The Meters – Fire On The Bayou

The Meters — Fire On The Bayou

Gritty and punchy originals “Out In The Country,” “They All Ask’d For You” and the title track!

Part of the Acoustic Sounds 40 Series

Releasing 40 titles to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Acoustic Sounds!

Mastered from the original analog master tape

180-gram 45 RPM double LP pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Housed in a Stoughton Printing tip-on gatefold jacket

Members of The Meters were longstanding musical luminaries in New Orleans, but by the time of 1975’s Fire On The Bayou, the world beyond the Big Easy had also taken notice; The Rolling Stones tapped the band to open their U.S. tour that year. Produced by the great Allen Toussaint at his Sea-Saint Studios, the collection was the quintet’s third for Reprise and arguably their best for the label.

With percussionist Cyril Neville joining the ranks, the grooves get even funkier on these 11 tracks, as a couple of fine covers (“Mardi Gras Mambo”) join ace originals like “Out in the Country,” “They All Ask’d For You,” and the title track. Gritty and punchy, Fire On The Bayou simmers from start to finish.

Now restored to its full glory by Analogue Productions and pressed at Quality Record Pressings, this definitive reissue of Fire On The Bayou captures The Meters at their funkiest and most fearless — a swampy, hard-grooving New Orleans classic that radiates heat, grit, and soul from the first note to the last.