Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: The Linco Label *Pre-Order

Release Date Friday 9th May 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.

Townies, homecoming queens, and big men on campus manifest a homegrown and revolutionary sound in Civil Rights-era Greensboro. Among presidential hopefuls and future astronauts, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, located in Greensboro, was a hotbed of black excellence, activism, and raw talent. At the helm of a half-dozen labels, local yokel Walter Grady assembled a rotating cast of townies, homecoming queens, and big men on campus to manifest a scintillating sound that was both homegrown and revolutionary. Eccentric Soul: The Linco Label compiles melodic milestones from the birthplace of the civil rights movement.
 

Tracklisting:

SIDE A

Gin and the Gents - Dreams For Sale
Four Wheel Drive - Fussin’ & Cussin’
Ronn Feaster - Don’t Laugh In My Face And Steal My Man
The Opells - Day And Time
The Versatile Gents - You’ve Blown My Mind
The Blenders - Nothin’ But A Party
Gin and the Gents - Boy and Girl

SIDE B

Cathy Smith - Baby, You Got It
Electric Express - Life Ain’t Easy
Bryant Headen - Guess I Better Move On
Roy Roberts Experience - Stop (Watch What You Doing To Me)
The Opells - You Know I Love You
Gin And The Gents - Could This Be Love
The Party Brothers - Let Me Be The One

SIDE C

Soul Hustlers - Super Party
John McCain - They Call Me The Man
Second Movement - People Get Down
True Transfusion - No Communication
EW Funktionäre - Disco Spirit
Roy Roberts Experience - I Can’t Go On (Without Your Love)
Inner City Funktion - Don’t You Need Someone Like Me (I Can Set Your Love Free)

SIDE D

Bridge - Stick Your Finger In The Ground (And Turn The World Around)
Human Blood - Blood City Funk
EW Funktionäre - Noah
Rufus Thompson - What’s Happening To My World (Extended Version)
Human Blood - She Makes My Temperature Rise (Because She’s Bad)

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