Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: The Cuca Label
Late night 1960s 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, Twiliters, Birdlegs & Pauline, Esquires, Artie & The Pharaohs and Fantastic Six, this double LP tells an alternate history of soul music that could only happen in the Hinterlands on Highway 12.
Twiliters - Restless Love
Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Glamour Girl
The Devils & The Devilettes - I’ll Say “Yes”
Little Artie & The Pharaohs - It Puzzles Me
Birdlegs & Pauline - Too Much At Stake
Betty Moorer - The Long Hot Summer
The Esquires - You Don’t Care
Supremes Four - I Lost My Job (And I’ve Got to Find Another)
Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Ten Thousand Years
Betty Moorer - One More Time
The Devils & The Devilettes - I’m Leaving You
Supremes Four - I Love You, Patricia
Twiliters - We Three
The Devils & The Devilettes - Tell Me
Step By Step - Time After Time
Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds - Independency
Betty Moorer - My Man Lives
Twiliters - Can’t You Stay A Little Longer
The Devils Ft. J. Watson Vance - Love And Understanding
Step By Step - She’s Gone
Twistin’ Harvey - Every Step Of The Way
Twiliters - Girl Of My Dreams Fantastic Six - I Never Knew Love
Artie & The Pharaohs - I’ll Take Care Of You
Birdlegs & Pauline - Mist Of A Dream
Rex Swanigan and The Fabulous Troubadores - Tribute To Jimi Hendrix
