Tristeza’s Y2K sophomore album and debut for Tiger Style, back in print a quarter century later. Tracked in Chicago—the post-rock capital of the world— 'Dream Signals In Full Circles' weaves together shimmering counterpointed guitars, mathlete precision percussion, synth glaze and dramatic strings into a trance-inducing sonic screensaver. Do they ID at this bar?

TRACK LISTING

1. Building Peaks
2. Respira
3. City Of The Future
4. Shifty Drifty
5. Auroura Borealis
6. I Am A Cheetah
7. Chiaroscuro
8. Are We People
9. Opiate Slopes

The Nigerian princesses of afro-funk arrived on the international scene with 1976’s 'Danger' and never looked back. Produced by multi-instrumentalist Adeniyi “Biddy” Wright, the six-song LP is a low-slung affair, awash in dreamy psychedelic guitar, crisp hi-hat shuffles, and telepathic harmony vocals from twins Taiwo and Kehinde. This 2025 remaster is housed in a deluxe tip-on jacket and includes lyrics in both Yorurban and English. Danger, danger, danger please come on back.

TRACK LISTING

1. Danger
1. Amebo
3. Life’s Gone Down Low
4. Cashing In
5. Bobby
6. Lord Have Mercy

After three albums of reverberated guitar wandering, Master Wilburn Burchette’s 'Psychic Meditation Music' takes a turn towards the kosmiche. Two side-long synth explorations transport the listener to the avocado hues of 1974, expanding consciousness one oscillation at a time. Bug out your third eye!

TRACK LISTING

1. Yin
2. Yang

Malian guitar sorcery of the highest order. You shall not pass. Connecting Wasulu hunter music, griot praises, Senufo pastoral dances, Fula and Mandingo repertoire alongside Western psychedelia, blues and afro-beat, Zani Diabaté’s Super Djata Band was among Mali’s top orchestras of the 1980s. For their 1981 album, the Bamako-based orchestra discovers the wah-wah pedal, delivering six mind-ravishing guitar workouts for the proletariat.

TRACK LISTING

1. Mali Ni Woula
2. Zani Djabaté
3. Noumouna Kouloumba
4. Sinaya
5. Signanna
6. Limaniya Kile De Boro

80s synth magic for the the four-track mind. DIY outsider Rick Cuevas was a post-punk refugee on a vision quest for a hit. Tracked at home in 1984, 'The Birds' is that 40-year-delayed viral smash, one of eight retro-futurist anthems that make up Cuevas’ debut album.

Remastered from the analog masters, this 40th anniversary edition replicates the 200-copy original for max teleportation value.

TRACK LISTING

1. Symbolism
2. The Birds
3. Hello Condemnation
4. Loving This Girl
5. Long Way To Go
6. Circle Of The Rain
7. Sense Of Real
8. Wind Of My Breath

WHEN A NIGHT IN SOUNDS LIKE A NIGHT OUT

A dazzling 11-track journey through the rich, handpicked gems of Numero’s finest. Blending the timeless warmth of classic soul with a fresh, modern twist, 'Eccentric Modern Soul' delivers an expansive soundscape that feels both nostalgic and new

TRACK LISTING

1. Mind & Matter - I’m Under Your Spell
2. Ujima - Maybe
3. Cosmos Universal Band - Third Eye
4. 94 East - If You See Me
5. Crystal’s Image - A Friend
6. Arabi - Times Three
7. Universal Togetherness Band - Dreamality
8. Third Rail - Just Had To Tell You
9. Clifton Dyson, Gwen Matthews - I’m Giving Up
10. Wind - Best Thing I Can Do (Vocal)
11. Wee - Take To The Sky

Townies, homecoming queens, and big men on campus manifest a homegrown and revolutionary sound in Civil Rights-era Greensboro. Among presidential hopefuls and future astronauts, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, located in Greensboro, was a hotbed of black excellence, activism, and raw talent. At the helm of a half-dozen labels, local yokel Walter Grady assembled a rotating cast of townies, homecoming queens, and big men on campus to manifest a scintillating sound that was both homegrown and revolutionary. 'Eccentric Soul: The Linco Label' compiles melodic milestones from the birthplace of the civil rights movement.

TRACK LISTING

1. Gin And The Gents - Dreams For Sale
2. Four Wheel Drive - Fussin’ & Cussin’
3. Ronn Feaster - Don’t Laugh In My Face And Steal My Man
4. The Opells - Day And Time
5. The Versatile Gents - You’ve Blown My Mind
6. The Blenders - Nothin’ But A Party
7. Gin And The Gents - Boy And Girl
8. Cathy Smith - Baby, You Got It
9. Electric Express - Life Ain’t Easy
10. Bryant Headen - Guess I Better Move On
11. Roy Roberts Experience - Stop (Watch What You Doing To Me)
12. The Opells - You Know I Love You
13. Gin And The Gents - Could This Be Love
14. The Party Brothers - Let Me Be The One
15. Soul Hustlers - Super Party
16. John McCain - They Call Me The Man
17. Second Movement - People Get Down
18. True Transfusion - No Communication
19. EW Funktionäre - Disco Spirit
20. Roy Roberts Experience - I Can’t Go On (Without Your Love)
21. Inner City Funktion - Don’t You Need Someone Like Me (I Can Set Your Love Free)
22. Bridge - Stick Your Finger In The Ground (And Turn The World Around)
23. Human Blood - Blood City Funk
24. EW Funktionäre - Noah
25. Rufus Thompson - What’s Happening To My World (Extended Version)
26. Human Blood - She Makes My Temperature Rise (Because She’s Bad)

The dreamy debut album from Texas’s new wave of American krautrock. Recorded at home in 1996, 'The Fun Of Watching Fireworks' straddles the aerodynamic drag between lo-fi and Living Stereo, huffing hypnotic chem trails, Ampex 456 polyfibre dust, and subtropical ozone while the Farfisa warms up. Remastered from the original analog tapes as a reminder of what life was like in the before times. Trespassers encouraged.

TRACK LISTING

1. Diana Slowburner II
2. On My Way
3. Gone To Earth
4. On The Run’s Where I’m From
5. Dim Stars (The Boy In My Arms)
6. Trespassers In The Stereo Field
7. Too Tired To Shine II
8. It’s Alright

Funded by Capitol, tracked in 14 studios, issued by Tiger Style, and lost in the Y2K shuffle, Ida’s fourth album captures a band caught between Brooklyn and Woodstock, temping and adulting, burying a parent and birthing a child. A tireless compendium and ode to sleep, sex, all-night talking, and other bed-ridden activities, 'Will You Find Me‘s 14-songs are pillowed with 34 outtakes, alternate mixes, 4-track demos, and covers from the band’s extensive vault, unfolding thematically across four LPs. The accompanying 24-page booklet documents Ida’s major label album that never was in both stunning photographs and Douglas Wolk’s blow-by-blow essay. Who were you then?

TRACK LISTING

Will You Find Me Tracklist:
1. Down On Your Back
2. Maybelle
3. This Water
4. Shrug
5. The Radiator
6. Shotgun
7. Turn Me On
8. Man In Mind
9. Past The Past
10. Georgia
11. Triptych
12. Firefly
13. Encantada
14. Don’t Get Sad
15. Shrug (Brown Rice In A Magic Shop Dub)
16. Time To Listen To The Mystery Sound Of Your Own Heart
17. AZ U R
18. What Holds The World Together
19. The Great South River
20. Black Thumb
21. Better Days

Could Be The Door Tracklist:
1. Down On Your Back (Live On WFMU)
2. Maybelle (Strings And Piano Mix)
3. This Water (Capitol Demos Reel)
4. Shrug (The Woo Mix)
5. The Radiator (Pink Moon Mix)
6. Shotgun (Minimal Mix)
7. Turn Me On (Instrumental Mix)
8. Man In Mind (Vocal Only Mix)
9. Past The Past (Capitol Demos Reel)
10. Georgia Strings
11. Triptych Coda
12. Firefly (Rehearsal Excerpt)
13. Encantada
14. Don’t Get Sad (Dreamland)

The Reservoir Tracklist:
1. Never Goes Away
2. Shrug (4-track Demo)
3. Tales Of Brave Ida (4-track Demo)
4. Nothing But Sound (4-track Demo)
5. Love Streams (4-track Demo)
6. Mestizo Blues

The original 90s soft grunge sad girl. Broken up, pregnant, grandma dying. The usual 21st trip around the sun. In between Eric’s Trip albums, boyfriends, and dress sizes, Julie strummed her downcast bedroom pop diaries through a Rat II distortion pedal and quit the scene. Expanded 29th anniversary edition includes rare 7” tracks and photo of Julie with her dog Samantha.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1 Dance Music
2 Elevator Show
3 Crumble
4 Soon, Coming Closer
5 August 10
6 Taller Beauty
7 Grammy
8 Grew Smaller

SIDE B
9 Happy Lucky Girl
10 Sorry Story
11 So Low
12 Waiting For Baby
13 Beautiful
14 Laugh With Me
15 Sad Song
16 Five
17 The Book Song
18 His Girlfriend

The original soft grunge 90s sad girl. Julie in Memphis. With Eric’s Trip on ice, the Duchess of Canadian flannel flew south in December ‘96 to cut an album of postpartum depression ballads. Joined by Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb and The Grifters’ David Shouse, Loneliest In The Morning captures Julie’s blue period with trembling accuracy. Hanky not included.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
So Fast
Dance Me
Sorry Part I
Sorry Part II
Tell You Again
Explain
Crying Baby

SIDE B
Sweeter
Tonight, We Sleep
Mother
Love To Annoy
Creative Depression
Condescending You
Le Solei
Dance Music (7” Version)

As Warped Tour pop-punk and American Apparel indie rock dominated the strange post-Y2Kguitar-band milieu, Boston’s Karate delivered an engrossing shot of rock that constantly shifted between several shades of subterranean sounds. The quiet moments on Karate’s millennium busting fourth album carry much of that old, unbridled intensity, braided into subdued jazz melodies and slowcore restraint. This 25th anniversary edition of 'Unsolved' replicates the original 2000 pressing’s side D, and includes the 'Death Kit' 7” and split with Crown Hate Ruin. God forgive us.

TRACK LISTING

1. Small Fires
2. The Lived-But-Yet-Named
3. Sever
4. The Roots And The Ruins
5. Number Six
6. One Less Blues
7. The Halo Of The Strange
8. The Angels Just Have To Show
9. This Day Next Year
10. Cherry Coke
11. Death Kit
12. Nerve

A comprehensive overview of soul music from the great state of Illinois, this 732-page, two volume set chronicles over 3200 artists, 1200 record companies, and 10,000 individual releases between the years of 1960 and 1990. From Chicago to Cairo, East St. Louis to Kankakee, from The Accents to Ze-Majestiks, Soul Music Of Illinois serves as discography, field manual, atlas, telephone directory, and coffee table book, all presented in glorious full-color and wrapped in handsome woven linen.

“Real Emo” only consists of the DC emotional hardcore scene and the late ‘90s Delaware Valley screamo scene.... Frail were at the epicenter of that vibrant straight edge youth gaggle, screaming their throats bloody in baggy pants. Discontent with the metallic hardcore format, the quintet pursued Gen-X’s ferocious, noisy rage against everything at San Diego’s galloping pace. No Industry includes vital singles for the Yuletide, Bloodlink, and Kidney Room labels, plus rare comp tracks from across their ‘93-95 run. Make Your Own Noise.

TRACK LISTING

1. SpokenBlister
2. Decade
3. Paradise Lost
4. Revolution
5. Static
6. Inquisition
7. Ideal
8. Love
9. Drought
10. Firecracker
11. Industry
12. Obscene Jigsaw Puzzle
13. Brothers And Sisters
14. American As Apple Pie
15. Simply By The Book
16. Things Can Turn Around
17. Promise
18. Faultless

The Notations smash “What More Can I Say” returns to the mother format with their all-time lowrider tail-pipe dragger “I’m Still Here” on this limited, twin-smash Numero Classics 45. Sampled by NxWorries, Anderson.Paak, redveil, and Snoop Dog, these Notations hits are sure to tickle the trainspotters and old-timers alike.

TRACK LISTING

I'm Still Here
What More Can I Say

When not gazing out windows into the stormy Manhattan skyline, Margo Guryan spent her thirties banging out earworms for the likes of Bobbie Gentry, Jackie DeShannon, Claudine Longet, Carmen McCrae, and Julie London at CBS’s April Blackwood Music. Guryan’s timeless musings on love, Sundays, earthquakes, crying, and boys named Timothy have soundtracked countless films and viral videos—enduring masterpieces from the before times. 28 of her 60s and ’70s songwriting demos are collected on this 25th anniversary double album edition. Get under Margo’s umbrella.

TRACK LISTING

1. L What Can I Give You
2. Something’s Wrong With The Morning
3. I Love
4. Sunday Morning
5. Can You Tell
6. Think Of Rain
7. Sun
8. Most Of My Life
9. The 8:17 Northbound Success Merry-Go-Round
10. Love Songs
11. Thoughts
12. I Don’ Intend To Spend Christmas Without You
13. Come To Me Slowly
14. Timothy Gone
15. It’s Alright Now
16. Values
17. I Think A Lot About You
18. The Hum
19. Please Believe Me
20. Yes I Am
21. I’d Like To See The Bad Guys Win
22. California Shake
23. Shine
24. Hold Me Dancin
25. Goodbye July
26. Why Do I Cry
27. Under My Umbrella
28. I Ought To Stay Away From You

Whipped up in the dust of Rene & Rene’s Tejano tornado “Angelito,” the Dynamic label was just one among San Antonio record and real estate mogul Abe Epstein’s enterprises. Dynamic’s flagship outfit, the Commands, marched “No Time For You” up to the middle of the charts in 1966 with performance chops honed jet-sharp by the demanding Air Force Base circuit. That take off paved a runway for 20 more soulful Dynamic singles over an impressive 30-month campaign. Epstein’s open-door policy brought a diverse cross-section of Texas talent into convergence within his General McMullan Drive studio, as whites, blacks, and Latinos alike suited up for service in whichever new group the call of duty called for. Epstein’s Alamo City melting pot is ladled out here in 21 (28 on the 2LP) of Dynamic’s most intriguing dishes by the Tonettes, Little Jr. Jesse & the Tear Drops, Don & the Doves, Willie Cooper & the Webs, Bobby Blackmon & His Soul Express, and Doc & Sal. Lone Star pic sleeves, full-color dancehall photography, and rich ephemera plant a new flag for soul in soil that’s seen its share of hoisted banners.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Commands – Hey It's Love
A2 Little Jr. Jesse & The Tear Drops – Give Your Love To Me
A3 Tonettes – I Gotta Know
A4 Doc & Sal – Can't Get You Offa My Mind
A5 Commands – I've Got Love For My Baby
A6 Willie Cooper & The Webs – You Don't Love Nobody
A7 Little Jr. Jesse & The Tear Drops – Ain't No Big Thing

B1 Commands – No Time For You
B2 Webs – Little Girl Blue
B3 Tonettes – My Heart Can Feel The Pain
B4 Doc & Sal – Cry & Wonder Why
B5 Commands – Don't Be Afraid To Love Me
B6 Willie Cooper & The Webs – I Can't Take No More
B7 Don & The Doves – Together

C1 Webs – Don't Ever Hurt Me
C2 Commands – Must Be Alright
C3 Bobby Blackmon & The Soul Express – She's Gotta Have Soul
C4 Doc & Sal – Laughing To Keep From Crying
C5 Webs – Try Loving Me
C6 Commands – Too Late To Cry
C7 Doc & Sal – My Dream

D1 Little Jr. Jesse & The Tear Drops – If You Don't Love Me
D2 Webs – Can't Let You Go
D3 Commands – A Way To Love Me
D4 Little Jr. Jesse & The Tear Drops – It Keeps Rainin'
D5 Don & The Doves – I Need You
D6 Bobby Blackmon & The Soul Express – You'll Find Another
D7 Commands – Around The Go-Go 

The fourth leg on the early emo table of Rites of Spring, Moss Icon, and Cap’n Jazz, Indian Summer’s Giving Birth To Thunder compiles their complete discography. Emo’s second wave crashed into the Bay Area in the summer of 1994 in a rage-filled capsule of quiet and loud, octave chords, angry sons, Spock haircuts, and screaming. At the eye of this pissed-for-the-hell-of-it storm were Indian Summer. In the quartet’s 12-month existence they wrote ten songs, appeared on half a dozen singles and comps, and played over 100 gigs across the U.S. and Canada before burning out, passing out, and moving out of their Blue House in Oakland. Their hand-screened aesthetic is replicated in alarming detail in the accompanying 28-page book with detailed liner notes, flyers, and miscellaneous propaganda.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Aren't You Angel?
A2 Mm.
A3 Woolworm
A4 Reflections On Milkweed
A5 Sugar Pill

B1 I Think Your Train Is Leaving
B2 Touch The Wing Of An Angel...Doesn’t Mean You Can Fly
B3 Truman
B4 Orchard
B5 ???

Unhinged, damaged art-punk from San Diego’s mid-’90s Gravity scene. Gathered here are Clikatat Ikatowi’s three albums - 'Orchestrated And Conducted By...', 'River Of Souls', and a first time vinyl pressing for their 1993 demo, all remixed and remastered from the original analog tapes. The accompanying 24-page book pairs Tony Rettman’s colorful essay with dozens of period photos and flyers, an in-depth history of a city and scene that defined the shape of noise to come.

TRACK LISTING

LP1 - Demo:
1. Librarian
2. Off To Here
3. Transmission
4. Affirmation
5. Saxby’s Gail
6. Meatho
7. Identity Crisis

LP2 - Orchestrated And Conducted By:
1. Too Simple
2. Affirmation
3. Ground Zero
4. Desert Oasis
5. Identity Crisis
6. Science Fiction Reality
7. DNA Timebomb
8. Transmissions

LP3 - River Of Souls:
1. Pleiadian Dance
2. Feeding Of The Birds
3. Rise And Shine
4. Trials And Tribulations Of Diana Smith
5. Ramble On Candy Wrappers
6. Science Fiction Reality
7. The Appliance

A collection of the best gospel - soul thumpers from the Boddie Recording Company and BOS Records by way of The Numero Group. Great Lakes Gospel Vol 1 features some of Cleveland’s purest and sweetest gospel rarities. An overflowing chalice of funky gospel gems from the Forest City. You could start a church with this thing. PULPIT NOT INCLUDED.

TRACK LISTING

1. Juanita Ellis - Make A Joyful Noise
2. Sounds Of Soul - Gospel Train
3. Sensational Saints - How Great Thou Art
4. The Mighty Imperials - Unity
5. The Capitalaires - Glory Glory
6. The BOS Singers - My God On High
7. Rev. R.L. Hubbard - Child Of The King
8. Randall Stephens - Love
9. Brother Bill - Wha’s Happ’nin
10. Gospel Ensemble - What You Need
11. The Corinthian Singers - Why? (It’s A Shame)
12. Preacher & The Saints - Jesus Rhapsody, Pt. 1

You know Dolly, Loretta, Tammy, and Bobbie—but what about Joyce, Mona, Cathy or Judy? Barnyard Beehive lassos 16 Opry hopefuls from across the Numeroverse, corralling the timeless tropes of heartbreak, trouble, and the bottle into one 12” pen.

TRACK LISTING

1. Joyce Street - Mississippi Moonshine
2. Judy Brackin - Mama’s Baby Again
3. Jenny Jordan With Billy Carnes And The Lee Riders - Walking In The Sunshine Of Your Love
4. Vanita Thompson - You Always Break My Heart
5. Edna Lee - You Can’t Deceive Me
6. Cathy Collins - Token Of Love
7. Connie Caddell - Angel
8. Ellie Shepherd And The Countrymen - I Love You Only
9. Julie Durocher And The Plainsmen - Bad News
10. Mona Lunsford - I’m Getting Restless
11. Bonnie Lee And The Country Men - Don’t Think That I May Never Go
12. Nancy Lee Jourdan - I’m A Woman Who Needs A Man
13. Katy Cricket - Society Girl
14. Molly Fay - The Bottle Or Me
15. Skip & Gail - That’s All I Want From You
16. Country Girl Kay - No One Loves You Like I Do

Following his post-hardcore heroics with Indian Summer and Calm, Marc Bianchi unplugged his distortion pedal and switched on the four track. From his boyhood San Mateo, California bedroom, Her Space Holiday explores the bewilderment of young adulthood through a dreamy prozac lens. This expanded 25th anniversary edition of Home Is Where You Hang Yourself includes an extra LP of remixed songs from Duster, Bright Eyes, Micromars, and Mahogany, an elegant tip-on jacket, lyrics, and 20 milligrams of millennial malaise. Ask your doctor if Her Space Holiday is right for you.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
Home Is Where You Hang Yourself
Snakecharmer
Through The Eyes Of A Child
A Matter Of Trust
The Doctor And The DJ

SIDE B
Sleeping Pills
Famous To Me
Can You Blame Me?
Sugar Water
Homecoming

Side C
Her Space Holiday–Misery Loves Company (Space Is Easy Mix)
Aspera Ad Astra–Godspeed (Freedom Fighters Mix)
Bright Eyes–Contrast And Compare (Making Words Work Mix)
Novasonic Down Hyperspace–Sounds Just Like An Ocean (Ocean Floored Mix)
Re Wired

Side D
Micromars–Smile Decoy (To Mars And Back Mix)
Mahogany–Singing Arc Lamp (Natural Satellites Mix)
Duster–And Things Are Mostly Ghosts (Version Overdose Mix)
Her Space Holiday–Famous To Me (Hurtful Kid Mix)
Tapping

Venomous Tex-Mex R&B and early rock n’ roll from San Antonio’s West Side scene. From 1961-67, Bexar county kingmaker Abe Epstein cut every teen combo to grace the Patio An daluz stage, launching the careers of Doug Sahm, The Royal Jesters, Sonny Ace, The Dreamliners, and hundreds more throughout the decade. Spread across two luxurious slabs of vinyl, The Cobra Label compiles 28 neuro toxic sides from Epstein’s first bite in the biz.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sonny Ace & The Twisters - Wooleh Booleh
2. Mike & The Belairs Ft: Nyolia Moore - Buscando (Searchin’)
3. Royal Five - My Baby Cares For Me
4. J. Jay & The Dell-Tones - Just A Matter Of Time
5. Little Henry & The Laveers – I Don’t Want No Woman
6. Danny Segovia And The Sessions - Hey Babe
7. Dell Tones - Golly Gee
8. Sonny Ace & The Twisters - Stand-By Love
9. Henry & The Kasuals - Funny Funny Funny
10. The Royal Jesters With The Jimmy Johnson Combo - Is That
11. Good Enough For You?
12. Mad Mods - Warm And Tender Love
13. J. Jay & The Dell-Tones - If I Cry A Little More
14. The Dreamliners - Just Me And You
15. The Royal Jesters And The Memphis III - Love Me
16. Doug Sahm - Just A Moment
17. Henry & His Kasuals - Slowly But Surely
18. Dell Tones - The Best Man Cried
19. Royal Five - Someone Who Cares
20. J. Jay & The Dell-Tones - Too Late To Forgive
21. Shades McRay & The Invictas - Summer Is Here
22. The Royal Jesters With The Casuals - I Want To Be Loved
23. Sonny Ace & The Twisters - Fever
24. Rod Andrea & The Ram Rods - If It’s Lovin’ You Want
25. Little Henry & The Laveers - Break It To Me Now
26. Mike & The Belairs Ft. Nyolia Moore - She’s Mine
27. Dino & The Dell-Tones - Sticks And Stones
28. Henry & His Kasuals - Workout
29. Freddie Martinez - Summer Rain

Super sweet sleepover core from the turn of the millennium. When not at the mall or elementary school, Jessica, Ayden, Janet, and Mary created a suburban Spice World all their own, singing, dancing, and making videos in anticipation of a global pop takeover. 'Summer 2000' expands their home-burned Y2K CD-R Stardust, encapsulating girl group R&B, trip hop, Eurofunk, and pool party heartbreak into a revealing portrait of millennial girlhood.

Party til 2, sleep til 1, come on baby let’s have some fun.

TRACK LISTING

1. Idiotic
2. Another Girl
3. Speechless
4. Forever
5. Summer 2000
6. Conversation
7. Wonderland
8. Wasn’t There
9. Promises
10. The Laarge Daark Aardvark Song
11. Fly Into Your Arms

Struck for circulation after 63 years in hock within the Lou-Mood Pictures vault, this previously unissued soundtrack traffics in the high-tone timbre and highball-sipping swoon of pop’s post-war years. Muddling together sugar-lipped divas, barrel-aged big bands, and “zoo be zoo be zoo” zest, with a Latin jazz Luxardo for garnish, Call Me Old Fashioned is a 40-minute stereo-sonic adventure for the 7 & 7 spy-fi fanatic.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
A1. Pony Sherrell - Don’t Do Anything Til You’ve Heard From Me
A2. Margo Guryan - More Understanding Than A Man
A3. Charleen Houston - Just Like A Fool
A4. Dolores White - Lovers Paradise
A5. Charlene Knight - If My Dreams Come True
A6. Darla Hood - Un Momento Mas
A7. Manny Lopez - Terra Bella (Que Bonita Es Mi Tierra)

SIDE B
B1. Nun Plus - Walk About The Craters Of The Moon
B2. Arnie & Chise’ Trio - Three Cherries
B3. Carmen - Ukulele Mambo
B4. Jeanne Hatfield - Time
B5. Doris Drew - Aba Da Aba Du
B6. April Yen - If And When It Happens
B7. Birdlegs And Pauline - Mist Of A Dream

From the frayed loop of San Diego’s white belt ‘90s scene, Boilermaker provided a subtle counterpoint to the Gravity obsessed post-hardcore landscape. They called it Leucadia-core, a hybrid of major chord riffs, emotive yelps, angular bass chug, and pounding rhythms, building and releasing with the Swami tides. 'Not Enough Time To Get Anything Halfway Done' compiles the trio of Terrin Durfey, Tim Semple, and Richard Sanderson complete discography—three albums, singles, and rarities—into a 41-song/ 4xLP box set, with annotation and illustration in the accompanying 24-page book. Surfs down. Hang zero.

TRACK LISTING

1. Roller Rink Skate Date
2. Hill
3. Switch
4. Ladyfinger
5. Lot 235
6. Crispin Glover Weekend
7. Slingshot
8. Alone
9. Trunk
10. Dark Island
11. Iris
12. Backseat Boat
13. Slow Down
14. Jingle Dell
15. Last Good Growth
16. Shepherd
17. Five Lined Skink
18. Phil The Water Sweep
19. Pathos Delay
20. Breach
21. Norman
22. Midnight Manager
23. Last Stop On The Way To Vegas
24. Last On The Drive
25. 1/10/98
26. Sunset Ridge
27. From Phoenix At Four
28. Tumbleweed
29. Here Comes Rolling
30. Thinner Runs Through Her
31. Bluebird
32. Used To Be
33. Beseme Mucho You Fucker
34. Drained Nonsense
35. Mobile Home
36. Why Is Grandma On The Roof?
37. Slow Down
38. Sleeping Arms
39. Switch _91X
40. Slingshot
41. Trunk (Live At Che Fest) 

Ten Numero-minted, dance floor ready dive bombers from disco’s all-to-brief heyday, previously swept under rug by the whitewashed glitz and glam of the era. Chugging grooves, bubbling synths, soaring strings, and sonorous voices are guaranteed to light up your night, on living room rugs and dance floors alike.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
01. Spirit Of Brotherhood - Go For It
02. Billy Foster & Audio - I Need Your Love
03. Sabata - Man For My Lady
04. Great Lakes Orchestra - This Is The Night For Loving
05. Karriem - I Love You
SIDE B
01. Lee Alfred - Rockin - Poppin Full Tilting
02. Arnie Love & The Lovelettes - Stop And Make Up Your Mind
03. Jackie Stoudemire - Flying High
04. Uneda Dennard And The Shandells Band - Fantasy Ride
05. Stephen Colebrooke - Shake Your Chic Behind 

The Numero Group guide to private issue new age.

Featuring Laraaji, Iasos, Joanna Brouk, Don Slepian, Peter Davison, Master Wilburn Burchette, Jordan De La Sierra, David Casper, Robert Slap and nine other pioneers of the Perrier underground.

Adorned with Marcus Uzilevsky’s ‘Linear Landscapes’, this double LP compilation is housed in a sturdy tip-on jacket and is accompanied by a 32-page booklet.

The fourth world awaits.

TRACK LISTING

Joanna Brouk - The Space Between
Laraaji - Bethlehem
David Naegele - Eternal Sanctuary
David Casper - Carmel Valley Sunset
Don Slepian - Sea Of Bliss
Vernal Equinox - Silent
Dream - The Real Dream
Steven Cooper - Soulmate Suite Part 1
Peter Davison - Control
David Storrs - Night In The Vortex
Iasos - The Angels Of Comfort
Robert Slap & Suzanne
Ghiglia - Ocean Echoes
Upper Astral - Crystal Cave (Back To Atlantis)
Alex Johnson - Music For Earth Orbit
Georges Boutz - After The Storm
Dervish - Somebodies
Peter Nothnagle - New Snow
Jordan De La Sierra - Music For Gymnastics
Master Wilburn Burchette - Eternal Light

San Jose slowcore/space rock outfit Duster returns with surprise album 'In Dreams', continuing their of inclination of sonically capturing an open-ended question. These thirteen tracks hone in on their trademark dark, droning guitar tones, dialed back percussion, and alluring hard-panned vocals while expanding and exploring synth-heavy and drum machine avenues.

It’s the fifth duster album, ok.

TRACK LISTING

1. Quiet Eyes
2. Aqua Tofana
3. No Feel
4. Starting To Fall
5. Close To Home
6. Isn’t Over
7. Cosmotransporter
8. Black Lace
9. Space Trash
10. Baking Tapes
11. Like A Movie
12. Poltergeist
13. Anhedonia 

Sleep off your summer with this comprehensive 36-song/4xLP overview of
Kansas City’s midwest emo pioneers. From 1993-1997 Boys Life defined this anxious strain of heartworn power pop punk, issuing a pair of standard-bearing albums between endless circling of the U.S. DIY circuit.

Collected here are their 'Departures and Landfalls' and self-titled albums, singles, split 7”s and 10”, live tracks, and rare demo tape, all annotated and illustrated inside a 24-page book

TRACK LISTING

LP1 - Boys Life LP:
1. Golf Hill Drive
2. Tucked In
3. A Quarters Worth
4. Without Doubt
5. Lister
6. Breaker Breaker
7. Cloudy And 47
8. Temporary
9. Clay Hill

LP2 - Departures And Landfalls:
1. Fire Engine Red
2. All Of The Negatives
3. Twenty Four Of Twenty Five
4. Radio Towers
5. Sleeping Off Summer
6. Calendar Year
7. Friends For That
8. Painted Smiles

LP3 - Boys Life Demo/Synergy Records Single:
1. Temporary
2. Strike
3. Cloudy+47
4. Hiawatha
5. Boxes
6. Lister
7. Without Doubt
8. Signing Off
9. Breaker Breaker
10 Temporary (Split Version)
11. Worn Thin

LP4 - Departures And Landfalls/Live At Black Cat Washington, DC 1997:
1. Sight Unseen
2. Homecoming
3. Two-Wheeled Train
4. Sight Unseen Live
5. Firm Handshake
6. Fire Engine Red
7. Sleeping Off Summer
8. Radio Towers

A trio of Kansas City soul sweepers, from the sprawling midwest burg’s storied Cavern, Damon, and Forte concerns. Bump and the Soul Stompers’ 1970 sweet soul double sider 'I Can Remember' was a tail pipe-dragging, low rider classic in the making, had it ever been released. A few years later Jerald “Bump” Scott took his new group to Cavern’s subterranean confines to cut the group harmony masterpiece 'Living In The Past', but remained unissued prior to Numero’s discovery of the Cavern tapes. As disco was cresting at the top of the next decade, Sharon Revoal tracked her James Brown meets James Bond stepper 'Reaching For Our Star' - the last 45 released on Marva Whitney’s peerless Forte label.

TRACK LISTING

1. Reaching For Our Star
2. Run Between The Raindrops (While My Teardrops Fall)

A trio of Kansas City soul sweepers, from the sprawling midwest burg’s storied Cavern, Damon, and Forte concerns. Bump and the Soul Stompers’ 1970 sweet soul double sider 'I Can Remember' was a tail pipe-dragging, low rider classic in the making, had it ever been released. A few years later Jerald “Bump” Scott took his new group to Cavern’s subterranean confines to cut the group harmony masterpiece 'Living In The Past', but remained unissued prior to Numero’s discovery of the Cavern tapes. As disco was cresting at the top of the next decade, Sharon Revoal tracked her James Brown meets James Bond stepper 'Reaching For Our Star' - the last 45 released on Marva Whitney’s peerless Forte label.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Can Remember
2. Standing On The Outside

A trio of Kansas City soul sweepers, from the sprawling midwest burg’s storied Cavern, Damon, and Forte concerns. Bump and the Soul Stompers’ 1970 sweet soul double sider 'I Can Remember' was a tail pipe-dragging, low rider classic in the making, had it ever been released. A few years later Jerald “Bump” Scott took his new group to Cavern’s subterranean confines to cut the group harmony masterpiece 'Living In The Past', but remained unissued prior to Numero’s discovery of the Cavern tapes. As disco was cresting at the top of the next decade, Sharon Revoal tracked her James Brown meets James Bond stepper 'Reaching For Our Star' - the last 45 released on Marva Whitney’s peerless Forte label.

TRACK LISTING

1. Strange Happenings
2. Living In The Past

The Hebrew surf-grunger returns! 'The End of Teenage' captures Charlie
Megira’s Berlin years with the Bet She’an Valley Hillbillies, shortly before his death. A time-traveling, five-song murder mystery guitar album that owes as much to Dick Dale as it does David Lynch. This expanded 10 year anniversary edition also includes the 11-song demo, where Megira’s familiar themes of drive-inn melancholia, beach blanket bongos, and desert drifting are explored in the privacy of his bedroom. Let him whisper in your ear.

TRACK LISTING

1. Jack The Ripper
2. Lord I Ain’t Gonna Bump With No Big Fat Woman No More
3. Rock Around The Block
4. Wall Of Death
5. Turn Around
6. Hava Nargila
7. A Whole Lot Of Nothing But The Blues
8. Banana
9. Little Skinhead Girl
10. Rasco
11. The Death Dance
12. Jack The Ripper
13. Heart And Soul
14. Alligator Man
15. Banana
16. The Death Dance III

A companion to 2016’s private country rock overview Cosmic American Music, this second volume goes way past Gram Parsons’ “country-rock plastic dry-fuck” and explores the twangy falsettos and commercial curiosity that sent the Eagles soaring. Though rooted in the west coast folk rock of the late-’60s, these new kids in town rendered a safe-for-thesuburbs sound bleached of the hippie era’s political strife. 20 tracks, two LPs, and gatefold tip-on sleeve for easy seed and stem separating are included.

"Come on I had a rough night, and I hate the fucking Eagles”—The Dude

TRACK LISTING

1. Mark Jones - One Way Train
2. Country Spice - Clouds
3. Charles Brown And Sleepy Creek - I Just Want To Talk To You
4. Lodestar - Who Are You
5. Caroline Peyton - Still With You
6. Suzy Siquenza - Someone Else
7. Cathy Hamer - Lady Full Of Dreams
8. The Jerry Busch Group - Devon
9. Chuck & Mary Perrin - Picking Up The Pieces
10. McKay - On He Goes
11. Bob Bakert - Cactus Woman
12. Richard Goldman - Don’t Spoil It Now
13. Salt Creek - Night With A Silver Tongued Devil
14. Rocky Top Band – Freedom Highway
15. Sally Colahan - Framed
16. Homecoming - Best Friend
17. Crystal Waters - Midnight Dreamer
18. Jim Spencer - Second Look
19. Hayne Davis - Without Me
20. David Liska - Raindog

"Get out! Fight!” The Lijadu Sisters’ 'Horizon Unlimited' is the insurgent afrofunk their second cousin Fela strived to create. Soulful, psychedelic, feminist, and revolutionary music already known worldwide, finally available again after a
decade with The Lijadus’ approval and deep involvement.

“The Nigerian twins who fought the elite with funk” - The Guardian

TRACK LISTING

1. Orere - Elejigbo
2. Erora
3. Gbowo Mi
4. Gbalo-Alogbalo
5. Come On Home
6. Not Any Longer

A real people music masterpiece, D.R. Hooker’s 1972 debut meets at the be-in of drug-addled hippy psychedelia and evangelical Christianity. Conjuring visions of an L.S.D.-damaged Frank Sinatra or Lou Reed playing the role of a divorced suburban dad, The Truth is a religious midlife crisis disguised as a private press LP. Forge your own chains, indeed.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. The Sea
2. Fall In Love
3. A Stranger’s Smile
4. Weather Girl
5. This Thing

SIDE B
1. Forge Your Own Chains
2. I’m Leaving You
3. The Truth
4. The Bible
5. Falling Asleep

The ethereal third album from Texas’s slowcore first wavers. A lethargic, sparse, and autumnal album, 'The Golden Band' is where The American Analog Set developed the courage to drive 40 KPH on the autobahn. Issued on Emperor Jones in 1999, this 25th anniversary Numero edition has been remastered from the original tapes and flawlessly reproduced in a gorgeous tip on sleeve. When are you quitting the scene?

TRACK LISTING

1. Weather Report
2. Good Friend Is Always Around
3. It's All About Us
4. A Schoolboy's Charm
5. The Wait
6. New Drifters I
7. New Drifters II
8. New Drifters III
9. New Drifters IV
10. Golden Band
11. I Must Soon Quit The Scene
12. Will The Real Danny Radnor Please Stand?

'Take A Picture' is Margo Guryan’s one and done classic - one of record collecting’s real unheralded masterpieces - bright, breezy, lightly psychedelic, and utterly cosmopolitan, recorded in New York City no less. Newly restored by Jessica Thompson from the original two-track safety masters, this beguilingly melodic 1968 pop tour-de-force has never sounded better.

TRACK LISTING

1. Sunday Mornin’
2. Sun
3. Love Songs
4. Thoughts
5. Don’t Go Away
6. Take A Picture
7. What Can I Give You
8. Think Of Rain
9. Can You Tell
10. Someone I Know
11. Love

Bad vibes, habits, and breath collide on this ten-song pile up on the freeway to nowhere. Melting neo-grunge, swamprock, and noise punk in a cauldron of drug-addled psychosis, 1985’s 'You Get What You Deserve' continues Australia’s prison-as-country tradition of unhinged lunacy in the face of cultural isolation. Nuke nostalgia, femme fatale sharpshooters, demolition derbies, and a vacation at Hell Beach await.

TRACK LISTING

1. Hell Beach
2. If It’s The Last Thing I Do
3. Bad Priest
4. Demolition Derby
5. It Came Out Of The Sky
6. Atom Bomb Baby
7. Go Baby Go
8. Psycho Cook Supreme
9. Lead Foot
10. Murderess In A Purple Dress

Arriving as the hippy movement was discovering its peaceful easy ‘70s feelings,
Sandy Harless’ 'Songs' LP is Chillicothe, Ohio’s lone contribution to the Cosmic American Music movement. Financed from a 27-aquarium fish breeding business, the album shows its Appalachian roots with a tight weave of mountain folk, rural rock, and pastoral country. Real people music.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Knew Her Well
2. My Guitar
3. Day To Day
4. Friend
5. Sing A Song
6. Another Day
7. California Bound
8. Eagle R.I.P.
9. Gratitude
10. Love Song
11. Louisiana Woman
12. Who Said?
13. Farewell My Friend

Connecting Wasulu hunter music, griot praises, Senufo pastoral dances, Fula and Mandingo repertoire alongside Western psychedelia, blues and afro-beat, Zani Diabaté’s Super Djata Band was among Mali’s top orchestras of the 1980s. On their 1982 album, Diabaté enshrines himself within the pantheon of mythical West African guitarists, hypnotically picking through eight vivid compositions on his path to godhead status.

TRACK LISTING

1. Kanou
2. Fassiya
3. Mougoutigui
4. Soundiata
5. Souraka
6. Djegnonko Djugu
7. Faux Galant
8. Zan Sourou

A disciple of mambo innovator Perez Prado, the Cuban-born Modesto Duran was a pivotal figure in Latin dance music’s transitionary mid-century period. His gentle slaps can be heard across dozens of 1950s mega-sellers, from Esquivel to Belafonte, Eartha Kitt to Lena Horne. On his 1960 solo debut, Duran gathers a who’s who of conga-men, including Mongo Santamaría, Willie Bobo, and Juan Cheda, delivering a cinematic and percussive melange of afro-cuban, cha cha, and exotic jazz styles for the discerning listener.

TRACK LISTING

1. Afro-cu
2. Silent Island
3. Bem-be-cu
4. Chuqui Bambo
5. Piranha
6. Angry Drums
7. Goro-gu
8. Coro-coro
9. Baca-vaca
10. Gua-gua-co
11. Jungle Dream
12. Chango

Queer country rock from south of the Mason-Dixon line. High school
folkie Charles Brown teamed up with regional rural rock rascals Sleepy
Creek, triggering an unrequited inter-band love story and this album’s melancholy title track.

This 15-song LP gathers Brown’s solo and band work from 1976-’82, and Jon Freeman’s accompanying essay dissects the origin story of this private press pioneer.

TRACK LISTING

1. Just Want To Talk To You
2. Tennessee Woman
3. Talk Too Much Blues
4. Restless
5. The Hurtin’ Kind
6. Livin’ In A Suitcase
7. Circles
8. Trouble Is
9. All The Time
10. Like A Stone (Love Without Love)
11. Where Did The Love Go?
12. Colorado (My Lady Says)
13. On The Corner
14. The Hurtin’ Kind (Demo)
15. I Just Want To Talk To You (Live

Numero’s Hottest Sounds Around trio gathers castaway late ’70s grooves from across the Greater Antilles. Stan Chaman’s Trinidadian Semp concern delivered Wilfred Luckie’s wobbly 'My Thing' and the Hamilton Brothers’ calypso-disco smash 'Music Makes The World Go 'Round' in 1978. Across the sea, Frank Penn’s G.B.I studio tracked Stephen Colebrook’s Doobies-inspired 'Stay Away From Music' for the cruise ship curious. All three are housed in a custom Numero sleeve inspired by Edward Seaga’s Caribbean music manufacturing and distribution powerhouse WIRL (West Indies Records Ltd.)

TRACK LISTING

1. Music Makes The World Go 'Round
2. Music Makes The World Go 'Round (Instrumental)

Numero’s Hottest Sounds Around trio gathers castaway late ’70s grooves from across the Greater Antilles. Stan Chaman’s Trinidadian Semp concern delivered Wilfred Luckie’s wobbly 'My Thing' and the Hamilton Brothers’ calypso-disco smash 'Music Makes The World Go 'Round' in 1978. Across the sea, Frank Penn’s G.B.I studio tracked Stephen Colebrook’s Doobies-inspired 'Stay Away From Music' for the cruise ship curious. All three are housed in a custom Numero sleeve inspired by Edward Seaga’s Caribbean music manufacturing and distribution powerhouse WIRL (West Indies Records Ltd.)

TRACK LISTING

1. Shake Your Chic Behind
2. Stay Away From Music

Numero’s Hottest Sounds Around trio gathers castaway late ’70s grooves from across the Greater Antilles. Stan Chaman’s Trinidadian Semp concern delivered Wilfred Luckie’s wobbly 'My Thing' and the Hamilton Brothers’ calypso-disco smash 'Music Makes The World Go 'Round' in 1978. Across the sea, Frank Penn’s G.B.I studio tracked Stephen Colebrook’s Doobies-inspired 'Stay Away From Music' for the cruise ship curious. All three are housed in a custom Numero sleeve inspired by Edward Seaga’s Caribbean music manufacturing and distribution powerhouse WIRL (West Indies Records Ltd.)

TRACK LISTING

1. My Thing
2. Wait For Me

Late night ‘60s R&B caught on tape at Jim Kirchstein’s jack-of-all genres Cuca studio. Re- leased on minuscule pressings into the Wiscon- sin wilderness, these 26 sasquatchrare tracks uncover the soulful paths between the Chicago, Milw aukee, Rockford, and Rockford scenes. Featuring Harvey Scales, Step By Step, Betty Moorer, Seven Sounds, Twiliters, Birdlegs & Pauline, Esquires, Artie & The Pharaohs, and Fantastic Six, this 2xlp tell s an alternate history of soul music that could only happen in the Hinterl ands on Highway 12.

TRACK LISTING

1. Twiliters - Restless Love
2. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Glamour Girl
3. The Devils & The Devilettes - I’ll Say “Yes”
4. Little Artie & The Pharaohs - It Puzzles Me
5. Birdlegs & Pauline - Too Much At Stake
6. Betty Moorer - The Long Hot Summer
7. The Esquires - You Don’t Care
8. Supremes Four - I Lost My Job (And I’ve Got To Find Another)
9. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Ten Thousand Years
10. Betty Moorer - One More Time
11. The Devils & The Devilettes - I’m Leaving You
12. Supremes Four - I Love You, Patricia
13. Twiliters - We Three
14. The Devils & The Devilettes - Tell Me
15. Step By Step - Time After Time
16. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Independency
17. Betty Moorer - My Man Lives
18. Twiliters - Can’t You Stay A Little Longer
19. The Devils Ft. J. Watson Vance - Love And Understanding
20. Step By Step - She’s Gone
21. Twistin’ Harvey - Every Step Of The Way
22. Twiliters - Girl Of My Dreams
23. Fantastic Six - I Never Knew Love
24. Artie & The Pharaohs - I’ll Take Care Of You
25. Birdlegs & Pauline - Mist Of A Dream
26. Rex Swanigan And The Fabulous Troubadores - Tribute To Jimi Hendrix

An overview of Laraaji’s earliest works, 'Glimpses of Infinity' gathers selections from his 1978 debut 'Celestial Vibration' and six additional studio sessions from the era. Full of discovery and wonderment, 'Glimpses of Infinity' is a miraculous chronicle of new age’s most fabled artist.

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Matt says: It's been a while since that first wave of Laraaji hype hit our shop so it seems fitting that Numero have returned with some of his earliest new age utterances - offering healing and rejuvenation for all during these testing times. Aural acupuncture and musical massages from this otherworldly sound shaman.

TRACK LISTING

1. Bethlehem (Glimpse)
2. All Pervading (Glimpse)
3. Segue To Infinity (Glimpse)
4. Kalimba 1 (Glimpse)
5. Koto (Glimpse)
6. Ocean (Glimpse)
7. Kalimba 2 (Glimpse)
8. Kalimba 4 (Glimpse)

Everybody’s still talking about the good ol’ days! A rough and rugged collection of ol’ dirty classics that have inspired swarms of killer beats. A head nod to the sounds of Shaolin, the twelve chambers of Shanghai ’d Soul have moved lyrical chefs and production geniuses alike to compose some of their most ominous hip-hop. Gods and Earths alike will appreciate the raw funk and smoother-than-a-Lexus soul that come together like Voltron on this special compilation.

As sampled by J. Cole, The Game, Cappadonna, The Avalanches, Kanye, Hudson Mohawke, Anderson .Paak, Loyle Corner, Meek Mill, T.I., Quavo, Danny Brown, and hundreds more.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Professionals - Theme From The Godfather
2. Ponderosa Twins Plus One - Bound
3. The Notations - What More Can I Say
4. Tommy McGee - To Make You Happy
5. Dyson’s Faces - Cry Sugar
6. T.L. Barrett - Nobody Knows
7. Syl Johnson - Different Strokes
8. Salty Miller - Music Makes Me High
9. GreenFlow - I Got’Cha
10. The Spiritual Harmonizers - God’s Love
11. Family Circle - Mariya
12. Whole Truth - Can You Lose By Following God

An expanded and remastered 25th anniversary edition of the mythical Olympia, Washington, trio’s out of print singles and compilation tracks, A Single History 1991-2001 gathers odds and ends from across Unwound’s first decade. From their earliest post-hardcore squeals on “Crab Nebula” to the dub-inspired death march of “Behold The Salt,” this 23-track double LP fills in the distorted gaps of their initial seven album run.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. You Speak Jealousy
2. Stumbling Block
3. Crab Nebula
4. Caterpillar
5. Miserific Condition
6. Eternalux
7. New Radio Hit

SIDE B
1. Broken E-Strings
2. Totality
3. Mkultra
4. Negated
5. Said Serial
6. Census
7. Plight

SIDE C
1. Seen Not Heard
2. Mile Me Deaf
3. Solo Sonata
4. The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train

SIDE D
1. Corpse Pose
2. Everything Is Weird
3. Torch Song
4. Lazslo
5. Behold The Salt

N u m e r o G r o u p Leon Bridges/Pastor TL Barrett Like A Ship Numero’s second bundle of cover 45s is all things soulful. The Rotterdam-based Another Taste electrifies Maxx Traxx’s 1984 Chicago boogie grail “Don’t Touch It,” which makes its debut on the 7” format here. Colemine Records’ Say She She delivers a glamorous rendition of Jim Spencer’s yacht-disco hit “Wrap Myself Up In Your Love.” Columbia Recording artist Leon Bridges effortlessly transforms Pastor T.L. Barrett’s “Like A Ship,” updating the 50 year old gospel soul classic for the 21st century. All three are housed in a newly imagined Numero custom sleeve, reflecting the many shades of our ongoing Eccentric Soul 45 imprint

TRACK LISTING

A. Leon Bridges W/ Keite Young - Like A Ship

B. Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir - Like A Ship

Seven fretboard fantasias from California’s mysterious mail order mystic.

1973’s ‘Guitar Grimoire’ is a collection of reverberant and original charms establishing Burchette as the white wizard of tremolo theurgy.

Warning: Psychic energy shift probable.

TRACK LISTING

Birth Of A Witch
Raising The Pyramid Of Power
Love Call
Invocation To The Horned One
Fire Spell
Building The Circle
Witch’s Will

On 1977’s ‘Mind Storm’, the final album made prior to his emphatic retirement, Master Wilburn Burchette employed ‘pink sound’, a phenomenon known in acoustical science to open the mind to thrilling psychic revelations, setting down two sidelong pieces forming a reflecting crystal ball for squalls of deep br ain imagery.

TRACK LISTING

Deep Dimensions
Ceremony Within

Supernatural meditation, with a drum machine, from California’s mysterious mail order mystic.

1975’s ‘Music of the Godhead’ is the ambient alchemy that established Master Wilburn Burchette as the white wizard of tremolo theurgy.

Warning: Inner peace likely.

TRACK LISTING

Godhead
Resurrection
Eternal Light
Psychic Fire
Godward
Divine Revelation
Contemplation
Cosmic Celebration

California mail order mystic Master Wilburn Burchette was first known from his ads, hidden in the back pages of Fate Magazine, Beyond Reality and Gnostica News.

On his 1972 sophomore album, Burchette channels dreamy early music, druid folk, electric fingerstyle, psychedelic balladry and new age ontology, to create a visionary guitar technique all his own.

This faithful reproduction includes the original 12- page full colour instruction book for the secret method of piercing the psychic heart.

TRACK LISTING

Dawn Of Awakening
Regeneration
Transformation
Piercing The Psychic Heart
Invoke The Name Of God
Introversion
Realization

Self-examination via the synthesizer from California’s mysterious mail order mystic.

1976’s ‘Transcendental Music for Meditation’ is Burchette’s deepest exploration with the karmic keyboard.

As Burchette warned: Please do not listen to this album until you have prepared yourself!

TRACK LISTING

Part One
Part Two

Witness to revolutions in jazz and pop, Margo Guryan earned her place in the songwriting pantheon and then some. That she was largely unknown for decades is not the stuff of crushed dreams, but a result of her own choices and priorities. From humble beginnings to the peaks of her 1968 baroque pop masterpiece Take a Picture and the collected Demos to the recent viral ubiquity of “Why Do I Cry”, Words and Music captures the entirety of Guryan’s career, featuring 16 previously unreleased recordings and a 32-page booklet telling the whole story.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. If I Lose
2. You Promised
3. The Wise Man
4. The Morning After
5. Moon Ride
6. More Understanding Than A Man
7. More Understanding Than A Man (Instrumental)
8. There I Was

Side B
1. Kiss & Tell
2. Half-Way In Love
3. Goodbye July
4. Four Letter Words
5. Hurry On Home
6. I Ought To Stay Away From You
7. I Love
8. Under My Umbrella
9. I Don’t Intend To Spend Christmas Without You

Side C
1. Sunday Morning
2. Thoughts
3. Love Songs
4. Don’t Go Away
5. Take A Picture
6. Sun
7. What Can I Give You
8. Come To Me Slowly

Side D
1. The 8.17 Northbound Success Merry-Go-Round
2. Something’s Wrong With The Morning
3. Think Of Rain
4. Can You Tell
5. Someone I Know
6. Love

Side E
1. Why Do I Cry
2. Spanky And Our Gang
3. Most Of My Life
4. It’s Alright Now
5. Timothy Gone
6. The Hum
7. Please Believe Me
8. Yes I Am

Side F
1. I Think A Lot About You
2. I’d Like To See The BadGuys Win
3. Values
4. California Shake
5. Hold Me Dancin’
6. Shine
7. Goodbye July

A double album boil down of Numero’s 2012 45 x 45RPM art object 'Eccentric Soul: Omnibus'. Gathering 25 loose remnants from across the American soul diaspora, Minibus connects the dots between group harmony, funk, disco, and modern soul, 1966-1980. Housed in a deluxe gatefold, tip-on jacket and illustrated with copious notes and photographs, the first ever LP pressing fills in a crucial hole on your Numero shelf.

TRACK LISTING

1. Rokk - Patience
2. Crystal’s Image - A Friend
3. The Procedures - Give Me One More Chance
4. The Prophets Of Peace - The Max
5. Sky’s The Limit - Don’t Be Afraid
6. The Trinikas - Remember Me
7. Duralcha - Ghet-To-Funk
8. The 13th Amendment - The Stretch
9. Tickled Pink - Reach Out (And Give Me Your Hand)
10. HiFidelics - HiFidelics Groove
11. Black Fur - Feel The Shock
12. Flack And Company - Disco-TNT
13. Elements Of Peace - Together Pt. 2
14. Morning After - Hey Girl
15. The Energettics - Rainy Days And Monday
16. Family Connection - This Time
17. Inbassador - Everyday
18. Soul-Walkers - I’m Tired Of What People Say
19. The Curtis Liggins Indications - What It Is?
20. Majestee’s - Let Her Go
21. Two Plus Two - I’m Sure
22. Walter & The Admeration’s - Man Oh Man (What Have I Done)
23. Clifton White And His Royal Knights - The Grade A
24. The Free Mind - Just Jammin’
25. The Intentions - Dig It (Shovel)

Set sail with the third installment of Numero’s ode to regional radio surveys. Broadcasting 44 minutes of uninterrupted yacht, easy-glide, AOR, and blue-eyed disco that’ll rock your boat. These 13 selections are anchored in the deep blue waters of the American private press—a life preserver for any BBQ, birthday party, or bris. Let W3NG be the sonic wind at your back.

TRACK LISTING

1. Slippery When Wet - Get Me Hot
2. Percy Mays - Changes
3. Liberation - Too Close For Comfort
4. The Steel City Band - Reality
5. Dave Plaehn - Not Bound To Lose
6. Steve Fortgang - Hey, Let Me Be
7. Craig Dove - Ocean Of Love
8. Rob Galbraith - Damn It All (Alt Version)
9. Female Species - Coast To Coast
10. Max Leake - Tell Me The Reasons Why
11. Richard Bowen - Sorcery (7” Version)
12. The Jerry Busch Group - Fair Warning
13. Mike Hounshell - Not Just Another

Following in the wake of baroque chart toppers by the Zombies, Beatles, and the Left Banke, a dandier approach to garage rock flowered in the back half of the ’60s. Awash in majestic harpsichords, lilting guitars, melancholic organs, and middle school orchestras, Soft Summer Breezes captures the decade’s last gasps of optimism via 16 gentle moments of soft psychedelia.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Life - Life
2. The Giant Crab - Soft Summer Breezes
3. Attila & The Huns - Here’s Where I Get Off
4. Lenny Roybal - Little Daisy
5. Margo Guryan - Can You Tell
6. J.C. Horton - Why Why Why
7. Richard Holman - Gentle Flying Dove
8. The Sound Control - When Will It End

SIDE B
1. The Goodthings - The Journey
2. Jerry Benicaso - Wounds Heal And Birds Fly Free
3. Bob Belche - Fall On Me Rain
4. Pisces - A Flower For All Seasons
5. Female Species - Baby Buggy
6. The Morning Sun - Someday
7. Larry Sands & The Sound Affair - You’ll Know The Words
8. The New Colony Six - The Time Of The Year Is Sunset

Numero’s second bundle of cover 45s is all things soulful. This, the first in the series sees Rotterdam-based Another Taste electrify Maxx Traxx’s 1984 Chicago boogie grail “Don’t Touch It,” which makes its debut on the 7” format here.

Later in the series we have Colemine Records’ Say She She delivering a glamorous rendition of Jim Spencer’s yacht-disco hit “Wrap Myself Up In Your Love.”

And even later Columbia Recording artist Leon Bridges effortlessly transforms Pastor T.L. Barrett’s “Like A Ship,” updating the 50 year old gospel soul classic for the 21st century.

All include the OG and cover version on one side each, and all three are housed in a newly imagined Numero custom sleeve, reflecting the many shades of our ongoing Eccentric Soul 45 imprint.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Another Taste's cover of "Don't Touch It" caused an almighty rukus on Space Grapes earlier in the year. Mega that Numero have licensed it alongside the original in tidy 7" format. First of three in what's looking like a very promising and collectable series of records.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Another Taste - Don’t Touch It
B1. Maxx Traxx - Don’t Touch It

From the ashes of Moss Icon, Universal Order of Armageddon blasted out of Annapolis, MD in a fiery maelstrom of punishing riffs, syncopated breakbeats, and terrifying shrieks. Compiled here are the complete Gravity, Vermin Scum, and Kill Rock Stars recordings, remixed and remastered from the original session tapes, and housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket with a chunky 24-page book packed with photos, notes, and iconography from their 1993-’94 run. Armageddon IS now.

TRACK LISTING

1. Visible Distance
2. Switch Is Down
3. Stepping Softly Into
4. Clear Set
5. Benedict
6. No Longer Stranger
7. Symptom
8. Flux
9. Desperate Motion
10. Longer, Stranger
11. The Entire Vast Situation
12. Painfully Obvious
13. Four Measure Start
14. City
15. Mud
16. Close To Far Away
17. Fence Song
18. Four Measure Start(Live On WFMU)
19. Mud(Live On WFMU)
20. No Longer Stranger(Live On WFMU)
21. Close To Far Away(Live On WFMU)
22. Symptom(Live On WFMU)
23. Painfully Obvious(Live On WFMU)
24. City (Live On WFMU)

Lost in the soot and fallout from Youngstown, Ohio’s infamous Black Monday steel industry collapse was Tony March’s cross-generational Tammy label. From its early days as a doo wop powerhouse to their last gasps chasing disco hits, Tammy unintentionally documented Youngstown’s small but prolific Black music scene. This single LP surveys the label’s best R&B, soul, funk, and disco, with 13 tracks from Ice Cold Love, Lynn Minor, J.C. and the Soul Angels, The Snapshots, Iron Knowledge, Roy Jefferson, and Steel City Band. Housed in a deluxe tip-on jacket, with a booklet crammed full of notes and ephemera, The Tammy Label continues Numero’s 20 year tradition of preserving regional Ohio music.

TRACK LISTING

1. Ice Cold Love - Sheer Magic
2. Lynn Minor And His Band - I Finally Found True Love
3. J.C. & The Soul Angels - True Love Is Hard To Find
4. Ice Cold Love - Wonderful To Be Loved
5. Iron Knowledge - Oh Love
6. The Snapshots - Should I Believe You
7. J.C. & The Soul Angels - Angel's Theme
8. J.C. & The Soul Angels - Nightmare Strut
9. J.C. & The Soul Angels - Dance Party (Pt.1)
10. Steel City Band - Shakin' It Down (Pt.1)
11. Iron Knowledge - Give Me A Little Taste Of Your Love (Pt.2)
12. Roy Jefferson With J.C. & The Soul Angels - He's Got To Go (Pt. 1)*
13. Lynn Minor And His Band - Hesitate One Time For Me

Experience the rebirth Of Jim Spencer’s musical vision through Piya Malik’s captivating rendition in say she she’s limited 45 rpm edition of ‘Wrap Myself Up’. Malik’s artistry infuses fierce elegance into the original tune, honoring spencer’s legacy, with spencer himself featured on the B-side.

TRACK LISTING

1. Say She She - Wrap Myself Up In Your Love
2. Jim Spencer - Wrap Myself Up In Your Love

A post-modern mixtape of 12 microgenres created by The Numero Group. Bending the rules of the compilation with a selection of songs bound by their soaring spirit and adventurous approach, REACH is inspirational living for algorithmic times. The only LP guaranteed to save your life during humanity’s apocalyptic demise.

TRACK LISTING

1. Lenny White - Enchanted Pool Suite: Prelude & Part 1
2. Masumi Hara - To Live In The Sea
3. Alex Johnson - The Kiss
4. LaRhonda LeGette - Thou Art With Me
5. Ascending Wave - Modulation Del Sol
6. A.R.T. Wilson - Past Life Regression
7. John D. Curnow - Wisconsin Bird Songs
8. Calvin Keys - Touch
9. Suse Millemann - Open Heart-Hawk Belly
10. Batang Frisco - Myth
11. Bob Siebert - Rain
12. Reach - Gold Dust Twins

Operating in the farthest margins of L.A.’s cutthroat music business from 1961-1991, Mel Alexander’s Consolidated Productions was among the longest running Black-owned independent record conglomerates of the 20th century. Caught up in a confusing web of imprints— including Ajax, Angel Town, Car-A-Mel, Emanuel, and Kris—this first volume gathers 28 smoldering R&B cuts by the likes of Lee Harvey, B.B.Carter, Marilyn Calloway, Del Reys, Deb Tones, De Velles, Gene Russell ’s Trio, Jimmy “Preacher” Ellis, and Ty Karim. Remastered from the original 1 /4” tapes, Consolidated Productions Vol. I includes carefully researched annotation, discography, and photographs from a vital producer.

TRACK LISTING

1. James Foster & The L.A. Untouchables - The Time Has Come
2. The Del-Reys - Don’t You Know
3. The L.A Untouchables - Money Man
4. Spider Walker - I’m Mad
5. The Del-Reys - Walk Proud
6. Billy Williams - So Called Friend (Oh! What A Friend)
7. Ty Karim - Lighten Up Baby
8. B.B. Carter - Cool It Baby
9. Marilyn Calloway & The 4-Silvertones - My Lover
10. Deb Tones & The Del-Reys - Knock On Wood
11.The De Velles - Misery
12. Ann Stacy - Don’t You Fool Me
13. B.B. Carter - Leave Me Alone
14. Marilyn Calloway & The 4-Silvertones - Shut Up (Demo)
15. Jimmy “Preacher” Ellis -(C’mon) Dance To The Drumbeat
16. The LA Untouchables- Acey Deucey
17. Gene Russell’s Trio - Doin’ The Snake Hips
18. The De Velles - Let’s Do The Hunch
19. Gene Russell’s Trio - Jet Set
20. Dynamic Duo And The Penguiness - Turkey Trot
21. Gene Russell’s Trio - Foggy Bottom)
22. Lee Harvey - Only True Love
23. Lee Harvey - Need Of Love
24. Lee Jones - I Got To See My Baby
25. Lee Harvey - Prove It
26. Lee Harvey And The L.A. Untouchables - My Assurance
27. Lee Harvey And The L.A. Untouchables - If I’m Dreaming
28. Lee Harvey - False Pride

Driven by lust-fueled limerence and drifting far from conformity, Butterflies Don’t Go Away captures Majesty Crush’s transient, yet subversive mark on the landscape of American shoegaze to come. Tracked between 1991-1995, the quartet reimagined the collapse of the American rust belt as a late-night, nail biting fever dream/revenge fantasy. This deluxe 2xLP compiles their Love 15 album, singles, EPs, and rarities, all remastered from the original tapes, with thorough annotation and visual documentation in a 24-page booklet. An immortal transcendence if there ever was one.

TRACK LISTING

1. Boyfriend
2. Uma
3. No. 1 Fan
4. Brand
5. Purr (Interlude)
6. Seles
7. Grow
8. Pretty Head (Interlude)
9. Cicciolina
10. Penny For Love
11. Skin (Interlude)
12. Feigned Sleep
13. Horse
14. No. 1 Fan (EP Version)
15. Worri
16. Horse (EP Version)
17. Sunny Pie
18. Cicciolina (7” Version)
19. Purr (7” Version)
20. Space Between Your Moles
21. Seine
22.If JFA Were Still Together
23. Ghost Of Fun

A crate staple for any lover of feminine funk, Beehive Breaks gathers 15 sultry singles from across the Numero-verse. From Sandy Gaye’s Cruella-synched “Watch The Dog That Brings The Bone” to James Brown ’s soul sister #1 Marva Whitney, teenage girl gangs The Trinikas and Promise, Miami’s queen of soul Betty Wright, plus a previously unissued belter from Chicago’s Sonics Band, Beehive Breaks picks up where sister funk left off.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
Sandy Gaye - Watch The Dog That Bring The Bone
Betty Wright - Mr. Lucky
Marva Whitney - Daddy Don’t Know About Sugar Bear
The Trinikas - Remember Me
Betty & Angel - Honey Coated Loving
Arelean Brown - I’m A Streaker Baby
The 20th Century - Hot Pants (Part I)

SIDE B
Promise - I’m Not Ready For Love
Pearl Dowdell - Good Things
Fay Cooper - Closer Together
Lolla Collins - Save The Children (If There Is To Be A Tomorrow)
Soul Revival - Do What You Gotta Do
Mae Young - You Got Me Under Your Spell
The Ba-Roz - Come Back Boy
Sonics Band - Second Avenue

Hold on to your mind! Led by Belfastborn phenom David Lewis, Andwella made three LPs circa 1970 for London’s Reflection label, redolent with Cream-y rock workouts, soaring post-Sgt. Pepper psych experimentation, and earthbound laments The Band might’ve dreamt up at Big Pink. Barely heard back then, they now conjure a popular rock fantasia to challenge the most expertly composed and orchestrated songs of the era. This deluxe set includes meticulous reproductions of the band’s 3-LP discography, plus an ephemera-packed booklet detailing Lewis’s brief moment as a downbeat songwriting visionary at the height of his powers.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A gorgeous, and surprisingly reasonably priced, exhaustive selection of Andwella / Andwella's Dream's releases. Featuring folk-tinged psychedelic riffs and lysergic twists of guitar and vocals, some of these could just as easily have sat among Floyd's early work just as easily as they could Cream or Crosby Stills & Nash. Ace.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Days Grew Longer For Love
2. Sunday
3. Lost A Number Found A King
4. Man Without A Name
5. Clockwork Man
6. Cocaine
7. Shades Of Grey
8. High On A Mountain
9. Andwella
10. Midday Sun
11. Take My Road
12. Felix
13. Goodbye
14. Hold On To Your Mind
15. Lady Love
16. Michael Fitzhenry
17. I’m Just Happy To See You Get Her
18. Just How Long
19. World’s End Part I
20. World’s End Part II
21. Back On The Road
22. I Got A Woman
23. Reason For Living
24. Shadow Of The Night
25. She Taught Me To Love
26. Saint Bartholomew
27. The World Of Angelique
28. Mississippi Water
29. I’ve Got My Own
30. Are You Ready
31. Four Days In September
32. Lazy Days
33. People’s People
34. Behind The Painted Screen
35. All For You

The previously unissued soundtrack to the 1964 noir, You’re Not From Around Here, discovered after 55 years in the Louis Wayne Moody archive. A hobo’s b indle full of twangy tremolo, reverb-drenched revenge, and existential echo. Songs of alienation, paranoia, dark alleys, betrayal, prison, prostitution, trains, gun play, feminine betrayal, and the dusty, lonely road of self discovery. A black and white affair trapped under the weight of a post-war technicolor allure, You’re Not From Around Here lives in a universe of moral ambiguity.

TRACK LISTING

1. Gene Sikora - A Song For Mary
2. Cheryl Thompson - Black Night
3. Bailey’s Nervous Kats - First Love
4. Don McGinnis - Good Luck To You
5. Shelley Duncan - Somewhere Down The Line
6. Attila & The Huns - The Lonely Huns
7. Alvie Self - Lonely Walk
8. Eddy Bailes & The Cadillacs - Dark Side Of The Moon
9. The Jades - Lost Train
10. Hayden Thompson – 16.88
11. Slim Martin - Haunted After Midnight
12. The Expresso’s - Wandering
13. Nicky Roberts - Spaceman (Out Of Nowhere)
14. Buzz Clifford - Wouldn’t It Be Nice (To Have Wings And Fly)
15. Houston And Dorsey - Ebb Tide
16. Charlie Megira - Tomorrow’s Gone

Discovered after spending 58 years on a dusty shelf in the Louis Wayne Moody Pictures vault, this previously unissued soundtrack contains a backpack’s worth of grieving guitars, somber surf, and haunting hiss, zipped tight with the teeth of abandonment, dashed dreams, moral ambiguity, fate, tearful goodbyes, and lukewarm diner coffee. Because the long arm of society nips at their heels... THEY MOVE IN THE NIGHT.

TRACK LISTING

1. Branko Mataja - Tuzna Je Nedelija
2. Steve Waltner - Tropic Waters
3. Bill Garland - Lonesome Guitar
4. Red Garrison & His Zodiacs - Taboo
5. Jody Reynolds - Tarantula
6. The Infernos - Restless Tides
7. The Dropouts - Purple Sea
8. Ron Heiss & The Low Notes - Far Away
9. Bailey’s Nervous Kats - Rumble
10. The Travelers - Melody Of The Moon
11. Tommy Dae’s High Tensions - Lost Horizon
12. Johnny Blue - Crying Guitar
13. The Floresents - Dreamtime
14. Kay Johnson - Walk Through The Valley
15. The Gospel Hawaiinaires - Life’s A Railway To Heaven
16. X-Cetra - Wasn’t There

As the empowerment of the ’60s gave way to the societal bankruptcy of the ’70s, a turned-on Black music emerged to soundtrack the agony of America at a crossroads. Tracked at DB Sound in Silver Spring, Maryland by producer R. Jose Williams, Your Funny Moods is built around the rhythms and keys of drumming wiz James Purdie. Remastered here from the original analog tapes, this 50th anniversary edition is peak group harmony soul from the Chocolate City.

TRACK LISTING

A1. I Need Your Love
A2. Town Called Nowhere
A3. Struggling Man
B1. Your Funny Moods
B. I’m Looking Away From My Past
B3. Seems Like The Love We Had Is Dead And Gone
B4. We Share Love

A raw-nerved hybrid of elemental Merseybeat, lugubrious surf-noir and sheer sonic assault, the remarkable legacy of Long Island’s Mystic Tide has long been venerated within the ’60s garage rock pantheon, even if their existential racket only slipped out on a series of painfully rare 45s. Now, the fruit of Joe Docko Jr and friends’ cottage industry has been refurbished in best-ever sound, along with fresh insights as to how this singular brand of noise came to be.

TRACK LISTING

1. Frustration
2. Why
3.Running Through The Night
4. Mystery Ship
5. Stay Away
6. I Wouldn’t Care
7. Psychedelic Journey (Part 1)
8. Psychedelic Journey (Part 2)
9. Mystic Eyes
10. I Search For New Love
11. You Won’t Look Back

Twin readings from Joy Division’s post-punk gospels, on 7” for the first time. Codeine’s 1994 take on “Atmosphere” were the New York slowcore band’s final recorded moments, a glum, if not melodic, take on the Salford quartet’s requiem to solitude. On the flip, Dallas’ Bedhead tackle the opener for Unknown Pleasures, reimagining “Disorder” as jangly indie rock.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Codeine - Atmosphere
B1 Bedhead - Disorder

Lo-fi, low budget, and low key, The American Analog Set’s suite of hypnotic, neo-psychedelic, Texas sloth-kraut LPs appeared briefly on Austin’s Emperor Jones label and slunk quietly into the sprawling indie underground as the old millennium crested. Gathered here are 'The Fun Of Watching Fireworks', 'From Our Living Room To Yours', and 'The Golden Band albums', garnished with period b-sides, outtakes, and demos. Remastered from the original analog tapes, this early-career spanning 5xLP box includes lyrics, photos, and ephemera from the before times.

TRACK LISTING

LP1 - The Fun Of Watching Fireworks
1. Diana Slowburner II
2. On My Way
3. Gone To Earth
4. On The Run’s Where I’m From
5. Dim Stars (The Boy In My Arms)
6. Trespassers In The Stereo Field
7. Too Tired To Shine II
8. It’s Alright

LP2 – From Our Living Room To Yours
1. Magnificent Seventies
2. Using The Hope Diamond As A Doorstop
3. Blue Chaise
4. Where Have All The Good Boys Gone
5. White House
6. Two Way Diamond I
7. Two Way Diamond II
8. Don’t Wake Me

LP 3 – The Golden Band
1. Weather Report
2. A Good Friend Is Always Around
3. It’s All About Us
4. A Schoolboy’s Charm
5. The Wait
6. New Drifters I
7. New Drifters II
8. New Drifters III
9. New Drifters IV
10. The Golden Band
11. I Must Soon Quit The Scene
12. Will The Real Danny Radnor Please Stand?

LP 4 – Nine Legend Road
1. Diana Slowburner II
2. High Fidelity Vs. Guy Fidelity
3. Magnificent Seventies
4. Waking Up Is Hard To Do
5. Dr. Pepper
6. The Only Living Boy Around
7. It’s All About Us
8. On My Way
9. Thin Fingers
10. Living Room Incidental #2 / The Corduroy Kid

LP 5 – Nine Legend Road
1. Where Did You Come From?
2. Too Tired To Shine I
3. Queen Of Her Own Parade
4. Mellow Fellow
5. You Don’t Want Me To Arrive, Do You?
6. What Are We Going To Tell Guy?
7. Where Did You Come From (Reprise)

From 1967-1980, Kansas City’s Forte Records captured nearly every iteration of popular Black music; basement beehiver-y from The Ray-Ons and Four Darlings, funky soul from Gene Williams Lee Harris, Louis Chachere, and The Fantastiks, downtempo disco ballads from James Whitney and Sharon Revoal, and the newly independent work of James Brown’s former Soul Sister #1 Marva Whitney.

Compiled here are 28 of the label’s enduring sides, contextualized with copious photos, ephemera, and essay, all housed in heavy weight gatefold jacket.

TRACK LISTING

1. Gene Williams - Don’t Let Your Love Fade Away
2. Lee Harris - I Am Gonna Get Your Thing
3. Tear Drops - I’m Gonna Get You
4. Louis Chachere - The Hen Pt 1
5. The Fantasticks - Cry Night And Day
6. Marva W. Taylor - I’ve Lived The Life
7. The Fabulous Rhythm Makers - Mini, Mini Afro Twist
8. Tony Ashley And The Delicates - I’ll Never Be Satisfied
9. The Rayons - You Confuse Me Baby
10. The Four Darlings - Baby Your Love Is Amazing
11. Lee Harris - Lookin’ Good
12. Marva Whitney - Daddy Don’t Know About Sugar Bear
13. Gene Williams - Whatever You Do (Do It Good)
14. Everyday People - Is It Really That Bad
15. The Rayons - Baby Be Good
16. Tony Ashley And The Delicates - All Along I’ve Loved You
17. Lee Harris - I’ve Got To Have Somebody’s Love
18. Everyday People - Super Black
19. James Whitney - With Fun In My Life
20. Sharon Revoal - Reaching For Our Star
21. Marva W. Taylor - Nothing I’d Rather Be (Than Your Weakness)
22. The Four Darlings - Give Me Love
23. Unknown Artist - Dearest Lover
24. The Fantasticks - Live And Let Live
25. The Fabulous Rhythm Makers - Ya Gotta Be Doing It
26. Lee Harris - Skate Boogaloo And Karate Too
27. Tear Drops - Don’t Fade Away
28. Marva Whitney And Ellis “Gripey” Taylor - We Need More (But Somebody Gotta Sacrifce)

Operating in a basement studio at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, pipeline man Howard Neal and his appropriately named Shoestring label was Alton, Illinois’ answer to a question no one asked. Pressed in minuscule numbers and barely outside the 62002 zip code, the singles by The James Family, Jimmie Green, Pete & Cheez, and Carletta Sue are prime examples of cosmic midwestern disco in search of a break. This heavy weight 10-song LP is housed in a tip-on sleeve, and includes an essay and imagery that complete the picture of this pure expression of small- town soul.

TRACK LISTING

1. The James Family - We’ve Got It Made
2. Jimmie Green - Let Yourself Go
3. Pete & Cheez - You And Me
4. Howard Neal And Friends - A Broken Heart Will Mend
5. Howard Neal - Disco Fever
6. Jimmie Green - Dance
7. Pete & Cheez - So Smooth
8. Carletta Sue - You Keep Holding Back On Love
9. Jimmie Green - I Need You So
10. Howard Neal And Friends - You’re All The Woman I Need
11. The James Family - Radio Promo

On 2002’s Some Boots, Boston indie rock trio Karate further plumb the depths of their omnidirectional musical explorations. Every chord and beat works to deepen the pensiveness of Geoff Farina’s impressionistic lyrics, that explore the emotional complexities of nostalgia. The eight-song LP is housed in a tip-on jacket, and includes a replica lyric sheet for the original kids and spies alike

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Original Spies
2. First Release
3. Ice Or Ground?
4. Remain Relaxed

SIDE B
1. In Hundreds
2. Airport
3. Baby Teeth
4. South

Never said it’d be like this, right? Skullcrusher’s 21st century rendering of The Hated’s 1985 early emo blueprint “Words Come Back” reinvents the song as subtle, ambient folk music. The flip features two versions of the original, including Dan Littleton’s home demo, cut in a maddening double groove, and housed in an elegant black and silver sleeve, with embossed braille lettering for the visually impaired. “This is my way of making a punk song,” Skullcrusher’s Helen Ballentine said, “ignoring structure and letting everything just pour out—though quite a bit quieter.”

TRACK LISTING

A1 Skullcrusher - Words Come Back
B1 The Hated - Words Come Back
B2 The Hated - Words Come Back (Piano Version)

After the fall of the Deep City label, Rocketeers bandleader Frank Williams set up shop under the name of his twin daughters Saadia and Giwada and got to work reinventing the Miami Sound. Tracked between 1968-1970, this LP gathers 15 of Saadia’s funkiest and deeply soulful moments, featuring Pearl Dowell, Joey Gilmore, Little Beaver, Frank Williams’ Rocketeers, Robert Moore, Brother Williams, and Sam Baker. Your next sample, first dance, workout jam or closing credits is buried in here somewhere.

TRACK LISTING

1. Pearl Dowell - It’s All Over
2. Little Beaver & The Rocketeers -
Everybody Has Some Dues To Pay
3. Robert Moore - Just Can’t Help Myself
4. Little Beaver & The Rocketeers - Do Right Man
5. Brother Williams - Right On Brother
6. Pearl Dowell - Good Things
7. Joey Gilmore - Somebody Done Took My Baby And Gone
8. Little Beaver & The Rocketeers - Blind Man
9. Joey Gilmore - Girl Your Best Friend Done Took Your Place
10. Robert Moore - Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
11. Little Beaver & The Rocketeers -
Do It To Me One More Time
12. Thunder Lightning And Rain - Super Funky
13. Brother Williams - Cold Sweat
14. Joey Gilmore - Blind Man
15. Sam Baker - Do Right Man

Joanna Brouk’s most ambitious recording, Sounds of the Sea is a concept album full of mystery and eroticism. A conch shell bookends this journey into the deep, going down and down and down further, never reaching bottom. Drawing inspiration from various legends of mermaids and sailors, Brouk weaves circling flutes, vocals, drones and whale songs to describe a sense of unfathomable longing more clearly than words could ever express. Sounds of the Sea is a hypnotic and profound achievement by one of new age’s greatest composers.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A - Atravesta
1. Invocation
2. Atavesta
3. Playing In The Water
4. Aurora
5. Diving Deeper, Remembering Love
6. Going To Sleep

SIDE B - The Sailor And The Nymph
1. The Reminder Of Long Ago
2. The Nymph Rising
3. Calling The Sailor
4. First Meeting
5. Touching The Sky
6. The Sounding
7. Return To The Deep

The E Records label gets the Numero treatment. Beehive sisters The Contessas only experienced afraction of what could have been. Both ‘Broken Heart’ and ‘Gimme Gimme’ simply describe their short-lived experiences through ghostly string, soulful vocals, and funky rhythms.

TRACK LISTING

1. Broken Heart
2. Gimme Gimme

New York’s Cleopatra label gets the Numero treatment. Hailing from Tommy Falcones swarm, Beehive lead Vickie & The Van Dykes were the sound of the coming youth revolt - Vickie had rock ‘n’ roll inher bones and rawhide in her voice. ‘I Wanna Be a Winner’ and ‘Outcast’ were songs tailored to her rebellious personality.

TRACK LISTING

1. I Wanna Be A Winner
2. Outcast

The Tiara label gets the Numero treatment. North Miami Beach’s The Belles were remarkably free of any masculine influence - an all-girl, teen rock band who played instruments, wrote songs,and were a good representation of multiculturalismin the 1960s. The Belles’ lone single featured ‘Melvin’, a gender swapped rewrite of Them’s ‘Gloria’, backed with Come Back’ Pure representation of girls in the garage.

TRACK LISTING

1. Melvin
2. Come Back

A sonic snapshot of America’s steel capital, developed in the prosperous cavern between the departure of the Jackson 5 to Motown and the collapse of U.S. Steel, Skyway Soul is a love letter to Gary, Indiana. Featuring The New Day, El Anthony, Nate Evans, Sky’s The Limit, Wilton Crump, Lost Weekend, General Lee, Krash Band, Billy Foster & Audio, I.N.D., and Junei, this double album collects 21 lost songs from the southern-most tip of Lake Michigan. Housed in a deluxe tip-on gatefold jacket, with a 16-page booklet crammed with photos, ephemera, and an indepth essay from Jake Austen, Skyway Soul connects the dots between The Spaniels, Michael Jackson, and Freddie Gibbs. Don’t forget to pay the toll.

TRACK LISTING

1. The Newday - Wait A Minute Girl
2. El Anthony - I Want To Be Together With You
3. Nate Evans - Main Squeeze
4. El Anthony - Sweet Jo-Ann
5. Sky’s The Limit - Don’t Be Afraid
6. Nate Evans & Mean Green - The Look On Your Face
7. Wilton Crump - Give Your Love To Me
8. Lost Weekend - The Bridge Of Love
9. Wilton Crump - Think It Through
10. The Krash Band - So I Can Make This Change
11. El Anthony - We’ve Been In Love Too Long
12. General Lee & Lost Weekend - Trouble
13. General Lee - Pleasure
14. Billy Foster - I Need Your Love
15. Into New Dimensions - Stay Sweet
16. General Lee - Magic
17. Junei - Let’s Ride
18. Into New Dimensions - You Just Be You
19. Billy Foster - Night Music
20. Into New Dimensions - Everybody Likes To Do It
21. General Lee & The Space Army Band - We Did It Baby (Part 1)

Culled from half a decade of home four-tracking, Remote Echoes is a hissy, crumbly, and ungrounded expression of Clay Parton and Canaan Amber’s ongoing Duster project. A mix of cassette only demos released under the banners Christmas Dust and On The Dodge, this 14 track album also includes a bevy of previously unissued stragglers. Duster’s unique blend of fuzzy guitars, bargain synths, muffled percussion, and hushed vocals anticipated chillwave, mumblecore, and corecore, elegantly illustrating the holy trinity of slacker vices: cigarettes, coffee, and the weed supreme.

TRACK LISTING

1. Before The Veil
2. Cigarettes And Coffee
3. The Weed Supreme
4. Untitled 59
5. I Know I Won’t
6. Moon In Aries
7. Glue
8. Testphase
9. Lost Time
10. Strange
11. The Mood
12. Country Heather
13. Untitled 84
14. Darby

Chicago’s Magic Touch label gets the Numero Group treatment. Available for the first time ever on 7”, Boogie Holy-Grail “Too Far Gone” has been “Too Hard To Find” on the second hand market since first introduced to the masses via the legendary cratesmith Mark Grusane of Mr. Peabody Records. Rare Groove Windy City Disco at its finest sliced, diced and remastered for maximum dancefloor potential. 

There was one irrepressible Chicago club act that refused to be replaced by any DJ’s sound system. Maxx Traxx (and Third Rail before them) were a scene unto themselves in the early 80s, happening live on-stage five-plus nights a week somewhere in the 312. Their two LPs, both recorded in 1982, are a sheer energy ride almost too explosive to be captured by studio tape. And yet these two stone classics would remain unanswered by a city as it moved determinedly toward the motorik sound of house. Hop the turnstile and move with this complete document of Chicago’s last great club band told in detailed text, newly revealed photos, and complete studio recordings painstakingly remastered.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Don’t Touch It!
2. You & I
3. Tell Me
4. Time Has Come
Side B
7. Lets Have A Party
8. Living Without You
9. To Be With You
10. Let Me Love You
Side C
7. Reachin’ For It
8. Just Had To Tell You
9. If You Want It (You Can Have It)
Side D
7. Let Me Love You
8. Living Without You
9.Mainstream

In the midst of the UK house rave-olution of the early-’90s, London’s V4 Visions imprint documented the confluence of street soul, deep house, swingbeat, and jungle sounds emanating from the clubs and pirate radio signals. Over the course of half a decade, V4’s unparalleled 12” output referenced every significant Black British music scene; from lovers rock to jazz-funk, sound system reggae to hip hop, new jack swing to garage, from artists Ashaye, Julie Stapleton, Maureen Mason, Rohan Delano, The Wades, and Endangered Species. This 18-track double LP is the first critical overview of the label, with extensive notes by Simon Reynolds, era-defining photographs, and fresh remasters, all housed in a glorious foil-stamped gatefold tip-on sleeve. Is this a dream?

TRACK LISTING

1. Maureen Mason I'm Believing (In Love Again)
2. Ashaye What's This World Coming To
3. Julie Stapleton Just Dreaming
4. Ashaye Dreaming (Original Mix)
5. Julie Stapleton (Feat. Ashaye) All The Way (Guitar Mix)
6. Maureen Mason If This Is A Dream
7. The Wades Get Off That (Poison)
8. Ashaye Come Go With Me
9. Julie Stapleton Where's Your Love Gone (Remix)
10. Rohan Delano The Way I Love You
11. Ashaye Dreaming (Jungle Mix)
12. Endangered Species Just A Memory (Vocal Mix)
13. Endangered Species Endangered Species
14. Insight (Feat. Ashaye) Fantasy (Insight Mix)
15. Ashaye Nowhere To Run (Instrumental South Side Mix)
16. Insight Paradise (Para Dub)
17. Jungle Biznizz Joy In The Jungle
18. Rohan Delano Inflight

Numero are at it again! Hand delivering you the finest curation of rare and sought-after boogie tracks, officially licensed and for an absolute bargain of a price! Just look at that first track alone - Maxx Traxx's "Don't Touch It!" - part of a double A-side 7" released on Pulse in 1982 and going for arond £200 a copy... and that's just the start. This truly is a special collection - meticulously compiled by the Numero crew who you feel must have had to do alot of leg work aquiring the licenses and master tapes of this mighty collection. It's not all just high value for the sake of it either - Donnell Pitman's "Burning Up" remained unreleased till the label unearthered in around 2015, Ronnie Robbins' "Contagious" another example, completely unreleased until discovered and released by Numero - just where are they finding this stuff?!

A completely essential purchase for any boogie lover and another wonderful addition to the Numero catalogue. Highly recommended!  

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A
1. Maxx Traxx - Don’t Touch It!
2. Stylle Band - If You Love Me
3. Home Boy And The C.O.L - I Saw You Dancing
4. Unit Three - Lets Boogie Tonight
5. Steven - Quick
SIDE B
7. Donnell Pitman - Burning Up
8. Duke D - Lady Luck
9. Ronnie Robbins - Contagious
10. Pete & Cheez - You And Me
11. Contrast - Slippin’ In The Night

Loitering on the same Berkeley streets that birthed Green Day, Operation Ivy, and Crimpshrine, Pot Valiant (AKA Vagrants) developed their own style of Gilmangaze in the early-’90s. Compiled here are the band’s Lookout and Sunny Sindicut 7”s, Transaudio LP, comp tracks, and three previously unissued songs. Remastered from the original tapes, this 2xLP package is housed in a tip-on gatefold sleeve and includes a 20 page booklet crammed with notes, flyers, and photos of this staple of outsider emo.

TRACK LISTING

LP1
1. Nugget Killer
2. Tapir
3. Oar
4. Low Dexterity Points
5. This Heaven Has Bars
6. Sick
7. Going
8. Last Sun
9. Untitled (Unfinished)

LP2
1. Volar
2. Low Dexterity Points (Single)
3. Loud Street
4. Wood
5. Mythmaker’s Office
6. Cell
7. Open Book
8. Gone
9. Alone
10. Civilization Was
11. Used
12. Berth

Boasting a perfectly calibrated vocal quartet, an aggressive rhythm section, and stacks of Rhodes, Rolands, and Hammond keyboards, Mind & Matter were instrumental in creating the Minneapolis Sound. Tracked in 1977, this bundle of never-before-released basement demos throw Jimmy Jan Harris’ beloved Philadelphia Sound into an unfinished root cellar, pelting it with Clavinet attacks, disco skats, and infectious hooks. Named for the street address of its underground uptown genesis, 1514 Oliver Avenue (Basement) is an organic alternative to a late-’70s Prince songbook gone increasingly synthetic.

TRACK LISTING

1. No One Else Can Do It To Me Baby
2. The Wonder Of It All
3. My Love Is Like A Fire
4. I Don’t Know Why (I Love You Like I Do)
6. Disco Child
7. When You’re Touching Me
8. Would Be Mine
9. Virgin Lady

Real people music recorded at a Quaker Boarding school in the mid-’70s. Mixing soft psych, vocal jazz, and sunshine soul, Shira Small and her high school music teacher Lars Clutterham created a peerless artifact of outsider magic. Imagination, wonder, the existential dread of Vietnam and math class and getting caught smoking weed in Nixon’s America… it’s all here. Is your life alright?

TRACK LISTING

1. Lights Gleam Lonely
2. Here I Stand
3. Cool Dude
4. My Life’s All Right
5. I Want To Lay With You
6. Eternal Life
7. Gimme Magic
8. Touch Of Blue
9. Fingerpainter
10. In An Open Field

Northern soul floor fillers of the Eccentric variety. Compiling 17 handpicked gems from across the Numeroverse, this album keeps the faith for both newcomers and veterans alike. Soaring vocals, driving beats, and syrupy strings... expect a blend of classic Motown-inspired sounds with a unique British flair that is sure to get your feet moving. The only northern soul record you’ll ever need. 

TRACK LISTING

1. Out Of Sights - Tears Don’t Care
2. The Sequins - He’s A Flirt
3. Helene Smith - Thrills And Chills
4. Morris Chestnut - Too Darn Soulful
5. The Sensations - Demanding Man
6. The Extremes - How I Need Your Love
7. Ed Crook - That’s Alright
8. Carl Henderson - That Girl
9. Bob & Fred - I’ll Be On My Way
10. Elvin Spencer - Lift This Hurt
11. Syl Johnson - One Way Ticket To Nowhere
12. Eula Cooper - Standing By Love
13. Barbara Stant - My Mind HoldsOn To Yesterday
14. Ty Karim - Lighten Up Baby
15. Stormy - I Won’t Stop To Cry
16. Royal Jesters - Use Your Head
17. Otis Brown - I’m Ready For Love

After the scrapped Dessau sessions in1992, Codeine returned with an EP of icy and effervescent tracks. Clocking in at a brisk 25 minutes, the six-song 12” features drummer Chris Brokaw’s final recordings with the group, plus noisy guitar from Bitch Magnet’s Jon Fine and a solo piano arrangement from Bastro’s David Grubbs. Remastered from the original analog tapes and recreated in painstaking detail, Barely Real is the slow core classic your therapist warned you about. “As far away from traditional rock & roll heart as a post-stellar universe is to the Big Bang.”—The Quietus

TRACK LISTING

1. Realize
2. Jr
3. Barely Real
4. Hard To Find
5. W.
6. Promise Of Love

Recorded in various basements and professional studios around Chicago between 1980 and 1984, the Apart Demos documents 12 intimate and stripped-down sketches, demos and unreleased tracks by Andre Gibson and the Universal Togetherness Band as they pivoted to solo careers. From heartfelt tributes to lovers adorned by a silky Fender Rhodes to disco party-starters about spiritual gratitude, Andre Gibson universally lets us into his heart and brings it all together in the end.

TRACK LISTING

1. All My Pals
2. Thankful For You
3. Love Changes Life’s Changes
4. Bring Me Home
5. Call Me
6. Valentine Lover
7. Don’t It Feel Good
8. I Wanna Take You Away
9. Stuck On A Thrill
10. Say I Will (Ft. Dawn Brooks)
11. Breakaway
12. I’m Falling

Isolated at the rural fringe of Northern California, Bailey’s Nervous Kats took Shasta County by storm in the early ’60s. Combining surf, rock n’ roll, exotica, and R&B, the Kats were a teenage dream draped in Magnatone amplifiers and crisp white polo tees. Their self-titled—and only—LP came at the dead end of the band’s run, issued on Orville Simmons’ one-shot Emma imprint in 1965. The mid-century modern LP of your dreams.

TRACK LISTING

1. Surf Express
2. Cobra
3. First Love
4. Five Fingers Of Scotch
5. Chong
6. Pandora
7. Simba
8. Traveling Sam
9. I Don’t Know
10. Prophecy Of Love
11. Devil’s Run
12. Northwind

Teenage melancholy from the original Miami Sound Machine. Backed by the infamous FAMU Marching 100 Band and Frank Williams’ crack shot players The Rocketeers, I Am Controlled By Your Love compiles sides from Helene Smith’s ’60s tenure with the Deep City, Lloyd, Reid, and Blue Star labels. A sweltering album of 12 deeply soulful, alternate universe hits from the First Lady of Miami Soul!

TRACK LISTING

1. I Am Controlled By Your Love
2. Sure Thing
3. True Love Don’t Grow On Trees
4. Pain In My Heart
5. Willing And Able
6. Wrong Or Right He’s My Baby
7. You Got To Do Your Share
8. Thrills And Chills
9. What’s In The Lovin’
10. The Pot Can’t Talk About The Kettle
11. Gossip Don’t Worry Me
12. China Melody

After branching off from The Royal Jesters in the mid-1960s, Dimas Garza attempted a solo career and reinvented himself as Dimas III. Dimas recorded three singles on the Jesters’ own Clown label, all tracked at Abie Epstein’s studio off General McMullen in San Antonio, TX. The first were ‘So Funny’ and ‘I Won’t Love You Again’, which are almost impossible to find now. Garza never did manage to break beyond the Bexar County limits, but he left a rich legacy of recordings behind for lowrider enthusiasts and obsessed collectors alike.