The (in)Complete Meters Discography ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Last revised: 5/16/95 Warning: The Meters catalog has been extensively re-packaged and re-issued in many forms, with many releases overlapping. LPs & CDs: The Meters 1969 Josie US 4010 Look-Ka Py Py 1970 Josie US 4011 " Rounder US CD 2103 * " 1980 Charly UK CTD 113 (EP) Struttin' 1970 Josie US 4012 * " 1987 Charly UK CD CHARLY 63 Cabbage Alley 1972 Reprise UK K33242 US MS 2076 Rejuvenation 1974 Reprise UK K54027 US MS 2200 *Cissy Strut 1974 Island UK ILPS9250 Fire on The Bayou 1975 Reprise UK K54044 US MS 2228 *Best of The Meters 1975 Josie US 4013 " 1975 Reprise UK K54076 " 1975 Virgo US? SV12002 (LP) Trick Bag 1976 Reprise UK K54078 US MS 2252 New Direction 1977 Warner UK K56378 US BS 3042 *Good Old Funky Music 1979 Pye UK PKL5578 " 1990 Rounder US CD 2104 *Second Line Strut 1980 Charly UK CRB 1009 *Here Come The Metermen ? ? ? The Meters At Rozy's ? RGA ? *Funky Miracle ? Charly UK CD NEV2 *The Meters Jam 1972 Rounder US CD 2105 (1991) Uptown Rulers (Live 1975) 1992 Rhino US R2 70376 (previously unreleased) *The Original Funkmasters 1992 Charly UK CD INS 5066 *Fundamentally Funky 1994 Charly UK CPCD 8044 Crescent City Groove ? Charly ? *Funkify Your Life 1995 Rhino R2 71869 The Legendary Meters featuring The JB Horns Live at the Moonwalker 1994 Lakeside 2022 Live at the Moonwalker 2 1994 Lakeside 2026 * compilations 45s that weren't on any of the original albums: "A Message From the Meters/Zony Mash" - Josie 45-1024 1971 "Groovy Lady/Stretch Your Rubber Band" - Josie 45-1026 1971 "Doodle-Oop/I Need More Time" - Josie 45-1029 1971 "Sassy Lady/Good Old Funky Music" - Josie 45-1031 1971 The Meters also appear as backing musicians on: Dr. John In The Right Place 1973 UK Atlantic K40168 US ATCO 7018 Dr. John Desitively Bonaroo 1974 UK Atlantic K50035 US ATCO 7043 King Biscuit Boy (Richard Newell) 1974 US Epic 32891 Jess Roden 1974 UK Island ILPS 9286 Wild Tchoupitoulas 1976 US Island 9360 Allen Toussaint Southern Nights 1975 UK Reprise K54021 US 2186 Allen Toussaint Life Love & Faith 1972 US REPRISE 2062 UK K44202 (looks like Art Neville's not on this one) Paul McCartney/Wings Venus & Mars 1975 UK CZ 17 US CDP 7 46984 2 (only Allen Toussaint is listed! Do any of the Meters appear?) Labelle Phoenix 1975 US EPIC 33579 (just Nocentelli and Porter appear with Allen Toussaint) Walter "Wolfman" Washington Sada 1991 US Pointblank 91743-2 (just Nocentelli appears) Maceo Parker Southern Exposure 1993 US Novus/RCA 63175-2 (just Nocentelli and Porter appear) Some notes: It appears that Leo Nocentelli and Joe Modeliste left before Trick Bag and New Direction came out. New Direction adds Kurt McGettrick on Sax, and the Swamp Tabernacle Choir. Earl King appears on vocals on Trick Bag. Cyril Neville joins the core group on and after Fire On The Bayou. Meters also back up people on a couple of tracks on some New Orleans samplers like MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS. I also seem to recall that they may have played with Earl King? Probably with other artists not listed here too. Zig and Leo both were backing Earl for a show in San Francisco in 1993. Modeliste and Nocentelli also appear on a compilation as members of the Joey Altruda Quartet. The two tracks "Shuvlin'" & "The Fish" can be found on _Pure: 4_, a 199? Funk compilation from Pure Records/Virgin France (CD 393102/LP 393101). ============================================================================ TRACK LISTINGS: (please help me with this part so I can compare the overlapping releases on Charly/Rounder, etc.) 45s that weren't on any of the original albums: "A Message From the Meters/Zony Mash" - Josie 45-1024 "Groovy Lady/Stretch Your Rubber Band" - Josie 45-1026 "Doodle-Oop/I Need More Time" - Josie 45-1029 "Sassy Lady/Good Old Funky Music" - Josie 45-1031 LP and CD releases: Songs appearing on Charly compilations are marked as follows: (a) - Struttin'; (b) - The Original Funkmasters; (c) - Fundamentally Funky The Meters - Josie LP 4010 (1969) {First Album} Cissy Strut (a)(b) Ease Back (a)(b) Here Comes the Meter Man (a)(b) 6V6 LA (b) Cardova Sehorns Farm (a)(c) Live Wire (b) Ann Art (c) Stormy (b) Sophisticated Cissy (a)(b) Simple Song (c) ================================================== Look-Ka Py Py - Josie LP 4011 (1970) {Second Album} (also same as Rounder Look-Ka Py Py CD 2103) Look-Ka Py Py (a)(b) Yeah, You're Right (a)(c) Rigor Mortis (a) Little Old Money Maker (a) Pungee (a)(c) Oh, Calcutta! Thinking The Mob This is My Last Affair 9 'Til 5 (a)(b) Funky Miracle (b) Dry Spell (a)(b) ================================================== Struttin' - Josie LP 4012 (1970) {Third Album} Chicken Strut (a)(b) Hand Clapping Song (a)(b) Liver Splash (a) Darlin' Darlin' (c) Wichita Lineman Tippi-Toes (a)(b) Joog (c) Britches Go For Yourself Hey! Last Minute Same Old Thing (a)(c) Ride Your Pony (a)(b) ========= The Charly version under this title is a compilation with different tracks: Struttin' - CD CHARLY 63 (1987) Taken from original Sansu Enterprises recordings. Look-Ka Py Py (B) Cissy Strut (A) Ease Back (A) Chicken Strut (C) A Message From The Meters (single) Tippie Toes (C) Sophisticated Cissy (A) Here Comes The Meterman (A) Ride Your Pony (C) Dry Spell (B) Handclapping Song (C) Liver Splash (C) Same Old Thing (C) Sehorn's Farm (A) Yeah Your [sic] Right (B) 9 till 5 (B) Pungee (B) Rigor Mortis (B) Little Old Money Maker (B) Orignal source noted as (A) The Meters; (B) Look-Ka Py Py; (C) Struttin' ================================================== Rejuvenation - Reprise MS-2200 (1974) People Say Love is For Me Just Kissed My Baby What'cha Say Jungle Man -- Hey Pocky A-Way It Ain't No Use Loving You is on My Mind Africa ================================================== Cissy Strut - Island UK ILPS 9250 (1974) 1. Look Ka Py Py (B) 2. Tippi Toes (C) 3. Darlin' Darlin' (C) 4. 9 Till 5 (B) 5. Thinking (B) 6. Funky Miracle (B) 7. Cissy Strut (A) 8. Chicken Strut (C) 9. Live Wire (A) 10. Here Comes The Meter Man (A) 11. Ease Back (A) 12. Ride Your Pony (C) 13. Sophisticated Cissy (A) Orignal source noted as (A) The Meters; (B) Look-Ka Py Py; (C) Struttin' ================================================== Fire on The Bayou - Reprise MS 2228 (1975) Out In The Country Fire On The Bayou Love Slip Upon Ya Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans They All Ask'd About You Can You Do Without Liar You're A Friend Of Mine Middle Of The Road Running Fast Mardi Gras Mambo ================================================== Uptown Rulers! (Live On The Queen Mary) Rhino R2 70376 (1992) Recorded 3/24/75. 1. Gary Owens Introduces The Band 2. Fire On The Bayou 3. Africa 4. It Ain't So 5. Make It With You 6. Cissy Strut/Cardova It's Your Thing/Love The One You're With 7. Art Neville Addresses The Audience 8. Rockin Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Something You Got I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) Everybody Loves A Loser 9. Liar 10. Mardi Gras Mambo 11. Encore: Hey Pocky A-Way ================================================== Good Old Funky Music - Rounder CD 2104 (1979/90) Licensed from original Sansu Enterprises recordings. Unless marked, material unissued from Sansu. 1. Good Old Funky Music (single) 2. Rockin Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu Something You Got I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) Everybody Loves A Loser (Uptown Rulers!) 3. Riddle Song 4. He Bite Me 5. Pickin' and a Grinnin' 6. Jambalaya 7. What More Can I Do 8. I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt On You (single) 9. Heartache 10. Keep On Marching 11. Voodoo ================================================== The Original Funkmasters - Charly Records (Instant) CD INS 5066 (1992) Taken from original Sansu Enterprises recordings. 1. Sophisticated Cissy (A) 2. Funky Miracle (B) 3. Look-ka Py Py (B) 4. 9 Till 5 (B) 5. Ease Back (A) 6. Ride Your Pony (C) 7. Stormy (A) 8. Dry Spell (B) 9. Cissy Strut (A) 10. Tippi-Toes (C) 11. Chicken Strut (C) 12. I Need More Time (single) 13. Live Wire (A) 14. Handclapping Song (C) 15. A Message From the Meters (single) 16. Here Come the Metermen (A) Orignal source noted as (A) The Meters; (B) Look-Ka Py Py; (C) Struttin' ================================================== Fundamentally Funky - Charly Records CPCD 8044 (1994) Taken from original Sansu Enterprises recordings. 1. Sehorn's Farm (A) 2. Sing A Simple Song (A) 3. 6V6 LA (A) 4. Good Old Funky Music (single) 5. I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt On You (single) 6. Keep On Marching (u) 7. Pungee (B) 8. Yeah You're Right (B) 9. Darling Darling Darling (C) 10. He Bit Me (u) 11. What More Can I Do (u) 12. Heartache (u) 13. Art (A) 14. Jooq (C) 15. Same Old Thing (C) 16. Jambalaya (u) Orignal source noted as (A) The Meters; (B) Look-Ka Py Py; (C) Struttin'; (u) Unissued Sansu material ================================================== The Meters Jam - Rounder CD 2105 (1972/92) Licensed from original Sansu Enterprises recordings. Stretch Your Rubber Band (1971) Come Together People Get Ready (1968) Big Chief Groovy Lady (1971) It's Too Late Bo Diddley (1968) All I Do Every Day Trip Meters Jam ================================================== Second Line Strut - Charly CRB 1009 (1980?) Taken from original Sansu Enterprises recordings. Look-Ka Py Py (B) 9 till 5 (B) Cissy Strut (A) I Need More Time (single) Pungee (B) Ease Back (A) Cardova (A) Yeah, You're Right (B) -- Cissy Strut (A) Sassy Lady (single) Little Old Money Maker (B) Rigor Mortis (B) Live Wire (A) A Message From The Meters (single) Hey! Last Minute (C) Orignal source noted as (A) The Meters; (B) Look-Ka Py Py; (C) Struttin' ================================================== Funky Mircale - Charly CD NEV2 Taken from original Sansu Enterprises recordings. Has every song from their first 3 albums (Josie) EXCEPT "Wichita Lineman" from _Struttin_. It also has "I Need More Time", "Message From The Meters", and "Sassy Lady" from their single releases. Disc One Disc Two 1. Look-Ka Py Py 1. Sophisticated Cissy 2. 9 Till 5 2. Here Comes the Meterman 3. Cissy Strut 3. The Mob 4. I Need More Time 4. Funky Miracle 5. Pungee 5. Ride Your Pony 6. Ease Back 6. Art 7. Cardova 7. Dry Spell 8. Yeah You're Right 8. Thinking 9. Tippi-Toes 9. Handclapping Song 10. Chicken Strut 10. Britches 11. Sassy Lady 11. Liver Splash 12. Little Old Money Maker 12. Joog 13. Rigor Mortis 13. Same Old Thing 14. Live Wire 14. 6V6 LA 15. A Message From the Meters 15. Sehorns Farm 16. Hey! Last Minute 16. Sing A Simple Song 17. This Is My Last Affair 17. Stormy 18. Darling Darling Darling 18. Ann 19. Go For Yourself 19. Oh, Calcutta! ================================================== The Legendary Meters featuring The JB Horns Live at the Moonwalker 1994 Lakeside 2022 Live at the Moonwalker 2 1994 Lakeside 2026 The two CD collection is very nicely produced, with original cover art (imprinted on disc as well), photos (B&W), a Meters discography, a New Orleans nightlife guide with maps, pictures and a Big Easy festival listing. The production crew/engineers & remix studios are listed! Lakeside Music (P.O. Box 39, Ch-3652 Hilterfingen, Switzerland Tel: 033 433524 Fax: 033 435210). Concert recorded at the Moonwalker in Aarburg, Switzerland, December 1991. Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., David Russell Batiste Jr. (drums) and David Torkanowsky (keyboards). The JB Horns: Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis! Vol.1 1. Intro (2:08) 2. Funky Good Time (6:05) 3. Pass The Peas (6:47) 4. Jungle Man (5:38) 5. Africa (13:36) 6. Let's Get It On (9:24) 7. "Changing The Tape"/Jokes (1:45) 8. People Say (14:00) 9. Fiyou On The Bayou (9:38) 10.Children's World (6:34) Total: 76:18 Vol.2 - Second Helping 1. Change Reform (7:28) 2. Hey Pocky Way (7:36) 3. Funky Miracle (6:31) 4. Cissy Strut (6:56) 5. Soul Island (5:24) 6. Cold Sweat/Ride Me Pony (6:11) 7. Be My Lady (9:54) 8. Ham (5:17) 9. Southwick (11:27) Total: 66:44 ================================================== Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology - Rhino R2 71869 (1995) Disc 1: The Josie Years Licensed from Red Dog Express (Sansu Enterprises recordings). 1. Cissy Strut 2. Here Comes The Meter Man 3. Live Wire 4. Sophisticated Cissy 5. Ease Back 6. Stormy 7. Look-Ka Py Py 8. Pungee 9. Thinking 10. This is My Last Affair 11. Funky Miracle 12. Yeah, You're Right 13. Little Ond Money Maker 14. Dry Spell 15. Chicken Strut 16. Same Old Thing 17. Darling Darling Darling 18. Tippi-Toes 19. Ride Your Pony 20. A Message From The Meters 21. Zony Mash 22. Stretch Your Rubber Band 23. Groovy Lady 24. (The World Is A Little Bit Under The Weather) Doodle-Oop 25. I Need More Time 26. Good Old Funky Music Disc 2: The Reprise/Warner Bros. Years Licensed from Warner Records (1972-77). 1. Stay Away 2. Soul Island 3. Do The Dirt 4. Cabbage Alley 5. People Say 6. Hey Pocky A-Way 7. Africa 8. Fire On The Bayou, 9. Talkin' Bout New Orleans 10. They All Ask'd For You 11. Running Fast (single version) 12. (Doodle Loop) The World Is A Little Bit Under The Weather 13. Trick Bag 14. Hang 'Em High 15. Be My Lady 16. Funkify Your Life 17. Give It What You Can ============================================================================ Thanks to NEW ROCK RECORD by Terry Housome for being a wonderful resource that contains many many discographies and an index by musician. There's been a few editions of this book under various titles. This one only goes up to 1981. :^( Thanks also to Karl Nordstrom and Stan Green for help with some of the above. Additional input from and editing by Gilles Bacon. Malcolm Humes Please mail any additional info to Gilles Bacon Copyright ^^^^^^^^^ This document is Copyright (c) 1995, Malcolm Humes & Gilles Bacon. All rights reserved. Permission to distribute the collection is hereby granted providing that distribution is electronic, no money is involved, reasonable attempts are made to use the latest version and all credits and this copyright notice are maintained. Other requests for distribution will be considered. <*>

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