Allen Toussaint - The Complete Warner Recordings (2003) {2CD Set, Rhino Handmade ‎RHM2 7831 rec 1971-1975}

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Allen Toussaint - The Complete Warner Recordings (2003) {2CD Set, Rhino Handmade ‎RHM2 7831 rec 1971-1975}
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© 1971-75, 2003 Rhino Handmade / Warner Music | ‎RHM2 7831
R&B / Soul / New Orleans R&B / Smooth Soul / Southern Soul

Allen Toussaint is a legend who wrote and produced some of the greatest songs in New Orleans R&B history, but his career as a recording artist is hardly legendary. He didn't record all that much and what he did wax is overshadowed by his compositions and productions – which, admittedly, is understandable given the work he did with the Meters, Lee Dorsey, Aaron Neville, Ernie K-Doe, the Band, LaBelle, Irma Thomas, and many others. But not being legendary is hardly the same thing as not having merit, and Rhino Handmade's 2003 double-disc set The Complete Warner Recordings makes a convincing case that Toussaint's three albums for Warner and Reprise are among the best hidden treasures in soul music.

These three albums – which are augmented by a very different single version of "Country John" and a full live concert originally released in part on Rhino's 1989 various-artists collection New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 1976 (although it apparently was recorded in Philadelphia in 1975), here presented in its entirety on the second disc – represent the longest period of recording Toussaint had as a solo artist. He cut The Wild Sound of New Orleans by Tousan in 1958, at the peak of rock & roll and R&B's chart success (this material is collected on Bear Family's The Complete "Tousan" Sessions), but throughout the '60s he devoted himself to behind-the-scenes work before getting the chance to record his own albums in the early '70s, starting with Toussaint (later retitled From a Whisper to a Scream for a U.K. reissue), cut for Scepter Records in 1970. He then moved to Warner, where he recorded three albums – 1972's Life, Love and Faith, 1975's Southern Nights, 1978's Motion – that largely went unheard outside of New Orleans R&B and soul circles. Apart from a few import and quasi-legal budget-line reissues, these albums remained out of print for years, only surfacing as selections on the excellent 1991 CD The Allen Toussaint Collection, which expertly summarizes these records. Such is the neglect bestowed upon these three records; even in his otherwise fine liner notes for The Complete Warner Recordings, Billy Vera glosses over these albums, spending about a page on them and never going into detail. All this means is that the music needs to speak for itself, which it certainly can do. Toussaint did something very interesting with his Warner recordings. He stayed grounded in the earthy New Orleans R&B and funk that had been his bread and butter for many a year, but he spun it differently, bringing it in line with the smooth soul coming out of places like Philadelphia in the '70s, tempering it with a bit of a gloss borrowed from Los Angeles troubadours, yet retaining that distinctly Southern feel. Each album shares that sound, with each song clearly identifiable as the work of Allen Toussaint, but each has its own feel.



Life, Love and Faith is the strongest and funkiest of the bunch, a Southern soul spin on West Coast singer/songwriter albums that is an excellent expansion of his signature sound. Southern Nights is Toussaint's album rock album, complete with a hazy theme and trippy instrumental interludes. Motion is his smooth commercial soul album, recorded with L.A. studio pros at Warner's insistence. The live album finds Toussaint returning to the basics of his music, which is at once earthy and sophisticated. While each of the albums apart from Life, Love and Faith might have a flaw – Southern Nights is a bit unfocused, Motion a bit too slick, the live material can meander – these are minor issues since there's such a wealth of wonderful music here. Toussaint has an easy, relaxed touch to his performances that enhances the sly elegance of his writing, whether it's on ballads like "With You in Mind" and the gorgeous "What Do You Want the Girl to Do?" or intricate funk like "Victims of the Darkness" and the dynamic, layered "Last Train," or such idiosyncratic spins on classic New Orleans R&B like "Brickyard Blues" and "Shoo-Ra," the latter two taken from the live set. These are just a few of the many sublime moments on The Complete Warner Recordings – moments so good, it's hard to believe that these albums have gone underappreciated for so long. Since this set is limited to 2,500 copies and only available through rhinohandmade.com, this doesn't necessarily rectify the situation – after all, that's hardly a wide distrubition (then again, as Paul Gayten quoted in Vera's liner notes, "New Orleans music is the greatest in the world, but it just doesn't sell to the mass public") – but anybody who loves soul music and New Orleans R&B needs to own this priceless set.


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Track Listing

Disc: 1

1. Victims Of The Darkness
2. Am I Expecting Too Much
3. My Baby Is The Real Thing
4. Goin' Down
5. She Once Belonged To Me
6. Out Of The City [Into Country Life]
7. Soul Sister
8. Fingers And Toes
9. I've Got To Convince Myself
10. On Your Way Down
11. Gone Too Far
12. Electricity
13. Last Train
14. Worldwide
15. Back In Baby's Arms
16. Country John
17. Basic Lady
18. Southern Nights
19. You Will Not Lose
20. What Do You Want The Girl To Do?
21. When The Party's Over
22. Cruel Way To Go Down
23. Country John (Remastered Single Version)



Disc: 2
1. Night People (Remastered Version)
2. Just A Kiss Away (Remastered Version)
3. With You In Mind (Remastered Version)
4. Lover Of Love (Remastered Version)
5. To Be With You (Remastered Version)
6. Motion (Remastered Version)
7. Viva La Money (Remastered Version)
8. Declaration Of Love (Remastered Version)
9. Happiness (Remastered Version)
10. The Optimism Blues (Remastered Version)
11. Intro / High Life (Previously Unissued)
12. Touch Of Love (Previously Unissued)
13. Brickyard Blues (Previously Unissued)
14. What Is Success (Previously Unissued)
15. Freedom For The Stallion (Previously Unissued)
16. Last Train (Previously Unissued)
17. Shoo-Ra (Previously Unissued)
18. Allen And Gary Brown (Previously Unissued)
19. Southern Nights (Previously Unissued)
20. Allen's Closing Remarks (Previously Unissued)



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