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    Taj Mahal - Sing A Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1976-1978) {2CD Set, Rhino Handmade rel 2014}

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    Taj Mahal - Sing A Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1976-1978) {2CD Set, Rhino Handmade rel 2014}

    Taj Mahal - Sing A Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1976-1978) {2CD Set, Rhino Handmade rel 2014}
    EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 998 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 370 Mb
    Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 39 Mb | 5% repair rar
    © 1976-1978, 2014 Rhino Handmade / Warner | 603497 774920
    Blues / Folk Blues / Electric Country Blues / World / Contemporary Blues / Modern Acoustic Blues

    Mahal's stint with Warner Bros. was not among his most artistically productive, documenting an era in which he become preoccupied with fusing his brand of blues with Caribbean rhythms and steel drums. This double-CD set contains the entirety of three 1976-1978 LPs for the label, in addition to some unreleased material. Those three LPs – 1976's Music Fuh Ya (Musica Para Tu), 1978's Evolution (The Most Recent), and the 1977 soundtrack to the little-known film Brothers – form most of what's on this compilation. There's a sameness to Mahal's easygoing blues-on-the-beach approach, and a sometimes irritating reliance on Caribbean steel drums for color, that wears down the listener's attention span in such a large dose.
    Taj Mahal - Sing A Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1976-1978) {2CD Set, Rhino Handmade rel 2014}

    The highlights, though not that high, tend to be the times he cuts the Caribbean arrangements down to emphasize more of his blues roots ("Freight Train," "The Big Blues"), or at least go in some unexpected directions (the Dr. John-like "Southbound With the Hammer Down," the Mills Brothers tribute "The Four Mills Brothers," the good-timey jazz strut "Honey Babe"). For many inclined to check this out, the chief attractions will be the unreleased material, comprising seven live songs from a February 1977 show. It's well-recorded, repeating only two songs that are found as studio versions elsewhere on the set (both from Music Fuh Ya (Musica Para Tu)), but is no more exciting than (and similar to) everything else here.
    Taj Mahal - Sing A Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1976-1978) {2CD Set, Rhino Handmade rel 2014}


    tracklist:

    CD1
    From 'Music Fuh Ya (Musica Para Tu)'

    01 - You Got It
    02 - Freight Train
    03 - Baby, You're My Destiny
    04 - Sailin' Into Walker's Cay
    05 - Truck Driver's Two-Step
    06 - The Four Mills Brothers
    07 - Honey Babe
    08 - Curry

    Recorded Live 13 February 1977 At Ivanhoe Theatre In Chicago, IL (Previously Unissued)
    09 - Farther On Down The Road (You Will Accompany Me)
    10 - Freight Train
    11 - Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
    12 - Blackjack Davy
    13 - Truck Driver's Two-Step
    14 - Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
    15 - Johnny Too Bad

    Taj Mahal - Sing A Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1976-1978) {2CD Set, Rhino Handmade rel 2014}


    CD2
    From 'Brothers' Original Soundtrack

    01 - Love Theme In The Key Of D
    02 - Funky Butt
    03 - Brother's Doin' Time
    04 - Night Rider
    05 - Free The Brothers
    06 - Sentidos Dulce (Sweet Feelings)
    07 - The Funeral March
    08 - Malcolm's Song
    09 - David And Angela

    From 'Evolution (The Most Recent)'
    10 - Sing A Happy Song
    11 - Queen Bee
    12 - Lowdown Showdown
    13 - Muthafusticus Modernusticus
    14 - Why You Do Me This Way
    15 - Salsa De Laventille
    16 - The Big Blues
    17 - Highnite
    18 - Southbound With The Hammer Down

    Taj Mahal - Sing A Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1976-1978) {2CD Set, Rhino Handmade rel 2014}


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    Taj Mahal - Sing A Happy Song: The Warner Bros. Recordings (1976-1978) {2CD Set, Rhino Handmade rel 2014}



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