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For the past six years, Stones Throw offshoot Now-Again Records has quietly brought old and new funk to record store shelves with vinyl-only reissues and new releases. Now, the label will enter the world of the CD release with a compilation called Now-Again Re:Sounds, Vol. 1, out July 17.

Executive produced by Now-Again president Egon, the comp features the likes of Cut Chemist, Oh No, Edan, Percee P, J. Rocc, M.E.D., Koushik, and Guilty Simpson reworking tracks from the label's back catalog. The result is a collection of remixes and alternate versions (some of which are previously unreleased) alongside a few of the remastered original tracks.

True to its roots, Now-Again will also release a vinyl edition of Re:Sounds with a noticeably different tracklist than the CD. But it's not just any old vinyl release; it's a box set of seven 7" singles. Vinylicious!

Now-Again Re:Sounds, Vol. 1:

CD:

01 Koushik [ft. Percee P] - "Cold Beats"
02 Aloe Blacc - "Blind World" *
03 L.A. Carnival - "Blind Man (Cut Chemist Remix)"
04 Cut Chemist [ft. M.E.D.] - "Blind Man (Rap Version)"
05 Edan - "Sagittarius Rapp" *
06 Guilty Simpson - "Before I Die" *
07 Egon [ft. Percee P] - "Reverse Pt. 2.5 (Koushik's Apples & Oranges Remix)" *
08 J. Rocc - "Cold Heat Funk Mix Pt. 1"
09 Detroit Sex Machines - "Rap It Together/Funky Crawl (J. Rocc's Edit)"
10 Oh No - "Kashmere Bonus Beats"
11 Kashmere Stage Band - "I Wish (Todd Terry Remix)"
12 Kashmere Stage Band - "Super Strut Pt. 1 (Kenny Dope Remix)"
13 Leon Mitchison - "Street Scene (Female Vocal Version)"
14 Amnesty - "Trouble Will Remain (Truth & Soul Remix)" *
15 Sound in Light - "Free Your Mind" *
16 Kashmere Stage Band - "Ain't No Sunshine (J. Rocc Remix)"
17 Koushik - "Too Much Tenderness" *

7" box set:

#1:

Guilty Simpson - "Before I Die" *
The Heliocentrics - "Before I Die (Instrumental)" *

#2:

Edan - "Sagittarius Rapp" *
Timothy McNealy - "Sagittarius Black"

#3:

Egon [ft. Percee P] - "Reverse Pt. 2.5 (Koushik's Apples & Oranges Remix)" *
Koushik - "Reverse Pt. 2.5 (Koushik's Apples & Oranges Remix) (Instrumental)" *

#4:

Quasimoto - "Rapp Cats Pt. 3"
The Roe-O-Tation - "Special Category"

#5:

Aloe Blacc - "Blind World" *
Aloe Blacc - "Blind World (Instrumental)" *

#6:

Koushik - "Too Much Tenderness" *
Koushik - "Shooting Stars" *

#7:

Amnesty - "Trouble Will Remain" *
Sound in Light - "Free Your Mind" *

* previously unreleased