More Loving On The Flipside – SWEET FUNK AND BEAT-HEAVY BALLADS 1968-1975

Egon’s follow up to the Now-Again classic Loving On The Flipside, a compendium of sweet funk and beat-heavy ballads recorded and issued between 1968-1975. Many of the tracks here have never been compiled, and some are previously unreleased.

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This anthology follows Now-Again’s Loving On The Flipside, issued more than a decade ago. And that anthology itself got its start in a different time, a decade even earlier – the era in which Now-Again’s Egon and his friends chased down funk 45s and the odd LP for their testosterone riddled, aggressive sound. Often times the funk song on one of their chosen is would be the throw-away b-side, the hasty afterthought the band cobbled together the night before hitting – or while in – the studio because they’d put all of their energies into writing the amazing ballad that would ensure their entry in soul’s history books. MORE

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Lloyd Miller – 1938-2024.

Lloyd Miller died early in the morning on December 27th, 2024. He was 86 years old. While the cause of his death was undisclosed, his wife Katherine Saint John said he had recently suffered a stroke; Miller had been in failing health for some time. Now-Again’s Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, who worked with Miller to manage and promote his catalog of inventive and esoteric jazz, wrote this short obituary.

I called him maestro as that’s what he was, of so many disciplines and challenges and dogmas. Those who might feel compelled to read further here will probably do so because of the wonderful clutch of records Lloyd cut and issued, both in Paris and in America, which culminated in his self-released masterpiece Oriental Jazz. Those who read further must also be asked to forgive the personal nature of these words, as Lloyd was a close friend and musical collaborator, and in the same way I couldn’t write about the passing of Galt MacDermot or David Axelrod outside of the personal, I couldn’t do so here.

My life working in music has topped more than a quarter century. Lloyd’s life in music spanned nearly 75 years. We first met when he drove from Salt Lake City to LA to hand deliver me his discography on vinyl, including an acetate he had cut of his solo piano experiments with Jef Gilson in Paris in the early 60s. He never told me why he took that long drive, nearly twenty years ago, but we hit it off immediately. And that evening’s hang led to one of the more challenging relationships I’ve developed with a musical elder. I’m much the better for it. MORE

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Stone Alliance’s Deep Jazz Debut LP: The Definitive Reissue, With Bernie Grundman’s All Analog Lacquer

This definitive reissue of the 1976 release was lacquered in an all-analog transfer by Bernie Grundman, who removed the Dolby noise reduction and freed the space in the record’s grooves. Grundman himself said that this is the best that this record has ever sounded.

Contains an oversized 8 page booklet that details Stone Alliance founder Gene Perla’s arc in music, the creation and lineage of his PM Records and the story of the Stone Alliance band.

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The Definitive Reissues of Paul Ngozi and the Ngozi Family’s Zamrock Albums

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Hard Rock Meets Funk – an essential entry from Zambian guitarist and bandleader Paul Ngozi’s catalog. Featuring drummer Chrissy Zebby Tembo. LP includes oversized 8p. booklet detailing Ngozi’s arc, rare photographs, discography and annotations. Released under license from the Estate of Paul Nyirongo.

Zamrock was a bona-fide rock scene, with albums released through independent labels based in Zambia. This music scene was complete, encompassing the genres of rock, acid folk, fusion, Afro-beat, South African jazz and traditional Zambian melodies. It quickly became a uniquely Zambian movement, befitting of its name. The Ngozi Family,WITCH and Amanaz sound nothing like other rock music from the African continent or elsewhere. MORE

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