Uptown Rulers: The Meters live on the Queen Mary

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Released 1992 Length 59:21 Release date 4 August 1992 Genre Funk		Recorded March 24, 1975 Artist The Meters Label Rhino Entertainment

Uptown Rulers The Meters live on the Queen Mary (1992) Funkify Your Life The Meters Anthology (1995) Producers Allen Toussaint, Marshall Sehorn Similar The Meters albums, Funk albums

Uptown Rulers: The Meters live on the Queen Mary is a live album by the funk group The Meters recorded on March 24, 1975. It was recorded at the Venus and Mars album release party hosted by Linda and Paul McCartney on board the Queen Mary ship. It captures the band's live sound at their peak in the mid 1970s. It is the only live recording of the band from that period.

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic, with cover songwriter credits.

Arthur Neville – keyboards, vocals, composer

Leo Nocentelli – guitar, vocals, composer

Ziggy Modeliste – drums, vocals, composer

Cyril Neville – percussion, vocals, composer

George Porter, Jr. – bass, vocals, composer

Cover songs

David Gates – composer (track 5)

Isley Brothers – composer (track 6, "It's Your Thing")

Stephen Stills – composer (track 6, "Love the One You're With")

Huey Smith – composer (track 8, "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu")

Chris Kenner – composer (track 8, "Something You Got")

Barbara George – composer (track 8, "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)")

Robert Allen, Richard Adler – composer (track 8, "Everybody Loves a Lover")

Russ Ballard – composer (track 9)

The Hawketts – composer (track 10)

Production

Allen Toussaint – producer

Marshall Sehorn – producer

Songs

1Gary Owens Introduces the Band0:39
2Fire on the Bayou7:10
3Africa4:33

References

Uptown Rulers: The Meters live on the Queen Mary Wikipedia

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