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Songbook (Allen Toussaint)
Songbook (Allen Toussaint)
Songbook (Allen Toussaint)
Songbook (Allen Toussaint)

Allen Toussaint

Songbook (Allen Toussaint)

Craft Recordings

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2LP Black $40
  • Available for the first time on vinyl
  • Critically acclaimed album from Allen Toussaint
  • Recorded at Joe’s Pub in New York City in 2009

Description

Allen Toussaint’s critically acclaimed Songbook album is available for the first time on vinyl on this 2-LP edition. Recorded at Joe’s Pub in New York City in 2009, the album brings together Toussaint, a piano and his extensive catalog of songs. With the spotlight on his originals, it includes “Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette),” “Holy Cow,” “Get Out of My Life, Woman,” and more.

Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Introduction

  • 2 It’s Raining

  • 3 Lipstick Traces

  • 4 Introduction to Brickyard Blues

  • 5 Brickyard Blues

  • 6 With You in Mind

  • 7 Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further

  • 8 Sweet Touch of Love

  • 9 Holy Cow

  • 10 Introduction to Get Out of My Life Woman

  • 11 Get Out of My Life Woman

  • 12 Freedom for the Stallion

  • 13 St. James Infirmary

  • 14 Introduction to Shrimp Po-Boy Dressed

  • 15 Shrimp Po-Boy Dressed

  • 16 Soul Sister

  • 17 All These Things

  • 18 We Are America/Yes We Can

  • 19 The Optimism Blues

  • 20 Old Records

  • 21 Certain Girl Medley: Certain Girl/Mother-in-Law/Fortune Teller/Working in the Coal Mine

  • 22 It’s a New Orleans Thing

  • 23 I Could Eat Crawfish Everyday

  • 24 There’s No Place Like New York

  • 25 Southern Nights