Original Vinyl Only! That�s what we used to make this CD� ok, a few came from master tapes, we�ll hope the most parochial soulies will let us slide (though we�re anticipating a Soul Source 10-pager on the topic). A �northern soul� style compilation is just the latest Numbero product to bootleg the extensive Numero catalog� a label you may have heard mentioned through clenched teeth concerning our preference for �replicating� original 45s, rather than splashing them with shite contemporary design. This is a peace offering: a compilation of both talc-covered classics and unheard floor-fillers. What better way to reintroduce our fledgling concern to the UK than by playing straight to the middle? It is the Numbero way.

Some, like Walter & the Admerations� �Man Oh Man,� Lou Ragland�s �I Travel Alone,� or Bob & Fred�s �I�ll Be On My Way� have been on casino-goers� radars for years, others, like Benny Scott & the Soul Masters �No Other Woman But You� and Rudolph Jacobs �Baby, I Love You� were barely seen outside of a square block in Houston, Texas, let alone dug up by John Anderson forty years ago (although chances are he remembers having a whole palette full of them.) If you�re new to this catalog, you can only go up from here. Numero prides itself on making well-researched, lovingly curated compilations. But this is a Numbero compilation� see, totally different. Peruse the accompanying insert for places to head next. If you know us and love us, most of this will be old hat, but we tucked a few gems in here to make it worth the ten quid you just parted with. If a few carvers get cut, we�ll take it as a compliment.