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Our New Orleans (Expanded Edition) Limited Heavyweight Vinyl 2LP Set

by Our New Orleans

Release Date: 29 January 2021

Format: LP Double Vinyl

Label: Nonesuch

£24.99

Our New Orleans Our New Orleans (Expanded Edition) Limited Heavyweight Vinyl 2LP Set

Overview:

Nonesuch releases a remastered, special edition of the 2005 record Our New Orleans for the first time on vinyl. The two-LP set, also available digitally, includes five previously unreleased tracks: ‘Do You Know What It Means’, by Davell Crawford; ‘Let's Work Together’, by Buckwheat Zydeco and Ry Cooder; ‘Crescent City Serenade’, by Dr. Michael White; ‘Walking By the River’, by Dr. John; and ‘Do You Know What It Means’, by The Wardell Quezergue Orchestra featuring Donald Harrison.

The $1.5 million raised from the 2005 release went toward providing housing in partnership with low-income musicians and others through the New Orleans Habitat Musicians’ Village, a concept that was developed by New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, working with Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr. Habitat–built homes in the village now provide musicians and others of modest means the opportunity to buy decent, affordable housing. The centerpiece of the village is the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, dedicated to celebrating the music and musicians of New Orleans and to the education and development of homeowners and others who live nearby.

For Our New Orleans, many of the Crescent City’s best-known musicians recorded songs that are integral to their lives and that express their feelings about the city and the trauma of Katrina. The album was made swiftly and simply, over the course of a month, in one-day sessions across the country. Nick Spitzer, host of public radio’s New Orleans–based American Routes, contributed liner notes to the record, as did Pulitzer Prize–winning author Richard Ford, also a Crescent City resident. Other producers who made enormous contributions include Mark Bingham, Ry Cooder, Joel and Adam Dorn, Steve Epstein, Joe Henry, Doug Petty, Matt Sakakeeny, and Hal Willner.

Nonesuch’s parent company – Warner Records, part of the Warner Music Group – donated all production costs for Our New Orleans as part of the Group’s larger efforts on behalf of hurricane victims on the Gulf Coast. Many others involved in creating the album also generously donated their time and services.

Featured Tracks:

Side A
1. Yes We Can Can – Allen Toussaint
2. World I Never Made – Dr. John
3. Back Water Blues – Irma Thomas
4. Gather By The River – Davell Crawford
5. Cryin' In The Streets – Buckwheat Zydeco

Side B
1. Canal Street Blues – Dr. Michael White
2. Brother John Is Gone / Herc-Jolly-John – Wild Magnolias
3. When The Saints Go Marching In – Eddie Bo
4. My Feet Can't Fail Me Now – Dirty Dozen Brass Band
5. Tou' Les Jours C'est Pas La Meme (Every Day Is Not The Same) – Carol Fran

Side C
1. L'ouragon (The Hurricane) – BeauSoleil
2. Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans –Preservation Hall Jazz Band
3. Prayer For New Orleans – Charlie Miller
4. What A Wonderful World (Feat. Donald Harrison) – The Wardell Quezergue Orchestra
5. Tipitina And Me – Allen Toussaint
6. Louisiana 1927 (With Members Of The New York Philharmonic) – Randy Newman And The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra

Side D
1. Do You Know What It Means – Davell Crawford *
2. Let's Work Together – Buckwheat Zydeco & Ry Cooder *
3. Crescent City Serenade – Dr. Michael White *
4. Walking By The River – Dr. John *
5. Do You Know What It Means (Feat. Donald Harrison) – The Wardell Quezergue Orchestra *

*Bonus Material