S/D -- The Numero Group

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

picked up darkscorch canticles yesterday and it is making me so happy today!! are there other extra heavy pebbles comps out there? are they this good? so far my favorites are dark star and wizard. best numero release in a while for me!

i don't care about the lyrics at all tbh but the sound is totally awesome

what a jam!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JDhDNrNisE

I can't wait to hear this! Man Chest Hair from Finders Keepers is also really good 70's heavy rock n roll.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNMvRjHsDrY

That Man Chest Hair comp kinda bummed me out because it gets really weak after the first batch of tracks. Downer Rock Genocide might be a good one to try.

whoa: http://ntslive.co.uk/the-numero-group-six-hour-takeover/

Easily the best reissue label of the last decade took over NTS, live from Chicago last weekend. Six hours of beautiful music is just a click away…
TRACK LIST
Hour 1:
Opening bed: The Unknowns “Please Don’t Go”
Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr “You Can’t Blame”
Teques “If I Could”
Eula Cooper “I Need You More”
Donations “I’m Gonna Treat You Good”
Bed: Capsoul Group “You’re All I need to make it”
Notations “I don’t wanna be late”
Sole Inspiration “Life”
Mystiques “That’s The kinda Love”
Si-Berians “This Is The Ending of Our Love”
Bed: Sky’s The Limit “Don’t Be Afraid”
Four Mints “Crystal Rivers”
Brand New Faces “I Don’t Wanna Cry”
Ruby Carter & the Exceptional Three “Unlucky Girl”
Sensations “It’s A New Day”
Bed: Sidney Pinchback “Soul Strokes”
Marion Black “Who Knows”
Penny & the Quarters “You And Me”
Them Two ”Am I A Good Man”
Syl Johnson “Different Strokes”
Bed: Syl Johnson “Soul Heaven”
Hour 2:
Stone Axe “Slave of Fear”
Jocefus “Crazy Man”
Dark Star “Spectre”
Supa Chief “Red Brained Woman”
Bed: Air “12 O’Clock Satanial”
Medusa “Strangulation” (45 version)
Wicked Lester “Here Comes My Girlfriend”
Inside “Wizzard King”
Wrath “Warlord”
Bed: Pisces “Genesis II”
Pisces “Kiss Your Mother Goodnight”
George Cromarty “Flight”
Joni Mitchell “The Jungle Line”
Susan Pillsbury “Never Say Goodbye”
Riley Walker “Clear The Sky”
Break: Riley Walker “Joni’s Tune”
Jessica Pratt “Bushell Hyde”
Sandy Denny “Who Knows Where The Time Goes”
Kathy Heideman “Stormy”
Screaming Gypsy Bandits “Path of Light”
Hour 3:
Bed: Leon Lowman “Fluorescent Funk”
Ned Doheny “Give It Up For Love”
Greenflow “I Gotcha”
Burgatti & Musker “Every Home Should Have One”
Midnight “It’s Never Too Late”
Bed: Father’s Children: Linda Movement
Archie James Cavanaugh “Take It Easy”
Alan Gordon “I Found You Love”
J. Michael Henderson “Nite People”
Hall & Oates “I’m Just A Kid Don’t Make Me Feel Like A Man”
Bed: Ned Doheny “Prove My Love”
Tom Grose & the Varsity “More of You”
Leslie Smith “Love’s A Heartache”
Chaka Khan “Wha Cha Gonna Do For Me”
Hour 4:
Outskirts of Twin City
Chris Moon “Spatial Latitudes”
Westside “Don’t Take It Away”
Enterprise Band of Pleasure “Move It On Over”
Danny Holien “The Driver”
Steven “Quick” [talkset]
Alexander O’Neal “Do You Dare”
Bromar “Call Me Up”
Bobby “Make You Mine”
Nature “The Prep”
Caribbean Half-Hour
Smokey 007 “Same Kind Of Thing”
Lord Rhaburn “Soul Brother”
Sambo “I Am Tired Of Going On”
Hamilton Brothers “Music Makes the World Go Round”
Flatbush “Disco Breakdown” [talkset]
Alfonso Lovo “Tropical Jazz”
Lennox Gray “Fighting The Feeling”
Jay Mitchell “Tighter and Tighter”
Professionals “Part of Being With You”
Hour 5: Gospel Hour
Trevor Dandy “Is There Any Love”
Preacher and the Saints “Jesus Rhapsody Pt. 1”
The Spiritual Harmonizers “God’s Love”
King James Version “He’s Forever”
Gospel Comforter “Jesus Will Help Me”
Robert Vanderbilt “A Message Especially From God”
Greetings From Ohio
Gaylords “Loose Beat” [talkset]
Sensations “It’s A New Day”
Volcanic Eruption “Red Robin”
Norman Scott “Ain’t That A Heartache”
Harmonics “Which Way”
Sensations “Demanding Man”
Lou Ragland & The Bandmasters “Party at Lester’s”
Betty And Angel “Honey Coated Lovin’”
Rob And Verna “More Soul”
Eddie Fisher “You’re Not Loving A Beginner”
Sammy Jones “She Didn’t Know”
Dean Kearns and the Soul Rockers “Funky Disposition”
Hour 6: the Party Has Begun
Carl David & The Chi Sound Orchestra “Windy City Theme”
Pat Stallworth “Questions”
Four Below Zero “My Baby’s Got ESP”
The Chosen Few “We Are The Chosen Few”
Harvey & The Phenomenals “Soul & Sunshine”
Alexander O Neal & Cherrelle – Saturday Love
Richard M “Private Eyes” [talkset]
Free Life “There’s Something Better For You And Me”
Bileo “You Can Win”
Sag War Fare “Don’t Be So Jive”
Promise “I’m Not Read for Love”
K.L. Hamilton “I’m Trying”
Starphire “Zap Bang Shang-A-Lang”
Congress “You Gotta Get It” [talkset]
Larry T And the Family “I’m Moving On”
Hamish Stewart “Midnight Rush”
[end transmission]

Anybody pick up the Jacobites reissues? Really want to grab those, provided the sound is good (not that I expect otherwise)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2JICVGdncI

Numero Group ‏@numerogroup 4m4 minutes ago

Spring forward to the sweet sounds of the weekend. Ultra-High Frequencies: The Chicago Party is streaming
https://soundcloud.com/numerogroup/sets/ultra-high-frequencies-the-chicago-party-num056?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter

Been meaning to post about this - I guess it's nothing essential, but it is a lot of fun. Has anyone seen the DVD?

Not yet; more info in their latest newsletter on Rolling Reissues 2015.

sounds dope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=troUxXj4YAo

A few months old now, but this Universal Togetherness Band record is pretty fantastic.

i dug up the cult cargo comp from the bahamas and
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it is making my (otherwise chaotic and not entirely pleasant) day so much better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrDak71O-5g

Ork Records comp w/two unreleased Feelies cuts due in October.

http://www.numerogroup.com/products/ork-records-new-york-new-york

hah that is a serious slap in the face to the people who bought the 7" box set

"oh guess what, we're reissuing this six months later with two extra tracks"

ha, yeah, with a huge book included too! so the feelies 7-inch is the only added music?
i will be getting this version of the set. the music is pretty great.

hah that is a serious slap in the face to the people who bought the 7" box set

that seems par for the course these days, sadly.

have they +/- abandoned their cult cargo series?

So they're preparing a White Zombie box set.

(I am not kidding.)

https://twitter.com/chunklet/status/625757798643691520

Grayson Currin mentioned the other day he's already sent in his liner notes for it.

ooh that's cool

http://www.networkedinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fonz_shark.jpg

hey you may laugh but I can't afford vinyl copies of those excellent albums and Soul Crusher has been oop for 30 years

I would love to have the early stuff actually. Like up to and including Make Them Die Slowly which is an interesting, if Laswellianly flawed, album.

What do y'all think of the Ork Records set? First listen is pretty damn fun, familiar bands great not often heard singles mixed with forgotten chancers. Great proto-punk.