Browse by Label: NUMERO GROUP

Artist:	ROLLERS, THE
Title:	Knocking At The Wrong Door/One Little Piece
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	7"
Price:	$5.50
Catalog #:	ES 001EP

"After we finished Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label, a grip of tapes turned up at famed Miami producer Willie Clarke's ex-wife's house. From the second we heard this unreleased Deep City girl group, we knew it had to be available on 45, for no other purpose than to file it in our own boxes. 'Knockin' At The Wrong Door' borrows heavily from the Jackson Five's 'I Want You Back,' while the flip is a nice ballad in the Honey Cone vein. Limited to 500 copies and housed in a gorgeous two-tone Eccentric Soul sleeve for easy filing."

Artist:	RAY, EDDIE
Title:	Wait a Minute
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	7"
Price:	$5.50
Catalog #:	ES 002EP

"From our recent compilation Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label comes the best 45 the Columbus, Ohio imprint failed to release. 'Wait A Minute' is the same version issued on the CD, while the instrumental flip is only available on the deluxe LP version. Both cuts are must-haves in any self respecting Northern soul lover's collection, and certifiable future monsters on that scene. Limited to 500 copies and housed in a gorgeous two-tone Eccentric Soul sleeve for easy filing."

Artist:	M.A.S.O.
Title:	Poon Thang Thump Parts 1 & 2
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	7"
Price:	$5.50
Catalog #:	ES 003EP

"A year after finishing Eccentric Soul: The Bandit Label a Chicago collector approached us about a heretofore unknown 45 on Arrow Brown's increasingly mysterious imprint. Only two copies are known of the Michigan Avenue Sound Orchestra's retardedly funky instrumental 'Poon Tang Thump Parts 1 & 2,' and it was crushing us not to have them available. Finally, Bandit completists can get some sleep! Limited to 500 copies and housed in a gorgeous two-tone Eccentric Soul sleeve for easy filing."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 001CD

"Short for 'Capital City Soul,' the Columbus Ohio Capsoul label's history spans only five short years throughout the 1970's. Founded by Bill Moss, a local singer and DJ at WVKO in Columbus, Capsoul released just a dozen 45's and one highly sought after LP resulting in a few regional hits. Numero 001 is a compilation of nineteen tracks spanning the label's all but forgotten history. The album features Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr, The Kool Blues, Ronnie Taylor, the Four Mints, Bill Moss, Elijah and the Ebonites and Marion Black. The soul is there by the bucketful -- sweet '70s gems by such little-known artists as Marion Black, Bill Moss, and the staggering Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr -- but there's nothing particularly esoteric or unusual about the music. To the contrary, it goes down as smoothly as that of Marvin Gaye, the JBs, the Four Tops, and other R&B legends."

Artist:	ANTENA
Title:	Camino Del Sol
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 002CD

"The best French-Belgian electro-samba record you've never heard. Antena's Camino Del Soul was first released in September 1982 as 5-song, 18-minute mini-LP on the elusive Brussels label, Les Disques Du Crepuscule. Numero 002 contains re-mastered versions of the original Camino Del Sol tracks compiled along with the band's first EP, period B-sides, compilation tracks and two unreleased cuts. 'With any justice, it will bring new light to a lost gem, as similar reissues did for Os Mutantes, whose adolescent dementia influences this record's tropicalia songs ('The Boy from Ipanema', 'Sissexa'), and Shuggie Otis, whose piquantly primitive drum machines propel each track. So much hidden influence lies in these songs. The wonderful opening punch of 'To Climb the Cliff' and the title track predate Stereolab's Gainsbourg-gone-Kraftwerk by over a decade, and Air's cool, Parisian sex by nearly two." -- Pitchfork.

Artist:	MASTER JAY & MICHAEL DEE
Title:	T.S.O.B.
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 002EP

"The second and third in Numero's series of disco 12"s come from the T.S.O.B. label, a tiny Brooklyn outfit that operated from 1980-1982. While the label is best known for supplying the infectious horn sample in the Beastie's 'Brass Monkey,' there were a handful of other amazing 12" singles that found a way to avoid the ears of Mike D and company. Master Jay & Michael Dee's 'T.S.O.B.' is a raw slice of discofied rap that has been bootlegged to death over the last decade. Re-mastered for the first time and pressed on 150 gram vinyl, this is the the definitive reissue of a lost New York pre-hop classic."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: The Bandit Label
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 003CD

"The follow up to Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label couldn't be in any sharper a contrast. Where Capsoul hid in the remnants of dying R&B, Bandit was leading the pack towards disco and funk. More Brunswick than Motown, Bandit should fit in nicely between your Chi-Lites and Jackson 5 albums. Eccentric Soul: The Bandit Label takes a look at the underside of Chicago soul through twenty tracks of blistering R&B, sweet soul, and discofied funk. Hundreds of hours were spent researching, interviewing, re-mastering, and compiling the history of Bandit and the life of Arrow Brown. It might be the deepest we'll ever dig. No map, no shovel, just a stack of 45's and a city of three million people."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Yellow Pills: Prefill
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	2CD
Price:	$31.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 004CD

"Jordan Oakes began publishing his seminal power pop 'zine, Yellow Pills in the summer of 1990 out of pure teenage puppy love for riffing, jangly guitars, fake British accents and harmonizing voices that ache with pimply adolescent yearning. In 1993 Jordan curated his initial Yellow Pills release, the first of a series collecting power pop essentials from 20/20, Dwight Twilley, The Rubinoos, The Plimsouls, and five dozen others. The series rapidly became the sonic rosetta stone for a newer generation of poppers who, sans the skinny ties, held true to the power pop manifesto of harmony, melody and ringing, rocking 6 and 12 string guitars. The archaeological artifacts of power pop soon found a home in living museums of the genre from Teenage Fan Club to Green Day. The 33 tracks assembled here represent the least-heard, best examples of an era that felt nostalgic even the first time around. But heard in the context of today's 'pop' music industry as it lip syncs itself into history's cut-out bin, these 'hopefuls' sound as startling and menthol-fresh as the word 'Liverpool' drifting from Jane Asher's lips." Artists: Luxury, Tweeds, Colors, Speedies, Shoes, Sponsors, Bats, Randy Winburn, Toms, Kids, Treble Boys, Tommy Rock, Finns, Tactics, Trend, LMNOP, Jack Stack A Track, Brat.

Artist:	FABULOUS 3 MCS
Title:	Rub A Dub Dub
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 004EP

"The fourth in Numero's ongoing disco 12" series comes from the archives of the Bronx's Tap label. Found on a reel simply marked 'Rub A Dub,' the eight-minute disco-rap achieved classic status on our office stereo within the hour via its infectious whistles, key steps and synth vamps. Included here are the vocal and the extended instrumental, the latter of which is a guaranteed floor filler. Both cuts are previously unreleased and come housed in our stock disco sleeve."

Artist:	JONES, FERN
Title:	The Glory Road
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 005CD

"She sounded like Saturday night on a Sunday morning. Patsy on Jesus. Elvis without the pelvis. A mother, a wife, even an ordained minister. In the space of twenty years Fern Jones would perform in over 2,000 tents and churches for nearly 50,000 people. She'd release two albums and a few impossibly rare 78s, and write one song that would be a classic on the gospel circuit for years to come. So why hasn't anyone ever heard of Fern Jones? How is her record selling on Ebay for less than $15? How is it possible that rockabilly scholars can tell you every detail about the players on Fern's album, but not a single thing about her? In what world can a musician be covered by Jimmie Davis, the Blackwood Brothers, Jimmy Swaggart, and even The Man In Black himself, Johnny Cash, and yet register not so much as a footnote in any history of country or gospel music? How could something so wonderful be so impossibly obscure? From a purely historical perspective, we knew we had to release this record. Singing A Happy Song had not one, not two, but four members of Nashville's prestigious A-team fresh off June 1958 sessions with Elvis. On guitar was Hank 'Sugarfoot' Garland (Roy Orbison, Marty Robbins, Conway Twitty, Hank Williams Sr., Everly Brothers), Floyd Cramer played piano (Bobby Bare, Patsy Cline, Wings, Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins), Joe Zinkan on bass (Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn), and the lovable Buddy Harman on drums (Reba McEntire, Hank Snow, Willie Nelson). Why this towering foursome was backing up a preacher's wife from Arkansas is anyone's guess. The lone album Fern Jones released on Dot Records in 1959 was the culmination of almost 20 years on the gospel highway. Singing A Happy Song was Sister Fern bringing the same untamed energy to church music that young white Southerners were bringing to their rock n' roll."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 006CD

"Samba Soul. Afro-beat. Reggae. What were once loose-fitting descriptions for American influenced homegrown R&B, are now but common parlance in the lexicon of genre classification.These regional movements all yielded monumental sonic innovations that returned to America with tidal force, eventually flooding the world with third world treasure. The music of Detroit and Memphis were quite possibly America's largest cultural export of the 1960s, spawning imitators with every radio wave that whispered 'I've got sunshine... or Sittin' in the morning sun... into the fertile ear of the uninitiated. For every Nigeria there were ten Ghana's, and every shiny Brazilian soulster had his counterpart in Peru, Argentina, and Columbia. Good news travels fast, and as the gospel of American soul hit the beaches of Trinidad, the Bahamas, and in this case, Belize, it was as though the Gods had not just spoken, but sung. A Cargo Cult is what happens when one culture begins worshipping the byproducts of another. Cult Cargo is the unexpected result of that devotion. It is here in these sixty odd minutes that The Numero Group unveils a style of music completely unknown to the greater world before we dragged it from the beaches of Belize. The national dish of Belize is made with a diverse mixture of ingredients, pig's tail, potatoes, plantains, bananas, boiled eggs, yams, whole fish, thrown in a pot, and boiled to perfection. They call it a Boil Up. The music of this collection combines equal parts of R&B, calypso, disco, funk, reggae, bruckdown, soul, folk, and whatever else can be found back on the bottom shelf of the musical pantry. This too is called Boil Up, and it's anything but leftovers."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 007CD

"The third release in Numero's Eccentric Soul series traces the roots of disco back to 1964 via a troop of marching misfits. The Deep City label launched the career of Betty Wright, Little Beaver, Paul Kelly, Clarence Reid (and subsequently Blowfly), and Grammy winning producer Willie Clarke, before going under in 1968. A cross between Detroit rhythms and Memphis brass, the Deep City sound, and its players, helped create the disco explosion of the early 1970s. Culled from the collection of Florida music historian Jeff Lemlich, the tracks selected showcase the talents of relative unknowns like the Moovers, Them Two, Johnny K. Killens, Frank Williams, and Helene Smith, and also features the earliest work ever recorded by Paul Kelly and Betty Wright."

Artist:	MISSY DEE & THE MELODY CREW
Title:	Missy Missy Dee
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 007EP

"The seventh in Numero's ongoing 12" series delves even further into archives of New York's Tap label. Missy Dee & the Melody Crew cut this tremendous slice of disco rap in 1981, only hours after fellow Tap-mates the Fabulous 3 MCs went upside down and back again on 'Rub A Dub Dub.' Check the whistle on the instrumental flip for further proof. The original 12" is rare not only for its quantity pressed, but for the quality of the four teenage girl rappers -- nearly unparalleled at the time. While Missy Dee rocked many a block party, Lady T was the real standout, having come up as a member of Kurtis Blow's crew. Her later work as MC Tatiana can be heard on the classic Clockin ZZZZs 12" 'Mission To Rock.' Mastered from the original tapes, including all 8+ minutes of the vocal take, this reissue should take the Melody Crew from rap jesters to hip-hop princesses."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	2LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 007LP

Double LP version, deluxe gatefold sleeve. "Possibly the most influential of all the '60s Miami soul labels, the Deep City sound not only changed the metro Dade area, but set the tone for disco powerhouse TK's impressive run in the '70s. The singles on Willie Clark and Johnny Pearsall's Lloyd and Deep City labels are Florida's rarest of the rare, and we've collected the best of their four year run here. Includes Betty Wright and Paul Kelly's first sides, the can't-miss-but-did diva Helene Smith, obscure work by Frank Williams & the Rocketeers, as well as a previously unreleased acetate by the Moovers. Also featuring Them Two, Paul Kelly, Johnny K. Killens, Freda Gray & The Rocketeers and Frank Williams & The Rocketeers."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Wayfaring Strangers: Ladies From the Canyon
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 008CD

Compilaton of obscure and unknown 1970s female folk artists, featuring Becky Severson, Collie Ryan, Linda Rich, Caroline Peyton, Carla Sciaky, Judy Kelly, Shira Small, Jennie Pearl, Mary Perrin, Priscilla Quinby, Marj Snyder, Barbara Sipple, Ginny Reilly & Ellen Warshaw. For those looking to go beyond the Perhacs/Sill resurgence, this is a pretty insightful set, well documented in Numero-style. "By 1970 the folk revival was all but over. Gone were the days of 'Will The Circle Be Unbroken' and 'If I Had A Hammer.' ABC's Hootenanny had been cancelled. Broadside was out, Rolling Stone in. Richard Farina was dead. Dylan plugged in. Joan Baez and Judy Collins gave way to a younger, more introspective generation of songwriters. The sound that began in the hills and caught fire on the lower east side of Manhattan was now being reborn in the canyons of California. The fruits of folk's second renaissance are collected here. Wedged beneath the infrastructure of the music business, playing in coffee houses and at church picnics. Deeper than recent crit-revisionist darlings Linda Perhacs, Judee Sill, or Vashti Bunyan, Ladies From The Canyon takes a solid look at folk's private and obscure underbelly."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 009CD

"The fourth volume in our Eccentric Soul series examines the oil stained underside of the Motor City sound. There are no gold records, million dollar buyouts, or quaint museums at the end of the story, just a handful of four figure 45s, a box of photographs, and a condemned building. If Detroit was once an ocean of soul, the Big Mack label was certainly an island. Big Mack lasted an incredible twenty years without so much as a sniff of a hit. Dogged by lack of airplay, distribution, and a general lack of understanding of the music business, the label failed on almost every level except where it counted; the music. From soulful doowop to blistering garage funk, a left at sultry R&B and then a quick dodge into budget Hendrix wailing over a steel drum break, this disc is the epitome of Eccentric Soul. Artists include Bob & Fred, the Manhattens, Edd Henry, Ms Tyree Jones, the Essence, the Performers, Mae Young, the Soul President, the Sleepwalkers, the Grand Prix's, and L. Hollis & the Mackadoos."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	2LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 009LP

Double LP version. "The fourth volume in our Eccentric Soul series examines the oil-stained underside of the Motor City sound. There are no gold records, million dollar buyouts, or quaint museums at the end of the story, just a handful of four figure 45s, a box of photographs, and a condemned building. If Detroit was once an ocean of soul, the Big Mack label was certainly an island. Big Mack lasted an incredible 20 years without so much as a sniff of a hit. Dogged by lack of airplay, distribution, and a general lack of understanding of the music business, the label failed on almost every level except where it counted; the music. From soulful doo-wop to blistering garage funk, a left at sultry R&B and then a quick dodge into budget Hendrix wailing over a steel drum break, this disc is the epitome of Eccentric Soul. Artists include Bob & Fred, the Manhattens, Edd Henry, Ms. Tyree Jones, Essence, Performers, Mae Young, Soul President, Sleepwalkers, Grand Prix's, and L. Hollis & the Mackadoos."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 010CD

"A collection of this nature can only exist in hindsight. 'Gospel Funk' is a genre in the same way that deep soul or acid folk is, created by collectors and enthusiasts as a way to define a subsection of another genre. There aren't any labels, artists, or producers that focused strictly on funky gospel music, rather, there were a couple hundred groups that had a funkier number in their repertoire. The Numero Group has spent the last year scouring LPs and 45s for tracks that fit this bill, and have collected 18 standouts from this newly minted genre. The album is a mix of primitive choirs, spacious breaks, congas, elderly rappers impersonating the devil, cast recordings, thumping bass, and JB impressionists, all with a heavy slathering of gospel gravy. Featuring tracks by Preacher & the Saints, 5 Spiritual Tones, Mighty Walker Brothers, Masonic Wonders, Mighty Voices of Wonder, Voices of Conquest, Gospel Comforters, Horace Family, Trevor Dandy, Sam Taylor, Triumphs, Brother John Witherspoon, Shackleford Singers, Cliff Gober, Universal Jubileers, Modulations, Apostles of Music and LaVice & Company."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 011CD

"The fifth stop on the Eccentric Soul train finds us digging through the photo albums and tape libraries of Phoenix, Arizona's second family of soul. Dyke & the Blazers were great, sure, but when we heard a cover of 'Funky Broadway' being destroyed by a wedding band, we knew that there had to be more to the legacy of Arizona soul than an awkward teenager doing the centipede. Enter producer/songwriter Mike Lenaburg and his ramshackle 'stable' of performers; Michael Liggins, Ronnie Whitehead, Sheila Jack, We The People, Small Paul, Lon Rogers, the Soul Blenders, the Soulsations, and, arrests pending, the Newlyweds. Released on a half dozen local and national labels throughout the '60s and '70s, Lenaburg's recordings represent that wrong side of the desert sound. A melange of Tejano psychedelia, flutey funk, horny soul, and fist fight doo-wop, 'Eccentric' just might be an understatement."

Artist:	HOWE, CATHERINE
Title:	What A Beautiful Place
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 012CD

"The first ever compact disc issue of Catherine Howe's brilliant debut album. Produced by legendary jazz pianist Bobby Scott, the album is a pastoral blend of English countryside folk and London orchestral pop, not unlike Nick Drake's Bryter Layter or Bridget Saint John's Songs For a Gentle Man. Originally released on Reflection Records in 1970, the much sought after album disappeared after only a few months in the racks. Lovingly restored by The Numero Group (the label that Paste magazine calls 'America's finest music archivists'), the original 12 song album has been fully re-mastered, includes bonus tracks, a thoroughly researched history of the album, and a tidy slip case tying it to the rest of the Numero library."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: Twinight's Lunar Rotation
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	2CD
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 013CD

"This is the Big Dig, the Tutankamen of R&B: Twinight. After two years of interviews, cold calls, storage spaces, half truths, unknowns, and dead ends, we've finally completed a large piece of Chicago's secret soul history. Eccentric Soul: Twinight's Lunar Rotation takes a look beyond their hit maker Syl Johnson, and instead focuses on the records that never had a shot at the charts. It's the story of struggling disc jockeys moonlighting as producers, high school talent show winners, major label cast offs, minor label upgrades, girlfriends with decent voices, and master purchases traded for chart position. It happened after midnight, and it happened right here in our backyard. Comprising 40 tracks in all by 22 artists, among them Renaldo Domino, Dynamic Tints, Annette Poindexter, Nate Evans, Radiants, Notations, Mystiques, Kaldirons, Perfections, Mist, Harrison & The Majestic Kind, Schiller Street Gang, Velma Perkins, Jimmy Jones, Sidney Pinchback, Stormy, Johnny Williams, Elvin Spencer and Pieces Of Peace. This comprehensive two CD set includes a complete label history (32 pages), a baker's dozen of unpublished photos and three unreleased tracks, including two that were only rumored to exist."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 014CD

"The second in our series of exploration of the pan-American funk experience, Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay is a deep overview of funky Nassau's redheaded sister city, Freeport, GBI. From 1969-1976 Frank Penn's GBI studio and label cranked out a dozen LPs and twice as many singles infected with the Miami sounds drifting in over the 100 mile strait. The catalog is a fruity blend of rake and scrape, bush, junkanoo, calypso, reggae, and of course, goombay, with a twist of American soul. The 76-minute, 16 track CD features Jay Mitchell, Frank Penn, the Gospel Chandeliers, Dry Bread, Cyril Ferguson, Sylvia Hall, The Mustangs, Ozzie Hall, and Willpower."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 015CD

"Three years after the release of our landmark Capsoul Collection, we return to the scene of the crime, Columbus, Ohio, to unearth their crosstown rival: The Prix Label. The tiny imprint released less than a dozen singles between 1969-1973, but one look at the Prix archives told us that the tape never stopped rolling. In addition to choice cuts from their catalog, we've included four previously unreleased masters and a slew of demos. The 19 track CD features Marion Black, Eddie Ray, The Royal Esquires, OFS Unlimited, The Soul Ensemble, Mitch Mitchell, Chip Willis, Penny & The Quarters, and Joe King."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	2LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 015LP

"Deluxe double LP. Comes with two bonus cuts and is limited to 2,000 copies. The tiny imprint released less than a dozen singles between 1969-1973, but one look at the Prix archives told us that the tape never stopped rolling. In addition to choice cuts from their catalog, we've included four previously unreleased masters and a slew of demos. The 21 track 2LP features Marion Black, Eddie Ray, The Royal Esquires, OFS Unlimited, The Soul Ensemble, Mitch Mitchell, Chip Willis, Penny & The Quarters, and Joe King."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Home Schooled: The ABCs of Kid Soul
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 016CD

"You know Michael, Jermaine, Tito, Marlon and Jackie, but what about Altyrone Deno Brown, Michael Washington, or Little Murray & The Mantics? Home Schooled, the 16th record in Numero's library of the lost, looks at the unknown side of the early '70s kid soul revolution. Beyond the Osmonds, The Five Stairsteps, and the Brighter Side of Darkness lay hundreds of aspiring children (or parents) bent on becoming the next Michael. Numero has selected 16 of our favorites. A detailed and photo-stuffed booklet breaks down the history of the phenomena, while the disc straddles the line between historical artifact and wild mix tape."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Home Schooled: The ABCs of Kid Soul
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	2LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 016LP

Double LP version, gatefold sleeve. "You know Michael, Jermaine, Tito, Marlon and Jackie, but what about Altyrone Deno Brown, Michael Washington, or Little Murray & The Mantics? Home Schooled, the 16th record in Numero's library of the lost, looks at the unknown side of the early '70s kid soul revolution. Beyond the Osmonds, The Five Stairsteps, and the Brighter Side of Darkness lay hundreds of aspiring children (or parents) bent on becoming the next Michael. Numero has selected 16 of our favorites."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts of Deep City
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 017CD

"After a box of thought-to-be-lost Deep City master tapes turned up in Miami in January of 2007, an idea both fascinating and ugly reared its head: sequel. Disgusted by the thought of merely making on record to capitalize on the success of the first, we sought to turn the idea on its head. Instead of rehashing and expanding upon an already established story, The Outskirts of Deep City serves to color in the spaces left open by its predecessor. In addition to seven previously unissued tracks, we've added thirteen other related gems from the Solid Soul, Sun Cut, Reedsville, Lloyd, and Concho labels, and four LP-only bonus cuts. Old style tip-on gatefold sleeve for the vinyl, 32-page booklet housed in a Numero slipcase for the CD, with both featuring a wealth of unpublished photographs, an appendix, bibliography, and discography. Featuring unheard cuts by Clarence Reid, Helene Smith, Betty Wright, Frank Williams & the Rocketeers, Johnny K Killens & the Dynamites, James Knight & the Butlers, Deep City Band, The Rising Sun, The Rollers, Perk Badger, Snoopy Dean, Nasty Dog Catchers, and Lynn Williams."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts of Deep City
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	2LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 017LP

Double LP version, deluxe gatefold sleeve. "Instead of rehashing and expanding upon an already established story, The Outskirts of Deep City serves to color in the spaces left open by its predecessor. In addition to seven previously unissued tracks, we've added thirteen other related gems from the Solid Soul, Sun Cut, Reedsville, Lloyd, and Concho labels, and four LP-only bonus cuts. Old style tip-on gatefold sleeve for the vinyl, featuring a wealth of unpublished photographs, an appendix, bibliography, and discography. Featuring unheard cuts by Clarence Reid, Helene Smith, Betty Wright, Frank Williams & the Rocketeers, Johnny K Killens & the Dynamites, James Knight & the Butlers, Deep City Band, The Rising Sun, The Rollers, Perk Badger, Snoopy Dean, Nasty Dog Catchers, and Lynn Williams."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Wayfaring Strangers: Guitar Soli
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 018CD

"Bridging the gap between American primitive pioneers John Fahey, Robbie Basho, and Leo Kottke, and the California modernists William Ackerman, Alex de Grassi, and Michael Hedges, Guitar Soli explores the private side of the solo guitar movement from 1966-1981. While Takoma and Windham Hill were laying the groundwork for the new age marketing juggernaut of the mid '80s, these fourteen loners were picking away in tiny cafes, selling records hand to hand. The single disc set comes housed in a digipack chipboard slipcase with a 40-page booklet and features Ted Lucas, Daniel Hecht, Dan Lambert, Jim Ohlschmidt, Tom Smith, Mark Lang, Richard Crandell, Tree People, William Eaton, George Cromarty, Scott Witte, Brad Chequer, Dwayne Canan, and Dana Westover."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Wayfaring Strangers: Guitar Soli
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 018LP

Double LP version, great gatefold sleeve. "Bridging the gap between American primitive pioneers John Fahey, Robbie Basho, and Leo Kottke, and the California modernists William Ackerman, Alex de Grassi, and Michael Hedges, Guitar Soli explores the private side of the solo guitar movement from 1966-1981. While Takoma and Windham Hill were laying the groundwork for the new age marketing juggernaut of the mid '80s, these fourteen loners were picking away in tiny cafes, selling records hand to hand. The double LP set comes housed in a beautiful recycled cardboard gatefold sleeve and features Ted Lucas, Daniel Hecht, Dan Lambert, Jim Ohlschmidt, Tom Smith, Mark Lang, Richard Crandell, William Eaton, George Cromarty, Scott Witte, Brad Chequer, Dwayne Canan, and Dana Westover."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Don't Stop: Recording Tap
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 019CD

"In January of 2006, the Numero Group found itself sitting three wide on a weight bench in a damp garage. Eight hours later we peeled out of the driveway with a thirty seven tape mystery. Though Jeremiah Yisrael's Tap label only issued a handful of 12"s between 1981-1983, the tape deck never stopped rolling, producing dozens of lavish songs in disco's last days. From the string heavy sugar boogie of Jackie Stoudemire and Arnie Love to pioneering raps by Missy Dee & the Melody Crew and the Fabulous 3 MCs, Recording Tap covers a wide swath of New York's all night sound. The single disc set includes a miniature song book and expansive booklet stuffed with photos and memorabilia, all housed in a miniature replica tape box. Includes rare and unreleased recordings by Arnie & the Lovettes, Annette Denvil, Bonnie Freeman, the Fabulous 3 MCs, Missy Dee & the Melody Crew, Magnetism, and Jackie Stoudemire."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Don't Stop: Recording Tap
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	3LP/CD
Price:	$34.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 019LP

"In January of 2006 the Numero Group found itself sitting three wide on a weight bench in a damp garage. Eight hours later, we peeled out of the driveway with a thirty-seven tape mystery. Though Jeremiah Yisrael's Tap label only issued a handful of 12"s between 1981-83, the tape deck never stopped rolling, producing dozens of lavish songs in disco's last days. From the string-heavy sugar boogie of Jackie Stoudemire and Arnie Love to pioneering raps by Missy Dee & the Melody Crew and the Fabulous 3 MCs, Recording Tap covers a wide swath of New York's all night sound. The triple LP set includes ten bonus tracks, miniature song book, expansive booklet stuffed with photos and memorabilia and a CD copy of the album, all housed in a replica tape box. Includes rare and unreleased recordings by Arnie & the Lovettes, Annette Denvil, Bonnie Freeman, the Fabulous 3 MCs, Missy Dee & the Melody Crew, Magnetism, and Jackie Stoudemire."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	2CD
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 020CD

"Lost for 30 years among the kudzu and Coke bottles of central Georgia, the Tragar & Note labels are the latest Numero Group unearthings to join the landmark Eccentric Soul series. Spread out over two discs, Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels is a ridiculously thorough survey of Jesse Jones' twin labels that operated out of Atlanta from 1969-1977. Featuring 50 rare and unreleased tracks by Eula Cooper, Sandy Gaye, Sonia Ross, Richard Cook, Chuck Wilder, the Four Tracks, The Young Divines, Alice Swoboda, Franciene Thomas, Langston & French, and 10 other equally as obscure artists."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Soul Messages From Dimona
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 021CD

"The Numero Group discovers yet another stop on the soul diaspora tour: Dimona, Israel. Between 1975-1981, a group of American ex-pats took the native sounds of their Detroit and Chicago homes, combines them with the messages of the Israeli Black Hebrew culture and declared Dimona the center of the spiritual universe. The results are a joyful mix of spiritual soul, jazz, and Old Testament gospel psychedelia. Featuring the Soul Messengers, the Spirit Of Israel, Sons Of The Kingdom, and the Tonistics, Soul Messages From Dimona is the only living document of a thriving community at both the center and edge of the world. Deluxe CD and 2LP set comes stuffed with rare pictures, sleeves and expansive liner notes about the African Hebrew Israelites' journey from the sounds of slavery to the intonations of liberty."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Soul Messages from Dimona
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	2LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 021LP

Double LP version, deluxe gatefold sleeve. "The Numero Group discovers yet another stop on the soul diaspora tour: Dimona, Israel. Between 1975-1981, a group of American ex-pats took the native sounds of their Detroit and Chicago homes, combines them with the messages of the Israeli Black Hebrew culture and declared Dimona the center of the spiritual universe. The results are a joyful mix of spiritual soul, jazz, and Old Testament gospel psychedelia. Featuring the Soul Messengers, the Spirit Of Israel, Sons Of The Kingdom, and the Tonistics, Soul Messages From Dimona is the only living document of a thriving community at both the center and edge of the world. 2LP set comes stuffed with rare pictures, sleeves and expansive liner notes about the African Hebrew Israelites' journey from the sounds of slavery to the intonations of liberty."

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Artist:	DOMINO, RENALDO
Title:	I'll Get You Back/Two Years, Four Days
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	7"
Price:	$5.50
Catalog #:	ES 004EP

Artist:	TRIADS, THE
Title:	Now I Can Hold My Head Up High/If You're Looking For Love
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	7"
Price:	$5.50
Catalog #:	ES 005EP

Artist:	SABATA
Title:	Man For My Lady
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 003EP

Artist:	MITCHELL, JAY
Title:	Mustang Sally
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 005EP

Artist:	STOUDEMIRE, JACKIE
Title:	Invisible Wind
Label:	NUMERO GROUP
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	NUMERO 006EP