Jimi Paulix is the current stage-name for the cryptic Ohio songwriter formerly known as David Welsh. Most well-known for his 1980 private-press Blue Lightning Accent, Paulix's songs have developed a dedicated following due to their wildly idiosyncratic style. Earlier this year, he played a set at a backyard BBQ in Columbus, OH. His first-ever live perfomance. It was a 50th birthday gift for Tom Lax (of Siltbreeze Records). Among those in attendence were Mike Rep, Dan Melchior and his wife and bandmate Letha Rodman Melchior (she recorded the show), Columbus Discount braintrust Tommy Jay, Dante Carfagna (of Numero Group)....and and a veitable who's who of OG Columbus indie types. You can read more about Jimi Paulix's set on the Numero Group blog. One thing; "Norwegian Wood", as referenced in that article, is actually "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away." Thanks again to the Dinosaur for the link.
1. Towers
2. Love Planet
3. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (Beatles)
4. Gold 'n' Rose
5. Satisfaction the End
6. Sizzler
7. Utopia
8. Medallion
9. Blue Funk
10. Foxy Angel Lady
Box of Boricua is a special dead-stock collection of 70's Chicago-Puerto Rican 45's on the Ebirac Label, recently unearthed by Numero Group and packaged in a strictly limited (and now sold out) vinyl box set. 12 singles, in all. Numero acquired these in the run-up to developing their forthcoming NUM036 Cult Cargo: De Cobo Rojo A Chicago.
"While the Numero Goup has made a mission of unearthing lost and forgotten culture, never before have we been able to share the original papers and plastics of a city's scene and sound. Found while delving into the assets of Carlos "Caribe" Ruiz's Ebirac label in preperation for Cult Cargo: De Cobo Rojo A Chicago, each of the twelve 45s included here is an authentic Ebirac record, drawn from dead stock long-since abandoned by the label itself. In nearly every instance, these 45s were distributed from the stage only. In case you didn't happen to catch Tipica Leal '79 on January 27th, 1984, at the Palm Gardens on Armitage and pick up a copy of "Mi Salo'n Esta' de Fiesta" during intermission...this box is here to correct that oversight.
Underdogs all, the musicians of the Ebirac label never got to warm up audiences of the El Mirador or the Keymen's Club during the short residencies of imported talents such as Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe. These 45s weren't positioned in local stores alongside well-funded Fania hits, but were hand-sold off folding card tables, during performances in Humboldt park or at a host of community centers, before being stashed away with some resident youth group's catchers mitts and hoops gear. When business at Ebirac began to slow in the early 1980s, most of the label's remaining product was stored for later evaluation. The passing of Carlos Ruiz in 1987 left Ebirac's dead stock all but forgotten." (from the notes included with the Box of Boricua)
Mediafire Download Link: Removed by request from Ken of Numero Group.
1. Puerto Rico Mi Cuna (Lamento Navideño) / "Ernestina Reyes" La Calandria with the Ebirac All-Stars 3:01 2. Plena Matrimonial- Contraversia / "La Calandria y Ramito" with the Ebirac All-Stars 3:44 3. La Danza de los Reyes / Orquesta La Solucion 4:07 4. Oye Negra / Orquesta La Solucion 4:59 5. Guaguanca Coroco / La Justicia La Justicia (canta Jorge "Groucho" Alvarado) 5:41 6. Alegre Jibarito / La Justicia (canta Ismael "Jibarito" Rosa) 5:52 7. Lamento al Congreso- Plena / Orquestra La Solucion (canta "Ramito") 6:01 8. Ay, Si, Si- Merengue / Orquesta La Solucion (canta Hector de Valle) 7:30 9. Merengue y Bembé / Orquesta La Solucion 4:05 10. A Bailar Son Montuno / Orquesta La Solucion 5:07 11. Homenaje a (Roberto Clemente) "Lamento" / Orquesta La Solucion (canta Hector del Valle) 7:27 12. "Mi Patria" Es Boringuen (Inprovisacion) / Orquesta La Solucion (canta "Ramito") 6:36 13. El Duro / Manuel y Sus Estrellas "Combo" (canta T. Rodriguez) 5:53 14. Palabras Vacias / Manuel y Sus Estrellas "Combo" (canta H. Narvaez) 5:26 15. Mi Amigo / Tipica Leal 79 Jazz Quintet (canta Jose L. Casas) 2:47 16. Mi Salo'n Esta' de Fiesta / Tipica Leal 79 Jazz Quintet (canta Jose L. Casas) 2:57 17. Morir de Amor / Tipica Leal 79 Jazz Quintet (canta Yvonne & Yvette Morges) 2:34 18. Dejame Vivir / Tipica Leal 79 Jazz Quintet (canta Yvette Morges y Jose L. Casas) 3:13 19. La Juventud of Chicago "Lamento" / Ebirac All Stars- Perform 3:10 20. Mi Unica Ilusion / Juventud Tipica 78 3:33 21. Las Frutas del Pais / Orquesta La Justicia (canta Juan "JAP" Castro) 4:00 22. Borinquen Es Mia / Orquesta La Justicia (canta Juan "JAP" Castro) 6:08 23. Solitario "Lamento Guaguanaco" / Orqesta La Union (canta Juan "Loner" Roman)6:51 24. Chicago, Latino / Orqesta La Union (canta Junior Lozado) 5:26
Blue Lightning Accent is a bona fide holy-grail of idiosyncratic outsider rock. To these ears, David Welsh might just be the electric shredder's Jandek. Check out this article on the Numero Group's blog about a recent Welsh performance in Columbus Ohio. Welsh has also finished his first album in 30 years album under his new name: Jimi Paulix- Posters. A thousand thanks to Dinosaur Mahaffey for passing this one along.
1. 6's,9's Tens &Towers
2. The Climb Into Heaven
3. Rock Drummer
4. Water Fall
5. Blue Lightning Accent
6 .The Time Is On
7. Cross Angle
8. Blue Morning
9. Keeping Pace
Yellow Pills: Prefill is a rocking powerpop rarities compilation, and the 4th release from the consistently incredible Numero Group . Since its now officially out of print, we've made it available for download here at Ghostcapital. Enjoy!
SOLD OUT! You read that correctly, Yellow Pills is officially the first Numero title to go out of print. We encourage you to download it, for free or otherwise, and if you'd like the booklet, tray card, and slipcase, we've got plenty for the low low price of (postage paid). In 1993 Jordan Oakes curated his initial Yellow Pills release, the first of a series collecting power pop essentials from 20/20, Dwight Twilley, The Rubinoos, The Plimsouls, and five dozen others. The series rapidly became the sonic rosetta stone for a newer generation of poppers who, sans the skinny ties, held true to the power pop manifesto of harmony, melody and ringing, rocking 6 and 12 string guitars.
When we started Numero near-on seven years ago, we envisioned keeping every number in print. We had this romantic idea of someday making a 100 album box set that comes packaged with its own shelving unit. Retail price? Way too much.
That dream dies today.
Despite our best efforts to lock down an extension for all of the tracks on Yellow Pills: Prefill, we were unable to get one artist to accept our standard Most Favored Nations deal. As we have less than 40 copies of the double CD in stock , it makes sense to put the record gently to sleep instead of destroying a repress at the eleventh hour.
Tracklist:
1-1 Luxury (4) - Green Hearts 3:01
1-2 Tweeds - I Need That Record 3:21
1-3 Colors, The (7) - All I Want 1:58
1-4 Speedies, The - You Need Pop 2:26
1-5 Shoes - Like I Told You 2:36
1-6 Sponsors, The - In And Out Of Love 2:34
1-7 Bats, The (2) - Not My Girl Anymore 3:20
1-8 Tweeds - She's The Girl (Who Said No) 3:09
1-9 Randy Winburn - Somebody Else's Girl 2:52
1-10 Luxury (4) - One In A Million 2:27
1-11 Toms, The - Sun 3:47
1-12 Luxury (4) - Countdown 2:30
1-13 Colors, The (7) - Rave It Up 2:17
1-14 Speedies, The - 1-2-3 3:09
1-15 Kids, The (4) - Hey Little Girl 2:12
1-16 Bats, The (2) - Mr. Peculiar 3:06
2-1 Toms, The - (I Wanna Be A) Teen Again 4:01
2-2 Bats, The (2) - Not Easy For Me 3:38
2-3 Treble Boys - Julie-Anne 2:45
2-4 Tommy Boy - Dream Rocker 3:17
2-5 Sponsors, The - Love I Can't Wait 1:32
2-6 Colors, The (7) - Growing Up American 2:10
2-7 Finns - Hello Mr. Jenkins 3:54
2-8 Tactics, The - Things I Am 2:33
2-9 Treble Boys - One Kiss 2:40
2-10 Trend, The (2) - She's Hi-Fi 2:17
2-11 LMNOP - Forever Through The Sun 3:12
2-12 Jack Stack A Track - Good Time Music 3:11
2-13 Randy Winburn - Sunshine U.S.A. 3:44
2-14 Toms, The - House Of Horrors 3:15
2-15 Brat - Long Time Away 2:59
2-16 Kids, The (4) - There Goes My Heart Again 1:57
2-17 Trend, The (2) - (I Feel Like A) Dictionary 2:28
The Numero Group Turns the Tables on a Bootlegger Posted by Miles Raymer on Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:43 PM
I recently read an interesting book called Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry. It was written in 1993, when upgrading to CDs was the latest technological advancement in the gray-to-black-market music business. (Coincidentally, 1993 was also the year the first popular graphical Web browser was released, accelerating the mass adoption of the Internet—one of the only enemies bootleggers and legit labels would ever share.) But the bulk of the book's action is set in the 1970s, the golden age of bootlegging. At that time bootleggers actually drove innovation in the straight record business for a while. They created and sustained the massive popularity of live albums in the 70s, and legit labels tried and often failed to match the speed, quality, and popularity of the best bootleg releases. Bootleggers basically invented the B-sides and rarities compilation—along with its even more profitable bigger brother, the rarities box set—and the straight biz later adopted both formats. A bootleg that became seriously popular would often be bootlegged in turn by another underground label. If it became seriously, seriously popular it would be bootlegged by a legit label. This is how Dylan's Basement Tapes and the entirety of his incredible Bootleg Series on Columbia happened. It's also how the Numero Group's upcoming Eccentric Breaks and Beats came to be.
With our cease and desist letter ready to be dropped in the mail, an interesting thing happened: We kinda got hooked on the flawlessly arranged pastiche. Taking cue from the Bob Dylan Bootleg series, we turned the tables on the pirate. Seizing the plates from the pressing plant, we repurposed this underground release (preserving the contraband "Numbero" label) as the ultimate showcase for our seven years in business. It's difficult enough for labels to get people to pay for legitimate releases, whose profits help sustain the artists who make the music. For bootleggers—whose material is often of unknown provenance and dicier audio quality—the sales situation is almost totally hopeless. The fact that someone went to the trouble and expense of pressing up vinyl on the sly—as opposed to, say, just sampling Numero's material sans license, which the label says Madlib and Mayer Hawthorne have done—is kind of a huge compliment. It's nice to see the Numero folks taking it as such.
*Ghostcapital says: Nice work, Numero. This just proves that your label is just as smart as you've always seemed.
Jimi Paulix is the current stage-name for the cryptic Ohio songwriter formerly known as David Welsh. Most well-known for his 1980 private-press Blue Lightning Accent, Paulix's songs have developed a dedicated following due to their wildly idiosyncratic style. Earlier this year, he played a set at a backyard BBQ in Columbus, OH. His first-ever live perfomance. It was a 50th birthday gift for Tom Lax (of Siltbreeze Records). Among those in attendence were Mike Rep, Dan Melchior and his wife and bandmate Letha Rodman Melchior (she recorded the show), Columbus Discount braintrust Tommy Jay, Dante Carfagna (of Numero Group)....and and a veitable who's who of OG Columbus indie types. You can read more about Jimi Paulix's set on the Numero Group blog. One thing; "Norwegian Wood", as referenced in that article, is actually "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away." Thanks again to the Dinosaur for the link. 
Download Blue Lightning Accent right here.
