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Rhythm Machine – Rhythm Machine

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The deluxe issue of Rhythm Machine’s mid-70s soul/funk opus, taken directly from master tapes, embellished by bonus tracks recorded in the late 70s (and only ever issued here!) and with a detailed booklet that documents the band’s history and contains many previously unpublished photos. Both versions, CD & 2LP, contain an extensive booklet with the history of the band and this unique album, and include never before published photographs.

Tracklist:

1. Brenda and Me
2. Can’t Do Without You
3. Everybody’s Chippin
4. Lil’s Place
5. Put On A Smile Time
6. Thought My Love Was Fine
7. You Got Action, You Got Me
8. You Make Me Feel Right, Think Right, Do Right

Produced by Rhythm Machine

CD and Digital. 2006. NA 5050. Note: This version is out of print and has been replaced with our deluxe version with bonus tracks.

J.Rocc – Cold Heat Funk Mix

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.

Tracklist:

Side A
A1.Cold Heat Funk Mix Pt. 1

Side B
A1.Cold Heat Funk Mix Pt. 2

Produced by J.Rocc for Beat Junkies Sound

12″ Single (#1 of 2) 2006. NA5021.

Koushik feat. Percee P – Cold Beats

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.

Tracklist:

Side A
A1. Intro
A2. Cold Beats feat. Percee P
A3. Interlude
A4. Cold Beats (Instrumental)

Side B
B1.Cold Beats The Megamix
B2.Bonus Beat 1
B3.Bonus Beat 2
B4.Bonus Beat 3
B5.Drumapella

Produced by Koushik Ghosh for Beats By The Kilo

12″ Single (#2 of 2). 2006. NA5022.

Kashmere Stage Band – Texas Thundersoul

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