Ain’t it funky, now. Chicago’s Numero Group, in celebration of the label’s tenth birthday, is dropping a limited edition Eccentric Soul 45 box set next week entitled Omnibus. Which, naturally, contains 45 7″ singles. Each record comes tricked out with its own replica label and sleeve,  coupled with a 108-page hardback, clothbound, book. The label has [...]

While the satisfaction of happening upon a track from a long forgotten artist, with a song barely heard through the ages, has in part been sated by various reissue labels around the globe, so seldom is a picture painted. A single track by a single artist is no more than that—no fragments of a previous [...]

Numero Group, a label favorite for their brilliant archival and restoration work,  have wowed us again – and in a typically new and delightful way.  Local Customs: Downriver Revival is yet another eclectic compilation, spanning multiple genres, making it difficult to categorize due to the truly diverse nature of the track selection. Though compiled from [...]

Compiled by the Numero Group, and released next month, Soul Messages From Dimona is a soul collection combining the elements of jazz, funk, soul and gospel, all performed by American ex-pat artists who, from 1975-1981, made their home in Dimona, Israel. Musically taking elements from their native homes of Detroit and Chicago, these five groups [...]

We do our best to keep tabs on the latest Numero Group happenings, as they rarely fail to deliver. The latest news to come out of their Chicago shop is the recently launched Asterisk imprint which drops not one, but three albums on us this month. The story goes that, apparently, while the label’s resident [...]