On October 31, 1991, “Private Music” label released “Like Never Before”, the 17^th 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:

1. Don’t Call Us – Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
2. River of Love – Jimmy Scott, Porter Carroll, Richard Feldman
3. Scattered – Mark Jordan, Patrick Dollahan, Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
4. Ev’ry Wind (In the River) – Richard Feldman, Taj Mahal
5. Blues with a Feeling – Walter Jacobs
6. Squat That Rabbit – Joe Nicolo, Taj Mahal
7. Take All the Time You Need – Jerry Williams
8. Love Up – John Martyn
9. Cakewalk into Town – Taj Mahal
10. Big Legged Mommas Are Back in Style – Taj Mahal
11. Take a Giant Step – Gerry Goffin, Carole King