#205 El Michels Affair - Loose Change

This 10” picture sleeve EP is being released in conjunction with the deluxe CD reissue of the album. Loose Change is a trip to the T&S vaults, we dusted off the reels to some alternate mixes and previously unreleased songs from the SOTC sessions, including a little “interlude” featuring the one & only Lee Fields. This is a limited edition 1000 piece pressing, and for those that have been asking, yes there are two new El Michels records in the works. 10 years ago, Truth & Soul released it’s first full-length record, Sounding Out The City. It was also Leon Michels’ first full-length record under the moniker El Michels Affair. At the time, the budding retro soul scene consisted mostly of organ quartets a la The Meters and of course, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings were in the early days of their ascent to world domination. Leon Michels, who was 19 when recording Sounding Out The City began, had just released Thunder Chicken, the first record by his high school band The Mighty