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Procol Harum – Broken Barricades A&M Records SP-4294 US 1971
hey decal, what are your thoughts on the Meters funky sound are you digging it?
I absolutely love the fonk!!! I've been listening to The Meters since they released "Sissy Strut" in '69.
What a great record! I love early Harum. I saw Little Feat with Lowell George open up for them in Westchester, New York, maybe 1975 or 1976.Paul
decal, that is a bit longer then me yet a big Meters fan here . . . I'm still picking up the vinyl as most mine is on ceedee
Check this one out from Sundazed RecordsIt has some great cover songs done in The Meters N'awlins fonk style.
BeginningThe band was formed by Steve Groves and Steve Kipner, who named the band after the popular belgian cartoon The Adventures of Tintin. Through a friendship with Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees, who would later produce both of their singles and both of their albums, the duo was signed to a one-album contract with music producer Robert Stigwood's organization. Maurice produced their 1969 debut album and played on about half the tracks, which bore a marked resemblance to the tight harmonies of the Bee Gees.The LP sold poorly until the dreamy ballad "Toast and Marmalade for Tea", with lead vocals by Kipner was belatedly released a single in the spring of 1971, hitting #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song featured just eight lines of nursery rhyme-like lyrics repeated over distorted piano and synthesizer backing. The song gradually builds in intensity adding acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, a string orchestra, and finally brass instruments, and is now Tin Tin's best-remembered song.
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