Soul Strut 100: # 8 - The Meters - S/T (1969)

[DJ_Enki]

asstro said:Indisputable, what would we all be without The Meters?




A world without The Meters is not a world worth living in.





The Meters also tend to be my go-to group when I get the inevitable "wow, look at all these records you have...play me one!" deal.

 

[Chuck_Huss]

Found this years ago still in the shrink in Lodi of all places.





I wish they had pressed mono versions of these early LPs on Josie.

 

[kala]

Chuck_Huss said:Found this years ago still in the shrink in Lodi of all places.





I wish they had pressed mono versions of these early LPs on Josie.




Lodi?


do tell!

 

[pickwick33]

kala saidulled a mint copy of this early in my game at a flea for a buck.


an old dude was flipping thru the crate right in front of me and he passed right by this joint and gripped some Roger Whitaker jawns


that was a tense 3 minutes waiting for him to finish with the crate so I could get my sweaty hands on this sucker


haven't seen one in the field since.


i reckon they didn't press up many of these or they just weren't well distributed in the north east?




Jubilee/Josie was a fairly successful label in their day, with lots of hit singles to their credit. The success of "Cissy Strut" and "Sophisticated Cissy" was good enough to push the Meters' first album into the Billboard album charts (#108 in the Billboard Top 200). So there were definitely a lot of these being pressed up.





However, R&B prior to 1976 was more singles-oriented than album-oriented, so of course the 45s will turn up more often. Hell. Jubilee/Josie was more singles-oriented themselves.

 

[pickwick33]

toby.d said:I also really dig the cover. Understated, clever and cool.




Agreed. Literal cover art can get really tacky, but the austerity of those actual meters on the cover is tastefully done.

 

[tripledouble]

this ranking should have included the next two Josies....all sooo thorough. cosign the versions of Stormy. and Wichita Lineman





thats an interesting point harvey about the tuba influence... makes sense.

 

[Chuck_Huss]

kala said:Chuck_Huss said:Found this years ago still in the shrink in Lodi of all places.





I wish they had pressed mono versions of these early LPs on Josie.




Lodi?


do tell!




Gramps lived in Lodi. Years later I would still go out there to the pumpkin patches and wineries just for nostalgia sake but would hit up some of the antique stores, never with any luck except for that one time. My girl was with me that day, she's frequently been my good luck charm.

 

[parallax]

Jean-ClaudeBanDamned said:toby.d said:I also really dig the cover. Understated, clever and cool.

True, but the song titles mar it just a bit.




I'm a troll who does not listen to funk. Heck, I've never even heard of the Meters.

 

[Jean-ClaudeBanDamned]

Jean-ClaudeBanDamned said:Jean-ClaudeBanDamned said:toby.d said:I also really dig the cover. Understated, clever and cool.

True, but the song titles mar it just a bit.




I'm a troll who does not listen to funk. Heck, I've never even heard of the Meters.




You're one of my trolls.





Go funk yourself.

 

[Horseleech]

Chuck_Huss said:kala said:Chuck_Huss said:Found this years ago still in the shrink in Lodi of all places.





I wish they had pressed mono versions of these early LPs on Josie.




Lodi?


do tell!




Gramps lived in Lodi. Years later I would still go out there to the pumpkin patches and wineries just for nostalgia sake but would hit up some of the antique stores, never with any luck except for that one time. My girl was with me that day, she's frequently been my good luck charm.




Finger Lakes Lodi?

 

[LoopDreams]

og canadian press on Jubilee is very sweet sounding of this :goat:

 

[Chuck_Huss]

Horseleech said:Chuck_Huss said:kala said:Chuck_Huss said:Found this years ago still in the shrink in Lodi of all places.





I wish they had pressed mono versions of these early LPs on Josie.




Lodi?


do tell!




Gramps lived in Lodi. Years later I would still go out there to the pumpkin patches and wineries just for nostalgia sake but would hit up some of the antique stores, never with any luck except for that one time. My girl was with me that day, she's frequently been my good luck charm.




Finger Lakes Lodi?




Sorry - Lodi, CA





as in CCR's "stuck in Lodi again"

 

[Bon Vivant]

I ride for the Meters.

 

[drbrownscelray]

Bon Vivant said:I ride for the Meters.




In both of their touring iterations ("Funky" vs. whole OG line up) I think this is my favorite currently active live band. I have seen them so many times that I have lost count. Shit is beyond uplifting and the weird mix of jam band doods, old heads, and funk nerds does not detract at all from the experience because everyone is having such a great time.





PS- What's with all the weird autistic-style troll guys on this site now? Really fucking corny.

 

[Scott]

drbrownscelray saidS- What's with all the weird autistic-style troll guys on this site now? Really fucking corny.




Agreed.





There are two unreleased bonus cuts on the 2001 CD reissue. The "Look of Love" cover is aiight, but this is great:





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[Electrode]

"Cardova" is the shit. Any time I need to make an important decision, this song plays in my head.

 

[holmes]

love

 

[crazypoprock]

I picked up a clean original copy in Manhattan last week for $5! What a solid listen all the way through...minimalist funk at it's finest.

 

[Soul Zilla]

kala said:GatorToof said:Aren't the Meters a commercial group?





Didn't they start out doing tv jingles?





Sorry, I just can't ride for The Meters because their tracks do not really align with what my concept of music is...except for the quite space between tracks, ofcourse that part is similar to the quite space between tracks on other records, too.










if you don't like the meters then you really don't belong here




I agree.

 

[kala]

crazypoprock said:I picked up a clean original copy in Manhattan last week for $5! What a solid listen all the way through...minimalist funk at it's finest.




where?