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Side A:

1.Cold Heat Funk Mix Pt. 1

Side B:

1.Cold Heat Funk Mix Pt. 2

NA5021 12″ Single (#1 of 2) 2006

Produced by J.Rocc for Beat Junkies Sound

J.Rocc makes it a point to get his hands on any and every slice of essential vinyl that comes out each year, to add to his already ocean-deep crates of funk. With 2004’s definitive compilation of Now-Again Records’ heavy funk rarities, Cold Heat Vol. 1, J.Rocc had to take it one step further and do a two-part mega-mix.

Following in the lineage of his two now classic 12-inches on Stones Throw, breakbeats abound on J.Rocc’s hard-hitting, fast-paced, DJ-oriented mix. All samples and drumbeats derive from songs released on Cold Heat Vol. 1 and Now-Again Records – cutting and pasting the trademark Now-Again brand of heavy heavy raw funk from 1968-1974 into a hip hop format. J.Rocc’s mix appeals to lovers of classic funky soul with a taste for neck-snapping drums and dance-floor energy.

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Side A:

1.Intro
2.Cold Beats feat. Percee P
3.Interlude
4.Cold Beats (Instrumental)

Side B:

1.Cold Beats The Megamix
2.Bonus Beat 1
3.Bonus Beat 2
4.Bonus Beat 3
5.Drumapella

NA5022 12″ Single (#2 of 2). 2006

Produced by Koushik Ghosh for Beats By The Kilo

Two of Stones Throw’s finest collaborate on this exclusive mega-mix of beats and samples taken from last year’s Cold Heat Vol. 1 compilation – the definitive anthology on Now-Again Records of heavy funk rarities originating between 1968 and 1974. Through the wizardry of cut-and-paste, Koushik’s mega-mix of drum-break-heavy funk provides the kind of fast-paced beats where the legendary Percee P feels right at home. The celebrated O.G. Bronx MC – aka the Rhyme Inspector – exhibits his trademark verbal gymnastics over Koushik’s expert mixing, and the results are ice cold. In addition to the “Cold Beats” mega-mix (a vocal version with Percee rhyming plus an instrumental), the two sides include several other bonus beats and interludes, as well as a “drumapella.” As the second Cold Heat 12-inch in a series of 2 (following J.Rocc’s mega-mix NA5021), this is the kind of team-up you’ll only find on Now-Again.

Note: this version of the album has been discontinued and has been replaced with a deluxe version of the same.

VINYL:

SIDE A:
1. Boss City
2. Burning Spear
3. Take Five
4. Super Bad
5. Keep Doing It
6. Thunder Soul

SIDE B:
1. Do You Dig It, Man?
2. Headwiggle
3. Do Your Thing **
4. Scorpio **

SIDE C:
1. Thank You **
2. Al’s Tune
3. All Praises
4. Shaft

SIDE D:
1. Kashmere
2. $$ Kash Register $$
3. Zero Point – Parts 1 & 2 (45 Version) *
4. Getting It Out of My System

* previously unreleased
** previously unissued extended version

CD 1:
01. Boss City
02. Burning Spear
03. Take Five
04. Super Bad
05. Keep Doing It
06. Thunder Soul
07. Do You Dig It, Man?
08. Headwiggle
09. Do Your Thing **
10. Scorpio **
11. Thank You **
12. Al’s Tune
13. All Praises
14. Shaft
15. Kashmere
16. $$ Kash Register $$
17. Zero Point – Parts 1 & 2 (45 Version) *
18. Getting It Out of My System

CD 2:
LIVE RECORDINGS (all previously unreleased):
01. Intro
02. Zero Point
03. All Praises / Zero Point (Reprise)
04. Intro
05. Do You Dig It, Man?
06. Don’t Mean a Thing
07. Thank You
08. Ain’t No Sunshine
09. Do You Dig It, Man?
10. All Praises
ALTERNATE TAKES:
11. Thank You (45 Version)
12. Zero Point (LP Version)
13. Do Your Thing (Instrumental)
14. Getting It Out of My System *
BONUS DOCUMENTARY: Texas Jewels

* previously unreleased
** previously unissued extended version

Researched & compiled by Eothen ‘Egon’ Alapatt
Original recordings produced & arranged by Conrad O. Johnson

CD, Digital, 2LP. 2006. NA5023.

01. Latin Breed – I Turn You On
02. Tickled Pink – Reach Out (And Give Me Your Hand)
03. Sunny & The Sunliners – Get Down
04. The Majestics – Funky Chick
05. Little Jr. Jesse & His Teardrops & The Tears – Funky Stuff
06. Timothy McNealy – Sagittarius Black
07. The Brothers Seven – Evil Ways
08. Zapata – Do Your Thing (Pts. 1 & 2)
09. The Groove Merchants – There’s Got to Be Someone for Me
10. Mickey & The Soul Generation – Give Everybody Some
11. Road Runners – Every Man for Himself
12. Vern Blair Debate – Super Funk
13. Soul Ones – Soul Pot
14. Little Jimmy Tyson & The Highway Robbers – Who Will Be the Next Fool
15. Joe Bravo – Sissy Strut
16. Booker T. Averheart – Heart ‘n Soul
17. James Polk & The Brothers – Power Struggle
18. Bobby & The Premiers – I Got the Feeling
19. Kashmere Stage Band – Super Bad
20. Eddie Finley & The Cincinatti Show Band – Clean Up Man
21. The Fabulous Mark III – Psycho (Pts. 1 & 2)

Researched & compiled by Gerald Short & Malcolm Catto.
Additional research by Eothen Alapatt.

CD. 2005. NA5019/JMANCD006

* Released on Now-Again Records (CD only) for the U.S. and Canada, under exclusive license from Jazzman Records (UK).

Connie Price and The Keystones, the L.A. based ensemble led by guitarist Dan Ubick and trumpeter Todd Simon, offered this last EP to Now-Again before moving over to our friends at Ubiquity Records to release their sophomore LP. “Sticks and Stones” from their Wildflowers album is presented here in its original, and exclusive dub form. Also included is “I’m Inside Out,” a progressive funk piece unavailable elsewhere. Two live joints, covers both, round out this EP.

12″ Single. 2006. NA5020