It’s always a good day to get mentioned on NPR, and Wednesday’s rundown of our latest Eccentric Soul: A Red Black Green Production was the perfect piece to get us over the proverbial hump.
“The Sound Man Behind the Soul of the Nation’s Capital” (via NPR)
Filed under: A Red Black Green Production, Eccentric Soul, R. Jose Williams
You may have discovered some difficulty in acquiring the handful of singles issued by R. Jose William’s New Directions label, even if you happen to dwell in the District of Columbia where they were theoretically distributed. Distribution problems will hamper you no longer… East Coast Connection’s “Summer In The Parks” and Promise’s “I’m Not Ready For Love”, alongside 17 other songs emerging out of Jose Williams’ production laboratory, will be available at your local record vendor and played by any discerning disc jockey in your town.
A Red Black and Green Production is a unique presentation of soul recordings between 1971 and 1975 that emerged from the fecund Washington D.C. soul scene. They are not linked because they were distributed by the same record label or feature the same artist, or recorded at the same studio, or even pressed at the same plant. They are linked because the same magician established their sound. R. Jose Williams moved from studio to studio and label to label, but his brilliant skills were the only necessary ingredient in the extraordinary recordings he produced. 041 Eccentric Soul: A Red Black Green Production is the missing link between the greatest sessions produced in America’s capitol city.
Check out the SF Weekly article.
Released back in 2007, The ABCs of Kid Soul was damned by the general perception that we had just released a novelty record. Five years later, the lack of support from the Dr. Demento show proves otherwise. Instead, it continues to haunt the listener, and as their kids grow older (or are born in the first place) it resonates more and more. Ryan Foley from the SF Weekly shares some of his meditations on the phenomena that we researched and presented in our most eccentric non-Eccentric Soul release.
“I think we’re all familiar with how it works: You were that great swimmer in high school and you went to state. But then you never went any further with it. You just moved on, tried to avoid being disappointed. It was all about maintaining a good perspective on things.”
On Numero’s very first release, Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label, label owner Bill Moss told of his musical meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [citation needed]:
“I had the pleasure of meeting Doctor King. What’d I say? Sock it to ‘em Soul Brother! He was down in Alabama doing his thing. Do it again! Sock it to ‘em Soul Brother!“
Solid advice, from one Soul Brother to another. In reverence of Martin Luther King Jr., Numero is offering a free download of this occasion-appropriate tune from our catalog.
Click here to download “Sock It To ‘Em Soul Brother” by Bill Moss, FREE.
On Saturday, January 28th, Eula Cooper will join the scores of soul luminaries to have played Brooklyn’s celebrated Dig Deeper party. Cooper was featured prominently on the cover of Eccentric Soul: The Tragar and Note Labels , and is sure to play a host of hits, originally minted on these robust Atlanta labels. For fans of soul records and the artists that recorded them, Dig Deeper is a must, should you find yourself residing in—or just visiting—New York City. To avoid getting left out in the cold (like numerous New Years Eve revelers), order your tickets here.
Eula Cooper backed by Meah Pace & the MAP Legends
January 28, 2012 @ Southpaw
125 5th Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
$12 adv / $15 doors
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Filed under: Eccentric Soul
After spending a week in the south east DJing every other night, we got inundated with requests to come play records in the foreign locales of Albuquerque, Indianapolis, and Warsaw, Poland. As flattered as we were to have someone in Albuquerque request our presence, we realized that it’s been well over two years since we last played out in our home town. To remedy this oversight, the Hideout has commissioned our services this Saturday night for what is being billed as an “Eccentric Soul Dance Party.” While we can’t guarantee any dancing, we can vouch for soul music, both eccentric and otherwise. The details:
Saturday, January 14th 2012
11:59PM-3AM
The Hideout
1354 West Wabansia, Chicago, IL
$5
There are no advance tickets and the Hideout is known for its cozy quarters, so come early if you don’t like standing outside in the cold on an industrial strip by the river.
It was an absolute flurry of activity here at Numero HQ as we received the hotly anticipated Nickel & Penny LPs as well as the Mod Squad bonus LP for the Boddie pre-orders today. Mother Nature has a cruel sense of humor, subjecting our Numero staffers to a little taste of pending winter while unloading the palettes of records into our already stuffed storage space. Hopefully our 6ft high stack of Boddie CDs will leave us enough room to fit all those Boddie LP boxes on their way to us in the next day.
