Now-Again Records

The Story of Tribe Records

The Story of Tribe Records, a Now-Again x Vinyl Me, Please release.

The Story of Tribe Records is told through 7 landmark Spiritual Jazz albums, remixed and remastered from the original multitrack tapes under the direction of Tribe co-founders Phil Ranelin and Wendell Harrison, and includes the unreleased Harrison album Farewell to the Welfare

Vinyl Me, Please’s copies are sold out. We are selling some of the copies Now-Again purchased at Rappcats now. We are also rolling out the individual albums as they come in from the pressing plant.

Box Set Details:

 Heavyweight two-piece slip and hand-numbered slash box.
Remixed and remastered from the original multi-track tapes or lacquered directly from master tape.
All lacquering by Bernie Grundman.
Limited to 1000 copies.
Pressed on 180g black vinyl with heavyweight tip-on jackets.
Vinyl Me, Please designed letter-sized booklet with extensive liner notes and newly unearthed photos.

A La Carte Album Details:

Remixed and remastered from the original multi-track tapes or lacquered directly from master tape.
All lacquering by Bernie Grundman.
Pressed on 150g black vinyl with standard tip-on jackets.
Now-Again designed oversized, square booklet with extensive liner notes and newly unearthed photos. MORE

Photos: One Step Closer To Our Heitkotter Reissue

Late last year, we announced that we were working on an expanded issue of Stephen David Heitkotter’s legendary album, known colloquially as Heitkotter. And we mentioned that we were “hot on the heels” of some unreleased material from the sessions – held at Heitkotter’s Old Fresno craftsman circa 1971. Well, the drummer on the album and those sessions – Ross Dwelle – found the two reels that he recorded with Heitkotter prior to the album’s creation, he traveled down to L.A. with the tapes, and we transferred them at History of Recorded Sound. Andrew Gura was there to document the proceedings. More news coming soon.