How would you like to hear a new side—or should we say sides—of the world’s greatest funk band? This 3-LP, 40-track collecton presents the A and B-side of every single that organist Art Neville, guitarist Leo Nocentelli, bassist George Porter, Jr., and drummer Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste cut for the Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. label, virtually their entire singles output (all but two co-produced by the late, great Allen Toussaint) save for a few odds ‘n’ ends issued mostly overseas. That means that you not only get every hit along with its hard-to-find B-side but also the rare single mixes, including the especially rare original mono single mixes of the 1968-1971 Josie sides, very few of which have appeared on vinyl since their original 45 release (the first three LP sides are all mono; the last three, featuring the later Reprise and Warner Bros. singles, presents all stereo single mixes). These songs represent the mother lode of New Orleans funk, classic tracks like “Sophisticated Cissy,” “Cissy Strut,” “Look-Ka Py Py,” “Chicken Strut,” “Hand Clapping Song,” “Hey Pocky A-Way,” and more. And, with liner notes by Bill Dahl featuring quotes from Nocentelli, Neville, and Porter, this 3- LP set offers the best vinyl retrospective to date of this enormously influential band. And how’s the sound? Well, after extensive and exhaustive tape research, we were able to come up with original tape sources for all but five of these single sides, and the remastering—by Mike Milchner at SonicVision—is tight. Now available in a lower-priced black vinyl version for crate-diggers everywhere! 

Tracklist:A1 Sophisticated Cissy
A2 Sehorns Farms
A3 Cissy Strut
A4 Here Comes The Meter Man
A5 Ease Back
A6 Ann
A7 Dry Spell
A8 Little Old Money Maker
B1 Look-Ka Py Py
B2 This Is My Last Affair
B3 Chicken Strut
B4 Hey! Last Minute
B5 Hand Clapping Song
B6 Joog
C1 A Message From The Meters
C2 Zony Mash
C3 Stretch Your Rubber Band
C4 Groovy Lady
C5 (The World Is A Bit Under The Weather) Doodle-Oop
C6 I Need More Time
C7 Good Old Funky Music
C8 Sassy Lady
D1 Do The Dirt
D2 Smiling
D3 Cabbage Alley
D4 The Flower
D5 Chug Chug Chug-A-Log (Push N' Shove) (Part I)
D6 Chug Chug Chug-A-Lug (Push N' Shove) (Part II)
E1 Hey Pocky A-Way
E2 Africa
E3 People Say
E4 Loving You Is On My Mind
E5 They All Ask'd For You
E6 Running Fast (Long Version)
F1 Disco Is The Thing Today
F2 Mr. Moon
F3 Trick Bag
F4 Find Yourself
F5 Be My Lady
F6 No More Okey Doke