S/D -- The Numero Group

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.

yeah it is

I really like the thread of Gospel groups integrating the latest Soul/R&B trends instead of just going secular - I'm sure this was something that must have been happening with actually-famous Gospel acts too at the time, don't really know all that much about the genre.

Or someone like Dwaine Vinyard, who came to it from a complete outsider perspective, the idea of Gospel being produced outside of its traditional community structures.

Also, man those keys on the Shelton Kilby track.

"Good God! Apocryphal Hymns" is amazing.

Good to hear! I ordered a copy for my gf's birthday but it's just sitting there in shrink wrap. Just like Roy Orbison. Mmmm

!

http://pitchfork.com/news/51723-numero-announces-pre-prince-minneapolis-compilation-purple-snow/

Plus

http://numerogroup.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/the-tease-050-5-revealed/

cryinig

wow. so prince is allowing this? seems out of character.

is purple snow going to actually contain any music by prince?

hey, odd question, has anyone on the board dealt with these dudes on the licensing side? I'm thinking from everything I've read that they might be a good option for my/my fathers long running tape collection project (i know ive talked to ned abt this and a few of the rest of you, but fuck it, no need to be coy anymore, I just want to get this stuff to see the light of day.)

Have not dealt with them but they do make mention on their site of going through months of licensing hell on a project

is purple snow going to actually contain any music by prince?
pfork article linked to says: "Purple Snow's 32 tracks include late 70s/early 80s projects from pre-solo stardom Prince"

i really want the iasos disc.

looks like more than half of the tracks are previously unreleased?

oh lol nevermind, looks like most of em were prev released.

Okay so I have a review of _Purple Snow_ up...

http://thequietus.com/articles/13909-purple-snow-forecasting-the-minneapolis-sound-review

Great review Ned. Can't wait to hear this!

Yeah excellent review...prolly my most anticipated album of the year...

that sounds really amazing

Fits, starts, second tier work, sudden flashes but no more - Prince appears on a few tracks as a quietly competent side performer on organ or guitar, Jam and Lewis are woodshedding

Ah. Thanks Ned for the nice article

Yer welcome. And yeah, do NOT come to this expecting to hear unreleased full-on Prince demos or the like.

that era of mpls funk is underrated. and it is slightly different to funk from elsewhere - those guys had more of a pop edge (not overt but its still there)

Even though I'm a massive P fan more in interested in hearing proto Jam and Lewis and other Minneapolis alumni...

really sad i didn't renew my annual subscription to this label in 2013. if their yearly-fee is about the same next year ($100.00 or so), i'll start-up again.

yeah i need to get back on the wagon, i forgot about my numero comps for a while and have gotten back into them and they're all so good.

Purple Snow up for streaming:

https://soundcloud.com/numerogroup/sets/num050-purple-snow-forecasting

Purple Snow is the first one I've pulled the trigger on buying and, oh my god, is it fantastic.

you gotta try . . .

• 002: Antena: Camino Del Sol
• 006: Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up
• 007: Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label
• 021: !יאצללה: Soul Messages from Dimona

I've heard some of them before, particularly liked the Deep City one you mention, but this is the first I've bought for myself.

yeah. this one, from the moovers and on the deep city disc, is jaw-droppingly good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtMcSj2aHAk

haha. this makes me want to become a numero group annual subscriber again.

Ha ha ...the D & D demographic

They're out there. Kinda. A review of this will be running in the Quietus soon. The compilation's a bit of bait and switch in that it's more shared 70s epic fantasy/Tolkien reading etc. rather than specifically a D&D thing but I see the logic of it.

some of this medusa album, which is apparently a big part of the new numero disc compilation, is really good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30A1HrI9WmU