Eccentric Soul: the Linco Label (Coloured Vinyl)

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.

Gin and the Gents – Dreams For Sale

Four Wheel Drive – Fussin’ & Cussin’

Ronn Feaster – Don’t Laugh In My Face And Steal My Man

The Opells – Day And Time

The Versatile Gents – You’ve Blown My Mind

The Blenders – Nothin’ But A Party

Gin and the Gents – Boy and Girl

Cathy Smith – Baby, You Got It

Electric Express – Life Ain’t Easy

Bryant Headen – Guess I Better Move On

Roy Roberts Experience – Stop (Watch What You Doing To Me)

The Opells – You Know I Love You

Gin And The Gents – Could This Be Love

The Party Brothers – Let Me Be The One

Soul Hustlers – Super Party

John McCain – They Call Me The Man

Second Movement – People Get Down

True Transfusion – No Communication

EW Funktionäre – Disco Spirit

Roy Roberts Experience – I Can’t Go On (Without Your Love)

Inner City Funktion – Don’t You Need Someone Like Me (I Can Set Your Love Free)

Bridge – Stick Your Finger In The Ground (And Turn The World Around)

Human Blood – Blood City Funk

EW Funktionäre – Noah

Rufus Thompson – What’s Happening To My World (Extended Version)

Human Blood – She Makes My Temperature Rise (Because She's Bad)