Eccentric Soul: The Linco Label

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.

SIDE A

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

SIDE B

1. Cathy Smith - Baby, You Got It
2. Electric Express - Life Ain’t Easy
3. Bryant Headen - Guess I Better Move On
4. Roy Roberts Experience - Stop (Watch What You Doing To Me)
5. The Opells - You Know I Love You
6. Gin And The Gents - Could This Be Love
7. The Party Brothers - Let Me Be The One

SIDE C

1. Soul Hustlers - Super Party
2. John McCain - They Call Me The Man
3. Second Movement - People Get Down
4. True Transfusion - No Communication
5. EW Funktionäre - Disco Spirit
6. Roy Roberts Experience - I Can’t Go On (Without Your Love)
7. Inner City Funktion - Don’t You Need Someone Like Me (I Can Set Your Love Free)

SIDE D

1. Bridge - Stick Your Finger In The Ground (And Turn The World Around)
2. Human Blood - Blood City Funk
3. EW Funktionäre - Noah
4. Rufus Thompson - What’s Happening To My World (Extended Version)
5. Human Blood - She Makes My Temperature Rise (Because She’s Bad)