[2016-09-02] The Meters "A Message From: Complete Josie, Reprise And Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977" 2CD set (Real Gone)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2016 3:39 am

Description
How would you like to hear a new side—or should we say sides—of the world’s greatest funk band? This 40-track set presents the A and B-side of every single that organist Art Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter, Jr., and drummer Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste cut for the Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. label, virtually their entire singles output save for a few odds ‘n’ ends issued mostly overseas. That means that you not only get every hit along with its hard-to-find B-side but also the rare single mixes, including the especially rare original mono single mixes of the 1968-1971 Josie sides, very few of which have appeared on CD (the first CD is all mono; the second, featuring the later Reprise and Warner Bros. singles, presents all stereo single mixes). These songs represent the mother lode of New Orleans funk, classic tracks like “Sophisticated Cissy,” “Cissy Strut,” “Look-Ka Py Py,” “Chicken Strut,” “Hand Clapping Song,” “Hey Pocky A-Way,” and more, all but two co-produced by the late, legendary Allen Toussaint. And, with liner notes by Bill Dahl featuring quotes from Nocentelli, Neville, and Porter, this 2-CD set offers probably the best retrospective to date of this enormously influential band. And how’s the sound? Well, after extensive and exhaustive tape research, we were able to come up with original tape sources for all but five of these single sides, and the remastering—by Mike Milchner at SonicVision—is tight! Just maybe the year’s most indispensable R&B release.

Tracklist
[CD1: The Josie Singles]
1. Sophisticated Cissy
2. Sehorns Farms
3. Cissy Strut
4. Here Comes the Meter Man
5. Ease Back
6. Ann
7. Dry Spell
8. Little Old Money Maker
9. Look-Ka Py Py
10. This Is My Last Affair
11. Chicken Strut
12. Hey! Last Minute
13. Hand Clapping Song
14. Joog
15. A Message from the Meters
16. Zony Mash
17. Stretch Your Rubber Band
18. Groovy Lady
19. (The World Is a Bit under the Weather) Doodle-Oop
20. I Need More Time
21. Good Old Funky Music
22. Sassy Lady

[CD2: The Reprise & Warner Bros. Singles]
1. Do the Dirt
2. Smiling
3. Cabbage Alley
4. The Flower
5. Chug-Chug-Chug-A-Lug (Push ‘N’ Shove) Part I
6. Chug-Chug-Chug-A-Lug (Push ‘N’ Shove) Part II
7. Hey Pocky A-Way
8. Africa
9. People Say
10. Loving You Is on My Mind
11. They All Ask’d for You
12. Running Fast (Long Version)
13. Disco Is the Thing Today
14. Mr. Moon
15. Trick Bag
16. Find Yourself
17. Be My Lady
18. No More Okey Doke

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Linda · **Posted:** Sun Jul 17, 2016 2:21 pm

Bump: Added the tracklist to the first post.

[2016-09-02] The Meters "A Message From: Complete Josie, Reprise And Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977" 2CD set (Real Gone)

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