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V/A - NOLA Soul - The Allen Toussaint Productions 1960-63
Format: LP

Catalogue: HONEY052     
Barcode: 7427244912310

A marvelous compilation as tribute to the genius of Allen Toussaint, one of the greatest musicians, composers and arrangers in the history of American popular music as well as an incredibly influential figure in the New Orleans r&b tradition. "Nola Soul" features a selection of 16 Toussaint's productions within the crucial time frame 1960-1963. 16 gems performed by the cream of the New Orleans Scene, Irma Thomas, Lee Dorsey, Aaron Neville... The best of southern soul music experience, What else?

Tracklist:

Side A

1 IRMA THOMAS - Hittin' On Nothing (Naomi Neville) - 2:17 (1963)
2 LEE DORSEY - When I Met My Baby (Naomi Neville) - 2:51 (1963)
3 ERNIE K-DOE - A Certain Girl (Naomi Neville) - 2:46 (1961)
4 BENNY SPELLMAN - Fortune Teller (Naomi Neville) - 2:10 (1962)
5 AARON NEVILLE - I'm Waiting At The Station (Naomi Neville) - 2:26 (1961)
6 CHICK CARBO - In The Night (Naomi Neville) - 2:20 (1962)
7 ERNIE K-DOE - Mother-In-Law (Allen Toussaint) - 2:26 (1961)
8 IRMA THOMAS - Ruler Of My Heart (Naomi Neville) - 2:45 (1963)

Side B

1 CHUCK CARBO & HIS BAND - Lover Of Love (Allen Toussaint) - 2:08 (1963)
2 WILLIE HARPER - But I Couldn't (Naomi Neville) - 2:01 (1961)
3 ERNIE K-DOE - ‘Taint It The Truth (Clarence M. Toussaint) - 3:23 (1960)
4 LEE DORSEY - Hoodlum Joe (Naomi Neville) - 1:54 (1963)
5 ART NEVILLE - All These Things (Naomi Neville) - 3:08 (1962)
6 BENNY SPELLMAN - Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) (Naomi Neville) - 2:23 (1962)
7 AARON NEVILLE - How Many Times? (Naomi Neville) - 2:33 (1961)
8 IRMA THOMAS - Cry On (Allen Toussaint) - 2:33 (1961)

All songs arranged and produced in New Orleans, LA by ALLEN TOUSSAINT