Now-Again Records

Various – Texas Funk: Black Gold From The Lone Star State 1968-1975

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Tracklist:

01. Latin Breed – I Turn You On
02. Tickled Pink – Reach Out (And Give Me Your Hand)
03. Sunny & The Sunliners – Get Down
04. The Majestics – Funky Chick
05. Little Jr. Jesse & His Teardrops & The Tears – Funky Stuff
06. Timothy McNealy – Sagittarius Black
07. The Brothers Seven – Evil Ways
08. Zapata – Do Your Thing (Pts. 1 & 2)
09. The Groove Merchants – There’s Got to Be Someone for Me
10. Mickey & The Soul Generation – Give Everybody Some
11. Road Runners – Every Man for Himself
12. Vern Blair Debate – Super Funk
13. Soul Ones – Soul Pot
14. Little Jimmy Tyson & The Highway Robbers – Who Will Be the Next Fool
15. Joe Bravo – Sissy Strut
16. Booker T. Averheart – Heart ‘n Soul
17. James Polk & The Brothers – Power Struggle
18. Bobby & The Premiers – I Got the Feeling
19. Kashmere Stage Band – Super Bad
20. Eddie Finley & The Cincinatti Show Band – Clean Up Man
21. The Fabulous Mark III – Psycho (Pts. 1 & 2)

Researched & compiled by Gerald Short & Malcolm Catto.
Additional research by Eothen Alapatt.

CD. 2005. NA5019/JMANCD006

* Released on Now-Again Records (CD only) for the U.S. and Canada, under exclusive license from Jazzman Records (UK).

Connie Price And The Keystones – Sticks And Stones

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Connie Price and The Keystones, the L.A. based ensemble led by guitarist Dan Ubick and trumpeter Todd Simon, offered this last EP to Now-Again before moving over to our friends at Ubiquity Records to release their sophomore LP. “Sticks and Stones” from their Wildflowers album is presented here in its original, and exclusive dub form. Also included is “I’m Inside Out,” a progressive funk piece unavailable elsewhere. Two live joints, covers both, round out this EP.

Tracklist:

Side A
A1. Sticks & Stones
Recorded By, Producer – Dan Ubick
Written-By – D. Ubick*, T. M. Simon*
A2. Sticks Dub

Side B
B1. I’m Inside Out
Recorded By, Producer – Dan Ubick
Written-By – D. Ubick*, T. M. Simon*
B2. Raga Doll
B3. Afro Som

Credits:

Arranged By [Horn Arrangements – Additional] – Connie Price
Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – Todd M. Simon*
Bass – Dave Wilder, Richard “Doo” Lee
Clarinet [Bass], Flute, Saxophone [Alto] – Tracy Wannomae
Clavinet, Synthesizer [Arp String Ensemble], Organ [Hammond B3] – D’Wayne Kelly
Drums [Drum Set] – Josh “The Wallet” Cohen*, Pete McNeal
Electric Piano [Rhodes], Clavinet – Dan Hastie
Executive Producer – Egon
Flugelhorn – Hoagie Haven
Guitar [Guitars] – Dan Ubick
Guitar [Lap Steel] – Lee Culpepper
Mixed By, Mastered By – Dave Cooley
Organ [Wurlitzer, Farfisa, B3], Keyboards [Chamberlain] – Jeremy Ruzumna
Percussion – Chuck Prada, Davey Chegwidden
Percussion, Vibraphone [Vibes] – Connie Price
Photography [Band] – B+
Photography [Front] – Connie
Producer – Dan Ubick
Saxophone [Alto] – Joel Bowers
Saxophone [Baritone], Flute – James King
Trombone – Dan Osterman*
Trombone, Saxophone [Tenor] – El Ralicke*
Trumpet [Trumpets] – Todd M. Simon*

12″ Single. 2006. NA5020

Leon Mitchison And The Eastex Freeway Band – Street Scene (12″)

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Now-Again offers on this exclusive 12-inch release the original and alternate versions of Mitchison’s “Street Scene” – the most sought-after Mitchitone heavy funk classic recorded by the dynamo Eastex Freeway Band (named after Highway 59 that cut across Houston’s Fifth Ward near Mitchison’s home).

Tracklist:

Side A
1.Street Scene (Original Version)
2.Street Scene (Original Instrumental)

Side B
1.Street Scene (Alternate Version)
2.Street Scene (Alternate Instrumental)

Credits:

Produced by Leon Mitchison.
Produced for reissue by Egon. Mastered at Bionic, L.A., by Dave Cooley. Artwork and design by Matt Rowland. Photography by B+ (www.mochilla.com).

Written by Leon Mitchison (Mitchitone Publishing – BMI). Produced by Leon Mitchison. Licensed courtesy Leon Mitchison. Original version released on Mitchitone Records 7-inch #8025. Recording date unknown, perhaps 1974. Unknown studio, perhaps Claude Robinson’s Studio, Houston, TX. Unknown engineer, perhaps Claude Robinson.

12″ Single. 2005. NA5018.

Various – Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974 Vol.1

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Tracklist:

Side A
A1. Carleen & The Groovers – The Thing
A2. Amnesty – Free Your Mind
A3. Detroit Sex Machines, The – The Stretch (Edit)

Side B
B1. Michael Liggins And The Super Souls – Loaded To The Gills (Edit)
B2. Kenny Smith & Loveliters, The – Go For Your Self (Edit)
B3. Dayton Sidewinders – Slipping Into Darkness

Side C
C1. Apollo Commanders, The – James Brown Medley (“I Made A Mistake / Lowdown Popcorn” Edit)
C2. Lil’ Lavair And Fabulous Jades, The – Cold Heat
C3. Soul Seven, The – The Cissy’s Thang
C4. L.A. Carnival – Color (Original 7″ Version)
C5. Aristocrats Organisation, The – Don’t Go

Side D
D1. Ebony Rhythm Band – Drugs Ain’t Cool (Instrumental)
D2. Soul Seven, The – Mr. Chicken — (Alternate Take)
D3. Leon Mitchison* – Street Scene
D4. Kashmere Stage Band – Scorpio
D5. Leroy & The Drivers – The Sad Chicken

Credits:

Compilation Producer – Egon
Mastered By [Re-mastering & Sound Restoration] – Dave Cooley

2LP, CD, Digital. 2005. NA5017.

Detroit Sex Machines – The Funky Crawl (12″)

Tracklist:

Side A
1.Rap It Together / Funky Crawl (J.Rocc’s Edit)

Side B
1.The Stretch (Egon’s Edit)

Credits:

Producer – Ted Dudley Sr.*
Reissue Producer – Egon
Written-By – The Detroit Sex Machines

Personnel:

Leroy Hutson – tenor saxophone, Malachai Williams – trumpet, Carl a.k.a. “Moochie” – trumpet, Ronnie Dudley – trumpet, Curtis Dudley – bass, Harvey Gray – lead guitar, “Sonny” – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, Renee “NeNe” Rucker – congas, Robert Hooker – organ, Ted Dudley – drums, Unknown trombone.

12″ Single. 2005. NA5016.