ALLEN TOUSSAINT Southern Nights SOUL Meters FUNK EX+ LP

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ALLEN TOUSAINT Southern Nights SOUL Meters FUNK EX+ LP

  Description: Great selection of classic, rare and obscure psych, '60s rock and folk rock in this auction series.
Many FIRST PRESSINGS and PROMOS included.
Each auction features full, edge-to-edge, high resolution photos and lengthy soundclips, so take your time to check out some things on the list you might not have heard before.

This auction is for:
Allen Toussaint
SOUTHERN NIGHTS
REPRISE Records MS 2186
Original 1975 PROMO 1st Press • Stereo

FIRST PRESSING
MATRIX NUMBERS:
SIDE 1: MS 2186 31741-1 1A
SIDE 2: MS 2186 31742-1 1B

VINYL is EX+
High sheen vinyl is NM on side 1. Side 2 has two hairlines that do not affect play. LP plays like new throughout. Labels are pristine with no spindle marks.

COVER is EX+
Vibrant, super clean cover has a mere hint of wear to the back. Front cover is superb. Promo sticker at upper right. Seams and spine are 100% intact with no wear or splits. All edges straight, all corners sharp.

Dynamic sounding 1st Press PROMO.
*I don't know if all of the further pressings had this, but on this LP the front cover slick has a nice canvas texture that really sets off the painting artwork.

Original Reprise/Warners "loss leader" promotional inner sleeve included.

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LP housed in protective poly outer sleeve.

LISTEN to the Record!
segments of a few songs directly from the LP on auction
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Online Review:
"Allen Toussaint produced a kind of masterpiece with his first Reprise album, Life, Love and Faith, finding previously unimagined variations on his signature New Orleans R&B sound. For its 1975 sequel, Southern Nights, he went even further out - flirting with neo-psychedelia while dishing out his deepest funk and sweetest soul.

The title song "Southern Nights", given a swirling, trippy arrangement that plays like a heat mirage. It's rivalled by the exquisite "What Do You Want the Girl to Do?," later covered by both Bonnie Raitt and Boz Scaggs, neither of which equal the beautiful, sighing resignation of Toussaint's impeccable vocal performance.

Then, there are the songs that weren't covered, but should have been, like the nearly anthemic "Back in Baby's Arms," the rolling, catchy "Basic Lady," the stately "You Will Not Lose," or the steady-grooving end-of-the-night "When the Party's Over." Then, there are the songs that perhaps only Toussaint could sing, given their complex yet nimble grooves: witness how "Country John" seems like a simple, straight-ahead New Orleans raver but really switches tempo and rhythm over the course of the song, or how the monumental "Last Train" builds from its spare, funky opening to a multi-layered conclusion boasting one of Toussaint's best horn arrangements and vocal hooks.

They hold together [because] they're strong songs all bearing Toussaint's unmistakable imprint. They're so good that they nearly knock the "near" of off the near-masterpiece status for Southern Nights, and they're the reason why the album should be a part of any serious soul collection."
 ~All Music.com

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