Original Album Classics (Remastered)

~ Release by Taj Mahal (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

3 × CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mini Vinyl Sleeves
Box Set, Compilation, Slipcase

Annotation last modified on 2020-12-28 12:53 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD: Taj Mahal
#TitleRatingLength
1Leaving Trunk
bass:
James Thomas (US West Coast arranger, producer, sax player, bassist)
drums (drum set):
Sanford Konikoff
guitar [lead guitar]:
Jesse Edwin Davis
harp:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
arranger:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
cover recording of:
Milk Cow Blues (John Estes' version, aka Leaving Trunk)
lyricist and arranger:
Sleepy John Estes
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Peermusic (UK) Limited
version of:
Milk Cow Blues
4:51
2Statesboro Blues
bass:
James Thomas (US West Coast arranger, producer, sax player, bassist)
drums (drum set):
Sanford Konikoff
guitar [lead guitar]:
Jesse Edwin Davis
harp:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
arranger:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
cover recording of:
Statesboro Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
3:00
3Checkin’ Up on My Baby
guitar [lead guitar] and piano:
Jesse Edwin Davis
cover recording of:
Checkin’ Up on My Baby
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Peer Music (“Peermusic—the global independent”)
4:55
4Everybody’s Got to Change Sometime
bass:
James Thomas (US West Coast arranger, producer, sax player, bassist)
drums (drum set):
Sanford Konikoff
guitar [lead guitar]:
Jesse Edwin Davis
harp:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
cover recording of:
Everybody Oughta Make a Change
lyricist and composer:
Sleepy John Estes
2:57
5E Z Rider
bass:
James Thomas (US West Coast arranger, producer, sax player, bassist)
drums (drum set):
Sanford Konikoff
guitar [lead guitar]:
Jesse Edwin Davis
harp:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
3:04
6Dust My Broom
bass:
Gary Gilmore (Bassist, not the criminal)
drums (drum set):
Charles Blackwell (drummer)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Jesse Edwin Davis
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Bill Boatman
harp:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
cover recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music (world and ethnic music label), Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
2:39
7Diving Duck Blues
bass:
Gary Gilmore (Bassist, not the criminal)
drums (drum set):
Charles Blackwell (drummer)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Jesse Edwin Davis
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Bill Boatman
arranger:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
cover recording of:
Diving Duck Blues
lyricist and composer:
John Estes
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
2:42
8The Celebrated Walkin’ Blues
harp and slide guitar:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
mandolin:
Ryland Cooder
arranger:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
cover recording of:
Walking Blues
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
King of Spades Music and Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd.
8:52
2▼CD: The Natch’l Blues
#TitleRatingLength
1Good Morning Miss Brown
3:17
2Corinna
3:04
3I Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll
3:15
4Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
3:38
5Done Changed My Way of Living
7:05
6She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
bass:
Gary Gilmore (Bassist, not the criminal) (from 1968-05 until 1968-10)
harmonica and steel guitar and lead vocals:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician) (from 1968-05 until 1968-10)
piano:
Al Kooper
brass arranger:
Jesse ‘Ed’ Davis
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
recording of:
She Caught the Katy (and Left Me a Mule to Ride) (from 1968-05 until 1968-10)
writer:
James Rachell and Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
3:30
7The Cuckoo
4:16
8You Don’t Miss Your Water (’til Your Well Runs Dry)
cover recording of:
You Don’t Miss Your Water
lyricist and composer:
William Bell
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
4:27
9A Lot of Love
4:11
10The Cuckoo (alternate version)
3:22
11New Stranger Blues
5:41
12Things Are Gonna Work Out Fine
3:17
3▼CD: Mo’ Roots
#TitleRatingLength
1Johnny Too Bad
cover recording of:
Johnny Too Bad
lyricist and composer:
Delroy Wilson
writer:
Winston Bailey, Hylton Beckford and Derrick Leapold Crooks (reggae artist aka "Crooks", founder of "The Slickers")
publisher:
EMI Songs and Universal/Island Music Ltd. (for music publishing use only, formerly Island Music Ltd.)
3:17
2Blackjack Davey
3:43
3Big Mama
4:42
4Cajun Waltz
6:02
5Slave Driver
2:44
6Why Did You Have to Desert Me?
5:54
7Desperate Lover
2:46
8Clara (St. Kitts Woman)
4:35