Numero Group Organic Grooves 141 Items

Another Taste & Maxx Traxx

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Numero's second bundle of cover 45s isall things soulful. The Rotterdam-basedAnother Taste electrifies Maxx Traxx's1984 Chicago boogie grail "Don't TouchIt," which makes its debut on the 7"format here. Colemine Records' Say SheShe delivers a glamorous rendition of JimSpencer's yacht-disco hit "Wrap Myself UpIn Your Love." Columbia Recording artistLeon Bridges effortlessly transforms PastorT.L. Barrett's "Like A Ship," updating the50 year old gospel soul classic for the 21stcentury. All three are housed in a newlyimagined Numero custom sleeve, reflectingthe many shades of our ongoing EccentricSoul 45 imprint.

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Don't Touch It Black Vinyl Edition

Jim Say She She & Spencer

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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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 21stcentury. All three are housed in a newly imagined Numero custom sleeve, reflecting the many shades of our ongoing EccentricSoul 45 imprint.

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Wrap Myself Up In Your Love Discodelic White Vinyl Edition

Michael A. Dixon & J.O.Y.

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Experience the rebirth of JimSpencer's musical vision through PiyaMalik's captivating rendition in SayShe She's limited 45 rpm edition of`Wrap Myself Up'. Malik's artistryinfuses fierce elegance into theoriginal tune, honoring Spencer'slegacy, with Spencer himself featuredon the B-side.

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You're Everything / You're All I Need Purple Vinyl Edition

7" | 1978 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Former Mind & Matter bandmates James "Jimmy Jam" Harris and Michael Dixon teamed up for 1978's gospel-boogie banger "You're All I Need" b/w "You're Everything" on the private Mad label.

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Eccentric Soul: Minibus Black Vinyl Edition

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Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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

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Eccentric Soul: The Tammy Label

Leon Bridges & Pastor T.L. Barett

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lost in the soot and fall out from Youngstown,Ohio's infamous Black Monday steel industry collapsewas Tony March's cross-generational Tammylabel. From its early days as a doo wop powerhouseto their last gasps chasing disco hits, Tammy unintentionallydocumented Youngstown's small butprolific Black music scene. This single LP surveysthe label's best R&B, soul, funk, and disco, with13 tracks from Ice Cold Love, Lynn Minor, J.C. &the Soul Angels, The Snapshots, Iron Knowledge,Roy Jefferson, and Steel City Band. Housed in adeluxe tip-on jacket, with a booklet crammed fullof notes and ephemera, The Tammy Label continuesNumero's 20 year tradition of preserving regionalOhio music.

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Like A Ship Black Vinyl Edition

Disco Jazz Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Rupa

LP | 1982 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Jim Say She She & Spencer

Release: 1982 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Barely disco and hardly jazz, Rupa Biswas’ 1982 LP is the halfway point between Bollywood and Balearic. Tracked in Calgary’s Living Room Studios with a crack team of Indian and Canadian studio rats alike, Disco Jazz is a perfect fusion of East and West. Sarod and synthesizer intricately weaving around one another for 37 transcendent minutes, culminating in the viral hit “Aaj Shanibar.” Remastered from original analogue source material and withe permission and blessing of the producers and performers.

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Wrap Myself Up In Your Love Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Eccentric Soul: Consolidated Productions Volume 1 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Leon Bridges & Pastor T.L. Barett

Like A Ship Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

Eccentric Soul: Minibus Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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V.A:

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Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A double album boil down of Numero's 2012 45x 45RPM art object Eccentric Soul: Omnibus.Gathering 25 looser emnants from across theAmerican soul diaspora, Minibus connects thedots between group harmony, funk, disco, andmodern soul, 1966-1980. Housed in a deluxegatefold, tip-on jacket and illustrated with copiousnotes and photographs, the first ever LPpressing fills in a crucial hole on your Numeroshelf.

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Eccentric Soul: The Tammy Label Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sheer Magic Transparent Silver Glitter Colored Vinyl.Lost in the soot and fall out from Youngstown,Ohio's infamous Black Monday steel industry collapsewas Tony March's cross-generational Tammylabel. From its early days as a doo wop powerhouseto their last gasps chasing disco hits, Tammy unintentionallydocumented Youngstown's small butprolific Black music scene. This single LP surveysthe label's best R&B, soul, funk, and disco, with13 tracks from Ice Cold Love, Lynn Minor, J.C. &the Soul Angels, The Snapshots, Iron Knowledge,Roy Jefferson, and Steel City Band. Housed in adeluxe tip-on jacket, with a booklet crammed fullof notes and ephemera, The Tammy Label continuesNumero's 20 year tradition of preserving regionalOhio music.

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Good God! Born Again Funk Light Blue Translucent Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Unofficially the third entry in our Good God! series of ecstatic worship, Born Again Funk picks up where A Gospel Funk Hymnal leaves off. Yes, the prodigal sons of Thomas Dorsey arrived in there multitudes, only some of them toting fuzzboxes and Fender amps. These are the most devout songs, but done up amid the hot, sweaty, earthy moonshine rhythms downed by any blues singer thumbing his way up north from the Mississippi delta. Born Again Funk hones in on wholly modern vulgarity brought to a joyful strain of American composition, and performers unafraid of expressing their devotion with both inspiration and invention. They were acolytes faithful to a spirit, but never to an ordained sound.

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Eccentric Soul - The Shoestring Label Jimmie Green Vinyl Edition

Maxx Traxx & Third Rail Teal Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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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 smalltown soul.

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Maxx Traxx & Third Rail

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

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Universal Togetherness Band

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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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. Available IN Limited Edition Lake Michigan Teal Vinyl!

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My Sentiments / Missing You

7" | 2015 | US | Original (Numero Group)

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Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2015 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Trevor Dandy

Is There Any Love

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Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A branch pruned from West Indian-born Trevor Dandy’s 1970 LP Don’t Cry Little Tree, “Is There Any Love” is the stand out track from our 10th release, Good God: A Gospel Funk Hymnal. Produced by composer Paul Zaza in his basement studio in Toronto’s Etobicoke municipality, the socially turned-on Don’t Cry was intended to be sold to Dandy’s congregation. When Dandy failed to hit his promised sales goal of 2000, most of the pressing was relocated to the dump. “Is There Any Love” has since gone on to be sampled by a plethora of artists, including Kid Cudi, Ghostface Killah, Monsters of Folk, and Common. In 2009 we pressed up 200 copies of a one sided version of Dandy’s signature tune in conjunction with United Record Pressing and gave most of them away. It has since become one of the most in demand 45s Numero has ever issued. This unlimited repressing ups the ante slightly, as we’ve added an identical second “bonus” side for discerning DJs and home hifi enthusiasts alike to add their own cue burns, scuffs, and scratches to.

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Shanghai'd Soul: Episode 12 Black Vinyl Edition

The Ponderosa Twins Plus One

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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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 a like will appreciate the raw funk and smoother-than-a-Lexus soul that come to gether like Voltron on this special compilation. As sampled b y J. Cole, The Game, Cappadonna, The Avalanches, Kanye West, Hudson Mohawke, Anderson.Paak, Loyle Corner, Meek Mill, T.I., Quavo, Danny Brown, and hundreds more.

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Pastor T.L. And The Youth For Christ Choir Barrett

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An American soul vocal group that would goon to shape the sound of pop music muchfarther beyond their imaginations, ThePonderosa Twins Plus One featured twosets of identical teenage twins, Alfred andAlvin Pelham, and Keith and Kirk Gardner,along with Ricky Spicer. The group releaseda couple of singles and a lone album forCleveland's Saru label in 1971, breakingup and disbanding as adolescence waned. Arecent sample darling of both Kanye West andTyler The Creator, "Bound" has revealed thePonderosa Twins Plus One as the real Midwestkid soul deal. Numero is proud to presentthe first official American repressing of theoriginal 1971 release, with fresh remastersfrom the original analog tapes, two previouslyunissued bonus tracks, and a replica tip onsleeve, making this an album you're bound tofall in love with.

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Like A Ship (Without A Sail) Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recorded in 1971 by a 27-year-old pastorand an after school program choir, Like AShip is a stirring and powerful meditationon the wayward aftermath of the CivilRights Movement. Tracked with the helpof Chess/Cadet maestros Gene Barge, PhilUpchurch, and Richard Evans, the albumis a mix of euphoric gospel and Mayfieldesquepolitical soul, with sleigh bells, handclaps, and jazzy piano stabs. Sampled byT.I., Kanye, and Khaled, Barrett createda rapturous, crossover gospel classic that'sstill wildly r elevant.

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Eccentric Soul - The Saadia Label Black Vinyl Edition

Light Touch Band & Magic Touch

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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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.

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Chi-C-A-G-O (Is My Chicago) Black Vinyl Edition

Lajohn & Sheela & Magic Touch

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Chicago's Magic Touch label gets the Numero treatment. This Windy City Holy-Grail 2-sider featuring early Boogie Rap on the A Side and stone cold rare groove disco killer on the flip. Available on 7" for the first time and housed in Official Magic Touch Double Disco Smash 7" Company Sleeve. One listen and you'll be checking for flights and hotels because Chi-C-A-G-O (Is My Chicago) shows that the Second City produced First Rank funky soul jams.

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Too Far Gone Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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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. Bonus: Housed on replica "Double Disco Smash" 7" Magic Touch Sleeve.

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The Family Circle

Familiy Circle

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I Won't Love You Again / So Funny Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Family Circle’s 1973 LP draws a tight ring around the most beguiling soul tropes of its era, with its full house of ambitious players and hook-laden originals. Newark, New Jersey’s Simmons siblings—George, James, Mary, Don, and David—rallied around journeyman arranger George Andrews and business maven/producer Randy Irwin, whose industry ties brought studio luminaries into the Simmons orbit: session guitar giant Cornell Dupree, guitarist/songwriter Billy Vera, and the inimitable Bernard “Pretty” Purdie on drums. Charles Simmons’ “Well Runs Dry” dipped several toes into Jackson 5-saturated waters, while “I Hope You Really Love Me” stayed together with the Al Green ethos. Where the bowling, basketball, and karate-obsessed Simmons fivesome was hitching to—thumbs unfurled and dressed to impress in Central Park on Family Circle’s back cover—is anyone’s guess, but their sparkling, layered sound, gospel-honed vocal chops, and instantly relatable melodies should’ve dropped them off on everybody’s turntable. Give Family Circle a lift, drive ‘em around awhile.

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Dimas III

Let's Ride Black Vinyl Editin

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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After branching off from The Royal Jesters in the mid-'60s, 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 was "So Funny" b/w "I Won't Love You Again," which are almost impossible-to-find records. Garza never did manage to break beyond the Bexar County limits but left a rich legacy of recordings behind for lowrider enthusiasts and obsessed collectors alike.

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Junei'

Penny & The Quarters & Friends Smoke Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"Willie "Junei" Lee spent the first half of the 1970s playing guitar with his older brother Robert Lee in the self-contained band Lost Weekend, recording a handful of singles and a still unreleased LP. The back half of the decade was spent touring with Albert King, Curtis Mayfield, and The Emotions, before returning home to Gary, Indiana, to focus on his own sound. In 1985, Junei's girlfriend brought home a suite of Fostex home studio gear, including a 12 channel board, 8-track tape machine, and a halftrack for mix downs. He added a Yamaha drum machine and a Maestro echoplex and started his solo project. "The only artists I listened to was Hendrix and Santana," Junei said. The emissions coming from his home studio were entirely different, however, as "Let's Ride" channels the Euro sensibilities of Kraftwerk or Italo over virtuosic guitar. "I just didn't want to sound like anyone else," he continued. "Let's Ride" achieved that differentiation, and managed to anticipate Chicago house by a few years. Pressed in minuscule numbers in 1987 on Pharaohs Records, the 45 never connected with the nearby scenes in Chicago and Detroit where it might have found purchase in fertile soils. Decades later "Let's Ride" found new life as the bed for KAYTRANADA's "Scared To Death," and the track has slowly worked its way through the algorithm to a new generation of vapor huffers. "I am all for experimentation, trying new things, etc," Junei said. "Kaytranada is a visionary and a talented producer. He has my respect.""

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Penny & The Quarters

Penny & The Quarters & Friends Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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"You and Me" by Penny & the Quarters simply refused to stay lost. For 40 years, the song sat silent in a box of reels before heartthrob Ryan Gosling selected it to star in 2010's indie weeper Blue Valentine. The power of the track set off an international treasure hunt in pursuit of the mysterious artists behind it. Since then, "You and Me" has soundtracked thousands of weddings, spawned hundreds of YouTube covers, and tugged heartstrings for scores of advertisements and films. Fifteen years after "Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label" became Numero's worst selling compilation, we've reanalyzed the tapes and selected 11 equally-as-fascinating rehearsals caught by engineer Clem Price in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970.

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Penny & The Quarters

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Like A Ship Without A Sail Ice Wind Vinyl Edition

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Archie James Cavanaugh

LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Is It Because I'm Black Grey & Black Swirl Vinyl Edition

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A masterpiece of the schooner rock variety, Black and White Raven is an album that emerged from Archie James Cavanaugh's youthful dream of recording his own music while stuck in the Alaskan wilderness. With a freewheeling cast culled from Archie's travels around the Pacific Northwest, including Redbone's Tony Bellamy and Pete DePoe, Black and White Raven was set down as the '70s crested. Traces of disco, AM gold, gospel, and yacht mixed freely with his Tlingit heritage, creating a breezy and optimistic portrait of life in the 49th state.

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Syl Johnson

LP | 1970 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

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Magnetic Eyes Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1970 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ten years into his role as poster boy for pop soul and peak-hour R&B, Syl Johnson did an unlikely about-face and cut the most inspiring and powerful song he'd ever touch. Issued on 45 in September of 1969, "Is It Because I'm Black" struck an immediate chord within the black community, forcing the song up the charts by sheer volume of call-in requests. It would be Syl's biggest hit for Twinight, climbing as high as #11 on the Billboard R&B chart during its 14-week stay, marking the defining moment of what had become more than just an occupation. Syl had his hands on a career and worked tirelessly rehearsing his next opus, an album of songs reflective of the changing times. With "Is It Because I'm Black" still bolding the pages of Billboard, the coming LP's title appeared to Syl plain as day _ or, in this case, black as night. Issued in April 1970 _ a full 13 months before Marvin Gaye's What's Going On _ Is It Because I'm Black can rightly be called the first black concept album, a distinction few give it credit for. But that factoid, whatever its meaning then or now, failed to inspire music buyers: Johnson's record never got a whiff of the two million copies Gaye's did in its first year of availability. Syl lays the blame squarely on the record's lack of marketability to a white audience. The album's cover didn't exactly move units either. Photographer Jerry Griffith dragged Syl to a burned-out building on 43rd Street to shoot the back cover image, and he finger-painted the iconic title over a stock photo of an eroding brick wall. The title track, coupled with the politically charged "I'm Talking About Freedom" and ghetto conscious "Concrete Reservation" sealed the album's cool reception as the work of an "angry black man." Which is unfortunate, as "Together Forever," "Come Together," and "Black Balloons" are positively uplifting, forming their own pot of gold at the end of a grayscale rainbow. The album's closer burns the brightest. "Right On" devolves into a full-on party track, ending with Syl riffing on the line "I'm gonna keep on doing my thing," as if to answer his critics before their needles reached the run-out groove.

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Jeff Phelps

LP | 1985 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Over Fields And Mountains Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1985 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Much is made of Detroit techno progenitors proximity to the auto plants. Similarly, overlooked electronic pioneer Jeff Phelps was raised just blocks from a Western Pennsylvania steel mill_close enough to smell the sulphur and hear the roaring blast furnace. When Tascam released their ground breaking Portastudio in 1984_allowing multi tracking on the far more financially inclusive cassette tape_Phelps purchased one immediately, and quickly added a Roland SH-101 monophonic synthesizer, Fender Rhodes suitcase piano, Roland drum machine, and a basic Radio Shack stereo mic. Those basic tools were employed on his first commercial productions for his own Engineered For Sound label: 1985's "Magnetic Eyes" LP and Antoinette's "Now You're Gone" 45. These DIY sketches generated few profits, and Phelps kept his day job in the energy business.Jeff Phelps eventually found his way back into performance and recording, starting with The Next Level Band near the end of the decade. Houston gourmands might have caught them at the opening of Texas's first Cheesecake Factory. "Magnetic Eyes" has already had a few lives, between TomLab's 2010 replica pressing and inclusion on Dante Carfagna's genre-defying Personal Space compilation. This 2021 edition features the heretofore un-re-released second mix, completed after discovering flaws in the initial 1985 pressing. Enjoy this technically perfect, artist-approved version of a visionary techno-adjacent masterwork.

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Branko Mataja

The Space Between White Vinyl Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Recalling Ennio Morricone spaghetti westerns, the electrified belly dance music of Omar Khorshid, and '90s bedroom psychedelia at once, the music of Branko Mataja is from its own epoch. Snatched from the streets of Belgrade as a teenager,Mataja spent World War 2 in a German work camp, escaping the insanity of postwar Europe to settle in North Hollywoodto live out the American Dream to its fullest. Crafting handmade music on homemade guitars throughout the 1970s,Mataja taught himself to play in order to pay homage to his ancestral home of Yugoslavia, a place he would never returnto except through these guitar meditations.

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Joanna Brouk

LP | 1981 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

You And Me Transparent Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Previously issued on three rare cassette-only editions, Joanna Brouk's 1980 sophomore album The Space Between has finally been given spacious LP quarters. The side-long title track, performed by Brouk's Mills College instructor and sometime-lover Bill Maraldo is among the deepest and most distinctive pieces in the new age canon, while side B's three cuts expand the theme in hypnotic new directions.

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Penny & The Quarters

The Cookhouse 5 Gold Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Sometime in 2005, a lone box of master tapes escaped an estate sale and made its way through a network of collectors, record dealers, and "junkers" into the hands of leading Ohio soul expert Dante Carfagna, who linked them to Columbus, Ohio's mysterious Prix label (See: Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label). A bit of research turned up Prix proprietor George Beter, who identified most of the unlabeled material. All it took was an endless series of phone calls and letters and two fields trips in Columbus. But one complete mystery wended its way onto our final Prix compilation. "You and Me," a simple but irrepressible demo credited only to Penny & the Quarters, was found tacked onto a mixed studio reel. Our survey of every willing lifer left on the Columbus soul scene, including retired DJs, producers, and important local artists, produced not so much as a glimmer of recognition at the name Penny & the Quarters. Though we loved the song from the first play, it may've ended up a bit buried on our original compilation, as #18 of 19 tracks. Four years later, Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label hadn't exactly become a huge seller, although listeners had repeatedly told us that the unfiltered studio demos that fill out the record's back half were true diamonds in the rough. But neither Penny nor her Quarters had appeared to claim credit for their efforts. Then, completely out of left field, we heard from respected screen actor and avowed Numero fan Ryan Gosling that Penny's piercing bit of stripped down doo-wop was being considered for inclusion in Derek Cianfrance's indie-weeper film Blue Valentine. What we didn't know was that "You and Me" had won a major role in what became an indie circuit hit, and that Penny & the Quarters would instantly assume the role of world's most famous unknown doo-wop group. Every week is a slow news week in Columbus, Ohio, and early January 2011 found the city recovering from the thrill of elevating Ted Williams_the formerly homeless guy with the awesome voice for radio_into a national news sensation. But both major daily newspapers in town, as well as the city's alternative weekly, also ran stories about how a lost and unknown Columbus soul group had become the musical centerpiece of a film already garnering Oscar buzz. That mainstream spotlight aimed at Blue Valentine and Penny & the Quarters did the trick: we finally made contact with the widow of Jay Robinson, lead Quarters' singer and songwriter. Robinson, it turned out, had also been the leader of Columbus doo-wop pioneers The Supremes (later known as "The Columbus Supremes," for reasons which should be obvious). Jay Robinson never did give up on the dream of writing a hit record; even so, the posthumous realization of his dream is cold comfort for his widow and daughter. With their blessings, we returned to those estate sale masters and pulled down another neglected track ("You Are Giving Me Some Other Love") from the still-unknown Penny and her now-partly-known Quarters. "You and Me" is a song that could not be suppressed: not when Prix failed to release it; not when Penny & the Quarters were forgotten; not when Numero stuck it at the bitter end of a much overlooked compilation. Its evolution from estate sale trash to silver-screen gold has finally returned it to big-hole 45, where it probably should have lived all along.

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94 East

LP | 2019 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 2019 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP in tip-on jacket with purple velvet and gold foil stamping. In 1975, Brooklyn transplant Pepe Willie booked time at Cookhouse Recording Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to demo five original compositions. Without roots in the Twin Cities' insular scene, Willie had no fixed backing group to help realize the arrangements he and vocalists Marcy Ingvoldstad and Kristie Lazenberry had been rehearsing. Willie organized a young cast of backing musicians for the session, among them his wife's cousin: a 16-year-old guitar prodigy named Prince Rogers Nelson. Known colloquially as "The Cookhouse 5" these recordings showcase Prince's instantly recognizable guitar playing, seasoning to perfection 94 East's short-but-sweet songbook. A crucial document concerning the origins of the Minneapolis Sound, the B-side boasts instrumental versions of each infectious tune, providing an even greater vantage point from which to admire the Purple One's expressive playing style, already evident in his teenage years.

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Do Not Pass Me By Volume 1 Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The final album in Pastor T.L.Barrett's 1970s four-part suiteof gospel funk LPs, Do Not PassMe By finds the fiery preachergetting spaced out on God's love.Accompanied by his Youth ForChrist Choir, the eight-songrecord is buoyed by the sevenminute opus "Father Stretch MyHands," later sampled by KanyeWest on 2016's The Life of Pablo.

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Beehive Breaks Mr. Lucky Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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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.

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Eccentric soul - the prix label

2LP | 2007 | US | Original (Numero Group)

32,99 €*

Skip Mahoaney & The Casuals

Release: 2007 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A glorious batch of unearthed soul and funk from the early 70s central Ohio scene ... the storming singles of Prix label ... culled from ultra rare 45s plus previous unreleased gems!

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Your Funny Moods Purdie Green Smoke Vinyl Edition

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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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.

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Ultra High Frequencies: The Chicago Party Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For 23 straight Saturday nights of 1982, "The Chicago Party" dance show assaulted Chicagoland UHF eyeballs with Spandex, Southside fly guys, tender tenderonies, magicians, contortionists, prismatic video gimmickry, and lip-synched singles by a rising regime of local post-disco casualties. Unfettered nightlife and outlandish humor poured out of oddball outpost The CopHerBox II and onto TV screens, presented here as a 100-minute video mixtape on DVD. Its companion compilation features five previously unreleased tracks, joined by music culled from a trove of self-released 45s and small-time 12"s. Die-cut cathode-ray jacket and six in-package stills put the Party at your fingertips.Available on CD or 2LP, each edition of Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party will arrive in one of six cover configurations, all of which are interchangeable via printed inner sleeves and enclosed booklet. Both editions include our entertaining DVD mixtape, isolating the most absurd and outrageous moments from the original broadcasts. Play functions enable viewers to enjoy 23 unique musical performances, as well as a mini-documentary about the creation and realization of "The Chicago Party." For fans of electronic soul with a public-access aesthetic, Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party is the place to be.

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Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels Hotlanat Orange Marble Vinyl Edition Vinyl Edition

34,19 €* 35,99 € -5%

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Eccentric Soul - The Saadia Label Forest Greeb And Blue Spltter Vinyl Edition

Maxx Traxx & Third Rail Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Maxx Traxx & Third Rail

LP | 2023 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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There was one irrepressible Chicago clubact that refused to be replaced by any DJ'ssound system. Maxx Traxx (and Third Railbefore them) were a scene unto themselvesin the early 80s, happening live on-stagefive-plus nights a week somewhere in the312. Their two LPs, both recorded in 1982,are a sheer energy ride almost too explosiveto be captured by studio tape. And yet thesetwo stone classics would remain unansweredby a city as it moved determinedly toward themotorik sound of house. Hop the turnstileand move with this complete document ofChicago's last great club band told in detailedtext, newly revealed photos, and completestudio recordings painstakingly remastered.

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Eccentric Boogie Frosted Blue Vinyl Edition

Light Touch Band & Magic Touch

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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THE ONLY BOOGIE RECORD YOU'LL EVER NEED TO OWN.

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Chi-C-A-G-O (Is My Chicago) Yellow Vinyl Edition

Lajohn & Sheela & Magic Touch

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Too Far Gone Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

11,69 €* 12,99 € -10%

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Eccentric Funk

Release: 2020 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Twelve unstoppable deep funk burners from across the Numerosphere. A smorgasbord of sounds from R&B's dapper younger cousin. Loose guitars and chunky drums lie in wait for discerning break-makers to finely chop and flip. The only funk record you'll ever need to own.

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Eccentric Northern Soul Black Vinyl Edition

Any Other Way Gold & Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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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.

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Jackie Shane

LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Numero Group)

Keep Your Faith In God / Just Give It All To Christ Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Known by genre aficionados as one of the greatest singers and most riveting stage presences in soul music, Jackie Shane has remained largely unknown outside Toronto, where her career briefly flowered in the 1960s. Beyond her unmistakable gift of the gab, Shane is a pioneer of transgender rights, born in a male body but unabashedly living her entire life as a woman at a time when to do so seemed unthinkable. Any Other Way is the first artist-approved collection of Ms. Shane's work, collecting all six of her 45s and every highlight from the legendary 1967 live sessions at the Sapphire Tavern, including three mind blowing, previously-unreleased tracks. Rob Bowman's 20,000 word essay is Jackie's first communication with the public in nearly half a century, telling for the first time ever Jackie Shane's story in her own words.

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Lucky Rosenbloom

7" | 1985 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

The Ponderosa Twins Plus One

Release: 1985 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In a club scene saturated with the Minneapolis sound, Luck Rosenbloom was searching for something different. Using Korgand Moog synths, Steinway Concert Piano and a Boss Dr-110 Dr. Rhythm, he created his own funky fusion sound to spread the word of God to the mainstream. Recorded at Minneapolis's Custom Record Studios he cut 200 copies of this elusive 45 of which only a few known copies exist. The record was promoted on his cable access TV show "Lucky Mania TV" where he encouraged kids to say no to drugs and take their vitamins.

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2+2+1= Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1971 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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An American soul vocal group that would go on to shape the sound of pop music much farther beyond their imaginations, The Ponderosa Twins Plus One featured two sets of identical teenage twins, Alfred and Alvin Pelham, and Keith and Kirk Gardner, along with Ricky Spicer. The group released a couple of singles and a lone album for Cleveland's Saru label in 1971, breaking up and disbanding as adolescence waned. A recent sample darling of both Kanye West and Tyler The Creator, "Bound" has revealed the Ponderosa Twins Plus One as the real Midwest kid soul deal. Numero is proud to present the first official American repressing of the original 1971 release, with fresh remasters from the original analog tapes, two previously unissued bonus tracks, and a replica tip on sleeve, making this an album you're bound to fall in love with.

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Eccentric Soul: The Cuca Label Black Vinyl Ediiton

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Late night `60s R&B caught on tape at JimKirchstein's jack-of-all genres Cuca studio.Re- leased on minuscule pressings into theWiscon- sin wilderness, these 26 sasquatchraretracks uncover the soulful paths betweenthe Chicago, Milw aukee, Rockford, andRockford scenes. Featuring Harvey Scales,Step By Step, Betty Moorer, Seven Sounds,Twiliters, Birdlegs & Pauline, Esquires, Artie& The Pharaohs, and Fantastic Six, this 2xlptell s an alternate his- tory of soul music thatcould only happen in the Hinterl ands onHighway 12.

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Shanghai'd Soul: Episode 12 Yellow & Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

29,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Yellow & Black splatter colored Vinyl.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 a like will appreciate the raw funk and smoother-than-a-Lexus soul that come to gether like Voltron on this special compilation. As sampled b y J. Cole, The Game, Cappadonna, The Avalanches, Kanye West, Hudson Mohawke, Anderson.Paak, Loyle Corner, Meek Mill, T.I., Quavo, Danny Brown, and hundreds more.

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Eccentric Soul: The Cuca Label Opaque Red Vinyl Edition

37,99 €*

Take Me For A Little While / We Go Together Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Royal Jesters

Take Me For A Little While / We Go Together Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Royal Jesters were a household name in the 60s in San Antonio, TX. the 1960s. Formed by Henry Hernandez and Oscar Lawson, the group performed at school dances and downtown clubs and eventually leased and managed their own venue, the legendary Patio Andaluz. The group also started their own label, Jester Records, and recorded various singles, including a take on Vanilla Fudge's "Take Me For A Little While" with the towering Louie Escalante on lead. The group also recorded "We Go Together," a group harmony classic with 16 yr old Luvine Elias, Jr on a Lowrey organ. A must-have hot tortilla to keep in your bag.

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Royal Jesters

Just Me And You B/W Best Things In Life Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Dreamliners

7" | 1963 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

I Won't Love You Again / So Funny Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 1963 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Southside sweethearts, the Dreamliners, first came into the scene as the Royaltones in 1961 when they were students at South San High School in San Antonio, TX. In 1963, label head Abie Epstein signed them to his Cobra & Jox labels producing 4 singles. On the way to a studio session, Ana (Ana) Wilburn coined "The Best Things in Life" on the dashboard of her car. Out popped a playful Farfisa and harmony-driven tune reminiscent of the Crystals or Ronettes. Ana also wrote and sang lead on the haunting ballad "Just Me & You." A song about longing and adolescent heartache that's perfect for any post-breakup kleenex session.

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Dimas III

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Mid-Atlantic Story Volume 3 Tri-Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Numero Group)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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For the lowriders, the souleros, and for any armchair drag racer who still has a record player within reach, Mid-Atlantic Story pays tribute to the aftermarket sounds of soul music, inspired by the record industry's metric trunkload of cruising compilations, legitimate and otherwise, that soundtracked an entire subculture. This getaway ride mixtape strips aesthetics from the timeless East Side Story series, and poaches music from the greater Chesapeake Bay region. Roll with a jacked-up masterpiece.

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Mid-Atlantic Story Volume 3 Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Numero Group)

Merry Christmas To You Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joseph Washington Jr.

Merry Christmas To You Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Green VinylJoseph Washington Jr.'s 1983 holiday LP putsa soulful, funky, suave ribbon on nine frostyChristmas cuts. In that season of music'straditional descent into threadbare schmaltz,Merry Christmas to You restores joy andwonder to a blizzard of bland. Under thistree, find undiscovered classics for our cynicalage: the buoyant "Jesus' Birthday," the hotand bothered soul of "Merry Christmas," theridiculously catchy wallet-opener "Shopping."The world of records produces just a preciousfew yuletide keepers: Spector's A ChristmasGift for You; Fahey's The New Possibility;Guaraldi's indelible Charlie Brown Christmas.Down another nog and file Joseph WashingtonJr. comfortably next to those.

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Joseph Washington Jr.

III Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Joseph Washington Jr.'s 1983 holiday LP putsa soulful, funky, suave ribbon on nine frostyChristmas cuts. In that season of music'straditional descent into threadbare schmaltz,Merry Christmas to You restores joy andwonder to a blizzard of bland. Under thistree, find undiscovered classics for our cynicalage: the buoyant "Jesus' Birthday," the hotand bothered soul of "Merry Christmas," theridiculously catchy wallet-opener "Shopping."The world of records produces just a preciousfew yuletide keepers: Spector's A ChristmasGift for You; Fahey's The New Possibility;Guaraldi's indelible Charlie Brown Christmas.Down another nog and file Joseph WashingtonJr. comfortably next to those.

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24 Carat Black

Gone: The Promises Of Yesterday

Release: 2020 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Champagne Wave VinylFrom Shrine to Stax, Isaac Hayes to Gloria Ann Taylor, The Mad Lads to The Staples Singers, Detroit to Atlanta, Kendrick to Pusha-T, Dale Warren's singular voice is the lone constant. Beneath the ethereal beauty of his productions was a genius crippled by his unbridled id. His ever-evolving 24-Carat Black project spanned the '70s, producing a masterpiece and an unfinished follow up. Discovered in a storage space were Warren's 1980s demos cut with grown n' sexy divas Princess Hearn, Vicki Gray, and LaRhonda LeGette right before his untimely death at the age of 50. III is an unfinished symphony that peels away the final layer of Dale Warren's mysterious oeuvre.

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24-Carat Black

LP | 2009 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 2009 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Gone: The Promises Of Yesterday is by no means a sequel to Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth - missing are the poignant and bleak sermons on the pain of inner-city existence, replaced by dusky, sensuous re-workings of tainted love songs Warren had written as far back as 1965, during his time as a songwriter at Shrine and Motown. Still, his unfinished self-reinvention, even heard through the prism of these skeletal remnants, delivers on a remarkable purity of vision: one man's corner of black culture, 24 carats pure and mishandled perhaps until now, finally a bit less misunderstood.

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Rust Side Story Volume 24 Red, White & Green Vinyl Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

I'm Not Your Toy Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The third installment of Numero's ode to lowrider souldies, Rust Side Story compiles highly sought after sweet soul singles from the Buck Eye State. Prepare for a low and slow ride from Youngstown to Dayton, Cleveland to Columbus, Toledo to Cincinnati, all soundtracked with silky falsettos and dreamy harmonies.

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Peter Barclay

I'm Not Your Toy Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The diminutive Peter Barclay was guy in early '90s Oakland, the eccentric with the most style, the most talent, the local magician. This self-taught musical wizard recorded at home and produced two barely-released albums, 1990's dreamlike Acceptance and 1992's synth pop What Kind Of World, winning over the few who heard them. But fame outside his small circle was not to be, and Barclay was lost in the late-'90s crest of the Aids epidemic. Rediscovered for a new generation, this is queer music at its finest... Welcome to the world of Peter Barclay.

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Peter Barclay

Best Piece Of Shit Volume 4 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Hated

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Still Here Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Draped in a flag of patriotic shame, the Hated stormed onto the scene just as D.C.'s Revolution Summer was swerving out of control. Channeling Bad Brains' Black thrash and Hüsker Dü's zen approach to hardcore, Dan Littleton, Erik Fisher, Colin Meeder, and Mike Bonner synthesized their own version of what became emo in 1985. Remastered from the original analog tapes, Best Piece Of Shit Vol. 4 compiles their D.I.Y. debut cassette, the No More We Cry EP, and 14 period bonus tracks from the Hated vault, spread across two LPs and annotated by fellow Annapolis hooligan Andrew Gebhardt. Decorated with extensive photo documentation and cut'n'paste ephemera, this Hated-approved set captures a band, a scene, and a country on the verge of either exploding or imploding. Never said it'd be lik e this, right?

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The Notations

LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Birdlegs & Pauline Baby Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From the dawn of doo-wop to the death of disco, the Notations saw_and sang_it all. Persisting through changing trends and technologies, on major labels and minor ones, produced by both Syl Johnson and Curtis Mayfield, nothing could stop the Notations from representing Chicago's Southside for decades. The first overview of their indie label golden age, Still Here 1967-1973 finds the Notations at a musical crossroads, turning from simmering R&B ballads to socially-conscious soul. Offering up a platter of golden-dipped harmonies, inventive arrangements, and super-powered soul, the Notations survived as unheralded legends in their own time.

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Birdlegs & Pauline

2LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Birdlegs & Pauline Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Among the rarest albums from Jim Kirchstein's Wisconsin-based Cuca label, 1964's Birdlegs & Pauline runs a playful gamut of girl group soul, sultry R&B, bluesy torch songs, and junk shop doo-wop. The Rockford, Illinois-based husband and wife duo struck gold with their Top 20 R&B hit "Spring" the year prior and frequently returned to Sauk City to see if there was any additional magic up Cuca's sleeve. Gathered here are the best of Birdlegs & Pauline's family album of songs, featuring several previously unissued songs found deep in the Cuca vault.

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Birdlegs & Pauline

2LP | 1964 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Let's Ride Clear Green Vinyl Editin

Release: 1964 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Junei'

16,99 €*

Glued To The Spot Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Cheryl Glasgow

16,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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It's always summer somewhere, but especially so wherever Cheryl Glasgow's carefree clubber "Glued To The Spot" plays. An absolute ear-worm from its first nylon strums, Glasgow's Sade-adjacent, jazz vocalese sweeps into a warm-up tempo groove and never quite breaks a sweat. Issued on Ross Anderson's short-lived, London-based Live label, "Glued To The Spot" swept through the club scene briefly in 1987, disembarking for warmer shores when the season changed.

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Eccentric Funk Clear With Yellow & Purple Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Eccentric Soul: The Shiptown Label Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Numero Group)

34,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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From a humble storefront studio located in a shoeshine parlor on Norfolk, Virginia's Church Street, Noah Biggs built a world. Hustler by day, gambler by night, the always-in-a-suit Biggs took a gaggle of off-brand singers and combined his connections and charisma to forge timeless soul music during a period of deep upheaval. Compiled here are 25 of Shiptown's most compelling sides recorded between 1965-1977, from the likes of Ida Sands, The Soul Duo, The Anglos, Dream Team, The Grooms, Positive Sounds, Barbara Stant, Wilson Williams, Art Ensley, and yes, Flip Flop Stevens.

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Eccentric Soul: The Shiptown Label Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Black And White Raven Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Archie James Cavanaugh

LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Is The Conveyor Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Lou Ragland

LP | 1978 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 1978 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The last and most monumental chapter of Lou Ragland's Cleveland career. Understand Each Other serves as a spiritual magnum opus of generations of soul luminaries from the Forest City. The album opens with the socially conscious title track backed by the full force of the Cleveland Orchestra, gutting out a second place finish to Marvin Gaye's What's Going On in both its mission and its mix. This 45th anniversary pressing houses fresh remasters from the original reels in a replica jacket, while Remus Peterson's handsketched depiction of Lou Ragland as peacemaker implores a sabre-toothed tiger and a dove to "Understand Each Other."

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Ebirac All-Stars

Over Fields And Mountains White Blossom Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Far from the twin epicenters of New York and Miami, Carlos Ruiz and his Ebirac label were both feeling and generating the aftershocks of the mid-'70s salsa boom. Holed up in their own bustling Puerto Rican community center on Chicago's west side, these third coast salseros plied their trade outside the hot lights, cutting their teeth in city parks, VFW halls, and Holiday Inn rec rooms. Nearly 50 records survive in the wake of orquestas La Justicia, La Solucion, and Tipica Leal '79, the most impassioned, singular moments of which are compiled here.

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Branko Mataja

Love Apple Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Love Apple

LP | 2012 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

24,99 €*

Release: 2012 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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In the late '70s, three do-right women from Cleveland forged a brief partnership with Ohio's everything man, Lou Ragland. Unlike the prefabricated singing combos of the day, Lily Pearson, Annette Warren, and Avetta Henry swapped lead duties as situation demanded. When a Ragland-centric publicity stunt preempted a concert appearance, Love Apple disintegrated, abandoning this rehearsal tape within the lo-fi confines of Thomas Boddie's cherished Eastside studio. Devoid of bass, the sparse instrumentation (only Lou on guitar and piano and Hot Chocolate's Tony Roberson on drums) accentuates each vocalist's aptitude, showcasing some of Ragland's finest songwriting in the process. During any given take, Ragland can be heard calling audibles, directing his singers to repeat a passage, or lending his own sweet tenor to the vocal mix. Never intended for release, Love Apple's six-song sketch is the perfect companion to I Travel Alone, bringing Ragland's unique musical vision into sharper focus.

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Numero 95 Clear Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Numero Group)

30,99 €*

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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As escapism from corporate banality turned the corner in the `90s, a new generation of vibrant, software generated soundscapes emerged. Communal access to the internet propagated the new hive mind of ideas online, giving way to smoother, stress-free textures. The PC revolution opened the gateway to ray-traced playgrounds of color and light, allowing for visions of utopic proportions to manifest themselves on screensavers far and wide. Boot up your machine, load the software on this floppy diskette, and drop out of a reality bounded by the physical laws of the universe. Numero 95 is the soundtrack to the screen saver fever dream we're all trying to climb back into. Eight droplets of proto-vaporwave, synthesized in vinyl (or digital) form, fresh from Numero's archive of forgotten sounds. Are you looking for that half way point between smooth jazz and new age? Mac and PC? Quantum Leap and the X-Files? This software is for you. Housed in a replica floppy diskette, Numero 95 explores an early computer music unbound by scene or region. Eight solo pioneers vibing out at home in their headphones, traveling as far as the sound card would allow. This is music that barely escaped the hard drive and yet percolates at the edges of the algorithm 30 years later. Welcome to Numero 95.

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LP | 2017 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Southwest Side Story

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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LP | 2014 | US | Original (Numero Group)

South Side Story

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Ork: The Complete Singles Box Set

Box Set | 2015 | US | Original (Numero Group)

123,99 €*

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label

CD | 2018 | US | Original (Numero Group)

16,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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7" | 2013 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Notations

That Girl / I'm For Real

10,99 €*

Release: 2013 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Like A Ship...(Without A Sail) Clear & Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

LP | 1971 | EU | Reissue (Numero Group)

4 X A Dream Beachball Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 1971 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Der Klassiker Des Einstigen Pfarrers Und Kreuzzügler Des Allgemeinwohls Pastor T. L. Barrett & The Youth Of Christ Choir Von 1971 Gilt Bis Heute Als Der Heilige Gral Des Gospel-Soul. Mit Dem Seinerzeit Selbst Veröffentlichten Werk Des Jesse Jackson Jr.-Mitstreiters Demonstrierte Barrett Seine Leidenschaft Für Die Musik, Seine Wilde Entschlossenheit, Kinder Vor Der Straße Zu Bewahren Und Sein Talent Für Mitreißende Predigten (Die Nebenbei Künstler Wie Earth, Wind & Fire Und Donny Hathaway Dazu Brachten, Seine Kirche Zu Besuchen) Mit Einem Album, Das Vom Chess Records Saxophon Helden Gene Barge Und Einer Reihe Von Musikern Wie Richard Evans, Phil Upchurch Und Dem Stürmischen Gesang Des Youth For Christ Choirs Profitiert. Heilige Grooves, Breaks, Beats Und Lobpreisungen Mit Eingängigen Refrains.[Eng] Chicago Pastor And Activist T.L. Barrett's Rare Gospel Soul Classic Like A Ship. (Without A Sail) Is One Of The Holy Grails Of Gospel Soul. Self-Released In 1971, Like A Ship Was The Result Of Barrett Channeling His Passion For Music, A Determination To Keep Children Off The Streets, And His Charismatic Preaching (Which Attracted The Likes Of Earth, Wind & Fire And Donny Hathaway To His Sermons At Mount Zion Baptist Church) Into The Production Of The Album, A Project Bolstered By The Saxophonist And Arranger Gene Barge Of The Famed Chess Records, And Backed By A Cast Of Players That Included Richard Evans, Phil Upchurch And The Rapturous Vocals Of The Youth For Christ Choir. Like A Ship... Is Filled With Sanctified Grooves And Spiritual Praise Delivered With A Righteous, Infectious Chorus.

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Masumi Hara

Release: 2020 / US – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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A Seamless Mix Of The Organic And Inorganic, The Recent Past And Distant Future, And The Possible And Impossible, Japanese Multi-Media Artist Masumi Hara's Sophomore Album Arrived Like A Fish On The Moon In 1984. An Album Filled With Contradiction And Purpose, 4 X A Dream Is Both Balearic Acid Folk And Damaged Steel Drum Dub, Hi-Tech New Wave Balladry And Ambient Synth Pop. Classical And Neoimpressionist Vibes Haunt And Entrance. Quite Possibly The Most Unique Lp You'll Ever Add To Your Collection.

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Do Not Pass Me By Volume 1

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Numero Group)

2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The Final Album In Pastor T.L. Barrett's 1970s Four-Part Suite Of Gospel Funk Lps, Do Not Pass Me By Finds The Fiery Preacher Getting Spaced Out On God's Love. Accompanied By His Youth For Christ Choir, The Eight-Song Record Is Buoyed By The Seven-Minute Opus "Father Stretch My Hands," Later Sampled By Kanye West On 2016's The Life Of Pablo.

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Tommy McGee

I'm A Stranger

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Book+LP | 2020 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Louis Wayne Moody High

Pastor T.L. Barrett And The Youth For Christ Choir

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Ten incredible albums culled from the deepest, weirdest coop of record enthusiasts ever gathered under one banner. We’ve spared no expense packaging these, pairing the idea of the Art of Compilation with living and breathing art, creating little fortune cookies baked in a factory of forgotten dreams. Video games, pyramids, trading cards, matchbooks, mazes, lottery tickets, film canisters, yearbooks, and various other exercises in design absurdity.

The lost yearbook from Louis Wayne Moody High’s graduating class of 1967, chronicling the peaks and valleys of teenage angst, lost loves, and life after summer vacation. Fourteen moody melodies of surf kings, guitar Bettys, talent show psychers, and pre-S.D.S. soft- poppers. Walls of jangly guitars, maudlin organs, and melancholy harmonies deliver the bummer to ring in the summer.

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Do Not Pass Me By Volume II Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Universal Togetherness Band

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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The sequel to Pastor Barrett’s landmark 1971 masterpiece Like A Ship…, Do Not Pass Me By finds the young Chicago preacher and his Youth for Christ Choir continuing their genre-bending spiritual journey. Heavy drums, soaring falsettos, euphoric tambourines, sharp horns, and Barrett’s unwavering devotion dance around a 40-piece choir, working together to form sanctified slab of gospel funk. Pressed in a minuscule quantity in 1973, Do Not Pass Me By was sold primarily from the pulpit of Barrett’s Mt. Zion Baptist Church, disappearing into Chicago’s south side for 45 years before Numero’s excavation. The ten-song album has been remastered, it’s generic album cover updated to match Barrett’s vision. On the back of the jacket, he insisted on the following words: “After listening to this album you will be glad that you did not pass it by!”

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Dreamality / Lucky Stars

7" | 2019 | US | Original (Numero Group)