Light: On The South Side on Limited Edition 2LP + Coffeetable Book Set from Numero Group 

Between 1975-1977, Chicago's South Side night clubs were a little lighter. Photographer Michael Abramson hit Perv's House, Pepper's Hideout, The High Chaparral, The Patio Lounge, and The Showcase Lounge, not to capture the artists on stage, instead popping off a half dozen rolls every night on the crowd. Light: On The South Side gathers for the first time over 100 of these images, as Numero Group shines its own strobe on yet another dark corner of the past. The 132-page hard back book features photos, an ephemera section, and an essay by Nick Hornby.

Housed in a gorgeous slipcase with the 12x12 book is Pepper's Jukebox, a seventeen track compilation of the kind of funky Chicago blues heard from the stage and the Wurlitzer. The deluxe 2LP set is packaged in a sharp gatefold jacket with two inner sleeves crammed to the gills with label scans and stories. All in all, it's the classiest Numero record ever made, spotted easily from across the room with its near 2" spine.

"Light: On the South Side is undoubtedly Numero’s most extravagant and audaciously packaged set—a dazzling collection that should receive an automatic Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package. Housed in a slipcase box, the compilation’s 2-LP gatefold vinyl and 132-page hardbound 12x12 book offer the ultimate immersion into Chicago’s African-American South Side nightclubs and the sounds, sights, personalities, and smells that filled them on a nightly basis. The gorgeous collection is a prerequisite for any fan of blues, R&B, and soul (and by natural extension, rock and pop)—and anyone curious to glimpse a bygone era of life-after-dark celebrations staged by urbanites that lived for evenings on the dance floor, in front of the Wurlitzer, and in leather booths surrounded by the opposite sex, booze, and cigarettes."                                                                                                           --Bob Gendron, TONE Audio, Issue 25

Light: On The South Side Track Listing:

1.  Arlean Brown - I'm A Streaker Baby
2.  Bobby Rush - Bowlegged Woman
3.  Ricky Allen - No Better Time Than Now
4.  Little Mac Simmons - The Same One
5.  Lady Margo - This Is My Prayer
6.  Andrew Brown - You Made Me Suffer
7.  Artie White - Gimmie Some Of Yours
8.  Lucille Span - Women's Lib
9.  Hugh Hawkins - Bring It Down Front
10. Slim Willis Band - I Sayed That
11. Little Ed - It's A Dream
12. Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black
13. Walter 'Butterball' Davis - Baby Watcha' Doing
14. Willie Williams - Detroit Blues
15. Little Mack - Goose Walk
16. Detroit Jr. - Young Blood
17. Willie Davis - I Learned My Lesson
18. James Kind - California Lady