{"product_id":"allen-toussaint-toussaint-remastered","title":"ALLEN TOUSSAINT - Toussaint (Remastered)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Black Vinyl (2025 \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRemastered Reissue). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAllen Toussaint\u003c\/strong\u003e’s debut as a solo artist, \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Sound Of New Orleans\u003c\/em\u003e was released in 1958 under the name of \u003cstrong\u003eTousan\u003c\/strong\u003e. In the 60s, he established himself as a songwriter, producer and arranger for a number of labels and generated hits like ‘\u003cem\u003eWorking In The Coal Mine\u003c\/em\u003e’ for \u003cstrong\u003eLee Dorsey\u003c\/strong\u003e that got to #8 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. Other classic tracks that Toussaint either wrote, produced or arranged included ‘\u003cem\u003eFortune Teller\u003c\/em\u003e’, '\u003cem\u003eLipstick Traces\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eOoh Poo Pah Do\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was only in 1970 that he found time to record another solo album, aptly entitled \u003cem\u003eToussaint\u003c\/em\u003e. As well as serving up his own version Of ‘\u003cem\u003eWorking In The Coal Mine\u003c\/em\u003e’, Toussaint recorded other originals like ‘\u003cem\u003eFrom A Whisper To A Scream\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eEverything I Do Is Gonna Be Funky\u003c\/em\u003e’. There were also four instrumental tracks – ‘\u003cem\u003ePickles\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eLouie\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eEither\u003c\/em\u003e’ and a sublime version of ‘\u003cem\u003eCast Your Fate To The Wind\u003c\/em\u003e’  listed as ‘Allen Toussaint at the piano’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original version of \u003cem\u003eToussaint\u003c\/em\u003e was released in 1970 on \u003cstrong\u003eScepter records\u003c\/strong\u003e and is now hailed as a soulful classic. \u003cstrong\u003eAce\u003c\/strong\u003e were delighted to first reissue it in 1985 as “\u003cem\u003eFrom A Whisper To A Scream\u003c\/em\u003e” with the addition of a bonus track and with a slightly different running order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's the original album as Allen Toussaint intended it to be heard. Remastered to perfection this is an essential purchase.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kent","offers":[{"title":"LP - Vinyl","offer_id":54631727497561,"sku":"SDZ-01123","price":35.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Allen_Toussaint_-_Toussaint__Remastered__-_LP_Vinyl_-_2025_Reissue.jpg?v=1748001522","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/allen-toussaint-toussaint-remastered","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}