Despite Atlanta’s reputation as the “Black Mecca,” until recently it had produced just a small batch of black records. But in the tradition of any soul-subgenre ringleader you care to name, Jesse J. Jones had once been quite busy building a private empire of sultry singing, tear-jerking strings, strident brass, and articulate soul songwriting like nothing else on offer in the American South around him. Sprawling over a pair of CDs, Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels is an exhaustive survey of the twin imprints’ Atlanta output from 1969 to 1977. Lost for 30 years amid the kudzu and Coke bottles of steamy central Georgia, 50 of Tragar and Note’s best sides have been dragged lovingly from the underbrush and elegantly presented for an audience well outside the perimeter.
Track List
- Eula Cooper Standing By Love
- The Young Divines Deep In Your Heart
- The Four Tracks You Mean Everything To Me
- The Young Divines I'll Show You With Love
- Sonia Ross Every Now And Then
- Andrea Williams Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things
- Eula Cooper Have Faith In Me
- Sandy Gaye Talk Is Cheap
- J. J. Jones I Can't Stand It
- Langston & French Let's Get Funky
- Eula Cooper That's How Much I Love You
- J. J. Jones Black Midnight
- Alice Swoboda Potter's Field
- Tee Fletcher Down In The Country
- Bill Wright You Got A Spell On Me
- Eula Cooper Heavenly Father
- Chuck Wilder The Clown
- Nathan Wilkes Now That I'm Wise
- L. Daniels Nitecap
- Franciene Thomas I'll Be There
- Frankie & Robert Sweet Thing
- Eula Cooper Shake Daddy Shake
- Tokay Lewis What Can The Matter Be
- Richard Cook Love Is So Mean
- Langston & French Tumbling Down
- Eula Cooper Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things
- Franciene Thomas Too Beautiful To Be Good
- The Knights Tipping Strings
- Richard Cook Somebody Got'A Help Me
- Frankie & Robert Love (It's Been So Long)
- Nathan Wilkes Strange Feeling
- Eula Cooper I Can't Help If I Love You
- Chuck Wilder Why
- Tokay Lewis Who Wants Me Now
- Bill Wright You're The Only Thing I've Got Going For Me
- Sonia Ross Let Me Be Free
- Tee Fletcher Would You Do It For Me
- Eula Cooper Try
- Sandy Gaye Watch The Dog That Brings The Bone
- Tee Fletcher All Because Of You
- Bobby Owens & the Diplomats Messin' Around
- Eula Cooper Let Our Love Grow Higher
- The Young Divines Ain't That Sharp
- The Four Tracks Charade
- Sonia Ross Breaking My Heart
- Cherry Blend Love Is Gone
- Eula Cooper I Need You More
- Alice Swoboda I Think It's Time (You Were Mine)
- The Knights The Hump
- Eula Cooper Beggars Can't Be Choosey