Eccentric Soul: The Cuca Label

Description

Late night ’60s R&B caught on tape at Jim Kirchstein’s Jack-of-all genres Cuca Studio. Released on minuscule pressings into the Wisconsin Wilderness, these 26 sasquatch-rare tracks uncover the soulful paths between the Chicago, Milwaukee, Rockford, and Rockford scenes. Featuring Harvey Scales, Step By Step, Betty Moorer, Seven Sounds, Twiliters, Birdlegs & Pauline, Esquires, Artie & The Pharaohs, and Fantastic Six, This 2LP tells an alternate history of soul music that could only happen in the Hinterlands on Highway 12.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Restless Love – The Twiliters
2. Glamour Girl – Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds
3. I’ll Say “yes” – The Devils & The Devilettes
4. It Puzzles Me – Little Artie & The Pharaohs
5. Too Much at Stake – Birdlegs & Pauline
6. The Long Hot Summer – Betty Moorer
7. You Don’t Care – The Esquires
8. I Lost My Job (And I’ve Got to Find Another) – Supremes Four
9. Ten Thousand Years – Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds
10. One More Time – Betty Moorer
11. I’m Leaving You – The Devils & The Devilettes
12. I Love You, Patricia – Supremes Four
13. We Three – The Twiliters
Disc 2
1. Tell Me – The Devils & The Devilettes
2. Time After Time – Step By Step
3. Independency – Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds
4. My Man Lives – Betty Moorer
5. Can’t You Stay a Little Longer – The Twiliters
6. Love and Understanding (Feat. J. Watson Vance) – The Devils
7. She’s Gone – Step By Step
8. Every Step of the Way – Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds
9. Girl of My Dreams – The Twiliters
10. I Never Knew Love – Fantastic Six
11. I’ll Take Care of You – Little Artie & The Pharaohs
12. Mist of a Dream – Birdlegs & Pauline
13. Tribute to Jimi Hendrix – Rex Swanigan and The Fabulous Troubadores