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Since our 2012 box set of Lou Ragland’s Cleveland-era recordings, folks have been dying for us to break out the S/T Hot Chocolate LP and Lou’s 'Understand Each Other.' We’ve pressed both on glorious color wax for the first time.
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In the early-’70s, the nearly 30-year-old Ragland tapped two teenagers to form the funk group Hot Chocolate and aptly named Co-Co label. Hot chocolate released its debut on Co-Co in 1971. https://t.co/t7wL3dz6p7
Shira Small - My Life’s Alright b/w Eternal Life
Hear two gems recorded in 1974 under the auspices of a senior project at a boarding school in Newtown, PA. Small's four years away from the Wagner Projects in East Harlem resulted in a nugget of SSW gold.
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Our latest @NTSlive program is intended to keep you company in these spacious, liminal of life with a soundtrack painted with the intangible hues that make up the full spectrum of human experience. Brought to you by our own DJ Astral Weeks (@izzyfradin).
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Kenn Lowy - You Deserve Better (Than This) b/w Life Goes On
The plaintive & undeniably catchy “You Deserve Better Than This” was written while Lowy was 16 for a girl who was dating someone else. It worked, and they wound up together for several years.
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James Dallas - Here and Now
The 1984 LP from saxophonist & composer James Dallas blends new wave, boom bap drums, & smooth jazz using an arsenal of analog synthesizers. It's synth-infused jazz fusion peppered with influence from The Purple One.
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The Screaming Gypsy Bandits - In The Eye
Caroline Peyton, Mark Bingham, and a band of Bloomington freaks journey deep into the private press iris. In The Eye is a spectacular, genre-bending album unconcerned with the media, the fuzz, or society at large.
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Ashaye – What’s This World Coming To
Inspired by the Gulf War, Julian Ashaye's track is a timeless lament. “War is a money-making machine,” said Alex Palmer, the song's co-writer. “Meanwhile the people that suffer are the ordinary citizens of the world.”
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Stay warm this winter with the Fireside Bundle, part of our 12 Days of Numero special.
Bundle up with the warm acoustic glow of Sandy Denny, Bruner, and Wayfaring Strangers - Lonesome Heroes, all together for $35. Deal ends Monday!
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