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2CD DIGI-BOOK SET OF CLASSIC RECORDINGS FROM NEW ORLEANS GREAT For the past 50 years Irma Thomas has been the undisputed Soul Queen Of New Orleans, recording for labels such as Chess, Imperial and Island, scoring pop and R&B hits and releasing Grammy nominated albums. Despite this illustrious career many soul fans regard her earliest recordings as her finest. Thomas was discovered by bandleader Tommy Ridgley while waitressing in the Pimilico club in New Orleans. Ridgley helped her win a contract with the Ron label, before moving to the Bandy and Minit label, where she teamed up with the legendary producer Allen Toussaint. Disc 1 of this 2CD set features the all the singles she recorded for Minit, Ron and Bandy along with b-sides and demos. The demos have been specially enhanced for this release to remove the audible tape noises which versions blighted previously available. The second disc features a 1976 live performance recorded at The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, originally released that year on Island Records. For the show Thomas was reunited with Tommy Ridgley and blasted through many of the New Orleans classics featuered on disc 1 along with her covers of contemporary disco hits Lady Marmalade and Shame, Shame, Shame. Soul Queen Of New Orleans is packaged in a deluxe rigid double digi-book.
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CD-1:1-Don't Mess With My Man 2-Set Me Free 3-A Good Man 4-I May Be Wrong 5-Cry On 6-Girl Needs Boy 7-It's Too Soon To Know 8-That's All I Ask 9-I Done Got Over 10-Gone 11-It's Raining 12-I Did My Part 13-Two Winters Long 14-Somebody Told You 15-Ruler Of My Heart 16-(You Ain't) Hittin On Nothing 17-For Goodness Sake 18-Look Up (Aka Whenever) 19-Your Love Is True 20-It's Too Soon To Know CD-2:1-You Can Have My Husband 2-Cry On 3-I Won't Cry 4-Ruler Of My Heart 5-I Done Got Over 6-It's Raining 7-Shame Shame Shame 8-Hip Shakin' Mama 9-Lady Marmalade 10-Wish Someone Would Care (2011/CHARLY) 20 Ron/Minit/Bandy masters 1960-63 plus 1976 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival recordings (10 tracks). Hardcover Digibook (12 pages).
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wonderful
27 Dec 2011
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a wonderful album by a great artist. irma thomas is a new orleans icon and this album captures her sound wonderfully.
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Soul Queen '89
22 May 2009
Format:Audio CD
The lady who gave us Jimmy Norman's great lyric, "Time Is On My Side", and "Wish Someone Would Care", returned to the studio in 1989, and although only the latter signature tune was evidenced in a cool recut, nine good sides were delivered in style. At times the accompaniment is a bit distant but the production should never overpower a star of her caliber.
Best tracks: "Ruler Of My Heart", a great soul ballad with Memphis *and* Crescent City seasoning, also found on an interesting documentary about New Orleans and New Orleans music (both phrases meaning the same in the '92 Island Visual Arts tape called "Let The Good Times Roll - A Film About The Roots Of American Music"); "Friendly", a top 40-friendy song from Dan Penn, a contemporary beat and bounce; "Wish Someone...", with its' echo of james Brown on "I Don't Mind" and Sam Cooke on "A Change Is Gonna Come", but standing completely alone. (includes a monologue of the "PG" order).
Somewhat disappointimng is the opening track, written by Jackie DeShannon. The disco arrangement is fine but it's surely not one of the great JDs; also, "For The Good Times", with a draggy production and some noticeable off-key warbling.
Here is a first-class stylist. Not a singer's singer, but still an artist capable of creating stunning effects in the hearts and minds of the listener.
Best tracks: "Ruler Of My Heart", a great soul ballad with Memphis *and* Crescent City seasoning, also found on an interesting documentary about New Orleans and New Orleans music (both phrases meaning the same in the '92 Island Visual Arts tape called "Let The Good Times Roll - A Film About The Roots Of American Music"); "Friendly", a top 40-friendy song from Dan Penn, a contemporary beat and bounce; "Wish Someone...", with its' echo of james Brown on "I Don't Mind" and Sam Cooke on "A Change Is Gonna Come", but standing completely alone. (includes a monologue of the "PG" order).
Somewhat disappointimng is the opening track, written by Jackie DeShannon. The disco arrangement is fine but it's surely not one of the great JDs; also, "For The Good Times", with a draggy production and some noticeable off-key warbling.
Here is a first-class stylist. Not a singer's singer, but still an artist capable of creating stunning effects in the hearts and minds of the listener.
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