Various - Eccentric Soul: The Linco LabelAmong 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

all using FSC-approved card and paper

and dream-laden

theåÊCrooked Cop

and a seductive vocal to die for

‘Song To The Siren’ and Pixies’ ‘Where is My Mind

whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one

is a statement in itself: namely that memory is a largely fictionalised product of the human mind

Maurice Louca (Keyboards & Drum Machine) and Sam Shalabi (Electric Guitar)

available on vinyl (first time since 1982) and digipack CD (with one bonus track)

Released when interest in the myths

He's no one thing more than the other

we’re winding back the tape