Decrying new LPs as 'commemorative plates you can't even eat off,' reissue imprint Numero Group explores Environments and 'Technicolor Paradise'
Within an hour of sitting down with Ken Shipley, co-owner of the respected reissue imprint Numero Group, he and colleague - and fellow obscure music expert - Douglas Mcgowan had offered the following revelations:
Vinyl remains a dying format - and its demise can't come soon enough; after Numero Group earned one of its six Grammy nominations, members of the team attended the ceremony while tripping on psychotropics; there are too many reissue labels putting out way too many unsellable records; and music streaming platforms such as Spotify should be embraced, not dismissed.
"We all agree that, on some level, we'd like to get rid of records," Mcgowan says, adding that there are more than enough in the world. This coming from a respected vinyl hunter, head of the esoteric Yoga Records
