Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff

Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff is the fifth studio album by Taj Mahal.^[1] Tracks 1-7 were recorded live; tracks 8-11 are studio recordings. The album cover shows a photograph of Taj Majal and Mississippi John Hurt taken by David Gahr backstage at the Newport Folk Festival in July 1964.

Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff
Studio album by Taj Mahal
Released	1972
Genre	Blues, acoustic blues
Label	Columbia
Producer	Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal chronology
Happy Just to Be Like I Am (1971) Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff (1972) Oooh So Good 'n Blues (1973)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[2]
Record Collector	[3]
Rolling Stone	not rated [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Taj Mahal except as noted.

1. "Conch Intro" (not credited) – :30
2. "Kalimba" – 1:35
3. "Bound to Love Me Some" (Traditional) – 4:21
4. "Ricochet" – 4:17
5. "A Free Song (Rise Up Children Shake the Devil Out of Your Soul)" – 3:40
6. "Corinna" (Jesse Ed Davis, Taj Mahal) – 2:20
7. "Conch: Close" (not credited) – :33
8. "Cakewalk Into Town" – 2:32
9. "Sweet Home Chicago" (Traditional; Robert Johnson) - 6:45
10. "Texas Woman Blues" - 2:55
11. "Gitano Negro" - 8:30^[1]

Personnel

• Taj Mahal - steel-bodied guitar, kalimba, banjo, conch, hand claps, upright bass
• The Pointer Sisters - backing vocals on "Sweet Home Chicago" and "Texas Woman Blues"
• Howard Johnson - hand claps and tuba on "Cakewalk Into Town"^[5]

Technical

• David Brown, George Engfer - engineer^[5]

References

1. "Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff - Taj Mahal | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 2, 2019 – via Robertchristgau.com.
3. Croft, Mat (January 30, 2008). "Oooh So Good'n Blues/Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff". Album Reviews. Record Collector. No. 345.
4. Davis, Stephen (November 23, 1972).Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff, Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
5. "Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff - Taj Mahal | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2021.