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The Lost Queen Of New Orleans Soul - Manchester Show plus Recent Album Info Betty Harris

Well if you have been enjoying the recently released Soul Jazz Records 'The Lost Queen Of New Orleans' Betty Harris Album then you may be interested to hear that you can get to see the real world version soon!

As just been posted in the Soul Source Event Guide 'Live' section, a date has been announced for a live show in Manchester Uk, in a few months time!

A two birds post, first  here's the album details, followed by the Manchester event details!

 

Betty Harris’ The Lost Queen of New Orleans Soul features all of her classic deep soul, sister funk and northern soul songs recorded in New Orleans in the 1960s - all written, produced and arranged by the legendary Allen Toussaint, and featuring the cream of New Orleans musicians and the incredible Meters.

All of these singles featured here were released on Allen Toussaint and his business partner Marshall Sehorn’s local New Orleans label Sansu, widely distributed in the southern city but in only limited quantities elsewhere. As a consequence, Betty Harris’ music failed to achieve the commercial success of other New Orleans artists such as Lee Dorsey (who she recorded with) and The Meters (who backed her). And so at the end of the decade she stopped recording, retired from the music business to raise her family in Florida.

This is no reflection of the stunning musical quality of all these songs which encompass everything from southern soul, heavy funk, deep soul ballads and northern soul. Betty Harris has been a cornerstone of Soul Jazz Records’ New Orleans Funk and New Orleans Soul compilations. 

Always soulful and always funky, Betty Harris’ music contains the essence of New Orleans music. She is the Lost Soul Queen of New Orleans. 

This collection is released on CD, heavyweight gatefold double LP vinyl (+ download code) and digital and comes complete with full biography, original label artwork.

To coincide with this album New Orleans legend Betty Harris  will in the new year be performing two rare live UK shows at the 100 Club, London on Feb 17,2017 and Band on the Wall, Manchester on Feb 18, 2017.

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2×LP  £17.99

CD  £11.99

https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/the-lost-soul-queen-of-new-orleans

Track Listing:

1    There's A Break In The Road 2:51        
 
2    12 Red Roses 2:31        
 
3    Mean Man 2:41        
 
4    I'm Gonna Git Ya 2:19    
 
5    Ride Your Pony 3:11        
 
6    Show It 3:02        
 
7    I Don't Wanna Hear It 2:06        

8    Bad Luck 2:33        
 
9    Hook, Line 'n' Sinker 2:41        
 
10 Lonely Hearts 2:55

11    What A Sad Feeling 2:21        
 
12    What'd I Do Wrong 2:50        
 
13    Trouble With My Lover 2:48        
 
14    Sometime 2:35        
 
15    I'm Evil Tonight  2:23        
 
16    Nearer To You 2:55        
 
17 All I Want Is You 2:20        

Manchester Live Show Details

BETTY HARRIS - MANCHESTER -  SAT 18 FEB 2017 - Band On The Wall

 




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We put her on as part of a pretty ridiculous killer line-up 6 years ago along with our all-star band with even a string section thrown in - Betty even commented she'd never had a backing like it in all her years of touring 

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shame the liner notes weren't better fact checked/proofread & if they'd just included one (or three if you count the Lee Dorsey duets 45) extra track they could have made it a complete definitive collection of her Sansu sides.  So close.

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