Various Artists

Release Date: 05/07/2021
Format: LP
Label: Numbero Group – NBR-008
Release type: Tri-Color Colored Vinyl LP Pressing

There are hundreds of bootlegs out there to sate the ravenous soulero set, and so often they incorporate songs in the vast Numero catalog. Rather than beat them, Numero joins them with our answer to the iconic East Side Story series. Eschewing our classic look and standard-bearing copious notes for sardonic artwork and impeccable selections, Numbero is proud to present a ‘bootleg’ you can be proud of (because it’s all licensed). This time we’ve set our sights on the most unique of soul cultures: the irreplicable melting pot of San Antonio. Included here are all songs never before issued other than in minuscule pressings on 45, never distributed outside of Bexar County limits.The Southwest Side Story rolas are obscure everywhere in the United States while eliciting intense nostalgia on the South and West Sides of San Antonio to this day. This could be a greatest hits of DJs like Henry Pena, who began his rein in the ’60s and continues it today with many of these same selections. Including such local luminaries as the Royal Jesters, Sonny Ace, the Dreamliners, Al Castana, Dino Bazan & the Dell Tones, George Jay & the Rockin’ Ravens, the Eptones, the Volumes, and Henry Pena, who never fully disappeared from view in the Alamo City.

1. Sonny Ace & The Twisters – Little Girl
2. The Eptones – No One Else But You
3. The Volumes – I'm Gonna Miss You
4. Henry Pena & The Kasuals – Forever
5. George Jay & The Rockin' Ravens – Say That You Love Me
6. Dino Bazan & The Dell Tones – Don't Leave Me Baby
7. Royal Jesters – Girl I Can't Forget
8. The Eptones – Making Me Cry
9. Henry Pena & The Kasuals – Only One
10. Little Henry & The Laveers – What To Do
11. Al Castana – I Need And Love You
12. Royal Jesters – I Want To Be Loved
13. The Dreamliners – Just Me And You
14. Danny & The Dreamers – Eternal Love