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Natch'l Blues [CASSETTE] [Original recording remastered, Import]

Taj Mahal | Format: Audio Cassette
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Audio Cassette (5 Sep 2000)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered, Import
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B00004XSUV
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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1. Good Morning Miss Brown
2. Corrina
3. I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll
4. Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
5. Done Changed My Way of Living
6. She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)
7. Cuckoo
8. You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til You Well Runs Dry)
9. Ain't That a Lot of Love
10. Cuckoo [Alternate Version][#][*]
11. New Strangers Blues [#][*]
12. Things Are Gonna Work Out Fine [#][*]

Product Description

Mojo

"In the guitarist-singer's vast canon of recorded output, this ranks near the summit...Mahal's authority at 26 really quite outstanding."

Q Magazine

"Backed by a crack session band, including the guitarist Jesse Ed Davis, the second album from Taj Mahal is a quality item."
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Docendo Discimus TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Henry St. Clair Fredericks' first album, the eponymous "Taj Mahal", was a stripped-down collection of superbly produced acoustic Delta blues, and his second album, "The Natch'l Blues", opens with more of the same.
But the scope quickly broadens, as Al Kooper is added on organ, and the album then moves on to a much bigger sound, as Taj Mahal is backed by a full electric combo on songs like "The Caught The Katy" and "The Cuckoo", and a soul-rendition of "You Don't Miss Your Water".

Depending on your taste, this album is either better than its predecessor because of its greater variety, or slightly lesser because it lacks some of the originality and the sparse, "bluesy" feel of "Taj Mahal".
The slightly stereotypical soul of "You Don't Miss Your Water" and "Ain't That A Lotta Love" may not be to everybody's liking, but Taj Mahal's rendition of "She Caught The Katy", and his own "Corrina", "I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll", "Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue", and the jazzy "Good Morning Miss Brown" are all excellent, as is the band and the clear, uncluttered production.

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If you ignore 'The Rising Sons' as a collection of previously unreleased studio out-takes, following your first album 'Taj Mahal' without the wonderful Ry Cooder on guitar would have been a scary prospect for most artists, but not for Taj! While Cooder was absent recording his own (and contributing to a virtual who's who of 70's blues, rock and country) albums and declining a place in the Rolling Stones after teaching Keith Richards the wonders of openG guitar tuning, Taj Mahal simply recruited Jesse Ed Davis!
Davis' excellent playing helped Taj Mahal present us with something amazing - a glimpse of what it might have been like (if recording had been of this quality) to hear the best elderly blues musicians in their much younger days.
If you like blues and soul, and you allow this album to grow on you, it could well demand a place in your top twenty - trust me, it's that good!
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By DaveG
Format:Audio CD
This was the first Taj album I bought so I didn't realise that it was perhaps a bit of a departure from his style at that time.

Despite the attempts to "produce" most of the tracks survive and the rawness of his early style battles through. Interesting to note that just about the only real blues in "The Blues Brothers" is "She Caught the Katy"

The USA version has been re-mastered with new tracks, perhaps this will be available soon and make this easier to get. If the the first and third are in your collection buy it when you can.
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