Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels

Description

Atlanta’s original Eccentric Soul labels, Jesse Jones’ Tragar & Note concerns captured critical regional R&B, soul, and funk from 1968-1976. Compiling 34 tracks and sprawled across two LPs, this 15 year anniversary deluxe edition appears on vinyl for the first time. Featuring rare-as-hens’-teeth 45s by Eula Cooper, Tee Fletcher, Richard Cook, Frankie & Robert, Tokay Lewis, Nathan Wilkes, Chuck Wilder, Bill Wright, Sonia Ross, Sandy Gaye, Four Tracks, Young Divines, and several others we can’t fit on a hype sticker.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Down in the Country – Tee Fletcher
2. You Got a Spell On Me – Bill Wright
3. Shake Daddy Shake – Eula Cooper
4. Tipping Strings – The Knights
5. Nitecap – L. Daniels
6. Sweet Thing – Frankie and Robert
7. Too Beautiful to Be Good – Franciene Thomas
8. Somebody Got’a Help Me – Richard Cook
9. Love (It’s Been So Long) – Frankie and Robert
10. The Hump – The Knights
11. The Clown – Chuck Wilder
12. Who Wants Me Now – Tokay Lewis
13. Now That I’m Wise – Nathan Wilkes
14. Tumbling Down – Langston and French
15. Heavenly Father – Eula Cooper
16. What Can the Matter Be – Tokay Lewis
17. Love Is So Mean – Richard Cook
18. You’re the Only Thing I’ve Got Going for Me – Bill Wright
19. Let Me Be Free – Sonia Ross
Disc 2
1. Watch the Dog That Brings the Bone – Sandy Gaye
2. Messing Around – Bobby Owens & The Diplomats
3. How Can I Hit the Ball – Bill Wright
4. All Because of You – Tee Fletcher
5. Standing By Love – Eula Cooper
6. Charade – The Four Tracks
7. Deep in Your Heart – Young Divines
8. I Need You More – Eula Cooper
9. Why – Chuck Wilder
10. Let Me Be Free – Sonia Ross
11. Try – Eula Cooper
12. Ain’t That Sharp – Young Divines
13. Too Beautiful to Be Good – Francisca Thomas
14. Breaking My Heart – Sonia Ross
15. You Mean Everything to Me – The Four Tracks