ReviewAs the modified title indicates, this isn't a straight reissue of Dorsey's 1970 LP. It consists of 11 of the 12 LP tracks, seven other Polydor recordings, and two Smash titles from 1963. Allen Toussaint contributes some of his strongest writing, with "Yes We Can" and "Sneaking Sally Through the Alley" becoming hits for the Pointer Sisters and Robert Palmer, while "Freedom for the Stallion" stands as one of his most beautiful and moving songs.
Original album tracks are reordered with bonus tracks interspersed. The omitted LP track "Would You?" isn't a song, but a comic dialogue. Earl King wrote "Hello Good Looking"; the other Smash title "As Quiet As It's Kept" appears for the first time here. "On Your Way Down," "When Can I Come Home," "If She Won't," and "Freedom for the Stallion" were first issued on Polydor singles. "If I Were a Carpenter," "A Place Where We Can Be Free," and "Lonely Avenue" are newly issued Polydor tracks. Well worth searching for.