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]