Filed under: Boddie, Eccentric Soul Revue, Methodology, Uncategorized | Tags: Numero Sale
It was bound to happen, after three years in our 1100 square foot basement office and an influx of over 40 releases, Numero has come to a space crossroads. Sometime around the middle of this year we noticed the warehouse was feeling a bit cramped. And by warehouse, we mean every single inch of office floor that isn’t occupied by a chair or a toilet. We already built new shelves, took out a lease on a storage unit, and reorganized the entire office, then 14 pallets of Light: On The South Side arrived and completely turned this place sideways. Hallways have gone from casual arteries to stomach-sucking traffic jams. The conference room is lined with LPs. Even the bathtub has boxes. And we’re still making records!
In an effort to get this office back to–at the very least–90% capacity, the Numero Group has decided to do something that no other business entity in the history of commerce has ever attempted: we’re going to sell items for less than the retail price! We even came up with a great name for the idea–we’re calling it a “sale.” OK, we recognize that this isn’t a new concept, but the extreme discounting of wares in an attempt to move product is a time-tested consumer hoodwink that, to date, we’ve been loathe to participate in. Until now! Sales generally indicate low prices, but this being Numero, we’re going to go one better. No, screw that, two better. Hell, let’s turn it up to three.
That’s three levels of savings, but not just savings–we’re giving stuff away. And by stuff, we mean stuff.
While supplies last (500 on the nose), buy any three (3) of the Numero titles listed below on CD for $45, get a copy of the Ant Hill Mob’s “The Number Runner Pt. 1/2″ 45 free. This previously unreleased Cleveland funk 45 is a sure shot, home hi-fi hit, and is completely unavailable outside this deal. There will be no digital dig, no iTunes, no mercy. Play it on 45, or don’t play it all.
While we still have ‘em, (500 on the chin), buy any six (6) of the Numero titles listed below on CD for $85, get a CD copy of the Eccentric Soul Revue live from the Park West Theater, April 4th 2009. If you missed that show, or any of the other five dates on our recent Eccentric Soul Revue tour, this is your shot to get back in the game. The 20 track disc features Renaldo Domino, Nate Evans, the Notations, and Syl Johnson, and cannot be purchased anywhere except in this deal. Plus the Ant Hill Mob 45 and our sincere gratitude.
And until we run out, (89 on the cheek), buy any ten (10) of the Numero titles listed below on CD for $135, and get a hand-numbered and personalized test pressing from our archives. This has no real value beyond bragging rights to your sad circle of record collecting friends, and yet, is the must-own holiday item of the year. We guarantee the fingerprints of all Numero Group members will have sullied this trinket. And… you’ll also receive the Ant Hill Mob 45 and Live Eccentric Soul Revue CD.
Here are the titles. Have your plastic accessible.
002 Antena: Camino Del Sol
003 Eccentric Soul: The Bandit Label
005 Fern Jones: The Glory Road
008 Wayfaring Strangers: Ladies From The Canyon
009 Eccentric Soul: The Big Mack Label
011 Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg
012 Catherine Howe: What A Beautiful Place
014 Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay
015 Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label
016 Home Schooled: The ABCs of Kid Soul
017 Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts of Deep City
019 Don’t Stop: Recording Tap
021 Soul Messages From Dimona
022 Brotherman: OST by the Final Solution
023 Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples
027 Eccentric Soul: Smart’s Palace
*4 Boscoe: S/T
*5 Wee: You Can Fly On My Aeroplane
*6 Caroline Peyton: Mock Up
*7 Caroline Peyton Intuition
That’s over 1/3rd of our entire catalog to choose from, and each of them are worthy of a slot in your growing Numero library. Haven’t you been looking for an excuse to fill in those missing numbers? This is it. Already have them all? Get your friends and family hooked on Numero. It’s a cheap move, sure, but buy the 10 pack, keep the limited stuff, and break the discs out one by one to everyone on your Xmas list. It’s not regifting if you do it with love.
Listen, the sale has already started. The limited items are only getting more limited as you waste time hemming and hawing. In the spirit of the season, give to us by giving to yourself.
Filed under: Boddie | Tags: Boddie Recording Company, Eccentric Soul, Funk 45
Those of you who’ve been waiting the last year for the next addition in the Eccentric Soul 7″ series can finally breathe a sigh of relief. During our excavation of the Boddie Recording Studio a mysterious tape marked Ant Hill Mob (we posted a clip from this record a few months back) turned up. On our second trip Dante turned up the codex for the entire studio which lead to the discovery of this unissued Soul Kitchen 45. “Number Runner Pts 1 & 2″ falls in right around the time of their Creations Unlimited 45, made while breathing the same psychedelic fumes pouring out of Thomas and Louise Boddie’s pressing plant’s smoke stack.
This 45 is merely the first stab in what will be a major reissue project on the Boddie Recording Company over the course of 2010. We’ll be rolling out details on how you can obtain one of the 300 copies being pressed over the next few weeks, and hope to have it for sale right before we embark on the Eccentric Soul Revue Tour.
For now, dig that amateur wah-drenched solo.
Filed under: Boddie
After Dante and Josh tore through the better part of the Boddie pressing plant’s LP and 45″ collection earlier in the week, they prodded Rob to start poking around the deep recesses of the cluttered pile of broken boxes, dusty seat cushions, and rolls of astro turf to see if there were any more records buried away before we split town. Rob swam through the garbage with a smile the entire time and just before he thought it was all in vain, he discovered this grip of 45″s on a stick.
Overall the stack was filled with bad 80s rock and newwave cuts but, it did yield a few copies of the Wicked Lester 45″ and a smattering of other notable artists.
We caught up with Josh and Dante in Cleveland on the tail end of their summer vacation showcased here. They give you a glimpse into some wasted record shops out East, b-roll of the Boddie studio and the outskirts of Cleveland, all while being backed by a wicked sibling duo tearing up, “I’ve Had The Time Of My Life.”
