Allen Toussaint - What Is Success: The Scepter & Bell Recordings

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Originally released on vinyl on Scepter Records in 1970, New Orleans' eminent musical genius's solo LP was largely overlooked at the time but is nowadays considered to be a real masterpiece of Crescent City Soul. This CD replaces an earlier Kent UK issue, now long deleted.

A showcase for both Toussaint's widely admired piano playing and his unique bluesy voice, the contains the original versions of several of his best known songs, for himself and for other notables such as Lee Dorsey, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Palmer and Esther Phillips. Good though these are, Toussaint's recordings are the definitive versions.

Allen Toussaint's profile is extremely high at the moment, regrettably in part as a result of the devastating Hurricane Katrina, but largely because he's been working on some of his best recording sessions in years.

If you've heard others sing Toussaint, but never heard Allen Toussaint sing (and play) Toussaint, there are few better introductions to the man's sublime craft than this.

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