Eccentric Soul: The Linco Label

Description

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

Disc 1
1. Dreams for Sale – Gin and the Gents
2. Fussin’ & Cussin’ – Four Wheel Drive
3. Don’t Laugh in My Face and Steal My Man – Ronn Feaster
4. Day and Time – The Opells
5. You’ve Blown My Mind – The Versatile Gents
6. Nothin’ But a Party – The Blenders
7. Boy and Girl – Gin and the Gents
8. Baby, You Got It – Cathy Smith
9. Life Ain’t Easy – Electric Express
10. Guess I Better Move On – Bryant Headen
11. Stop (Watch What You Doing to Me) – Roy Roberts Experience
12. You Know I Love You – The Opells
13. Could This Be Love – Gin and the Gents
14. Let Me Be the One – The Party Brothers
Disc 2
1. Super Party – Soul Hustlers
2. They Call Me the Man – John McCain
3. People Get Down – Second Movement
4. No Communication – True Transfusion
5. Disco Spirit – EW Funktion„re
6. I Can’t Go On (Without Your Love) – Roy Roberts Experience
7. Don’t You Need Someone Like Me (I Can Set Your Love Free) – Inner City Funktion
8. Stick Your Finger in the Ground (And Turn the World Around) – Bridge
9. Blood City Funk – Human Blood
10. Noah – EW Funktion„re
11. What’s Happening to My World (Extended Version) – Rufus Thompson
12. She Makes My Temperature Rise (Because She’s Bad) – Human Blood