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About This Release
Allen Toussaint’s critically acclaimed Songbook album is available for the first time on vinyl on this 2-LP edition. A new 2-CD format is also available featuring the original album plus 20 unreleased bonus recordings. 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.
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 My Life, Woman
11
Get Out My Life, Woman
12
Freedom for the Stallion
13
St. James Infirmary
14
Introduction to Shrimp Po-Boy, Dressed
15
Shrimp Po-Boy, Dressed
Tracklist
1
Soul Sister
2
All These Things
3
We Are America/Yes We Can
4
The Optimism Blues
5
Old Records
6
Certain Girl Medley: Certain Girl/Mother-in-Law/Fortune Teller/Working In The Coal Mine
7
It’s A New Orleans Thing
8
I Could Eat Crawfish Everyday
9
There’s No Place Like New York
10
Southern Nights
