Now-Again Records

Essential 90s Memphis Rap On Vinyl

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We have reissued eight essential albums from the ’90s Memphis Rap scene, each licensed directly from the artists. These albums were originally released on rare tapes, only distributed in and around Memphis. This is the first time they appear on LP; each album is pressed on limited edition colored vinyl, and comes in an OBI wrapped jacket that contains an oversized 12 page book that details the historical precedent, genesis and arc of this important American musical scene. This series follows the sold-out box set The Story of Memphis Rap.

Lil’ Ced – Playin’ By The Rules (1995), MC Money & Gangsta Gold – Da Hard Ov Frayser (1995),Shawty Pimp & MC Spade – Vol. 2 (1994), Skinny Pimp’s Vol.1 (1993), Carmike’s – Comin’ At Yo Ass (1994) and R.A.N.’s – Gotta Be Lyrical (1993) Gangsta Blac’s – Breakin Da Law (1994) and Gimisum Family’s – Gimisum Family (1994) are all out now. MORE

Une Voix M’Appelle: The Modern Lebanese Sounds of the Voix De L’Orient Label, 1967-1984

Now-Again Records presents – Une Voix M’Appelle: The Modern Lebanese Sounds of the Voix De L’Orient Label. Vol. 1. 1967 – 1984

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Arabic Pop, Oriental Funk, Jazz Fusion and Experimental Synth: the birth of the modern Lebanese musical adventure, presented as a survey spanning the high points of two decades of releases on the groundbreaking Voix De L’Orient label.

Those profiled include Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, maverick producer/arranger/composer Elias Rahbani, mysterious talents like Nicolas Dick and Robert Maalouf and the father of the label’s founder, Abdallah Chahine, a pianist of immense talent. MORE

Egon’s Pop Up Record Shops at Now-Again In 2025

Egon and the team are hosting a regular series of pop up events throughout 2025 and 2026 at the Now-Again Space in Los Angeles. Our next event Is the return of “Cool” Chris Veltri and his Groove Merchant Records. A transplanting of San Francisco to Los Angeles, for one weekend only.

Chris Veltri’s Groove Merchant
Pop Up Record Shop At Now-Again

November 8th and 9th.
Noon-6
5638 York Blvd, Los Angeles MORE

Rapture: Lost Indianapolis Sweet Soul Album Issued At Last

The lost album by Rodney Stepp’s Rapture ensemble. Unreleased Sweet Soul and Disco Funk from mid-70s Indianapolis, featuring members of Amnesty, Midnight Star, and The Spinners.

Rapture’s story told in great detail in liner notes written by Naptown historian Kyle Long.

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A photo in Rodney Stepp’s scrapbook sums this period in his life in music. It’s 1974, The Spinners were headliners at the “Zaire 74” music festival, a sideshow to Muhammad Ali’s fabled “Rumble in the Jungle” fight with George Foreman. Among the faded snapshots, there’s a picture of Stepp backstage posing arm in arm with Ali; another image shows The Greatest seated at Stepp’s Fender Rhodes alongside vocalist Etta James.

It was all a dream for this Naptown wunderkind, who had previously recorded for Herb Miller’s LAMP Records as the Diplomatics and had issued the sweet soul killer “Young Girl” as Jazzie Cazzie and the Eight Sounds on a rare Knaptown 45. (These recordings have been documented on the Now-Again LAMP anthology and our Loving On The Flipside compilation.) But as exciting as his rise out of those local status was, as exciting as it was to headline festivals and arenas and appear on late night talk shows, Stepp grew restless with the mechanical routine of being a sideman. MORE

Deep Dayton Disco Soul: Record Player’s Unreleased Album Out Now

Unreleased disco and boogie from Dayton, Ohio’s Record Player: their full album, recorded in the late ‘70s, and unreleased until now. Contains oversized booklet detailing the Record Player’s story and the history of the Ohio music scenes that allowed for their rise.

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In 1979, Record Player privately pressed and issued a solitary 45 on their Gem City Records imprint in Dayton, Ohio. Though they had recorded a host of other songs, and were on the verge of signing to a major label, their trajectory stalled and the band splintered by the early 1980s. In the early 2000s, Record Player principle Charles Jackson surfaced with their unreleased songs. To date, only two Record Player songs have been reissued, as part of Now-Again’s long-running Soul Cal series. Now, the entirety of their oeuvre is presented here as Free Your Mind, and their story detailed in words by Bret Sjerven in the oversized booklet contained within. MORE