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The Complete Warner Recordings

Allen Toussaint

2003 · Funk / Soul

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The Complete Warner Recordings by Allen Toussaint

The Complete Warner Recordings is a Soul & Funk album by Allen Toussaint, originally released in 2003. On Gatefold: 5 pressings tracked.

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This New Orleans pianist/songwriter/producer's fertile essence is contained in these three fine solo albums plus a 1975 live concert. The Crescent City's funky R&B tradition is distilled in "Goin' Down" from 1972's <i>Life, Love and Faith</i>; Toussaint celebrates his Creole heritage in the psychedelic title track to his 1975 R&B concept album, <i>Southern Nights</i>; and 1978's <i>Motion</i> explores glossier soul-funk in tracks like "Night People" without ever abandoning his hometown's unique flavor.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Victims of the Darkness3:30
  2. 2Am I Expecting Too Much2:50
  3. 3My Baby Is the Real Thing3:05
  4. 4Goin' Down2:58
  5. 5She Once Belonged to Me2:51
  6. 6Out of the City (Into Country Life)3:36
  7. 7Soul Sister2:49
  8. 8Fingers and Toes4:07
  9. 9I've Got to Convince Myself2:43
  10. 10On Your Way Down4:00
  11. 11Gone Too Far3:27
  12. 12Electricity2:33
  13. 13Last Train3:01
  14. 14Worldwide2:42
  15. 15Back In Baby's Arms4:49
  16. 16Country John4:45
  17. 17Basic Lady2:58
  18. 18Southern Nights3:36
  19. 19You Will Not Lose3:42
  20. 20What Do You Want the Girl to Do?3:40
  21. 21When the Party's Over2:38
  22. 22Cruel Way to Go Down3:52
  23. 23Country John4:28
  24. 24Night People4:20
  25. 25Just a Kiss Away4:10
  26. 26With You In Mind3:43
  27. 27Lover of Love3:18
  28. 28To Be With You3:24
  29. 29Motion6:03
  30. 30Viva la Money3:34
  31. 31Declaration of Love4:42
  32. 32Happiness3:26
  33. 33The Optimism Blues3:05
  34. 34Intro / High Life (Live - Previously Unissued)1:55
  35. 35Touch of Love (Live - Previously Unissued)3:09
  36. 36Brickyard Blues (Live - Previously Unissued)3:44
  37. 37What Is Success (Live - Previously Unissued)3:14
  38. 38Freedom for the Stallion (Live - Previously Unissued)3:25
  39. 39Last Train (Live - Previously Unissued)2:56
  40. 40Shoo-Ra (Live - Previously Unissued)3:29
  41. 41Allen and Gary Brown (Live - Previously Unissued)12:15
  42. 42Southern Nights (Live - Previously Unissued)4:17
  43. 43Allen's Closing Remarks (Live - Previously Unissued)0:59

Sound DNA

  • Soul & Funk

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Numbered edition of 2500.
Art Direction and Design @ gapd.
Tracks 1-01 to 1-12 originally from Reprise album Love, Life And Faith (MS 2062)
Tracks 1.13 to 1.22 originally from Reprise album Southern Nights (MS 2186)
Track 1-23 from Reprise Single 1334
Tracks 2-01 to 2-10 originally from Warner Bros album Motion (BSK 3142)
Tracks 2-11 to 2-20 recorded live in Philadelphia, 1975. Previously unreleased.

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5 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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