Various - Eccentric Soul: The Linco Label

Label: Numero

Released 5/9/2025

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.

Track Listing:

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