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Leo Nocentelli
Another Side

$30.00

TRACK LISTING:

Side A:
Thinking Of The Day
Riverfront
I Want To Cry
Pretty Mittie
Give Me Back My Loving

Side B:
Getting Nowhere
Till I Get There
You’ve Become A Habit
Tell Me Why
Your Song

SKU LITA 191-1 Categories ,

Description

— First-ever solo album by legendary guitarist Leo Nocentelli of The Meters
— All tracks previously unreleased and never-before-heard in any format
— Featuring Allen Toussaint, James Black and both George Porter Jr. and Zigaboo Modeliste of The Meters
— Recorded at Cosimo Matassa’s Jazz City Studio in New Orleans in the early 70s
— Liner notes by Sam Sweet with additional contributions by Pesuky Nocentelli, featuring a new interview with Leo Nocentelli
— Vinyl plated at RTI
— Design by the multi GRAMMY®–winning designer Masaki Koike
— LP includes 20-page booklet

At just fourteen, Leo Nocentelli was backing up Otis Redding. Soon after, he was playing on hits for Lee Dorsey, The Supremes, and The Temptations. As an original member of The Meters, Leo wrote instant classics “Cissy Strut” and “Hey Pocky A–Way,” but his greatest moment on record may be totally unknown, until now…

Recorded at Cosimo Matassa’s Jazz City Studio in New Orleans in the early 70s and then lost to the ages, Another Side is one of Leo Nocentelli’s most personal and definitive moments ever cut to tape. A mixture of funky folk and rootsy, raw emotion (think Bill Withers and James Taylor meeting Allen Toussaint at Link Wray’s Three Track Shack), this previously unheard album shines like the sun on a spring day at the New Orleans fairgrounds. Backing Nocentelli is an all-star line-up of New Orleans royalty, including Allen Toussaint (piano), James Black (drums), and both George Porter Jr. (bass) and Zigaboo Modeliste (drums) of The Meters. Deeply introspective, the album features nine original songs by Nocentelli, plus a soulful rendition of Elton John’s “Your Song.” Half a century later, these recordings sound just as fresh and engaging as the day they were recorded.

 

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Format

Black Vinyl LP

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