Now-Again Records presents the first official reissue of one of the most sought after Disco/Crossover/Northern Soul songs: The Hamilton Movement’s “She’s Gone!”
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For those that missed out, we will bundle a small amount of un-numbered, promo 45s with the forthcoming Hamilton Movement LP later this year. MORE
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
WITCH’s impossible-to-find 7″ singles, never on LP, and all recorded around their Lazy Bones!! album. The last of WITCH’s Zamrock to finally see wide commercial release. Pressed on Deep Purple colored vinyl: this was Now-Again’s officially sanctioned Black Friday Record Store Day 2025 Release and is now available everywhere.
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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
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