Mining the Past for Gold with Archival Label The Numero Group

Beatseeker

Back before streaming services, and before the internet ushered in widespread distribution, great music could be overlooked for one reason or another. Enter The Numero Group: an archival record label that researches and preserves musical gems by artists and entrepreneurs who found little commercial success upon their material's initial release.

Numero creates compilations of previously released music, reissues original albums and creates album reconstructions from a variety of musical genres. Here to tell the Numero story is Ken Shipley, a former A&R manager for the equally eclectic Rykodisc label and one of Numero’s founders. Ken joins us from Los Angeles. Joining us from Chicago is Tim Zawada, Numero’s Managing Director.

Ken wants you to check out Stereolab and Ui's 1998 cover of Brian Eno's St. Elmo's Fire & Tim says you should check out Valley of the Sun (there’s a selection on our Guest Picks Spotify Playlist). Find the Numero Group at numerogroup.com, on Spotify @numerogroup and on social media @thenumerogroup.

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