And yes, I understand that – as a self-proclaimed funk fan – I’m very much in the minority for not having previously joined the ranks of The Meters worship[ers. ![]() and the M.G.’s, and Parliament/Funkadelic. But thanks to Vinyl Me, Please, I now know how wrong-headed I was about both the band and its sound.Ĭomopsed of guitarist Leo Nocentelli, drummer Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste, bassist George Porter Jr., and keyboardist Art Neville (of the Neville Brother), I can now attest that The Meters were indeed a funk outfit with a capital “F.” And Rejuvenation is a stripped-back, groove-forward funk masterpiece that I’m honestly ashamed of having never sought out before.īy “masterpiece,” understand that in saying that, I’m willing to put Rejuvenation up against the best works of funk legends like James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Booker T. The Meters were not really on my radar for that very reason. It’s not a big deal exactly, there’s just something about the general “more is more” mentality of the New Orleans funk scene that’s felt a bit in terms of instrumentation much to me. If you’re wondering why I thought about passing, it’s because of the words “New Orleans funk,” which historically has not been my bag. The band in question is New Orleans’ legendary funk outfit The Meters, and the album is their 1974 offering Rejuvenation. As it is, I came close to swapping this month too, purely because I wasn’t familiar with either the band, or the album the folks at Vinyl Me, Please had selected. Here’s a look.įor The Love Of Music, Please DO NOT BENDĪs some of you faithful readers might recall, the second half of 2021 has been a bit of an up and down affair for me on the VMP Essentials front… one that led to me doing a little more swapping than I’m accustomed to honestly. Do yourself a favor and sign up today.Īs for what’s in my December box, VMP is ensuring a funky holist season for vinyl lovers with a stunning reissue of The Meters’ Rejuvenation. That means you can flip any VMP pick you’re not interested in for a past featured album from any track (including Essentials, Country, Classics, and Rap/Hip Hop). If you’re peckish about relinquishing control of your record collection to complete strangers, know that VMP’s Swaps Program is in full effect. Members are privy to reduced “Members Pricing” as well, so joining the club definitely has its rewards. Word to the wise, while the store is open to the public, most of the more covet-worthy stock is only available to subscribers. The store is open, and Team VMP are dropping fresh new selections to their stock every single week. You’ll have membership privileges in the VMP store too, which means you can grab a copy of previous VMP selections from the archives – including their reissue of Gram Parson’s country-rock classic Greivous Angel – not to mention a slate of super-limited releases pressed exclusively for Vinyl Me, Please. Each custom pressing (often on colored vinyl!) also comes with killer extras like original artwork and informative listening companion booklet. You send Vinyl Me, Please some of your hard-earned money (a 3-month membership will set you back about $119) and they send you one carefully selected album they feel is Essential to any record collection. Delivering limited edition vinyl pressings of new and classic albums directly to your doorstep, VMP operates under a simple philosophy: The Album Lives! With a carefully curated catalog of new and hard to find releases, the subscription service is more than just a record club, it’s a lifestyle choice for folks who wish Record Store Day could happen every month … in their living room. You have the DJ doing his thing and it’s like ‘wow.Good things comes in 12 inch packages. But this was blocko time in New York,” he said. ![]() “I was exposed to that in Jamaica, where we used to have block parties where we blocked the street. The scene in Queens felt completely new yet familiar at the same time. We’re talking about people in the area you got your speakers, I got mine and everybody’s just joining them together so you’re stacking them up,” said Anthony Scharschmidt, who grew up in Montreal’s western Notre-de-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood but spent part of his childhood in the Rollington Town suburb of Kingston, Jamaica. “We’re not talking about a big speaker system. Hip-hop, as we know it today, was a little more than five years old. And a 16-year-old Montrealer was taking it all in. It was a block party - or a “blocko” as they call it in the Caribbean. Disco, funk and jazz records like Bob James’s Take Me to the Mardi Gras blared across a schoolyard in the Laurelton neighbourhood of Queens, N.Y.
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