S/D -- The Numero Group

;_;
i probably should but uuuuugh

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.

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.

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

the personal space compilation is FANTASTIC

like, amazingly amazingly fantastic.

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.

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.

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?

So stoked for the Codeine boxset!

February according to the sleeve!

Finally got around to listening to Pressed At Boddie and this song!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psCbxzqYrA0

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYgJBpNNio

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

I still need to get that box.

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

^^^ IMPORTANT QUESTION

Looks like late April? I WANT IT NOW.

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/

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

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

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.

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.

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

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...

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

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

The record store day release is greeeeeeeat. Love it.

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/

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.

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

"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?!?

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

What?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"

Haven't listened to that Wee reissue in a couple years at least--this track was/is one of my favourites on it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re0y1qL1dgU

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

The inst. reprise of the title track is where there bloopy synths come in, btw--one of my fave moments on the record:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncB65dETKlM

tghnkg u

4 Shoes LPs available for preorder.

My new heroes for this alone

http://thewire.co.uk/in-writing/essays/collateral-damage_numero-group-on-the-vinyl-bubble

"Good God! Apocryphal Hymns" is amazing.