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Allen Toussaint Life, Love And Faith

Speakers Corner | Item No: 852923
Vinyl LP | 1972 / EU – Reissue | New
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Allen Toussaint had it all around him – the voices and spirits of black music, rhythm ’n’ blues, funk and soul. He was born in New Orleans and grew up there, the birthplace of jazz. As from 1960, he worked as a record producer and an A&R man at Minit Records, an independent label, which was closely associated with the transformation of the New Orleans Sound. His compositions for fellow musicians landed them in the charts, he frequently participated by performing with them on the piano, and so became a connoisseur and master of all possible sounds. "Life, Love And Faith" marks his launch into his solo career, and quite rightly so. In the songs, Toussaint amalgamates all he had mastered with a rocking R&B, funky rhythms and expressive soul to create his highly personal sound. Although it is a soul album through and through, one has the feeling that one is listening to an album from Reprise’s stable of singers/songwriters – including such artists as Randy Newman, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat and Joni Mitchell – rather than what usually came out of New Orleans in the early Seventies. And also because "Life, Love And Faith" captures an eccentric genius who pursues his own idiosyncratic vision. It is a structured, multi-layered album, which does not show Toussaint in his purest form, but it is his only album that shows just how widely ranged and profound his many talents were.

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head. More information under www.pure-analogue.com. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.

Recording: 1972 at Jazz City Studios, New Orleans, by Cosimo Matassa and Skip Godwin Production: Allen Toussaint
Item Details
Item No: 852923
Artist: Allen Toussaint
Title: Life, Love And Faith
Label: Speakers Corner
Catalog No: Reprise MS 2062
Format: Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: EU – Reissue
Release Date: 1972
Genre: Organic Grooves
Style: Funk | Soul
Available since: 2021-12-16
Condition: New
Price: $ 29.97
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Victims Of The Darkness
A2 Am I Expecting Too Much
A3 My Baby Is The Real Thing
A4 Goin Down
A5 She Once Belonged To Me
A6 Out Of The City (Into Country Life)
B1 Soul Sister
B2 Fingers And Toes
B3 I've Got To Convince Myself
B4 On Your Way Down
B5 Gone Too Far
B6 Electricity
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