Victory Mixture

Victory Mixture
Studio album by Willy DeVille
Released	January 1, 1990 (France) December 28, 1990 (U.S.)
Studio	Sea Saint (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Genre	R&B, Blues, Soul
Length	32:12
Label	Sky Ranch (France) Orleans Records (U.S.)
Producer	Carlo Ditta
Willy DeVille chronology
Miracle (1987) Victory Mixture (1990) Backstreets of Desire (1992)

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Victory Mixture is a 1990 album by Willy DeVille. The album consists of cover versions of New Orleans R&B and soul classics by DeVille’s musical idols. Trouser Press said about the album, “A rootsy covers collection, Victory Mixture provides a welcome antidote to Miracle's misguided modernity, making the most of the singer's relocation to New Orleans with backup from such local legends as Allen Toussaint, Eddie Bo and Dr. John.”^[2]

Victory Mixture is unusual in that it was recorded without the use of overdubbing or sound editing, the idea being to record the songs in the same manner as they were recorded originally in the 1950s and early 1960s — without soundboard technology.^[3]

The album was released in Europe on the French Sky Ranch label; it was released a year later in the United States on the Orleans Records label, that label's second offering. The success of Victory Mixture in Europe ensured the label's continuing operation.