Rising Sons – Rising Sons - Ry Cooder Taj Mahal

 

 

 

Groucho Records LTD MAR-X 38501 (USA – year unknown)

Limited Edition N° 216

 Musicians as listed on this bootleg LP back cover:

 

Ry Cooder (guitar)

Taj Mahal (guitar)

Jesse Lee Kincaid (vocals)

Gary Marker (bass)

Ed Cassidy (drums)

Kevin Kelly (drums)

 

Musicians as listed on the official 1992 Columbia CD booklet:

 

Taj Mahal (vocals, harmonica, guitar, piano)

Ry Cooder (vocals, 6- and 12-string guitar, mandolin, slide and bottleneck guitar, dobro)

Jesse Lee Kincaid (vocals, guitar)

Gary Marker (bass)

Kevin Kelley (drums, percussion)

Ed Cassidy (drums)

 

Produced by Terry Melcher

 

Recorded in 1965 - 1966

This band released one single only in 1966 while in existence: “Candy Man” backed with “The Devil’s Got My Woman”. But they recorded many other tracks (produced by Terry Melcher) for an LP that remained unreleased. Some of these other tracks were officially released in 1992 on CD (Columbia / Legacy CK 52828 – 22 tracks), and on vinyl in 2001 (Sundazed LP5054 – 12 tracks). But an 18 track unofficial CD was released earlier (ISRAPHON ISR 009 CD – year unknown), and even earlier, tracks were first released on a bootleg LP (Groucho Records MAR-X 38501 – 17 tracks mentioned on back cover but only 16 tracks on vinyl itself). What you have here is a fresh vinyl rip of the latter, my Groucho Records LP.

When the bootleggers laid their hands on the tape, the song titles were unknown so they guessed them. Many are wrong on the LP rear cover. Here are the song titles ment ... Read more »