VARIOUS - Eccentric Soul: The Cuca Label - 2LP - Black Vinyl [JUL 12]

2P - Standard Edition Black Vinyl.   

Late night ‘60s R&B caught on tape at Jim Kirchstein’s jack-of-all genres Cuca studio.

Released on minuscule pressings into the Wisconin 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 2xlp tells an alternate history of soul music that could only happen in the Hinterlands on Highway 12.

Tracklist: 

SIDE A
1. Twiliters - Restless Love
2. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Glamour Girl
3. The Devils & The Devilettes - I’ll Say “Yes”
4. Little Artie & The Pharaohs - It Puzzles Me
5. Birdlegs & Pauline - Too Much At Stake
6. Betty Moorer - The Long Hot Summer
7. The Esquires - You Don’t Care

SIDE B
1. Supremes Four - I Lost My Job (And I’ve Got to Find Another)
2. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Ten Thousand Years
3. Betty Moorer - One More Time
4. The Devils & The Devilettes - I’m Leaving You
5. Supremes Four - I Love You, Patricia
6. Twiliters - We Three

SIDE C
1. The Devils & The Devilettes - Tell Me
2. Step By Step - Time After Time
3. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Independency
4. Betty Moorer - My Man Lives
5. Twiliters - Can’t You Stay A Little Longer
6. The Devils Ft. J. Watson Vance - Love And Understanding

SIDE D
1. Step By Step - She’s Gone
2. Twistin’ Harvey - Every Step Of The Way
3. Twiliters - Girl Of My Dreams
4. Fantastic Six - I Never Knew Love
5. Artie & The Pharaohs - I’ll Take Care Of You
6. Birdlegs & Pauline - Mist Of A Dream
7. Rex Swanigan and The Fabulous Troubadores - Tribute To Jimi Hendrix