Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can [Polydor,1971,Vinyl:NM] NOLA funk with Toussaint, Meters

	£		30
	$		40

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Lee Dorsey - Yes We Can Polydor 1971 ReIss (of 1970 Album) Classic NOLA funk album. The best of Lee Dorsey, Allen Toussaint and the Meters all rolled up into a single collection of Crescent City funk. 

• This album was one of those records where all the players involved were feeling it: the Meters funky backing band, Lee Dorsey’s soulful, even-tempered vocals and Toussaint’s production and songwriting. It was all done with subtle sophistication and just the right amount of grit. This was where the sixties funk became the seventies funk.
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• That’s evident everywhere on the record. Take the slow funk of “Riverboat;” the supple, sparse rhythm anchored by Ziggy Modeliste’s rolling beat, George Porter’s lean bass lines and Leo Nocentelli’s bluesy wah-wah lines. Allen Toussaint charts horns that add a little weight but don’t get in the way of Dorsey’s breezy lead vocals. “O Me-O, My-O” follows the same formula for success with some nice call and response backing vocals.
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• The protest rocker “Who’s Gonna Help Brother Get Further” reminds us that this was a time where black-and-white loomed large as a social issue but the lines between black and white music were much more blurred. “Gator Tail” is a sweaty, James Brown-style workout and that crack band is providing enough punch to rival the JB’s.
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• As proof that the Meters didn’t need to rely Toussaint’s mighty pen to sound good, there’s the lone cover, Joe South’s “Games People Play,” which features Porter with an early adaptation of Larry Graham’s then-new thumb-popping method. Porter shines again in the Wilson Pickett-like stomper “When The Bill’s Paid.”
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• Robert Palmer made “Sneaking Sally Through The Alley” the title song of his first album (even borrowing members of the Meters to play on it). Ringo Starr covered “Occapella” on his Goodnight Vienna album. The title song was an early hit for the Pointer Sisters and John Scofield once built a song entirely around its insistent bass riff.
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• Grading  (scale: NM > EX > VG+ > VG > Good > Poor)

Vinyl: Near Mint. Looks like it just came from a retail store and it was opened for the first time. The finish is shiny with one hairline which does not affect the listening experience. It plays perfectly and beautifully throughout with absolutely no deterioration in sound (no jumps or pops). The labels are superb, clean and bright without marks. Spindle shows no sign of wear. And the vinyl is not warped.
Cover: VG+. Spine has clear, readable text and top & bottom seams are intact without splits. The bottom seam has slight wear. The front only laminated sleeve has some creases.The front and rear show light, barely noticeable ring wear. Actual photos so you can check for yourself.

Will combine for shipping if you buy mixed singles and lp's. If you buy multiple items wait for invoice with correct shipping cost.
Records are packed well with extra protection and LP's taken out of sleeves. Double-lp usually works as 1LP but no extra protection.

Tracks:
A1 Yes We Can - Part I Written-By – Allen Toussaint
A2 river boat Written-By – Allen Toussaint
A3 Tears Tears And More Tears Written-By – Allen Toussaint
A4 O Me-O, My-O Written-By – Allen Toussaint
A5 Sneakin' Sally Thru The Alley Written-By – Allen Toussaint
A6 Yes We Can - Part II Written-By – Allen Toussaint
B1 Who's Gonna' Help Brother Get Further Written-By – Allen Toussaint
B2 Games People Play Written-By – Joe South
B3 When The Bill's Paid Written-By – Allen Toussaint
B4 occapella Written-By – Allen Toussaint
B5 Gator Tail Written-By – Allen Toussaint
B6 Would You? Written-By – Allen Toussaint

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