Irma Thomas – Full Time Woman (Light Blue Vinyl) Hot on Sale

(Real Gone Music) 15 tracks, colored vinyl in light blue, limited edition

13 early 70 s Songs never before on linyl from the soul Queen of New Orleans

Soul Queen of New Orleans Irma Thomas had a string of national successes in the U.S. in the mid-60s with classics such as Wish Someone Would Care, Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand) and the original version of Time Is on My Side (later a big hit for the Rolling Stones), recorded for Imperial Records.
After a short time with Chess Records, Irma recorded for Canyon Records before being signed to Atlantic Records by the label s famous manager, Jerry Wexler. A first session in 1971 yielded a single, Full Time Woman (produced by noted New Orleans music legend Wardell Quezergue), which failed to chart but was described by Wexler in a 2007 interview as one of his all-time favorite recordings.

Undaunted, Atlantic arranged additional sessions for Irma in Detroit, Miami and Philadelphia throughout 1972 – but none of the material was released until a 2014 CD collection. Now, some 50 years after the original recordings, Full Time Woman: The Lost Cotillion Album brings all of Irma s recordings for Atlantic (under her Cotillion imprint) to LP for the first time! Irma pushes songs like the standard Time After Time, Bobbie Gentry s 1969 hit Fancy and Billy Walker s country hit Tell Me Again, alongside the funky She s Taken My Part (the flip side of Full Time Woman), and R & B-influenced original material, including highlights Waiting For Someone, Our Love Don t Come Easy and two early 70s Philly soul tunes, No Name and Adam And Eve.

It goes without saying that this release is a great addition to the Irma Thomas discography!