Taj Mahal - 1971-05-23 - New York City, NY (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Fillmore East

Source:
MSBD reel @ 7 1/2 ips-> CDR->EAC->FLAC HDD

Goody's additional lineage:
dBpoweramp (WAV) > Cool Edit Pro (Tracking) > Trader's Little Helper (FLAC Level 8, ffp)

Taj Mahal - vocals, guitar, harmonica, fife, whistling
Hoshal Wright - guitar (replacing John Hall)
John Simon - piano
Billy Rich - bass
Greg Thomas or James Otey - drums
Kwasi "Rocky Dijon" Dzidzournu - congas
Howard Johnson - baritone sax, flugelhorn, tuba
Bob Stewart - trumpet, flugelhorn, tuba
Joseph Daley - valve trombone, tuba
Earl McIntyre - bass trombone, tuba

CD1
01 Unknown Title (uploader called it "TWANG SONG")
02 Fishin' Blues
03 Tom and Sally Drake
04 Good Mornin' Miss Brown
05 Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')
06 Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
07 Sweet Mama Janisse
08 You're Going to Need Somebody on Your Bond

CD2
01 Stealin'
02 John, Ain't It Hard
03 She Caught The Katy and Left Me A Mule To Ride
04 Diving Duck Blues
05 You Ain't No Street Walker Mama,Honey But I Sure Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff

Taj Mahal - 1989-04-11 - New York City, NY (SBD/FLAC) early show

(Soundboard FLAC)

Taj Mahal

1989.04.11 (early show)

Bottom Line, NYC

(Cassette sbd master)

The Recording:

Master: soundboard > sony TCD-5M cassette deck

Copy: master cassette > nakamichi cr-7A > sony SBM-1 > HHB CDR recorder

The Performers:

Taj Mahal: vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica

01. Big Legged Mommas Are Back In Style 04:13

02. Blues on the Ceiling 08:38

03. Bourgeois Blues 03:35

04. Stagger Lee 05:00

05. Cakewalk into Town 03:10

06. Fishin Blues 02:46

07. Come in My Kitchen 06:27

08. "Miss Etta Baker" instrumental tune" 05:16

09. Walkin' Blues 07:19

10. The Light Rain Blues 06:28

11. Sittin' On Top Of The World 03:56

12. - Audience intro Bill & Camille Cosby - 01:44

13. Ringin' on that Bell ??? 02:59

14. Blue Light Boogie (Louis Jordan) 06:01

Time 67:39

Jimi Hendrix with Taj Mahal - 1967-03-17 - Hamburg, DE (STU/FLAC)

(Studio FLAC)

Star Club

105. 1/7 Apt. Jam w/Taj Mahal
03/17/1967, Star Club

Can You See (demo)
Things I Used to Do (demo)

Maxell cassette -> Panasonic stereo -> Audacity -> Wave -> DBpowerAmp (Level 8, FLAC 5.1)

Side One
(46:57)
Side Two
(44:24)

Notes: I found this tape buried in my uncle's collection..and I have no idea what to make of it...

Taj Mahal - 1972-03-14 - Bryn Mawr, PA (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

The Main Point, 

Lineage:
Fm Radio (Re)Broadcast > Unknown Lineage > Cassette > Edirol Usb Ua-1Ex Audio Interface > Cool Edit > Cd Wave Editor > Traders Little Helper > Flac 

01 - Kalimba Song 
02 - Sweet Home Chicago 
03 - Eighteen Hammers 
04 - Going Up To The Country Paint My Mailbox Blue 
05 - Preaching Blues 
06 - Ain'T Nobody'S Business But My Own 
07 - Fannie May 
08 - Radio Announcer 
09 - ? (Cut In) 
10 - Ulysses S. Gregory > Tom And Sally Drake 
11 - ? 
12 - Talk 
13 - Fishin' Blues 
14 - Talk 
15 - Shake 'Em On Down 
16 - Corinna 

Notes:
Taken From Wxpn-Fn March 16,1982 Rebroadcast

Taj Mahal - 1985-02-21 - Cotati, CA (SBD/FLAC)

(soundboard FLAC)

Lineage:

soundboard > Sony high end desktop cassette deck (possibly a TC-K777 or TC-FX77) Maxell XLII-S90

transfer: 

Sony TC-K71 (Dolby off) > Sek'd Prodif Plus > Sound Forge 8 (24 bit, track, normalize to peak levels, BIAS Sound Soap noise reduction DX plug-in, bit-depth conversion to 16 bit, export to .wav files) > FLAC level 8 encoding align on sector boundaries. Not burned to cdr - no EAC.

1985 Feb. 21

Cotati Cabaret

[most of early show missing]

01 Long Gone (beginning cut) 05:14.374

02 "some information" 01:59.594

03 Corinna 05:41.728

(encore)

04 Take A Giant Step 04:47.928

[late show]

05 Johnny Too Bad 05:39.120

06 Queen Bee 04:02.467

07 (title?) 06:04.293

08 Freight Train 05:49.164

09 Dust My Broom 06:26.902

10 Candyman (end cut) 00:50.364

[tape flip]

11 CC Rider (beginning cut) 05:31.813

12 Cause I'm In Love With You 08:57.673

13 Walkin' Blues 08:06.674

14 Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue 06:20.344

15 (title?) 04:23.858

16 Rollin' And Tumblin' 06:10.731

TRT 1h26m6s

recorded and transferred by Easy Ed

Notes by the trader:

I think the original recording was made with Dolby off since the tape is not marked 'Dolby B or C on' as was my custom. Since it is a little hissy, I took the liberty of applying some very slight noise (hiss) reduction using BIAS Sound Soap. If anyone wants the recording without this processing please contact me and I'd be happy to oblige. I usually am against offering original recordings with any processing but I was very light-handed here, plus I am keeping a copy of the transfer without noise reduction should there be reason to do anything with it in the future.

The venue for this show was The Cotati Cabaret in Cotati, CA. It was a small club that held about 300 people. Cotati is a small town located about an hour north of San Francisco. The Cabaret was an outgrowth of another venue that had been across the street called The Inn of The Beginning, a resurrected version of which has since 'risen from the ashes' once or twice since the 80's.

Cotati is next to Sonoma State University, which was called Granola State University back in the days. SSU is where the great recording of Old & In The Way with Ramblin' Jack Elliott opening was made in 1973. There is a great poster of the O&ITW show, my copy of which is long gone :<(

Silver Wilburys - 1987-02-19 - Hollywood, CA (DVDfull aud-shot)

(DVDfull aud-shot)

Palomino Club

Lineage:
Tripod camcorder shot mint NTSC tape1st gen NTSC copyStandalone DVD copyCanon ZR 700iMovieHDiDVD5 -> DVD+R(2)

George Harrison
Bob Dylan
John Fogerty
Taj Mahal
Jesse Ed Davis
and the rest of Taj Mahal's band

01 - Further On Down The Road
02 - Matchbox
03 - Knock On Wood
04 - Midnight Hour
05 - Honey Don't
06 - Blue Suede Shoes
07 - Watching The River Flow
08 - Proud Mary
09 - Johnny B. Goode
10 - Hand Jive
11 - Peggy Sue
12 - Dizzy Miss Lizzy
13 - Lucille
14 - Twist And Shout

Taj Mahal - 1970-02-13 - Cincinnati, OH (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Ludlow's Garage

Taj Mahal - guitar, banjo, vocals
Jesse Edwin Davis - lead guitar
James Carston - drums
Bill Rich - bass

sbd>?>cdr>eac>shn>wav>flac

01 - The Big Fat (7:25)
02 - Diving Duck Blues (2:57)
03 - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (6:14)
04 - She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule To Ride (4:03)
05 - Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue (3:32)
06 - E.Z. Rider (4:37)
07 - Oh Susanna (9:07)
08 - Six Days On the Road (3:17)
09 - Farther On Down The Road (You Will Accompany Me) (5:28)
10 - Little Soulful Tune (6:52)
11 - Banjo Tunes (10:41)
12 - Band ItroductionsAin't Nobody Gonna Steal my Jelly Roll(cut) (4:20)
13 - (cut) Band ItroductionsAin't Nobody Gonna Steal my Jelly Roll (4:03)
14 - Done Change My Way of Livin (6:37)
15 - Yanamamalu (12:06)
16 - Bacon Fat (6:29)

Playlist length:
1 hour 37 minutes 48 seconds

Taj Mahal - 1986-02-09 - New York City, NY (SBD/FLAC) early show

(Soundboard FLAC)

Taj Mahal

1989.02.09 (early show)

Bottom Line, NYC

(Cassette sbd master)

The Recording:

Master: soundboard > sony TCD-5M cassette deck

Copy: master cassette > nakamichi cr-7A > sony SBM-1 > HHB CDR recorder

The Performers:

Taj Mahal: vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica

01 - / 01:12

02 - If I Ever Get Lucky 04:50

03 - Tuning 00:58

04 - Cakewalk Into Town 05:00

05 - "Political Cuomo Rap" 03:11

06 - Walkin' Blues 07:38

07 - Come On In To My Kitchen 09:32

08 - Stagger Lee 05:33

09 - Tuning 01:37

10 - 'Lil Red Rooster / 07:26

11 - / Going Up The Country 03:24

12 - Talking 07:56

13 - Take A Giant Step 04:05

Taj Mahal - 1971-01-16 - New York City, NY (SBD/FLAC) Late show

(Soundboard FLAC)

TAJ MAHAL

FILLMORE EAST,

NYC

JAN.16,1971

LATE SHOW

lineage

SB MASTER REEL > AUDIO CD > EAC > WAVE > FLAC

01 - I'M So Tired (?)

02 - Banjo Instrumental

03 - Good Morning Miss Brown

04 - Ain'T Gwine To Whistle Dixie Any Mo'

05 - Sweet Mama Janisse

06 - Going Up To The Country And Paint My Mailbox Blue

07 - Farther On Down The Road You Will Accompany Me

08 - You Ain'T No Street Walker Mama Honey But I Do Love The Way You Strut Your Stuff

09 - Diving Duck Blues

10 - Corinna

Taj Mahal - 1991-12-29 - Santa Cruz, CA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Taj Mahal

December 29, 1991

The Catalyst

Santa Cruz, California, USA

Soundboard Dat copied from cassette master.

Lineage: Soundboard cassette master > Dat

Transfer: Panasonic 3700 > Macintosh AudioMedia III card > Pro Tools (minor "nip and tuck" edits, normalization and tracking - no equalization or noise reduction) > AIFF > xACT (flac level 8 files with sector boundaries verified).

Taj Mahal - keyboards (D1-T02 & 03), acoustic guitar, harmonica, lead vocals

Marc Goodman - keyboards

Mark Jordan - keyboards, background vocals

Eric Bazilian - guitar

Doug Grigsby - bass

Andy Kravitz - drums

Carey Williams - background vocals and road manager

CD1 [55:06]

01 [00:26] tune ups, talk and crowd before first song of set

02 [03:50] Blues With A Feeling

03 [05:24] Big Legged Mamas Are Back In Style

04 [00:50] talk

05 [04:25] Stagolee

06 [06:14] Come On In My Kitchen

07 [01:21] band intros

08 [07:12] Strut [minor digi-noise in this song for a couple of seconds or so]

09 [06:07] Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue

10 [03:48] She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule To Ride

11 [05:21] Do I Love Her?

12 [05:21] Don't Call Us [cuts in]

13 [04:39] Everybody Is Somebody

14 [00:08] thanks before end of first set

CD2 [36:44]

01 [06:13] Ev'ry Wind In The River

02 [07:27] Leaving Trunk

03 [10:22] Queen Bee

04 [07:44] Checkin' Up On My Baby

05 [04:58] Scattered [cut]

The master was recorded by the sound man, not a dedicated taper, and is unfortunately all that exists since as far as I know a part 2 master was not recorded.  My Dat was copied from the cassette master soon after the show happened.

Due to low original record levels it's a bit hissy-sounding in a few quieter spots but when the music's going it all sounds fairly excellent - check the samples to decide for yourself.

Taj Mahal - 1985-12-15 - Albany, NY (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Taj Mahal (Solo)

El Loco (Mexican Cafe)

Albany,New York

12-15-1985

SBD Master Cassette Unknown Tape Deck

Tape From Floater,Transfer by Keo

Tape Maxell XLII-S 90

Transfer With Nakamichi MR-1>Korg MR-1000 @ 1 Bit/5.6 MHz

Tracking/Sample Rate Conversion/Metadata Tagging

With AudioGate Software To 32 Bit Float/96 kHz

Dithered/Flacked With Korg Aqua To 16/44

SBE's Checked/Fixed With Trader's Little Helper

Set 1

01 - Taj Talk/Last Show For 1985

02 - Statesboro Blues>

03 - If I Ever Get Lucky

04 - Dust My Broom

05 - Walkin' Blues

06 - CakeWalk Into Town

07 - Fishin' Blues

08 - My Creole Belle

09 - Stagger Lee (Tape Flip)

10 - Little Red Rooster

11 - Set Break Crowd

Set 2:

12 - Corrina

13 - Johnny Too Bad

14 - Freight Train>Railroad Bill

15 - Spoonful

16 - Come On In To My Kitchen

17 - Take This Hammer

18 - Baby You're My Destiny

19 - Crowd

Encore: (Missing From Tape)(Was In The db.etree Show ID)

Taj Mahal - 2000-12-14 - Berkeley, CA (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band

Fantasy Studio's

Berkeley, CA.

KFOG FM

Dec. 14, 2000

D/L'd this off one of the trackers awhile back. I re-tracked a portion of the show. Track 3 was actually two tracks. Really nice show with the Phantom Blues Band.

EAC > HD> TLH > you SBE's checked.

01 Intro

02 The Strut

03 EZ Rider

04 Don't Tell Me

05 Mailbox Blues

06 Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes

07 The Hoochi Coochi Coo

08 DJ Talk

09 She Caught The Katy

10 Corinna

11 Senor Blues

12 Outro

Taj Mahal - 2001-12-03 - Petaluma, CA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

12-03-01

Mystic Theatre, Petaluma, CA

soundboard > Sony DTC-700 DAT

Sony D8 (playback) > coax digital out > Sek'd Prodif Plus soundcard > Samplitude 2496 (resample to 44.1 Khz) > Sound Forge > CD Architect > Plextor 8/20 > master cdrs > EAC > FLAC level 8 encoding align on sector boundaries

CD1

01 - (introduction)

02 - Divin' Duck Blues

03 - Big Legged Mommas Are Back In Style Again

04 - Blues On The Ceiling

05 - Stagger Lee

06 - New Hula Blues

07 - Freight Train / Railroad Bill

08 - Catfish Blues

09 - Cakewalk Into Town

10 - Fishin' Blues

11 - My Creole Belle

12 - Sittin' On Top Of The World

13 - "her just due"

14 - Lovin' From My Baby's Eyes

15 - (fade out)

CD2

01 - "we speak 'Marcin"

02 - Corrina

03 - Went Up On The Mountain

04 - Ringing On That Bell

05 - Me & My Chauffer Blues

06 - Blues With A Feeling

recorded and mastered to cdr by Easy Ed

Taj Mahal - 2000-11-11 - Basel, CH (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Venue:
Festsaal Messe Basel

Event:
AVO Session

Source:
Swiss analog FM broadcast (SR DRS 3)

Equipment:
Technics Tuner ST Z55L > Technics Tape Deck RS-M255-X > TEAC Tape Deck W-6000R

Transfer:
Master Cassette > Creative Sound Blaster Extigy > Exact Audio Copy > Trader's Little Helper
Generation: WAV (16bit/44.1kHz) > FLAC (Level 8)

01. Honky Tonk
02. Think
03. EZ Rider
04. Hard Way
05. Stranger In My Own Home Town
06. The Hoochi Coochi Coo
07. Queen Bee
08. Senor Blues
09. Mailbox Blues
10. Irresistable You
11. Cheatin' On You
12. Rain From The Sky
13. Here In The Dark
14. Down Home Girl
15. The Hustle Is On

Encores
16. Mr. Pitiful
17. Ooh Poo Padooh
18. I Need Your Loving
19. She Caught The Katy

Taj Mahal - 1972-11-06 - Syracuse, NY (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Taj Mahal

The Jabberwocky

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

November 6, 1972

Master Reel > DAT > CDR (HHB CD800) > Audio Cleaning Lab 2004 (for track ID placement and level adjustment) > CDR (NEC CD-RW NR-9100A) > EAC > FLAC > You!

Taj Mahal: kalimba (African Thumb Piano), banjo, Mississippi National steel guitar

01. introduction (0:51)

02. "Kalimba Tune" (4:43)

03. Tom and Sally Drake (7:20)

04. Dust My Broom (5:08)

05. Cakewalk Into Town (3:27)

06. Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue (3:51)

07. Good Morning Little Schoogirl (4:51)

08. Done Changed My Way Of Living (5:17)

09. Fishing Blues (5:26)

10. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (3:53)

11. Fannie Mae (7:36)

12. Annie's Lover (4:26)

13. Put Your Foot On The Rock (8:09)

TT = 64:58

Though not up to the quality of the revelatory 1971 Fillmore East show with the Real Thing lineup, this solo acoustic show from the following year has more than its share of inspired moments to recommend it.  In addition to the many songs in the set which have become synonymous with Mr. Taj's career, songs like "Fannie Mae", "Annie's Lover" (which originally appeared on the solo disc of the Giant Step album LP) and "Put Your Foot On The Rock" - which appears to be a largely improvised performance - are joyous surprises.

Taj Mahal - 1996-11-01 - Bremen, DE (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Nordwestradio
Globale Dorfmusik Live

Lineage
FM (analog cable) - Audacity - xACT

Tony Braunagel: dr
Jon Cleary: p, keyb
Joe Daley: tuba
Howard Johnson: flh, tuba, bs
Earl McIntyre: tuba, flh
Bill Rich: b
Johnny Lee Schell: g
Bob Stewart: tuba
Taj Mahal: g; voc

01 Strut (Taj Mahal)
02 I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal, You (Trad., arr. Taj Mahal)
03 Further On Down The Road (Mahal, Davis, Gilmore, Blackwell)
04 Big Knee'd Gal (Taj Mahal)
05 Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') (Taj Mahal)
06 Diving Duck Blues (Sleepy John Estes, arr. Taj Mahal)
07 Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue (Taj Mahal)
08 John, Ain’t It Hard (Taj Mahal)
09 She Caught The Katey And Left Me A Mule To Ride (Taj Mahal, Yank Rachell)
10 You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (Blind Willie Johnson)

min 54:41

Taj Mahal - 1977-10-16 - Tokyo, JP (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundobard FLAC)

Lineage:
Unknown source >> trade cd >> EAC (wav) > TLH (flac) 

Takehisa Kosugi – electric violin, harmonica, voice, etc. 
Ryo Koike – electric double bass, santur, voice, etc. 
Yukio Tsuchya – tuba, percussion, etc. 
Seiji Nagai – trumpet, mini-Korg synthesizer, tympani, etc. 
Michihiro Kimura – mandolin, percussion, voice, etc. 
Tokio Hasegawa – percussion, voice, etc. 
Kinji Hayashi – electronic technique 

01 
02 

TT: 93 min 

Formed in 1969 by "six meta-music creators & one electronic engineer", this group created stunning cosmic music which was always entirely improvised. The ensemble regularly played throughout Japan and was best known for events such as playing all day at a beach in Kanagawa. In 1971, they made their first tour of Europe, meeting up with Don Cherry, among others. The following year, they returned, but with a twist. From Rotterdam, they drove an old Volkswaggon bus all the way to Pakistan, picking up santoor [a type of dulcimer instrument] on the way in Iran. Finding the border between Pakistan and India closed, they sold the bus and flew to India - finally travelling to the Taj Mahal. Upon 
their return to Japan, they played a benefit concert on July 15, 1972, to help pay for their return to the U.K. This concert was recorded and issued as the first of their two LPs. Though playing for television and radio many times, both in Japan and Europe, and playing many concert and festivals, their next record did not come until 1975. Recorded in August of 1974, this would prove to be the last official release by the group, which started to come apart later in 1975. After the group disbanded, almost all of the members stopped their involvement with music and disappeared. The notable exception was Takehisa Kosugi, who continues to be active to this day. Also, in recent years, the youngest member of the group, Seiji Nagai has returned from India and become active with electronic music again. In addition to these core members, the group was joined by occasional guests such as Hirokazu Sato and 

Taj Mahal - 1974-10-15 - Hempstead, NY (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

TAJ MAHAL – 1974-10-15 Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY

SOURCE: FM radio broadcast (WLIR)

LINEAGE: ?? > CD-R (2014 trade) > EAC > flac

01. introduction

02. Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue

03. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

04. Black Jack Davey

05. Why Did You Have To Desert Me

06. interview

07. Further On Down The Road

08. Stealin'

09. instrumental

10. Johnny Too Bad

11. Take A Giant Step

Taj Mahal - 1980-10-10 - Milan, IT (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Taj Mahal

Teatro Ciak, Milano, Italy

October 1980

Source

Soundboard > low generation cassette (courtesy of M.R. archives)

Transfer

Zoom H4n (16/44) > Sound Forge (tracking) > Wav > TLH (sbe aligned) Flac 8

01 Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie (Instrumental)

02 I Ain't Got Nobody

03 Queen Bee

04 Good Morning Miss Brown

05 Baby You're My Destiny

-- tape break --

06 Little Brown Dog

07 Stormy Monday

08 Blackjack Davey

09 Sugar Mama Blues

Total Time = 01:28:23

This is quite a rare recording from Taj Mahal, There isn't very many recordings from this time period.

Taj Mahal - 1998-09-04 - Chicago, IL (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Taj Mahal

1998.09.04

House Of Blues, Chicago

(CDR sbd master)

The Recording:

Master: soundboard > unknown CDR recorder

Clone: CDR master > tracks indexed > CDR clone

Personnel:

Taj Mahal: vocals, guitar, piano

+ The Phantom Blues Band

CD1 [46:08]

01. WXRT Intro > Honky Tonk (Bill Doggett) 06:30

02. Think (James Brown) 02:38

03. Hard Way 02:42

04. Irresistible You (Billy Lawson) 03:33

05. You Rascal You (Sam Theard) 07:34

06. Cheatin' On You 03:20

07. Queen Bee 05:51

08. Senor Blues (Horace Silver) 06:30

09. I'm Gonna Move Up To The Country,

Paint My Mailbox Blue 03:55

10. Stranger In My Own Home Town 03:31

CD2 [45:40]

11. Here In The Dark (fade) 00:28

12. Here In The Dark 03:00

13. Down Home Girl (Coasters) 05:26

14. The Hoochi Coochi Coo (Hank Ballard) 03:34

15. She Caught The Katy 03:41

16. The Hustle Is On (T-Bone Walker) 05:08

17. Mr. Pitiful 02:48

18. (continued) Mr. Pitiful 01:03

Encores:

19. Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes 03:48

20. Further On Down The Road (Bobby "Blue" Bland) 05:15

21. Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Jessie Hill) >

I Need Your Loving (Don Gardner & Dee De

Time 01:31:48