Tracklist

Handa Wanda

Smoke My Peace Pipe (Smoke It Right)

Two Way Pak E Way

Corey Died On The Battlefield

(Somebody Got) Soul, Soul, Soul

Saints

• New Orleans 1974 Funk!
• All Analog Process (AAA) From The Original Master Tapes.
• Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.
• Includes Original Artwork with Printed Inner Sleeve.
• Features “Smoke My Peace Pipe (Smoke It Right)".
• Limited Feather Blue Colour Vinyl

In 1970, one of the leaders of the musical Mardi Gras Indian Tribes movement, The Wild Magnolias, became the first band to have a commercial recording
released as a Mardi Gras Indian group. The band’s legendary performances at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival also helped them launch into the
recording of their 1974 debut LP, the self-titled The Wild Magnolias which we are so pleased to present to you here. Easily some of the most fantastic New
Orleans funk and soul ever laid down on vinyl. Eight songs that don’t let up with its
street-beat funk, call-and-response vocals (with lyrics like “just a few puffs to make you feel all right” leading the charge) and a recording that captures the
unhinged mania of so many talented musicians crammed into a studio making a stone-cold classic. With The New Orleans Project as their backing band
including Albert Roberts (who played with Allen Toussaint & The Meters), Larry Panna (The Gaturs), Snooks Eaglin (Professor Longhair as well as the creator of
15 solo records) and Willie Tee (one of the most influential figures in the New Orleans funk and soul scene who arranged & co-wrote on this LP), the NOP
beautifully rides along with the assortment of bottles, tambourines, drums and rattles that the tribe members bring to the air. One of the coolest records we’ve
ever had the privilege of reissuing (not to mention its beautiful beaded front cover artwork that emblazons the front cover and the iconic photo of the band in
all their Mardi Gras splendour that graces the back), this LP will turn heads for those who haven’t heard it yet, while being a repeat funk classic to those who
already have it in their bones.