The Story Of Ghetto Records

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Limited-edition vinyl box set featuring seven revered, and rarely heard gems of Latin jazz, deep soul, raucous boogaloo, and heavy salsa. Produced in collaboration with Now-Again Records and Vinyl Me Please, The Story of Ghetto Records takes listeners on an immersive experience through the brief but bright story of a groundbreaking Latin music label. Issued under the guidance of Latin propellant and Ghetto Records co-founder Joe Bataan

Album List:
• Eddie Lebron Ghetto Records Presents… Eddie Lebron (1970)
• Papo Felix & Ray Rodriguez Papo Felix Meets Ray Rodriguez (1971)
• Paul Ortiz Y La Orquesta Son Los Que Son (1971)
• La Fantastica From Ear To Ear (1971)
• Joe Acosta The Power Of Love (1971)
• Candido Y Su Movimiento Palos De Fuego (1972)
• Joe Bataan Drug Story (2022)

Lacquers for all titles (except for Drug Story) were cut by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. All seven titles are pressed on exclusive 180g black vinyl at GZ.

Produced by Eothen Alapatt & Vinyl Me Please
Liner Notes & Podcast Series by Pablo E. Yglesias
Restoration and remastering by Jason Bitner

Now-Again X Vinyl Me, Please Limited release.

LP, Digital. 2022. VMP-A014.

Boris Gardiner – Ultra Super Dub Vol. 2

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Official reissue of two “lost” albums from Boris Gardiner, Jamaican bass player, bandleader, songwriter, singer and producer. Reissued under Gardiner’s guidance.

Tracklist: Vol. 2

A1 SHUPE DUB
A2 BLACK CLAY DUB
A3 JAH STONED DUB
A4 FREE I DUB
A5 I & I DUB

B1 SHE DUB
B2 BOOKA DUB
B3 HERETO DUB
B4 CHILLUM DUB
B5 SKANKER DUB

Personnel:
Boris Gardiner (Bass), Alvin Haughton (Percussion), Saxie (Alto Saxophone), Earl “16” Daley (Vocals), Joe Cooper (Keyboards), Errol Walker (Vocals), Junior Douglas (Drums), Billy Johnson (Guitar), Parra (Trumpet).

Contains extensive booklet, with Jeff Mao detailing Gardiner’s career and the 70s Jamaican music industry. Unpublished photos and ephemera.

Original sessions produced by Alty East and Boris Gardiner
Produced for reissue by Eothen Alapatt
Art direction by Errol F. Richardson
Restoration and remastering by Jason Bitner

LP, Digital. 2022. NA 5240.

Boris Gardiner – Ultra Super Dub Vol. 1

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Official reissue of two “lost” albums from Boris Gardiner, Jamaican bass player, bandleader, songwriter, singer and producer. Reissued under Gardiner’s guidance.

Tracklist: Vol. 1

A1 GIMMY DUB
A2 FREEDOM ROOTS
A3 EXPRESSION DUB
A4 RIDER ROOTS
A5 CLAY DUB

B1 THE TRAIN ROOTS
B2 MINE DUB
B3 RACKING ROOTS
B4 LOVE DUB
B5 PAYING ROOTS

Personnel:
Boris Gardiner (Bass), Alvin Haughton (Percussion), Saxie (Alto Saxophone), Earl “16” Daley (Vocals), Joe Cooper (Keyboards), Errol Walker (Vocals), Junior Douglas (Drums), Billy Johnson (Guitar), Parra (Trumpet).

Contains extensive booklet, with Jeff Mao detailing Gardiner’s career and the 70s Jamaican music industry. Unpublished photos and ephemera.

Original sessions produced by Alty East and Boris Gardiner
Produced for reissue by Eothen Alapatt
Art direction by Errol F. Richardson
Restoration and remastering by Jason Bitner

LP, Digital. 2022. NA 5239.

The Story Of Tribe Records

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The Story of Tribe Records is told through seven landmark Spiritual Jazz albums, remixed and remastered from the original multitrack tapes under the direction of Tribe co-founders Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison, and includes the unreleased Harrison album Farewell to the Welfare.

Titles and box set details:

• Harrison & Ranelin – Message From The Tribe (1973)
• Wendell Harrison – An Evening with the Devil (1972)
• Phil Ranelin – The Time Is Now! (1974)
• Phil Ranelin – Vibes From The Tribe (1976)
• Harold McKinney – Voices and Rhythms of the Creative Profile (1974)
• Hammond & Durrah – Reflections in the Sea of Nurnen (1975)
• Wendell Harrison – Farewell to the Welfare (Unreleased, 1975)

Heavyweight two-piece slip and hand-numbered slash box.
Remixed and remastered from the original multi-track tapes or lacquered directly from the master tapes.
All lacquering by Bernie Grundman.
Pressed on 180g black vinyl with heavyweight tip-on jackets.
Booklet with extensive liner notes and newly unearthed photos.
Made in collaboration between Now-Again Records and Vinyl Me Please.

Remastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Lacquer Cut At – Bernie Grundman Mastering

LP Box Set. 2022. VMP-A008.

Various – Tickets For Doomsday

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Heavy Psychedelic Funk And Soul Ballads And Dirges 1970-1975.

Now-Again Records’ follow up to one of its most well-loved compilations, Forge Your Own Chains, with another batch of rare, largely uncompiled – and sometimes barely heard – heavy psych-rock and funk. Pounding drums, scathing fuzz guitar and morose, contemplative lyrics will bring you up on a downer.

Tracklist:

A Side
1. Golden Wing – Hari Yang Mulya
2. Misty – Leavin’
3. Icecross – Sad Sad Man
4. Paternoster – Realization
5. Chucky Thurmon – Tickets For Doomsday
6. Upheaval – Paradise Lost

B Side
1. Water Color – All Bundled In One
2. Upheaval – Paradise Lost
3. Stephen David Heitkotter– I Dont’ Mind (Pt. 1)
4. Christopher – In Your Time
5. Kourosh Yaghmaei – Dar Enteha
6. J.B. Green and Band – Time

LP, CD. 2021. NA5226.