VA - Eccentric Soul, Omnibus (Numero Group) (90 tracks) [2012]

ECCENTRIC SOUL
Previously posted January 16, 2020.

VA - Eccentric Soul, Omnibus (Numero Group) (90 tracks) [2012]

The mother of all rare 45 compilations, Numero's 45th release Eccentric Soul: Omnibus closes the first chapter of our decade of mapping the American soul diaspora. The complete box set includes forty-five 45s, each with its own replica label and stylish custom Numero sleeve, as well as a 108-page hardback clothbound book chock-full of liner notes, band photos, ephemera, and indices. Everything is housed in a sleek, portable case featuring metal hardware, durable handle, and a vinyl-wrapped exterior patterned with a de-bossed Numero logo. Available in 19 different color combinations, drawing from red, blue, yellow, green, and orange, this beautiful case is the perfect home for this comprehensive collection. (Amazon)

When Rob Sevier, Ken Shipley, and Tom Lunt began Numero Group, the Chicago-based label specializing in archival compilations of rare and obscure (and mostly soul) artists, the trio’s original vision was to simply create a 10-disc, 20-artist collection of lost soul 7” 45-rpm singles and call it Eccentric Soul. While in pursuit of a particular single recorded at Columbus, OH’s Capsoul Studios, the three befriended and gained the trust of label owner Bill Moss. That friendship not only got them their much sought after single, Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr’s “You Can’t Blame Me”, but also opened the door to a flood of rare and lost recordings from Capsoul Studios.

The original 10 7” set was scrapped and replaced with Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label, a full-on compilation devoted to this small label that released just a dozen 7” and one LP. A decade and 48 releases later, 14 of which are a part of the Eccentric Soul series, Numero Group has figuratively returned to that original stack of 10 7” with Eccentric Soul: Omnibus, Vol. 1, the “mother of all rare 45 compilations.”  Described as “a tangled mess of loose ends”, Omnibus is a collection of 45 7” 45-rpm records representing lost gems that, for one reason or another, couldn’t find a home within earlier compilations. Baton Rouge’s 13th Amendment, with their mission to “abolish musical slavery”, deliver a deep-soul ballad in “Hard To Be In Love”, backed with “The Stretch”, a tight jam that evolved out of warm-up for the group’s horn section. The Soul Walkers’ “Can I Say It Again” practically rips off the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” and “Just Jammin’” backed with “After We’re Gone (The World Keeps Turnin,)” by Free Mind is some of the grooviest sounds ever to come out of Milwaukee. The soul music within covers a wide range, from those following the Brownian archetype to those trying to capture the sweet, smooth sounds of Gordy’s Motown and Gamble & Huff’s TSOP and everywhere in between. Housed in a custom 45-box vinyl-wrapped carry case that comes in one of 19 color combinations, the collection includes 45 7” records all with replica labels and a 108-page cloth-bound hardcover book complete with liner notes, rare photographs, various indexes that allow a search by artist, club, label or studio and a digital download. Numero has achieved a reputation for quality both in content and in presentation and Omnibus certainly lives up it, raising the bar such that I can’t imagine what they have in store for their second (consequenceofsound.net)

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Track lists

01    13th Amendment    Hard to Be in Love    4:18
02    13th Amendment    The Stretch    3:29
03    Aggregation    A Child Is Born    2:51
04    Aggregation    Can You Feel It    3:13
05    Black Fur    When We Get Together Soon    3:37
06    Black Fur    Feel the Shock    3:28
07    Black Soul Express    Party Time    2:37
08    Black Soul Express    When I Left You    4:53
09    Crystal's Image    A Friend    4:47
10    Crystal's Image    Crystal's Image (Cold Crush Theme)    4:45
11    Darker Shades LTD.    Trackin' Down Jody    3:11
12    Darker Shades LTD.    Trackin' Down Jody Part 2    2:58
13    Deep Heat    Do It Again    3:21
14    Deep Heat    She's a Junkie (Who's the Blame)    2:39
15    Directory    Feel It in Your Bones    3:07
16    Directory    World and Creation    4:49
17    Duracha    Jody Is Gone    2:57
18    Duracha    Ghet-To Funk    3:05
19    Elements of Peace    Together - Part I    2:18
20    Elements of Peace    Together - Part II    3:26
21    Energettics    You Make Me Nothing    2:38
22    Energettics    Rainy Days and Monday    2:59
23    Everyday People    (Loose Booty) Is a Real Thing    4:06
24    Everyday People    Get Next to You    2:33
25    Family Connection    This Time    2:51
26    Family Connection    Lost Her Love    2:10
27    Flack and Company    Disco-TNT    2:58
28    Flack and Company    Been Loving You So Long (Don't Want to Stop)    2:56
29    Free Mind    Just Jammin'    2:23
30    Free Mind    After We're Gone (The World Keeps Turnin')    2:53
31    Hifidelics    Hifidelics Groove    3:30
32    Hifidelics    Quiptown    3:28
33    Hot Snow    Four Times the Love    2:56
34    Hot Snow    Me & You    2:03
35    Inbassador    Everyday    3:45
36    Inbassador    Everybody's Doing It    3:30
37    Intentions    Dig It (Shovel)    3:06
38    Intentions    Blowing with the Wind    4:00
39    Curtis Liggins Indications    Funky Monkey Right On    3:31
40    Curtis Liggins Indications    What It Is?     2:58
41    Majestees    Take Back All Those Things    2:01
42    Majestees    Let Her Go    3:20
43    Mixed Breed    Gotta Go Home    3:17
44    Mixed Breed    Wise    3:02
45    Morning After    Hey Girl    5:12
46    Morning After    Disco - Tick    3:54
47    Now    Land of Now    4:51
48    Now    Lovin' You Is Easy    2:31
49    Procedures    Magic Mirror    3:51
50    Procedures    Give Me One More Chance    4:58
51    Prophets of Peace    The Max    4:08
52    Prophets of Peace    You Can Be    3:33
53    Rokk    Patience    4:22
54    Rokk    Don't Be No Fool    3:40
55    Sag War Fare    Don't Be So Jive    3:26
56    Sag War Fare    Girl You Better Change    3:01
57    Sky's the Limit    Don't Be Afraid    3:48
58    Sky's the Limit    Don't Be Afraid (Instrumental)    3:41
59    Soul Walkers    Can I Say It Again    3:12
60    Soul Walkers    Stay Ahead    4:12
61    Pat Stallworth    Questions    3:38
62    Pat Stallworth    Questions Part 2    2:48
63    Stone Creations    Hands On a Golden Key    3:25
64    Stone Creations    The "It" Song    3:51
65    Super Soul Movement    Bad - Bad - Bad    3:08
66    Super Soul Movement    Bad - Bad - Bad Part 2    3:04
67    Suspicious Can Openers    Fever in Your Hot Pants    2:38
68    Suspicious Can Openers    Tuesday in the Rain    2:16
69    Techniques    Get Technified    4:01
70    Techniques    When You're Away    3:14
71    Third Generation    Mother Nature    3:43
72    Third Generation    Love Is Gonna Rain Down On Me    3:27
73    Three Days Ahead    Face It Man    2:20
74    Three Days Ahead    Rolling Love Part 2    3:48
75    Tickled Pink    Reach Out (And Give Me Your Hand)    3:02
76    Tickled Pink    Never Can Say Goodbye    2:49
77    Trinikas    Black Is Beautiful    2:48
78    Trinikas    Remember Me    2:28
79    Trust    Funk Power    3:40
80    Trust    Explosion    3:01
81    Two Plus Two    I'm Sure    3:03
82    Two Plus Two    Look Around    2:58
83    Union    Strike    2:28
84    Union    Come to My House for Lunch    2:16
85    Volumes    I've Never Been So in Love    2:18
86    Volumes    I'm Gonna Miss You    2:49
87    Walter & the Admerations    Life of Tears    2:31
88    Walter & the Admerations    Man Oh Man (What Have I Done)    2:41
89    Clifton White    The Grade A    2:31
90    Clifton White    Ain't No Love    3:09

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