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Three 7″ singles by Trish Toledo, Los Yesterdays, The Macrames: Chicano “souldies” on Now-Again Records produced by and written by Gabriel Rowland and Victor Benavides.
Tracklist:
Side A – Unintentional Consequence of Love
Side B – So In Love With You
7″. 2020. NA7040.
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Three 7″ singles by Trish Toledo, Los Yesterdays, The Macrames: Chicano “souldies” on Now-Again Records produced by and written by Gabriel Rowland and Victor Benavides.
Tracklist:
Side A – Coco Lalala
Side B – Do The Wrong Thing
7″. 2020. NA7041.
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Three 7″ singles by Trish Toledo, Los Yesterdays, The Macrames: Chicano “souldies” on Now-Again Records produced by and written by Gabriel Rowland and Victor Benavides.
Tracklist:
Side A – Mr. Yesterday
Side B – So Insincere
The song that started it all for Rowland and Benavides was “Mr. Yesterday”, a future Chicano soul classic about a jilted lover who refuses to accept reality, opting instead to live in the memories of happier times. It was after Tom Brenneck heard the song that he contacted Gabe Roth and the due started working with Daptone Records. Here, we present the original, demo version of Los Yesterdays, “Mr. Yesterday.” Rounding out the record is the B-Side tribute to Little Anthony & The Imperials, “So Insincere” about a man who confronts his lover about her lies concealing a longtime affair.
7″. 2020. NA7039.
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This album was part of the Now-Again Reserve Edition subscription series.
The Effect Of Heavy Music: Rock Music And Revolution In 70s Zimbabwe.
A trio of authors collaborate here to tell the Eye Q story, and to investigate the genesis of the heavy rock scene under Ian Smith’s racist, oppressive government, and its dissipation after Zimbabwe’s liberation.
Tracklist:
Side A
Please The Nation
Angel Face
I Am Selfish
Eniweth
No More Crying
Making Life Out Of Music
Side B
Walking Down The Street
Rock & Roll Soul
Lovely Lady
Widow
Worthless Woman
Looking For The Day
Side C – Beginning Album
Lonely
No More Crying
Beginning
Good Turning Bad
Side D –Beginning Album
I Am Selfish
Dancing
Are You Satisfied
Worthless Woman
Rock & Roll Soul
Waiting For The Chance
Side E
Something Different
When You Talk To Me
Palm Palm
Side F
Changamire Ndaneta
Chido Changu
Rock ‘N Roll Band
This anthology produced by Eothen Alapatt and Matthew Shechmeister
Associate production by Albert Nyathi and Cuthbert Maziwa.
Research and liner notes by Matthew Shechmeister, with contributions and edits by Albert Nyathi, Torii MacAdams and Eothen Alapatt.
Restoration and remastering by Jason Bitner, with vinyl and tape transfers in Zimbabwe done by Matthew Shechmeister and transfers in Los Angeles done by Ben Lowrie.
Art direction by Errol Richardson.
LP, CD, Digital. Originally issued as part of the Now-Again Reserve Subscription Service. 2021. NA5225.
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Ghanaian Afro-Rock from German producer/composer JJ Whitefield, inspired by his Karl Hector & The Malcouns and Whitefield Brothers projects.
Fans of Zamrock, Ebo Taylor, Khruangbin and William Onyeabor will find joy in Johnny!’s hypnotic grooves, which point at a new direction for the music inspired by the Great Continent: one that takes a direction once mocked as derivative and asserts its importance on the globe’s current musical stage.
Tracklist:
Side A:
1. Otan Nyen Eduro (Henry Taylor, J. Whitefield)
2. I’m Gone (Eric Owusu, J. Whitefield)
3. Only Love (Odo Nkwa) (Henry Taylor, J. Whitefield)
4. Yendi Agoro (Henry Taylor, J. Whitefield)
5. Me Di3 Ne Wo (You Belong To Me) (Hernry Taylor, Eric Owusu, J. Whitefield)
Side B:
6. Agyenkwa (Henry Taylor, J. Whitefield)
7. Make It Right (Eric Owusu, J Whitefield)
8. Kokoko (Henry Taylor, J. Whitefield)
9. Otan Nyen Eduro Instrumental (J. Whitefield)
Johnny! is: Henry Taylor – Vocals, Keys; Eric Owusu – Vocals, Percussion; Tomi Simatupang – Bass, Keys; Bernd Oezsevim – Drums; JJ Whitefield – Guitar, Keys
Recorded by Kalle Enkelmann at Lakeside, Berlin; Jan Krause at Mastermix, Munich; Daniel Nentwig at Butterama, Berlin; Sonny Groeneveld at Greenfield, Amsterdam; Szabolcs Bognar at Groove Garden, Berlin; Tobi Siegert at Minga, Munich.
Mixed by Whitefield/Krause/Hiltmeyer
Mastered by Jason Bitner
Artwork by: Lucien Lietz
Art direction by Errol Richardson
Produced by JJ Whitefield
LP, CD, Digital. 2021. NA5221.