Music Hall of Williamsburg upcoming shows
All tickets for the 11/12 show at Grand Ballroom will be honored
Numero's Eccentric Soul Revue
Syl Johnson / The Notations / Renaldo Domino / Missy Dee, all backed by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
- Venue:
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Music Hall of Williamsburg
- Date:
- Fri 11/13
- Notes:
- 18+
- Doors: 8:00 PM / Show: 9:00 PM
- $25
- Numero's Eccentric Soul Revue
- official website
- Founded by Tom Lunt, Rob Sevier, and Ken Shipley in 2003, the three self-proclaimed record obsessives decided to approach the record business backwards. No corporate hierarchy; no company stationary. Just a big pile of music that no one had ever heard of.
The mission was simple: to dig deep into the recesses of our record collections with the goal of finding the dustiest gems begging to be released from their exile on geek street. No longer would $500 singles sit in a temperature-controlled room dying for a chance to be played. No more would the artists, writers, and entrepreneurs who made these records happen go unknown and unappreciated.
Numero releases are sound with substance, living at the nexus of song and story. Scrupulously researched, painstakingly re-mastered, and with an attention to detail that is unmatched in the reissue field, the Numero Group is creating a repository of unheard music to rival the Smithsonian.
There is no "Numero" sound; instead, Numero offers an aesthetic. A shelf of Numero albums feels less like a "record collection" and more like a library. The library to date is a mix of thrift shop soul, skinny tie pop, Belizean funk, and hillbilly gospel. Numero makes records for people who may have everything from indigenous Central American drumming to Canadian chanteuses stacked next to their stereos.
In 2007 the label issued Eccentric Soul: Twinight’s Lunar Rotation to critical acclaim. National Public Radio called Twinight “One of the strongest and most consistent catalogs for any R&B label of its era.” In no place to disagree, the idea of doing a showcase of these lunar loners began to percolate around Numero’s Southside office.
Taking cues from Stax’s European tour in 1967, Numero’s Eccentric Soul Revue will feature one tight backing band, with a revolving cast of singers to include Syl Johnson, the Notations, Renaldo Domino, Nate Evans, the Kaldirons, and a few special guests. An interactive slideshow will be projected behind the artists, showcasing photos and ephemera from Chicago’s forgotten soul history
"The best and most thoughtful reissue label in the country."
– Pitchfork
"This Chicago-based label is no stranger to a good dig. But their expertise lies in the intensity of their excavation, their keen sense of finding the magic spot - whether it be a forgotten label or underestimated country - and boring into the earth until lava starts bubbling up."
- Wax Poetics
"Known for its quality packaging, meticulous research, and obvious love for the music, Numero sometimes makes Rhino, the reigning king of reissues, look average, especially when considering its emphasis on rescuing “lost” imprints from obscurity..."
- Popmatters
"Ken Shipley with partners Rob Sevier and Tom Lunt have quickly turned Numero from a curious boutique outfit into a reissue zeitgeist – garnering raves from casual fans to collectors, from NPR to national mags. Numero brings the forgotten to the fore with lovingly packaged collections of artists known only to deep-crate diggers or those who were around 'back in the day.'"
- XLR8R
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