Numero Group is a reissue label operating out of Chicago. Over the past 15 years, the common brainchild of Ken Shipley, Rob Sevier and their gang of kindred spirits has grown into one of the most trusted names in the world of unearthing obscure wax platters and the overlooked heroes and heroines of music history. Numero Group was originally conceived in 2003 by "three guys in various stages of unemployment", as Ken points out, aiming to create a US-specific reissue label, similar to what imprints like Soul Jazz and Honest Jon’s had already established in the UK. Building on a water-proof sense for obscure, genre-defying outsider recordings and the stories behind them, Numero Group went from a modestly ambitious 7" label to an organically grown network of sub-labels, compilation series' and side hustles.
