--- product_id: 50735827 title: "Look-Ka Py Py [VINYL]" brand: "the meters" price: "FREE" currency: GBP in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/50735827-look-ka-py-py-vinyl store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Look-Ka Py Py [VINYL] **Brand:** the meters **Price:** FREE **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Look-Ka Py Py [VINYL] by the meters - **How much does it cost?** FREE with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/50735827-look-ka-py-py-vinyl) ## Best For - the meters enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted the meters brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Heavy weight vinyl reissue of the highly-regarded New Orleans funk band's second album released in December 1969. As New Orleans producer Allen Toussaint's houseband at Sansu Records, The Meters began performing in the mid-60s lending their talents as backing musicians to Dr John, Lee Dorsey and later Paul McCartney and Robert Palmer. Blending melodic grooves and syncopated NOLA rhythms, The Meters' highly charged guitar riffs and keyboard workouts helped integrate the Crescent City sound into mainstream Pop. Although they contributed to scores of hit records, success in their own right proved elusive and yet their influence endures thanks in part the Hip Hop scene whose artists have long since sampled their tracks. Comprised of Art Neville [keyboards, vocals], Leo Nocentelli guitar], George Porter Jr. [bass] and Joseph "Ziggy" Modeliste [drums], the foursome were later joined by percussionist/vocalist Cyril Neville. Produced by Allen Toussaint and Marshall Sehorn and recorded at Le Fevre Sound Studios in Atlanta, GA, the all-instrumental Look-Ka Py Py builds on the success of the R&B hits 'Sophisticated Sissy' and 'Sissy Strut' from earlier in the year. With the album ranked at No.216 in Rolling Stone magazine's '500 Greatest Albums of All Time', it's easy to see why The Meters deserve their status as the founding fathers of funk. Revered by contemporary Funk fans this is a welcome reissue for a highly regarded album by one of the genre's foremost exponents. ## Images ![Look-Ka Py Py [VINYL] - Image 1](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71EIBQw7YvL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolute Bargain *by Z***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2017* So Happy with the item , more than Happy with the price , Brand spanking new CD couldn't have asked for more .One Very Happy Customer ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ By far my favorite. *by J***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 April 2018* What can I say, superb album from a superb group. By far my favorite. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Funky miracle... *by T***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2018* TRACK LISTING1. Look-Ka Py Py2. Rigor Mortis3. Pungee4. Thinking5. This Is My Last Affair6. Funky Miracle7. Yeah You're Right8. Little Old Money Maker9. Oh, Calcutta!10. The Mob11. 9 'til 512. Dry SpellThis is the second album of largely instrumental funk from the New Orleans foursome, head by Art Neville. There are a few sort of chanted backing vocals but it is pretty much a cooking, organ, drum and guitar-driven album of red hot early funk. It has been very influential subsequently.The title track is beautifully bass heavy and backed up with catchy guitar licks and infectious organ swirls. It is pretty much irresistible. The same applies to the crystal clear percussion and sixties-style psychedelic organ on "Rigor Mortis". The tracks pretty much follow the same pattern, remnants of the sixties are kicking around in the "fat" organ breaks but there is a resonant bassiness and clever use of guitar breaks that make for a funky brew. The drumming is staccato, rhythmic and intoxicating. Unlike with vocal tracks, it is more difficult to go through each number, track by track, particularly here when they all get into the same funky groove. It is just an excellent, uplifting instrumental album. When The Meters got more soulful and added vocals on their seventies albums the sound and product was more fulfilled and polished, but there is a raw, funky edginess to these early recordings that render them pretty essential in the development of funk."This Is My Last Affair" must surely have influenced Elvis Costello when writing songs for "Get Happy!", just check out the rumbling bass, melodic organ riffs and drums. You almost expect Costello to start singing. "Funky Miracle" has a captivating shuffling beat, as does "Pungee". Also, the vibe on "Yeah You're Right" is just so captivating. Perfect.All this material just sound like perfect funky backing tracks and all have a pre-blaxploitation upbeat urban, down 'n' dirty groove to them. I have to say, also, that the sound quality is truly outstanding throughout, particularly considering it was recorded in 1969. 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