The Meters - Gettin Funkier All The Time: Complete Josie / Reprise & Warner Recordings 1968-1977 (CD)

Details: Six CD set. Among the most sampled groups of the '60s and '70s by a slew of top rap and hip-hop artists of the '90s and beyond, the legendary New Orleans band and Grammy Lifetime Achievement awardees The Meters created an instantly recognizable sound through almost a decade of recording, initially for the Josie label and then for Reprise and Warner Brothers. Group members guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter Jr., drummer Joseph 'Zigaboo' Modeliste and keyboardist/singer Art Neville formed the core of the band, later augmented by Art's younger brother, percussionist/singer Cyril who joined The Meters in 1975. This wonderful 116-track, 6-CD SoulMusic Records' box set showcases The Meters' entire recorded output for Josie Records (1968-1971), Reprise and Warner Brothers (1972-77). In addition to their eight full albums, this luxurious package (with a 40-page booklet) includes non-album singles, bonus material, single edits and a rare 1977 disco mix of 'Disco Is The Thing Today', available for the first time on CD.

Tracklist:

1. Sophisticated Cissy
2. Sehorns Farm
3. Cissy Strut
4. Here Comes the Meter Man
5. Cardova
6. Live Wire
7. Art
8. 6V6 la
9. Stormy
10. Sing a Simple Song
11. Ease Back
12. Ann
13. The Look of Love
14. Soul Machine
15. Dry Spell
16. Little Old Money Maker
17. Look-Ka Py Py
18. Rigor Mortis
19. Pungee
20. Thinking
21. This Is My Last Affair
22. Funky Miracle
23. Yeah You're Right
24. Oh Calcutta!
25. The Mob
26. 9 'Til 5
27. Chicken Strut
28. Hey! Last Minute
29. Grass
30. Borro (Aka Borrow)
31. Liver Splash
32. Wichita Lineman
33. Joog
34. Go for Yourself
35. Same Old Thing
36. Hand Clapping Song
37. Darling Darling Darling
38. Tippi-Toes
39. Britches
40. Ride Your Pony
41. Funky Meters' Soul
42. Meter Strut
43. A Message from the Meters
44. Zony Mash
45. Stretch Your Rubber Band
46. Groovy Lady
47. (The World Is a Bit Under the Weather) Doodle-Oop
48. I Need More Time
49. Good Old Funky Music
50. Sassy Lady
51. Do the Dirt
52. Smiling
53. You've Got to Change (You Got to Reform)
54. Stay Away
55. Birds
56. The Flower Song
57. Soul Island
58. Lonesome and Unwanted People
59. Gettin' Funkier All the Time
60. Cabbage Alley
61. Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug (Push and Shove) Part I
62. Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug (Push and Shove) Part II
63. People Say
64. Love Is for Me
65. Just Kissed My Baby
66. What'cha Say
67. Jungle Man
68. Hey Pocky A-Way
69. It Ain't No Use
70. Loving You Is on My Mind
71. Africa
72. Out in the Country
73. Fire on the Bayou
74. Love Slip Upon Ya
75. Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans
76. They All Ask'd for You
77. Can You Do Without?
78. Liar
79. You're a Friend of Mine
80. Middle of the Road
81. Running Fast
82. Mardi Gras Mambo
83. Keep on Marching
84. He Bite Me
85. A Mother's Love
86. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
87. Disco Is the Thing Today
88. Mister Moon
89. Find Yourself
90. All These Things
91. I Want to Be Loved By You
92. Suite for 20 G
93. Doodle Loop (The World Is a Little Bit Under the Weather)
94. Trick Bag
95. Chug-A-Lug
96. Hang 'Em High
97. Honky Tonk Woman
98. Love the One You're with
99. What More Can I Do?
100. Down By the River
101. Come Together
102. Big Chief
103. No More Okey Doke
104. I'm Gone
105. Be My Lady
106. My Name Up in Lights
107. Funkify Your Life
108. Stop That Train
109. We Got the Kind of Love
110. Give It What You Can
111. All I Do Every Day
112. Hey Pocky A-Way
113. People Say
114. Running Fast
115. Disco Is the Thing Today (Disco Mix)
116. Be My Lady