When Numero Group, a Chicago-based reissue label, opened its doors in 2003, its mission statement was clear: “We wanted 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.”
Soul Revival: Breathing New Life into Lost Albums
Record labels such as Stones Throw and Ubiquity offer new compilation and re-issue albums of forgotten DIY funk and soul and introduce them to a new generation.