In March 1975, “Blue Note” label released “Mind Transplant”, the third Alphonse Mouzon studio album. It was recorded in December 1974, at “Wally Heider Sound Studio III” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Skip Drinkwater.
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
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