The Meters

Meters (1989-1993)

The Funky Meters
November 23, 1989
New York City, NY @ Lone Star Roadhouse
SBD > ? > CDR > EAC > flac

1. Funky Miracle > Whole Lotta Love >
2. Look Ka Py Py
3. Just Kissed My Baby >
4. Chug A Lug
5. Saturday Night Fish Fry > Shake Rattle & Roll >
6. Junco Pardner
7. All These Things8. They All Askd For You >
9. Iko-Iko >
10. Drums >
11. I Need More Time
12. ?guitar driven instrumental? >
13. Ain't No Use > Bass Solo > Ain't No Use
14. Hang Em High (fades out)

Art Neville: Keys
George Porter, Jr: Bass
Leo Nocentelli: Guitar
Russell Batiste, Jr. Drums

This was the first show with Russell Batiste on drums.
Not sure if this is the early or late set.



Meters
Lone Star Roadhouse
New York, NY
1989-11-24

Source:   AUD > C(1) via Rob Robles
Transfer: C (SA-90; XLII-S 90) > Nak CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
Master:   Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, EQ, cross-fades, DDI Codec (Dolby B @ -35.0 dBFS), resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 1644

Thanks to Rob Robles for providing the cassettes

Early Show

01. Fiya On The Bayou
02. Jungle Man
03. Africa
04. Look-Ka Py Py
05. Cissy Strut >
06. Drums >
07. I Take What I Want >
08. Love The One You're With >
09. Can't Always Get What You Want >
10. Soul Island > Jam > *
11. Willy And The Hand Jive >
12. Hey Pocky Way >
13. Got To Give It Up
14. People Say

Late Show

01. You've Got To Change
02. Funkify Your Life
03. Cummins Prison Farm
04. Fiya On The Bayou
05. Lovey Dovey >
06. Hey Bartender >
07. Hey Bartender (continued) >
08. Jambalaya >
09. Do You Want To Dance >
10. Traveling Mood >
11. Africa *

Encore:
12. Drums >
13. Johnny B. Goode >
14. Iko Iko

* = tape flip

A high-energy jam-fest for an excitable New York City crowd, the second night of a 3-night run.  A couple of people in audience are sometimes annoying, but the music is too good to let that bother you.

This appears to be a C(1), with two layers of hiss.  The sound was a little dull as well.  DDI Codec and some gentle EQ sorted that out.  The two tape flips are, unfortunately, in bad places.  You'll notice them, but the cross fades don't bust the groove too badly.  The two medleys are long and wandering.  The tracking is just guidance, there's more hiding in there:  Art asks, "Can y'all guess what we're doing?  Does anyone in the band know what we're doing?"

There was no obvious encore for the early show, and no real break before the encore of the late show, other than a "Thank you, goodnight" before the last three songs  The band closes with "We've got to get out of here," as it was 12:30 am and I guess they had to wrap it up.

Leo Nocentelli - guitar, vocals
Russell Batiste - drums, vocals (2nd show with the band?)
Art Neville - keys, vocals
Charles Neville - saxophone
George Porter Jr. - bass

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-09-01



The Meters
Lone Star Roadhouse
New York, NY
11.25.89
Late show

SB>DAT>My Cassette
Transfer: Nakamichi DR-1 Azimuth Adjust/
Lynx-One Studio Card Analog Inputs 24/48k

1. Get Back Jack >
2. Just Kissed My Baby >
3. Cissy Strut >
4. Cardova >
5. Love The One Your With >
6. Soul Island >
 Drum Break >
7. Africa >
8. Look A Py-Py
9. Ain't No Use >
10. Bass solo >
 Drum solo >
   Reprise

Enc:
11. Big Chief

Art Neville: Keys
George Porter, Jr: Bass
Leo Nocentelli: Guitar
Russell Batiste, Jr. Drums

Notes:
- Final set of 4 during a 2 night stand.
- Someone has all 4 sets on DAT
- I borrowed the master DAT from his friend
and never saw the other 3 despite multiple attempts
to obtain them :-(




The Funky Meters
December 2, 1989
New Orleans, LA @ Riverboat Hallelujah
SBD > ? > cassette? > ? > CDR > EAC > flac

1. Look-Ka-Py-Py
2. You've Got to Change (Got to Reform)
3. Cissy Strut
4. Love the One You're With >
5. Soul Island >
6. Love Slip Upon Ya
7. Be My Lady
8. Funkify Your Life
9. Ain't No Use
Encore:
10. Big Chief

Art Neville: Keys
George Porter, Jr: Bass
Leo Nocentelli: Guitar
Russell Batiste, Jr. Drums

Circulating tape was labeled #2 so it is most likely a second set.


SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
169449	1989-11-23	Lone Star Roadhouse	New York	NY
SBD > ? > CDR > EAC > flac
169450	1989-11-24	Lone Star Roadhouse	New York	NY
Source: AUD > C(1) via Rob Robles Transfer: C (SA-90; XLII-S 90) > Nak CR-7A > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496 Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, EQ, cross-fades, DDI Codec (Dolby B @ -35.0 dBFS), resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 1644
169451	1989-11-25	Lone Star Roadhouse	New York	NY
SB>DAT>My Cassette Transfer: Nakamichi DR-1 Azimuth Adjust/ Lynx-One Studio Card Analog Inputs 24/48k
169452	1989-12-02	Riverboat Hallelujah	New Orleans	LA
SBD > ? > cassette? > ? > CDR > EAC > flac

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