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The Numero Group is a reissue label. All their albums are labeled sequentially, e.g., "Numero 001," "Numero 002," and so on. I've bought a few of their albums, which I thought were fantastic (a compilation of Belize artists, a reissue of Antena's early 1980s album, "Camino del Sol," and a compilation of songs from a small soul label operating out of Liberty City, Miami, in the late 1960s), but I was a bit disappointed with Numero 008/Wayfaring Strangers.

Which of the label's releases do you recommend? Which do you dislike?

― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 2 June 2006 22:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

I like the Miami Deep City comp. it's fucked-up; the whole sound is just overloaded and completely insane. it's the earliest Clarence Reid and Betty Wright stuff I know of. definitely worth it, if you're into soul music.

I liked "Wayfaring Strangers" myself. esp. the Caroline Peyton song, and the one about the ocean told from the ocean's point of view. they're great packages, too.

I just got the new Detroit comp (the Big Mack label) but I haven't had time to digest. haven't heard the early comps.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Saturday, 3 June 2006 00:44 (6 years ago) Permalink

is there even a destroy with the numero group? its all fucking incredible.

― mts (theoreticalgirl), Saturday, 3 June 2006 02:11 (6 years ago) Permalink

Yellow Pills: Prefill is totally unfuckwithable. Many, many power-pop gems spread over 2 discs.

― hot doorknobs (hot doorknobs), Saturday, 3 June 2006 21:47 (6 years ago) Permalink

yellow pills and antena are outta control-- soul comps are great, too

― s blaze (conrad), Saturday, 3 June 2006 22:24 (6 years ago) Permalink

I like some of the releases better than others, but I think that all of their releases are interesting and the packaging and documentation are really top notch. My favorites are the Antena album (which I think I listened to non-stop the week I bought it) and the Cult Cargo: Disco Connection 12".

― William Selman (William Selman), Saturday, 3 June 2006 23:59 (6 years ago) Permalink

There is earlier clarence reid material on dade, wand-scepter and tayster -- but that is the first betty wright stuff.

― Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom), Sunday, 4 June 2006 16:26 (6 years ago) Permalink

I'm starting to warm to "Wayfaring Strangers,'' in particular Ginny Reilly's song ''Wildman.'' For a song featuring only a single, gently strummed guitar and vocals, it sounds surprisingly like Rumors-era Fleetwood Mac. But it's the lyrics and vocal delivery that make it special for me. Reilly's voice is so fragile and vulnerable, and perfect for these lyrics:

Then the Wildman
Called the Lady's hand
For there came a day
When he could not wait
He said, ''Pretty woman,
Don't let it go.
This is magic
We'll never know again.''
She said, ''I won't let you in.''
I'm not loving anyone these days
And I can't take your crazy ways.
So the time passed
And the Lady grew sad.
For she had not planned
To love the Wildman.

Delivered with even a hint of camp or irony, these lyrics -- and the song -- would crumble. But Reilly plays it straight, putting the song over perfectly. I still think it's a hit-or-miss compilation, but I'm beginning to appreciate its considerable charm.

It's really amazing to me that the artists this label unearths didn't find a bigger audience (or any audience) in their day. Maybe 20 years from now, the Numero Group will be re-releasing Iron & Wine, Howe Gelb and Low.

― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 4 June 2006 23:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

Just got the brand new one (009) Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label... I admit i pick these up mainly because I love the packaging, and the numbering just puts hooks into those completist synapses I often get. Thankfully, the releases happen to be (mostly) great too... (Wayfaring Strangers is one of their better ones, that said.)

― ((((((DOPplur)))n)))u))))tttt (donut), Monday, 5 June 2006 06:19 (6 years ago) Permalink

what's also great about Numero is how variable it all is--the soul comps aren't like "great" music, a lot of it. The Deep City one, that drummer is fucking terrible, but he's great. a lot of it is genre pushed to some new wall, I find it confounding to listen to. definitely the case with the new one, Big Mack. the one about going to Haight Street and doing it "like the hippies" do is pretty amazing.

On Wayfaring, Caroline Peyton is amazing. I did a piece on her and this other lady, both of whom ended up in Nashville, for the Scene a couple months ago. You can find it on nashscene.com, it's called "Who Knows Where the Time Goes," I think, I don't have the link handy. Anyway, Peyton is seriously talented, and thriving--she did legit Broadway stuff and sang in Disney animated movies, and has done well. She lives in Emmylou Harris' old house, in Nashville. Fascinating to talk to, and I actually got her to lend me her "Mock Up" LP from '72, from which "Engram" on Wayfaring is drawn.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Monday, 5 June 2006 18:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

Edd s: Why do you think the drummer on the Deep City compilation is terrible? Just curious.

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 5 June 2006 20:40 (6 years ago) Permalink

Why do you think the drummer on the Deep City compilation is terrible? Just curious.

He's always playing way ahead of the beat; he's floppy and his time flops all over the place, I guess; it's indefinite and that's the one thing a drummer isn't (usually) supposed to be. I guess it's the same guy on most of it? Plus, that band, they were originaly a marching band, and that shows as well. It doesn't strike me as small-group drumming, fundamentally.

But altho he's not a good drummer, he's really interesting. I mean I'm not hung up on all that too much--the music works, most of it. It's weird music from the drumming on up; so maybe he's a *great* drummer and realized how strange the whole project was and played accordingly.

I think I really like this Big Mack comp, too.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 01:20 (6 years ago) Permalink

too bad about the drumming... imagine all the lost royalties from the beatheads who passed on i...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

― ((((((DOPplur)))n)))u))))tttt (donut), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 02:34 (6 years ago) Permalink

there's some good shit to sample on Big Mack!

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 18:39 (6 years ago) Permalink

I know.. I was funnin' myself on the fake defense of beatheads (being one myself)

― ((((((DOPplur)))n)))u))))tttt (donut), Tuesday, 6 June 2006 19:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

edd s: Funny you should say that the drummer's failings can be forgiven because the music works so well. That's basically what Willie Clarke, one of the founders of the Deep City label, said in a recent interview in the Miami New Times, conducted shortly after the Deep City album was released. Clarke said: "Perfection sometimes will kill feel ... [and] what we had at Deep City was mostly feel."

The New Times article is available online, at

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/Issues/2006-02-16/music/music2.html

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 June 2006 17:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

right, that Miami NT piece is a good one, written by my fellow scribe Andy Beta. I was happy to have gotten a review of Deep City into the pages of No Depression, just to get that mag's funk-factor in the red for a change...

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 8 June 2006 17:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

edd s:

When you mentioned that you're a music writer, it reminded me of the sheer number of really talented music critics that post on ILM. I've seen contributors who appear to be from all the major online music websites, e.g., Pitchfork, Stylus, Popmatters, and major print publications, e.g., Village Voice, No Depression. None of this would matter, of course, if the posts were all snippy and lacked content, but I've been amazed by the thoughtfulness of the posts and of the forum's contributors (not that anyone would care about my opinion on the subject). How did you all find this board?

-- Daniel (n.1)

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(n.1) I should receive the Big Mack album over the next day or so.

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 8 June 2006 17:54 (6 years ago) Permalink

11 months pass...

I've missed the last three Numero Group releases (Catherine Howe's What A Beautiful Place, Eccentric Soul: Twinight's Lunar Rotation, Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay). Anyone know if there's any good?

― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 13 May 2007 03:56 (6 years ago) Permalink

i love this label, and the catherine howe in particular is one of my favorite reissues of the year.
Twilight's Lunar Rotation is ok, but it could've easily been one disc rather than 2.
I just got the Goombay album, sounds pretty good from what I've heard, some songs are far better than others, but its not as spotty as the Lunar Rotation album, which is one of the only numero group releases I'd say maybe skip.

― hurdy girdle, Sunday, 13 May 2007 07:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

from what i've heard of the howe record it just sounds like something you'd pay $2 for as an LP and not really be that excited about.

― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Sunday, 13 May 2007 07:52 (6 years ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

dude

― sanskrit, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:35 (5 years ago) Permalink

Winight's Lunar Rotation is really good, for the most part (the impaled falsettoes etc are mostly at the beginning) You can still hear one of the better tracks, read a review of it and the whole set:
http://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=688

― dow, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 17:24 (5 years ago) Permalink

Twilight's Lunar Rotation is ok, but it could've easily been one disc rather than 2.

Obviously you mean Twinight, no worries there... Thing is, Kent had already done a Twinight comp so it was imperative that this be as exhaustive as possible. It is a superb Chicago soul music collection for the real Shy collector. I wish I had the product itself but their discs are too dang expensive. I know they are nice etc etc but I just aint got that kinda scratch. (Plus I own that Kent rcd already so I wasn't about to buy all them trx again).

Big to the southside anyway...

― Saxby D. Elder, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 18:07 (5 years ago) Permalink

They have two new discs either out now or on the way: Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts of Deep City, which is a follow-up to the fantastic Deep City label and Wayfaring Strangers: Guitar Soli.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 12 December 2007 18:13 (5 years ago) Permalink

Twilight's Lunar Rotation is ok, but it could've easily been one disc rather than 2.
Obviously you mean Twinight, no worries there... Thing is, Kent had already done a Twinight comp so it was imperative that this be as exhaustive as possible. It is a superb Chicago soul music collection for the real Shy collector. I wish I had the product itself but their discs are too dang expensive. I know they are nice etc etc but I just aint got that kinda scratch. (Plus I own that Kent rcd already so I wasn't about to buy all them trx again).

If you think you got it all on the Kent CD or that this could have been one disc, you're missing out. The booklet alone is worth the 25 bucks. Have you seen the photos? The Kent booklet had like three, this thing's got like 30. I mean, who else was going to track down the Mystiques?

Pick up those Twinight 45s if you get a chance. Can't imagine they'll be around long.

― VG++, Thursday, 13 December 2007 03:21 (5 years ago) Permalink

ok, you talked me into it!

― Saxby D. Elder, Thursday, 13 December 2007 03:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

(I did actually mean the Numero Group thing was a great collection, not the as-usual raggedy-ass Kent one. All I meant is I hadn't sprung for the actual CDs yet.)

― Saxby D. Elder, Thursday, 13 December 2007 03:48 (5 years ago) Permalink

Now we just need a Mar-V-Lus comp ... and make sure it includes Von Freeman's 45 ! my copy is sorta crackly.

― Stormy Davis, Thursday, 13 December 2007 03:53 (5 years ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

Anyone heard the new one yet? I got it this week (I'm on The Numero Group's annual plan). So far, v. good (on limited, partial spins). Not sure it's as gripping as some of the label's prior releases, but they're all so solid that this isn't much of a criticism.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 5 March 2008 23:04 (5 years ago) Permalink

Very much hooked on the Jackie Stoudamire tracks.

― Andy K, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 23:26 (5 years ago) Permalink

Stoudemire -- excuse me.

― Andy K, Wednesday, 5 March 2008 23:36 (5 years ago) Permalink

I've been enjoying the Guitar Soli comp (vol. 2 of Wayfaring Strangers, I guess) -- some wild Fahey/Kottke/Etc kinda dudes on there. A cool glimpse into a weird little subculture of musicians, great liners, packaging, the whole shebang. I've always eyed the soul comps on Numero, but haven't made the plunge just yet. what's the one to start with?

― tylerw, Thursday, 6 March 2008 00:09 (5 years ago) Permalink

I say the Eccentric Soul: Deep City Label disc is the place to start.

― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 6 March 2008 00:38 (5 years ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

revive

― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 22 April 2008 22:55 (5 years ago) Permalink

nobody?

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:28 (5 years ago) Permalink

Hah I still haven't heard anything (and their packaging still bugs me.)

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

what would you like us to say?

x-post

― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:34 (5 years ago) Permalink

"(and their packaging still bugs me.)"

you must be talking about CDs. cuz the vinyl packages are a fetishist's dream.

guitar soli double vinyl is sooooooo beautiful. and an amazing collection.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:36 (5 years ago) Permalink

I am talking about the CDs. Everything is white with a grainy Jandek pic on the front.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:36 (5 years ago) Permalink

I enjoy the soul stuff, etc, but I can live happily with just the Antena.

― matinee, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

for real? weird. they put such care into the vinyl. the design of those soul comps should be winning awards.

x-post

― scott seward, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:49 (5 years ago) Permalink

they went cardboard and ink starting with #18. Not sure if this is just an interruption or a new paradigm.

― Mackro Mackro, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 19:01 (5 years ago) Permalink

scott, i would like you to SEARCH and DESTROY

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 19:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 28 April 2008 02:30 (5 years ago) Permalink

I love this label

― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 28 April 2008 02:31 (5 years ago) Permalink

also

― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 28 April 2008 02:31 (5 years ago) Permalink

not super-impressed w/ "wayfaring stranger: ladies of the canyon". i'm really enjoying the "bearded ladies" comp on finders keepers much more (although i guess that comps not as historically specific).

the two "cult cargo" comps are pretty awesome, even though i expected them to be much much more tropical and much less US-oriented.

i've only heard a few of the eccentric soul volumes. "kid soul" is pretty good but i don't think it really keeps up over the whole disk. but "capsoul" and "outskirts of deep city" are really fantastic.

very interested in hearing the "bandit", "big mack" and "twinight" volumes.

― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 28 April 2008 04:11 (5 years ago) Permalink

If you liked Outskirts Of Deep City, you should definitely consider the prior disc, The Deep City Label. It has even stronger material, especially from a group called The Moovers (e.g., Someone To Fulfill My Needs and Darlin I'll Go).

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 28 April 2008 04:21 (5 years ago) Permalink

Curt1s, those promo pictures you posted above are for which Numero disc? I don't recognize them (and I think I have all but 3 of the label's discs).

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 28 April 2008 04:23 (5 years ago) Permalink

Skipping 160 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

see, mine isn't just noisy, it has loud distracting pops periodically

jam jam jam POP jam jam jam jam jam POP POP jam jam jam
etc

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 19:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh okay then maybe you should try sending it back.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

;_;
i probably should but uuuuugh

― La Lechera, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

listening to side E right now and it sounds fine. i guess i never got to side E. oh there was a pop. just one though. this stuff was recorded over a pretty long period of time. sound will vary, i suppose. it was the oil crisis when they started recycling vinyl. there is definite surface noise. but hell i've been playing old reggae 45s for months now and everything else sounds pretty clean to me now.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

not to dis reggae vinyl. despite the surface noise on old jamaican 45s, they are definitely the way to go. you ain't gonna get that deep bass on some trojan cd comp. sorry, no you are not. and 70's jamaican 12 inches. don't even get me started. like jah on vinyl. so heavy.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

but yeah that sucks. sorry. it happens. i hate returning anything.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 25 January 2012 20:07 (1 year ago) Permalink

the personal space compilation is FANTASTIC

― dave cool it (stevie), Thursday, 26 January 2012 10:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

like, amazingly amazingly fantastic.

― dave cool it (stevie), Thursday, 26 January 2012 10:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

that personal space thing they will be putting out has me STOKED.

wait--dave, has it leaked? did you get an early copy? hook a brother up.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

got a review copy but because i want numero to keep putting records out i can't hook anyone up. but you will NOT REGRET yr purchase i promise.

― dave cool it (stevie), Thursday, 26 January 2012 19:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

yeah i will purchase this and gladly no matter what. i'm just chomping at the bit to hear it. what is the release date?

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 26 January 2012 23:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

So stoked for the Codeine boxset!

― Evan, Friday, 27 January 2012 03:46 (1 year ago) Permalink

February according to the sleeve!

― dave cool it (stevie), Friday, 27 January 2012 08:39 (1 year ago) Permalink

Finally got around to listening to Pressed At Boddie and this song!!

― JacobSanders, Friday, 3 February 2012 08:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

3 weeks pass...

this Syl Johnson 4CD set is fucking amazing. can't stop listening to "Same Kind Of Thing."

― Big Mr. Guess U.S.A. Champion (crüt), Friday, 24 February 2012 17:12 (1 year ago) Permalink

he was extremely energetic when i saw the numero group revue a few years ago
lively dude!

― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

I still need to get that box.

― seandalai, Friday, 24 February 2012 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

WHEN DOES PERSONAL SPACE COMP COME OUT PLZ TO BE ANSWERING MY QUESTION

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 24 February 2012 21:23 (1 year ago) Permalink

^^^ IMPORTANT QUESTION

― seandalai, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

Looks like late April? I WANT IT NOW.

― Big Drug Dan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 2 March 2012 08:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

Wait, so is this coming out on Numero Group or Chocolate Industries? It was being promoted as an NG release I thought.

http://pitchfork.com/news/45354-chocolate-industries-to-issue-electronic-soul-comp/

― Big Drug Dan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 3 March 2012 10:42 (1 year ago) Permalink

Oh yeah and I got seven songs from it on slsk and they're awesome.

― Big Drug Dan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 3 March 2012 10:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

i think its on choc industries but is compiled by the numero guys and distro'd by them?

― face depalma (stevie), Saturday, 3 March 2012 11:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

huh. that's weird.

Oh yeah and I got seven songs from it on slsk and they're awesome.
― Big Drug Dan (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, March 3, 2012 4:43 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

you are taunting me, bro.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 4 March 2012 02:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

2 weeks pass...

Was at Numero House last week (which is a major clue if you know who I used to be) and Codeine is a sign of things to come. In addition to my thing (will stop being cute about it once the contracts are signed), something MIND-BLOWINGLY HUGE from the US punk rock 80s is being negotiated (they swore me to secrecy and it's understandable, the label and personal situations being what they are this could all fall apart). It's also very clear that the coming punk and post-punk stuff is an expansion of Numero's vision, not a change in direction -- they want to reissue insufficiently available fantastic DIY stuff and do it in gorgeous packaging, and that will always include soul, gospel, and psych (and psychedelic soul gospel), but for Ken especially that has to include punk and post-punk.

Anyway: The Lou Ragland box is terrific. Also really gotta rep for the Stone Coal White cd, which is on Cali-Tex but is manufactured and distributed by Numero. It's ridiculously short and very lo-fi, but man, is it fantastic. Really heavy 70s soul, almost garage punky, except that they play so damn well. There's a cover of "Ain't No Sunshine" that's fairly faithful and relatively low-key, but it sounds like someone's going to get killed if she doesn't come home soon.

― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 11:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

not gonna openly guess about the 80s US punk rock but salivating at the possibilities. the sampler for the ragland box is boss.

― brokering (pimping) (stevie), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 11:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

coming out of deep freeze to read Three Word Username's tea leaves, and hoping the news will be about a trio from the Twin Cities...

― rockaliser, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 20:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

that Personal Space comp is out now and it OWNS OWNS OWNS OWNS OWNS

― tramp stamps weren't a thing! (jamescobo), Saturday, 28 April 2012 05:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

Got that in last week, but it got overwhelmed by Record Store Day - I will be giving it a good listen today...

― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Saturday, 28 April 2012 07:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

The record store day release is greeeeeeeat. Love it.

― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 11:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

fyi, Numero only distros that Personal Space comp. Chocolate Industries released it. here's where i spoke to Dante and Marvin about it: http://read.mtvhive.com/2012/04/27/personal-space-soul-compilation/

― beta blog, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:38 (1 year ago) Permalink

ace piece andy. dante's a great interviewee. and huzzah for citing the robotic 'give it up turn it loose' cover, have always loved that.

― Bad Company's Drummer's Daughter (stevie), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 14:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

still haven't wrapped my head completely around personal space, not quite as space-y as i'd hoped, way more sad.

― the late great, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

"personal space" is fucking amazing!

it took me awhile to get into it, i guess i had in my mind that it would be some very sci-fi new-age-ish sun ra meets oneohtrix point never type of thing, it's not, it's a mix of all types of soul and funk and whatnot done w/ either drum machine or synth or both

that said ... what an amazing set of tracks! what a revelation! where did they dig this shit up?!?

― the late great, Saturday, 12 May 2012 05:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

WTF?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Light-On-The-South-Side-2-LP-Book-12870-/110876881429?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item19d0c6f215#ht_2827wt_1086

― Evan, Friday, 25 May 2012 04:13 (11 months ago) Permalink

What?

― booth traums (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 25 May 2012 05:48 (11 months ago) Permalink

What are we missing? I can't see anything remarkable there.

― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Friday, 25 May 2012 07:07 (11 months ago) Permalink

yeah the point is that at the price-point, sorta an all-time eBay snag

― Stormy Davis, Friday, 25 May 2012 07:36 (11 months ago) Permalink

to wit http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=fpgv9zz5w2&ref=browse.php&refQ=kwfilter%3Dsouthside%26amp%3Bincl_oos%3D1%26amp%3Bincl_cs%3D1

― Stormy Davis, Friday, 25 May 2012 07:36 (11 months ago) Permalink

53 vs 6. unless the thing is totally trashed .. seller didn't say so!

― Stormy Davis, Friday, 25 May 2012 07:38 (11 months ago) Permalink

I just got a sealed copy of Yellow Pills: Prefill for a reasonable price, woo!

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 25 May 2012 11:18 (11 months ago) Permalink

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/05/17/soul-survivor-the-lost-recordings-and-magic-touch-of-robert-hosea-williams/

― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 May 2012 13:45 (11 months ago) Permalink

Thanks Stormy! Yeah, seriously how did that complete at $6?

― Evan, Friday, 25 May 2012 13:59 (11 months ago) Permalink

2 months pass...

new Buttons stuff looks great. Unfortunately they only have the reissue of 004 in LP.

― skip, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 03:30 (9 months ago) Permalink

how is "you can fly me on your aeroplane"?

i am very skeptical when i hear stuff called "psychedelic soul", it tends not to be much more than "soul w/ bloopy synths"

― the late great, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 04:06 (9 months ago) Permalink

Haven't listened to that Wee reissue in a couple years at least--this track was/is one of my favourites on it:

― Groove is in the shart (Craig D.), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 06:35 (9 months ago) Permalink

(As you can hear, it can get somewhat Shuggie-y)

― Groove is in the shart (Craig D.), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 06:35 (9 months ago) Permalink

The inst. reprise of the title track is where there bloopy synths come in, btw--one of my fave moments on the record:

― Groove is in the shart (Craig D.), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 06:39 (9 months ago) Permalink

tghnkg u

― the late great, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 07:23 (9 months ago) Permalink

3 months pass...

4 Shoes LPs available for preorder.

― skip, Friday, 2 November 2012 17:16 (6 months ago) Permalink

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