Various - Eccentric Soul: The Shoestring Label (LP)

Sealed. Available in Black or Jimmie Green vinyl.

Operating in a basement studio at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, pipeline man Howard Neal and his appropriately named Shoestring label was Alton, Illinois' answer to a question no one asked. Pressed in minuscule numbers and barely outside the 62002 zip code, the singles by The James Family, Jimmie Green, Pete & Cheez, and Carletta Sue are prime examples of cosmic midwestern disco in search of a break. This heavy weight 10-song LP is housed in a tip-on sleeve, and includes an essay and imagery that complete the picture of this pure expression of small-town soul.

Side One
1 We've Got It Made
2 Let Yourself Go
3 You and Me
4 A Broken Heart Will Mend
5 Disco Fever

Side Two
1 Dance (Part 1)
2 So Smooth
3 You Keep Holding Back on Love
4 I Need You So
5 You're All the Woman I Need