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The Real Thing (Taj Mahal album)

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Released
  
1971 (CD in 2000)

Artist
  
Taj Mahal

Producer
  
David Rubinson

Genre
  
Blues

Length
  
66:51

Release date
  
1971

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Recorded
  
February 13, 1971, Fillmore East, New York City

The Real Thing (1971)
  
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Similar
  
Taj Mahal albums, Blues albums

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The Real Thing is a double live album by Taj Mahal, released in 1971. It was recorded on February 13, 1971 at the Fillmore East in New York City and features Taj Mahal backed by a band that includes four tuba players.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Taj Mahal unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Fishin' Blues" (Henry Thomas) – 2:58
  2. "Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')" (Chuck Blackwell, Jesse Ed Davis, Gary Gilmore, Taj Mahal) – 9:11
  3. "Sweet Mama Janisse" – 3:32
  4. "Going Up to the Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue" – 3:24
  5. "Big Kneed Gal" – 5:34
  6. "You're Going to Need Somebody on Your Bond" (Blind Willie Johnson) – 6:13
  7. "Tom and Sally Drake" – 3:39
  8. "Diving Duck Blues" (Sleepy John Estes) – 3:46
  9. "John, Ain' It Hard" – 5:30
  10. "She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" (Taj Mahal, Yank Rachell) – 4:08
  11. Omitted from the vinyl issue, added to 2000 CD issue. Studio recording appears on The Natch'l Blues (1968).
  12. "You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey but I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff" – 18:56

Personnel

  • Taj Mahal – Vocals, blues harp, chromatic harmonica, National steel-bodied guitar, five-string guitar (banjo), fife
  • Howard Johnson – Tuba (BB♭, F), flugelhorn, baritone saxophone, brass arrangements
  • Bob Stewart – Tuba (CC), flugelhorn, trumpet
  • Joseph Daley – Tuba (BB♭), valve trombone
  • Earle McIntyre – Tuba (E♭), bass trombone
  • Bill Rich – Electric bass
  • John Simon – piano, electric piano
  • John Hall – Electric guitar
  • Greg Thomas – Drums
  • Kwasi "Rocky" DziDzournu – Congas
    • Technical
  • Tim Geelan, Glen Kolotkin, Frank Abbey, Jerry Smith - engineer
  • Anna Hornisher - cover, artwork, design
  • Irene Harris - cover photography

    • Songs

    1Fishin' Blues2:58
    2Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')9:11
    3Sweet Mama Janisse3:32

    References

    The Real Thing (Taj Mahal album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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