STEP BY STEP
2018. Soaring falsetto lead from 13-year-old Johnnie Gee, who, alongside brothers Jerome and Dewitt and a handful of kids from their Milwaukee stomping grounds, formed Step By Step in 1969. Gee and company's 1972 sw..
HAPPY RHODES
2018. The first authoritative compilation of American dream pop artist Happy Rhodes, whose singular songwriting and four-octave vocal range emanated from the pastoral confines of upstate New York in the 1980s. Her m..
HAPPY RHODES
2018. The first authoritative compilation of American dream pop artist Happy Rhodes, whose singular songwriting and four-octave vocal range emanated from the pastoral confines of upstate New York in the 1980s. Her m..
SHANE JACKIE
2017. A superb collection of recordings from one of Canada's first transgender artists! Jackie Shane, born in a male body, but living a woman's life, was a popular stage personality in Toronto's '60s soul scene. Thi..
VÝBEROVKA
2017. With pop music's volume knob adjusted for deflation in the early '70s, softness begat smoothness. Crewmen arrived from the worlds of jazz, folk, rock and soul, all peddling a product that was sincere, leisurel..
UNWOUND
2018. An album Maximum Rock 'N' Roll deemed not punk enough to review, Unwound's 1994 sophomore effort was a lethal depth charge aimed at major label grunge and independent hardcore alike. From the off-kilter, verti..
VÝBEROVKA
2016. From his studio in central Bobo-Dioulasso, photographer Sory Sanl documented a nation's transformation from colonial foothold to cosmopolitan oasis. 'Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque In Upper Volta..
BLONDE REDHEAD
2016. Blonde Redhead's long out-of-print early recordings have finally crawled their way out of the '90s basement on this 2CD set. Weighing in at 37 tracks, 'Masculin Féminin' compiles the band's first two al..
BROUK JOANNA
2016. Joanna Brouk was a composer who wrote scores with geometric shapes, a poet who became a pioneer of early electronic music. Her little-known body of work exists at the nexus between ambient, new age, drone, and..
COWELL JEFF
2015. Ten road-weary tales from the wrong side of outlaw country. Jeff Cowell may have huffed the same narcotic air as Townes Van Zandt and David Allan Coe, but hunkered far from the Nashville city limits, nary a Ca..
DENNY SANDY & THE STRAWB
2014. This 2014 vinyl issue collects the original 12 track album, plus a series of outtakes from the 'Vanlose Bio' sessions previously unavailable on vinyl. These historic recordings have every claim to be called th..
PURPLE SNOW: FORECASTING THE M..
2013. 'Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound'. In the late 1970s a peculiar sound began bubbling up from the land ofthe 10.000 lakes. Buried beneath 50 solid inches of annual snow, Minneapolis made a sound quite differ..
MIND & MATTER
2013. Jimmy Jam Harris was just 16 when he began writing and arranging for Minneapolis 11-piece Mind & Matter. Boasting a perfectly calibrated vocal quartet, an aggressive rhythm section, and stacks of Rhodes, ..
MIND & MATTER
2013. Jimmy Jam Harris was just 16 when he began writing and arranging for Minneapolis 11-piece Mind & Matter. Boasting a perfectly calibrated vocal quartet, an aggressive rhythm section, and stacks of Rhodes, ..
CENTAURA
2013. Warrior horse-woman of myth or chimerical beast of late 1970s funk? It is simply Centaura, available here for what amounts to the first time. For Atlanta hillbilly impresario Bob Riley, the "Spiral Series..
EXPRESS RISING
2013. A decade ago, Dante Carfagna issued a somewhat anonymous LP under the Express Rising heading. That self-titled affair went in and out of print before 2003s summer gave way to fall, thanks in part to its releas..
IASOS
2013. Inspired by the infinitely numbered harmonies transmitted by Vista, a benevolent being from a distant dimension, Iasos broke ground for a new age of electronic sound manipulation. His was pioneering work-done..
CIRCUIT RIDER
2012. This is the ultimate burnout biker psych masterpiece. Finally repressed directly from tapes to flawlessly restore the cigarette burns, Harley fumes, and cocaine hangovers of the original ride. This is a 40 min..
LOVO ALFONSO
2012. The son of a prominent Nicaraguan politician, Alfonso Noel Lovo was a choice target for the Sandinista rebels who hijacked his homeward flight from Miami in December of 1971, ultimately putting several rounds ..
VÝBEROVKA
2012. An homage to the prairie state Numero calls home, From Champaign To Chicago is a 19-track survey of Illinois Cheapest Tricks. Reaching back to 1973 and Peoria outliers the Jets and ending in 1987 with Romeovil..
NOMBRES
2012. One part War, two parts Santana, a dash of Motown, immersed in a rich Puerto Rican stock, the Nombres were the undisputed kings of Northern Ohio's rust-belt barrios. Following successive explosions of brown-ey..
VÝBEROVKA
2011. 3CD. From 1958 to 1993, Thomas and Louise Boddie's industrious Boddie Recording Company issued nearly 300 albums and 45s, recorded 10,000 hours of tape, and remained in operation longer than any other studio, ..
ANTENA
2010. The best French-Belgian electro-samba record you've never heard. ANTENA's CAMINO DEL SOL was first released in September 1982 as 5-song, 18-minute mini-LP on the elusive Brussels label, Les Disques Du Crepusc..
ECCENTRIC BREAKS & BEATS / VAR..
2010. Over the course of 7 years & over 70 releases from the acclaimed archival label The Numero Group a fan began to create a mega-mix of his favorite loops, breaks, & vocal snippets, chopping them all up &..
PISCES
2009. 1969's 'A Lovely Sight', Pisces' only attempt at an LP, never made wax; but the fuzz guitar phrases and tambourine shuffle of 'Dear One' instantly illustrate the band's woozy realm. Deeper inside, bass scales ..
VÝBEROVKA
2009. Smart's Palace was anything but royal, however, between 1963-75 the club held court for the entire Wichita soul scene. At its heart was Dick Smart, bassist, club owner, DJ, record store owner, promoter, & ..
VÝBEROVKA
2008. Five years since its original CD release, Numero's flagship compilation gets a facelift. The new CD & deluxe double album set feature a new master, new liner notes, more photos, & one additional track...
VÝBEROVKA
2008. Between 1975-81, a group of American ex-pats took the native sounds of their Detroit & Chicago homes, combined them with the message of the Israeli Black Hebrew culture & declared Dimona the center of ..
VÝBEROVKA
2008. 'The ABC's of Kid Soul'. This 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 & the Brighter Side Of D..
VÝBEROVKA
2008. "THE ABC's OF KID SOUL'. This 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 & the Brighter Side ..