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Record Player – Free Your Mind (LP) [Now-Again Records NA5283]

In 1979, Record Player privately pressed and issued a solitary 45 on their Gem City Records imprint in Dayton, Ohio. Though they had recorded a host of other songs and were on the verge of signing to a major label, their trajectory stalled, and the band splintered by the early 1980s. In the early 2000s, Record Player principal Charles Jackson surfaced with their unreleased songs.

To date, only two Record Player songs have been reissued, as part of Now-Again’s long-running Soul Cal series. Now, the entirety of their oeuvre is presented here as Free Your Mind, and their story is detailed in words by Bret Sjerven. This is a special release for us at Now-Again, and will be perfect for any fan of the deep disco scene that birthed the likes of Luther Davis, Edge of Daybreak, Tomorrow’s People, Split Decision Band, and so many others issued by us, Numero Group, and other like-minded labels.