) = CS 9698 - PROMOTIONAL

Rare 1968 advance release PROMOTIONAL of areguably the **best** Taj Majal album...

Infact...This album is amazing. You  never hear the blues quite like Taj plays the blues.  "Corinna," "Ain't That A Lot of Love" are really great blues/rock hybrids, and they are among the standout tacks. A great thing about this album too is that it has a timeless feel, contemporary in any era - the hallmark of any great recording.

The blues never sounded so fresh as it does in "The Natch'l Blues" ...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 treading onto Otis Redding territory. "Ain't That a Lot of Love," 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'."

Good Morning Miss Brown

Corinna

I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll

Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue

Done Changed My Way of Living

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She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride

The Cuckoo

You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)

A Lot of Love

CONDITION: The cover: Solid M- top level with PROMO d.j. titles strip across bottom cover which only raises the albums value as limited promotional original from 40+ years ago. No seam splits, no bends, very collectible and quite RARE in this pressing

The vinyl: the 360 sound Columbia labels are clean as are the grooves on both sides, very shiny smooth and clean M- top level

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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