Meters, The

Meters, The

Look-Ka Py Py

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1970 seminal second album by New Orleans’ The Meters is one of their most beloved releases . Produced by one of New Orleans’s preeminent musicians, Allen Toussaint. Between backing such names as Lee Dorsey and Betty Harris, The Meters cranked out a follow-up that was even funkier than its debut. Pressed on limited green vinyl. "The gold standard for Funk”—Rolling Stone.

Meters, The

Struttin'

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Similar in sound to Look-Ka Py Py, Struttin' distinguished itself with its’ increased emphasis on Art Neville‘s vocal stylings (as opposed to the call-and-response shouted choruses from previous albums). The album included the R&B Singles hit “Chicken Strut”, soulful covers of Lee Dorsey, Ty Hunter, and even Jimmy Webb, and directed the group into a more expansive sound than before, rendering one of the most organic sounds in their discography. Classic samples abound across Struttin’ with everyone from Dilla to A Tribe Called Quest to Whitney Houston, has had their way with "Hand Clapping Song." Pressed on limited blue vinyl.

Meters, The

The Meters

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Debut 1969 album by New Orleans’ The Meters. Led by organist Art Neville, the quartet was rounded out by jazz-influenced guitarist Leo Nocentelli, along with the bubbling rhythm section of bassist George Porter, Jr. and drummer Joseph "Zigaboo” Modeliste. Their regional influences were a smashing together of rock n’ roll, syncopated ‘second line’ rhythms from Mardi Gras parades, and jazz improvisations that only could have come from the New Orleans music scene. The Meters helped move R&B music toward the heavier direction of funk—complicated rhythms meeting economically powerful riffs that were the wave of what was to come. Pressed on limited apple red vinyl.