Personally, this reissue is a godsend as I lost both these autographed vinyl albums when the levees failed. (One of my enduring immediate post-Katrina memories is staring at moldy stack of my Katrina-soaked albums piled up on the curb in front of my house with “Take A Look” at the top of the heap and the voice of my insurance adjuster saying, “You know we don’t cover flooding.”) These are the two classic mid-1960s Imperial albums containing many of the songs Irma is famous for. “Wish Someone Would Care” was produced in Los Angeles by Eddie Ray and it’s sooo good. The title track, “Breakaway,” and “Time Is On My Side” are the songs that elevated Irma to the status of “Soul Queen of New Orleans.” But let’s not overlook the gospel-drenched soul of Randy Newman’s “While the City Sleeps,” or Percy Mayfield’s “Please Send Me Someone To Love.” This really was one of the ten best New Orleans albums of all time. Equally satisfying was the Allen Toussaint produced “Take A Look” album. Toussaint also wrote the title track and it’s brilliant. Again Newman provided material and “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is” and “Baby Don’t Look Down” fit Irma perfectly. Really there’s not a track here you couldn’t consider a classic. My only gripe with this reissue is that Collectables could have also reissued Irma’s Imperial singles that didn’t make it to her LPs. It’s a pity the James Brown-produced “It’s A Man’s World” might never be reissued. An essential CD though, especially if your collection lacks early Irma.