Kent Records UK
2007
What Is Success: The Scepter And Bell Recordings
About This Album
Leave it to the chaps over at the U.K.-based Ace Records reissue subsidiary Kent Soul to create the first comprehensive Allen Toussaint anthology covering his late-'60s/early-'70s output. While the Allen Toussaint (1970) long-player has been on CD before, What Is Success: The Scepter & Bell Recordings (2007) offers up a handful of rare 45 rpm sides that are making their digital debut on this 17-track compilation. Perhaps owing to their very scarcity, the Bell Records singles "Get out of My Life, Woman" b/w "Gotta Travel On," "I've Got That Feelin' Now" b/w "Hands Christianderson," and "We the People" b/w "Tequila" have actually been mastered from vinyl (rather than tape) sources. While surface noise is audible throughout, each of the selections is thoroughly listenable, thanks to Rob Shread's effective audio restorations. The core content surrounds the nearly dozen tunes that the artist initially cut in 1969 for what would become his second solo album -- alternately known as either Allen Toussaint (1970) or From a Whisper to a Scream (1971). Allen Toussaint (piano/vocals) is supported by his Crescent City soul mates Mac Rebennack (organ/guitar) (aka Dr. John
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