Egon’s latest entry to his Funk Archaeology series at NPR digs into those uptempo ballads that arose in the late 60s and early 70s as soul bands the world over reacted to James Brown’s funk revolution. Find out more at the link below, and download the late Clarence “Sir Guy” Barron’s “Let Home Cross Your Mind.”
Link: Ballads For The Dance Floor: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR
Download: Sir Guy and the Speller Brothers’ Band “Let Home Cross Your Mind.”
More: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR.
Last year, we shared a special New Year’s carol from South Korean psych-legends He 5. This year, we’re digging a bit deeper and offering you a rather bizarre single by Zambian guitarist, singer and songwriter Paul Ngozi. This song, the b-side to his “Happy Christmas” single, is a departure from the hard-edged garage-psych of the Ngozi Family’s early recordings – but it’s the perfect companion for your New Year’s revelry. Sorry about the crackle – imagine it’s the bubbles popping in your champagne flute!
Download: Paul Ngozi: “Happy New Year”.
And, if you missed it last year:
Download: “He 5: “Auld Lang Syne”.”
You might have heard that we struck a deal with Lee Anthony to issue a 2 CD/DVD, 4 LP anthology that covers the breadth of his legendary Little Rock, Arkansas-based imprint True Soul Records. We’ll post more news soon about these March and April releases.
In the meantime, we (re)discovered this incredible James Brown cover by True Soul star Thomas East – issued in the early 80s on the True Soul subsidiary ARTX. And, well, we couldn’t help but make it available for y’all this holiday season. Merry Christmas from all of us at Now-Again!
Download: Thomas East “Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto.”
It’s not been the best year for reissues of global obscurities, but Now-Again’s boss Egon profiles five essential anthologies at NPR, including Numero Group’s investigation into Chicago-soul great Syl Johnson, pictured above. Plug in, listen and, above all, try to support those imprints doing God’s-work in issuing these albums.
Link: Egon’s Top 2010 Reissues at NPR.
Download: The Hykkers “Deiyo Deiyo” from Soundway’s The World Ends here.
Egon’s latest entry to his Funk Archaeology series at NPR sheds some light on his forthcoming anthology Those Shocking Shaking Days: Indonesia Hard, Psychedelic, Progressive Rock and Funk 1970-1978. Indonesia’s various 70s scenes were dense, but often times underground; this piece sheds light on not only the process he and fellow record collectors and archivists Jason Connoy and Chandra Drews had to go through in the discovery process, but also on a forthcoming (hopefully?) Madlib/Indonesian collaboration, of sorts, for the discussed, but not-yet-realized, Supreme Team project.
Link: Lo-Fi Indonesia: Egon’s Funk Archaeology at NPR
More: Indonesian Psych on Now-Again/Those Shocking Shaking Days Anthology.
