Various Artists - Eccentric Soul - The Capsoul Label (2017) Numero Group + Booklet - Rare Soul (FLAC 351MB)

Whilst sorting out my mammoth collection i re-discovered ALL the CD,s on the Eccentric Soul series courtesy of the boys at Numero...what a joy made me one happy man!....Where everything Numero begins this was their very first album issued in 2004 re-issued on CD & VINYL twice now this is the second edition with an extra track. The story goes three guys in a purple Saturn station wagon drove down to Columbus, Ohio, and came back to Chicago with a lost label, the rest is history.... In the early '70s, Bill Moss' Capsoul imprint could barely break wind in the larger music marketplace, and yet today the label's output can stand shoulder to shoulder with any classic soul of its era. Isolated in central Ohio and lacking the funds to back them, groups like the Four Mints and Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr might've easily withstood ten rounds against the Temptations, Smokey, or Otis. The scrappy Capsoul writing team of Dean Francis, Jeff Smith, and Norman Whiteside would've thrown blow for blow with any Gamble & Huff or Holland/Dozier/Holland thrown at them, so good were they at their craft. From Bill Moss' civil rights meditation "Sock It To 'Em Soul Brother" to Marion Black's future hit about the future "Who Knows" to Kool Blues bounding "I'm Gonna Keep on Loving You," Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label remains £ for $ one of the best soul compilations of its century......How does a record become a hit? As history has shown, for every chart topper, there are easily 10 equally well made and compelling songs which never become widely known. My case in point is this album, documents the tiny Columbus, Ohio label's output during the 1970s. The selections included here are closer to the gritty sounds of Stax than to the high polished Motown soul, but the musicianship and performances would not sound out of place next to the same era's familiar classics from Memphis and Detroit. The Kool Blues "I'm Gonna Keep On Loving You" apes Sam & Dave's back and forth vocal approach, while Four Tops style harmonies are the template for the Four Mints "Too Far Gone" and "'Row My Boat". This collection is an unexpected surprise for the adventurous soul lover looking to discover something new from the old days. And if thats not enough a second volume namely "Capitol City Soul" will be reviewed returning to Bill Moss,s empire in Ohio to showcase completely unissued and underissued treasures, so more great tracks to look forward too!.Surperb Soul & dancers on both of these great albums. Mu only complaint is their poor artwork it really is poor.

AMM 

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