Takin' My Time

Original Release Date:  1973

Track Listing

• 1. You've Been in Love Too Long
• 2. I Gave My Love a Candle
• 3. Let Me In
• 4. Everybody's Cryin' Mercy
• 5. Cry Like a Rainstorm
• 6. Wah She Go Do
• 7. I Feel the Same
• 8. I Thought I Was a Child
• 9. Write Me a Few of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues
• 10. Guilty

Credits

• Taj Mahal: Bass, Guitar, Harmonica, Harp, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Bass (Acoustic)
• Van Dyke Parks: Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Inspiration
• Bonnie Raitt: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Vocals (Background), Handclapping, Bottleneck Guitar
• Marty Krystall: Horn
• Bob Hardaway: Horn
• Paul Barrére: Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
• Lowell George: Guitar, Slide Guitar
• John Hall: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background), Handclapping, Producer, Mellotron
• Jim Keltner: Drums
• Arnie Acosta: Mastering
• George Bohannon: Trombone, Horn Arrangements
• Oscar Brashear: Flugelhorn, Horn
• Bud Brisbois: Horn
• Ed Cherney: Remastering Supervisor
• Sam Clayton: Conductor, Conga
• Glenn Ferris: Horn
• Freebo: Bass, Tuba, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Fretless Bass
• Tom Gamache: Art Direction, Design
• John Haeny: Engineer
• Richard Heenan: Mixing
• Lee Herschberg: Remastering
• Milt Holland: Percussion, Tabla, Tambourine, Timbales, Claves, Shaker
• Kirby Johnson: Conductor, Horn Arrangements
• Earl Palmer: Drums
• Bill Payne: Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Joel Peskin: Horn
• Doug Sax: Mastering
• Tony Terran: Horn
• Ernie Watts: Saxophone, Sax (Soprano)
• Anthony Terran: Horn
• Carol Farhat: Handclapping
• Carl Huston: Handclapping
• Nat Seligman: Handclapping
• Sandy Kroopf: Art Direction, Design, Photography, Back Cover
• Jo Motta: Project Coordinator
• Mickey Dobó: Photography, Cover Photo