TAJ MAHAL The Natch'l Blues - Original UK Mono LP on Direction/CBS - Al Kooper

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TAJ MAHAL

The Natch'l Blues

Original UK Mono LP released on Direction / CBS Records in 1968. Front-laminated sleeve.

8-63397 A1   /   8-63397 B1

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 "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'."

Tracks Are :-

Side One

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

Side Two

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

Released on 'Direction / CBS Records' in 1968

Catalogue No. 58-63397

Disc is in VG+ condition (some surface marks)

Sleeve is in EX condition (light wear)

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