Luaka Bop is a New York–based record label founded by musician David Byrne, former lead singer and guitarist for the art rock–new wave band Talking Heads. What began with Byrne making cassettes of his favorite Tropicália tracks for his friends became a full-fledged record label in 1988 after Byrne received a solo artist deal from Warner Bros.
Indian Summer was an American emo band from Oakland, California. The band was created after the band Sinker broke up, and consisted of twin brothers Adam and Seth Nanaa, Marc Bianchi, and Eyad Kaileh, who replaced Dan Bradley early on due to commitment issues. They named their band after a Doors song from the 1970 album Morrison Hotel.
Marva Whitney was an American funk singer commonly referred to by her honorary title, Soul Sister #1. Whitney was considered by many funk enthusiasts to be one of the "rawest" and "brassiest" music divas.
Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana, part of the Secretly Group. The Secretly Group includes record labels Dead Oceans and Jagjaguwar as well as a music publisher known as Secretly Publishing, representing artists, writers, film makers, producers, and comedians.
"Atmosphere" is a song by the English post-punk band Joy Division. It was originally released in March 1980 by the Sordide Sentimental label as the "Licht und Blindheit" package, a France-only limited edition single featuring the track "Dead Souls" as the B-side. Following Ian Curtis's death in May, it was re-released as a 12" single by Factory Records in August with "She's Lost Control" as the B-side.
Twinight Records was a minor American recording label, founded in Chicago 1967 by Howard Bedno and Peter Wright, who later added E. Rodney Jones as a partner. Specializing in R&B and soul music, for a few months the label was called Twilight Records until it was discovered that another company already owned the Twilight name. Over five years, the label released 55 singles and charted seven times. The label’s star was Syl Johnson, an established R&B performer who had had a number of hits for King Records and who would have his biggest hits for Hi Records in the 1970s.
Light in the Attic Records is an independent record label that was established in 2002 in Seattle, Washington by Matt Sullivan. The label is known for its roster of reissue projects and for its distribution catalog. Light in the Attic has re-released work by The Shaggs, Betty Davis, Serge Gainsbourg, Jim Sullivan, Jane Birkin, Monks and The Free Design. The label has also released albums by contemporary bands The Black Angels and Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators.
Marion Black is an American soul singer and songwriter from Columbus, Ohio, best known for his 1970 song "Who Knows".
Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label is the first compilation album by The Numero Group and first volume in the Eccentric Soul series.
Penny & the Quarters is a "lost" soul band that came to prominence in 2010 after an unreleased demo of its song "You And Me" was used in the film Blue Valentine. Teenagers at the time, the members of Penny & the Quarters were invited to audition by Harmonic Sounds Studio in Columbus, Ohio, recording three demo songs in all. The group consisted of Nannie "Penny" Coulter (Sharpe), and her three brothers, Johnny, Donald and William.
Barely Real is the 1992 extended play (EP) by the American indie rock band Codeine. After releasing their previous album Frigid Stars LP in 1990, the group accepted an invitation from the quartet Bastro to tour in Europe in 1991. Following the tour, the group was invited to record a single for Sub Pop Singles Club and attempted to record their follow-up album The White Birch in 1992. The recording sessions proved to be disastrous for the group since they found themselves often with unusable tracks over several different studios. As Codeine could not record enough material for a full-length album, they decided to release what tracks they had as an EP.
Tom Lunt is an American record producer. Lunt formed The Numero Group record label with fellow Chicagoan Ken Shipley in February 2003, and the label has gone on to reissue hundreds of lost soul, gospel, funk and psychedelic rock albums. Lunt co-produced and art directed the label's first 32 releases before retiring in April 2013 at 61 to work with musicians outside the reissue realm.
Bob Abrahamian was a soul music deejay, historian, archivist, and record collector. In addition to hosting a long-running radio show, "Sitting in the Park" on WHPK, he built a personal collection of significant soul music records, with a focus on the Chicago vocal style known as "sweet soul." He conducted recorded interviews with dozens of musicians, many of whom had fallen into obscurity. Abrahamian contributed liner notes to archival soul reissues, as well as providing materials and assistance for releases on the Chicago-based Numero Group record label. He graduated from Maine Township High School East in Park Ridge, Illinois and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago in computer science and media studies. Abrahamian's 2009 interview with Larry Blasingaine resulted in the discovery of the Jackson 5's previously unknown first recording session at Chicago's One-derful Records.
Savage Young Dü is a three-CD/four-LP box set by American rock band Hüsker Dü, released by Numero Group in 2017. It spans the band's first four years, from 1979 to 1982, and contains demos, studio and live recordings remastered from original session masters and soundboard tapes. 47 of the set's 69 tracks are previously unissued, of which some are never-before-heard songs. The set includes a remix of the "In a Free Land" single, a remastered Everything Falls Apart, and an alternate Land Speed Record. A limited edition included the Extra Circus 7" with four previously unreleased outtakes from the Metal Circus sessions.
Technicolor Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Other Exotic Delights is a 2018 compilation album of exotica music released by music label The Numero Group.
Can You Dig It? is a 2009 compilation album of film music released by Soul Jazz Records. The album consists primarily of funk and soul music that is taken from 1970s blaxploitation films of the 1970s ranging from the films theme songs to instrumental passages.
Blue Valentine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to the 2010 film Blue Valentine, released by Lakeshore Records on January 25, 2011, nearly a month after the film's release. It featured original songs composed by Grizzly Bear and the instrumental pieces of the tracks underscored the film.
Butterflies Don't Go Away is a compilation album by American indie rock band Majesty Crush, released by The Numero Group in 2024. It collects the band's sole album, Love 15, and various singles from throughout their discography.
Everyone Asked About You is the self-titled debut extended play by the American emo band Everyone Asked About You. It was released in 1997 through Landmark Records. The EP is an emo release, consisting of four tracks with a mixture of twee pop vocals by Hannah Vogan and Chris Sheppard.
