{"product_id":"el-michels-affair-sounding-out-the-city","title":"El Michels Affair - Sounding Out The City","description":"\u003c!-- plug-seven-hike-2026-10-29:start --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1LP Vinyl - BC022-LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBig Crown Records is proud to present the remastered vinyl reissue of the cult classic “Sounding Out The City” by El Michels Affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver 10 years ago, Leon Michels released his first full length record, Sounding Out The City. It was Michels’ first full length record under the moniker El Michels Affair. At the time, the budding retro soul scene consisted of mostly organ quartets a la The Meters and of course, Sharon Jones \u0026amp; The Dap Kings were in the early days of their ascent to world domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeon Michels, who was 18 when recording Sounding Out The City began, had just released Thunder Chicken, the first record by his high school band The Mighty Imperials. At the time of SOTC, Michels was just discovering early rocksteady, afrobeat, and 60’s garage rock, which inevitably crept its way into the songwriting. He purchased a Tascam 388, an 80’s 1\/4″ reel to reel 8 track intended for home recordings, and began recording music in a 10×10 box with no windows that also doubled as his childhood bedroom. Along with fellow Mighty Imperials Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss, and Sean Solomon, and Michael Leonhart, Thomas Brenneck, and some of the musicians from The Dap Kings, Michels recorded the LP over a two year period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- plug-seven-hike-2026-10-29:end --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMedia: Mint (M)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSleeve: Mint (M)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack List: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eA1.  Detroit Twice \u003cbr\u003eA2.  Musings To Myself \u003cbr\u003eA3.  Too Late To Turn Back \u003cbr\u003eA4.  El Pueblo Unido \u003cbr\u003eA5.  Behind The Blue Curtain \u003cbr\u003eB1.  Ocho Rios \u003cbr\u003eB2.  Yennicita \u003cbr\u003eB3.  Creation \u003cbr\u003eB4.  This Songs For You \u003cbr\u003eB5.  Slide Show \u003cbr\u003eB6.  Hung Up On My Baby \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/sell\/item\/4118411358\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11px;\"\u003eData provided by Discogs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Big Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46426787283081,"sku":"8753065","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/8834\/8041\/files\/8753065-048574564668ba35562a64668ba35562c168444201964668ba35562e.jpg?v=1777978920","url":"https:\/\/www.plugseven.com\/products\/el-michels-affair-sounding-out-the-city","provider":"Plug Seven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}