On October 31, 1991, “Private Music” label released “Like Never Before”, the 17th Taj Mahal album. It was recorded in 1991, at “Studio 4 Recording”, “Paramount Recording Studios”, “Studio 55”, “Orca Studios”, “Platinum Island Studios”, “Criteria Recording Studios”, and was produced by Skip Drinkwater.
Personnel:
- Taj Mahal – vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica
- Hiram Bullock – guitar
- David Lindley – guitar, lap steel guitar
- Mark Tyler – guitar
- Paul Barrere – guitar
- Jerry Williams – guitar, backing vocals
- Eric Bazilian – acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin
- Sonny Rhodes – lap steel guitar
- Dr. John – piano
- Mark Goodman – electric piano, synthesizer
- Donald Robinson – keyboards
- Mark Jordan – piano, organ, synthesizer
- Jim Salomone – synthesizer
- Rob Hyman – organ, accordion
- Jerry Cohen – organ
- Doug Grisby – bass
- Tony Jones – bass
- Andy Kravitz – drums, percussion, castanets, tambourin
- Bill Summers – congas, percussion triangle, batas, guiro, percussion
- David Johnson – percussion, bells
- Phil Nicolo – cymbals, programming, engineer, mixing
- Richard Feldman – programming
- Rudy Costa – soprano saxophone
- Ron Kerber – alto saxophone
- Haywood Henry – alto saxophone, clarinet
- “Jammin” Jay Davidson – tenor and baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
- Claire Daly – tenor saxophone
- Ed Kalney, Gary McKeen – trumpet
- Jeff Lego – trombone
- Art Baron – trombone
- Howard Johnson – tuba, cornet, horn arrangements
- Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sheryl Crow, Porter Carroll, Augie Johanson, Greg Maha, Louis Patton, Reggie Ellis, Willie Green, Rob Hyman – backing vocals
- The Pointer Sisters (Anna, June, Ruth) – backing vocals
- DJ Jazzy Jeff – turntables
- Myric “Freeze” Guillory – washboard
- Joe Nicolo – engineer, mixing
- Bruce Weeden, John Moyer, Michael Schlesinger – additional engineering
- Brandon Harris, Doug DeAngelis, Steve McLoughlin, Christopher Thomas, Lou Catanzaro, Mark Schulz, Chris Furman, Kurt BuJack, Scott Blockland – engineer assistant
- Skip Drinkwater – mixing
- Greg Fulginiti – mastering
- Andy Van Dette, Ray Legnini, Scott Hall – digital editing
- Andy Bauer, Mark Goodman – guitars technician
- Larry Vigon – art direction, design
- Brian Jackson – design
- Chris Callis – photography
- Brooke Drinkwater, Robert L. Stephenson – production coordinator
- Jamie Cohen – executive producer
Track listing:
- Don’t Call Us – Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
- River of Love – Jimmy Scott, Porter Carroll, Richard Feldman
- Scattered – Mark Jordan, Patrick Dollahan, Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
- Ev’ry Wind (In the River) – Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
- Blues with a Feeling – Walter Jacobs
- Squat That Rabbit – Joe Nicolo, Taj Mahal
- Take All the Time You Need – Jerry Williams
- Love Up – John Martyn
- Cakewalk into Town – Taj Mahal
- Big Legged Mommas Are Back in Style – Taj Mahal
- Take a Giant Step – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
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