Allen Toussaint "Southern Nights" (1975) -Southern Soul / Soft Rock-

Label : Reprise Records

 Side I

01 - Last Train (Allen Toussaint)

02 - Worldwide / Filler (Allen Toussaint)

03 - Back In Baby's Arms (Allen Toussaint)

04 - Country John / Filler (Allen Toussaint)

05 - Basic Lady / Filler (Allen Toussaint)

Side II

01 - Southern Nights (Allen Toussaint)

02 - You Will Not Lose / Filler (Allen Toussaint)

03 - What Do You Want The Girl To Do? (Allen Toussaint)

04 - When The Party 's Over (Allen Toussaint)

05 - Cruel Way To Go Down / Filler (Allen Toussaint)

Produced by Allen Toussaint & Marshall Sehorn for Sansu Enterprises, Inc., New Orleans

Arranged by Allen Toussaint

Recorded & Mixed at Sea-Saint Recording Studio, Inc., New Orleans

Engineered by Ken Laxton & Roberta Grace

Musicians :

Allen Toussaint : Piano

Arthur Neville : Organ

George Porter Jr. : Bass

Leo Nocentelli : Guitar

Joseph Modeliste : Drums

Charles Moore : Guitar

Alfred Roberts : Conga

'Country John', Teddy Royal : Guitar

Richy Powell : Bass

Clyde Williams : Drums

Gary Brown : Sax

Clyde Kerr Jr. : Trumpet & Flugelhorn

Steve Howard : Trumpet

Lon Price : Tenor, Alto & Flute

Jim Moore : Tenor & Flute

Carl Blouin : Baritone

Lester Caliste : Trombone

Background Singers : Allen Toussaint, Joan Harmon, Deborah Paul, Sharon Neborn

Allen Toussaint "Motion" (1978) -Smooth Soul-

 Label : Warner Bros. Records

 Side 1

01 - Night People (Allen Toussaint)
02 - Just A Kiss Away (Allen Toussaint)
03 - With You In Mind (Allen Toussaint)
04 - Lover Of Love (Naomi Neville)
05 - To Be With You (Allen Toussaint)

Side 2

01 - Motion (Allen Toussaint)
02 - Viva La Money (Allen Toussaint)
03 - Declaration Of Love (Allen Toussaint)
04 - Happiness (Allen Toussaint)
05 - The Optimism Blues (Allen Toussaint)


Produced by Jerry Wexler
Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Engineer : Dee Robb
Assistant Engineers : Joe Chicarelli & Richard Leech
Remixed by Paul Wexler at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA

Remix Engineer : Lee Herschberg
Remix Engineer on "Night People" : Dee Robb
Vocals Recorded at Sea-Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans
Engineer : Skip Godwin

Drums  : Jeff Porcaro 

Bass : Robert Popwell, Chuck Rainey

Guitar : Larry Carlton

Electric Piano : Allen Toussaint

Acoustic Piano : Richard Tee

Percussion : Victor Feldman, Paulinho Da Costa

Background vocals : 

Etta James, Bonnie Raitt & Rosemary Butler on "Motion", "With You In Mind", "Viva La Money", "Declaration Of Love" & "Night People"

Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters & Venetta Field on "Happiness" & "The Optimism

Blues"

Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters & Jessica Smith on "To Be With You"

Horn Arrangements on "Viva La Money", "Just A Kiss Away" & "Happiness" by Allen Toussaint

String & Horn Arrangements on "To Be With You", "Motion", "With You In Mind" & "Declaration Of Love" by Nick DeCaro