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    Eccentric Soul: The Cuca LabelVarious Artists

    Numero Group
      • 1. Twiliters – Restless Love
      • 2. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds – Glamour Girl
      • 3. The Devils (18) – I'll Say
      • 4. Little Artie And The Pharohs – It Puzzles Me
      • 5. Birdlegs & Pauline – Too Much At Stake
      • 6. Betty Moorer – The Long Hot Summer
      • 7. Esquires – You Don't Care
      • 8. The Supremes Four – I Lost My Job (And I've Got to Find Another)
      • 9. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds – Ten Thousand Years
      • 10. Betty Moorer – One More Time
      • 11. The Devils (18) – I'm Leaving You
      • 12. The Supremes Four – I Love You, Patricia
      • 13. Twiliters – We Three
      • 14. The Devils (18) – Tell Me
      • 15. Step By Step (5) – Time After Time
      • 16. Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds – Independency
      • 17. Betty Moorer – My Man Lives
      • 18. Twiliters – Can't You Stay A Little Longer
      • 19. The Devils (18) – Love And Understanding
      • 20. Step By Step (5) – She's Gone
      • 21. Harvey Scales – Every Step Of The Way
      • 22. Twiliters – Girl Of My Dreams
      • 23. The Fantastic Six – I Never Knew Love
      • 24. Little Artie And The Pharohs – I'll Take Care Of You
      • 25. Birdlegs & Pauline – Mist Of A Dream
      • 26. Rex Swanigan – Tribute To Jimi Hendrix

      Late night '60s R&B caught on tape at Jim Kirchstein's jack-of-all genres Cuca studio. Released on minuscule pressings into the Wisconsin wilderness, these 26 sasquatch-rare tracks uncover the soulful paths between the Chicago, Milwaukee and Rockford scenes. Featuring Harvey Scales, Step By Step, Betty Moorer, Seven Sounds, Twilighters, 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.

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