1973 Vol.2 - New Orleans Joymakers

Advantages: Two good songs
Disadvantages: Not long enough and doesn't have much substance.

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Advantages: Good Early stuff
Disadvantages: Doesn't cover everything

...The Meters were a fantastic band and were pioneers of the art form. They worked with Dr. John and Allen Toussaint on 'Right Place', a classic New Orleans record, and wrote one of the Funkiest albums of all time, 'Rejuvination'. This record covers some of their earlier work. 'Cissy Strut' is an absolute classic. Its a killer riff and is so simple. Everything in the band clicks. Song after song on this album is very simple but funky as hell. 'Sophisticated Cissy' and 'Ease Back' are also classics. They also do a couple of covers on the album, one being 'Sing a simple song' by sly and the family stone. There extremely tight and precise style suites the record and helps to make this an interesting compilation from one of the best New Orleans bands ever. This is a great place to start, and i highly recommend it.... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent reworking of an old theme
Disadvantages: None

.... 33), and 'The Bell' (No. 50). There's not much to be gained from a lengthy track-by-track analysis. Suffice to say that several of the ideas which originally appeared in the 1973 work resurface in disguise this time. 'Sentinel', the opening track, has that same shimmering keyboard motif and a similar tune, yet without turning into a carbon copy. Just when you think it's about to descend into ambient blandness, along comes a burst of heavyish guitar on 'Blue Saloon', some playful piano and guitar on 'Sunjammer', and a rather lovely classical-type guitar passage on 'Red Dawn'. Occurring almost halfway through, 'The Bell' is the new master of ceremonies piece, spoken by an unnamed gent referred to as 'A Strolling Player', with a musical phrase repeated over and over again in similar style to the one which accompanied the late Viv... Read review

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