United, Our Thing Will Stand

"United, Our Thing Will Stand" is a double CD treasure trove of previously unreleased live performances by the late steward of the keyboard James Booker, recorded at Tipitina's in New Orleans in 1976. A must for Booker fans, it contains a number of tracks with Booker at the Hammond organ, a keyboard that propelled his recording career in the '60s (see "More Than All The 45's" [NTI CD 7084] for his Hammond organ combos on Peacock), but was very rarely captured live. The Booker double is abundant with covers (such as Len Barry's "1-2-3") and contains a slew of original compositions such as the title track.