New Soul Junction 45 Plus 4 New Eccentric Soul Bangers + More

[Jason S]

Just got stock of four killer 45s from the Eccentric Soul label plus a couple of the amazing Eccentric Soul: Omnibus box sets and the new one from Soul Junction, great two-sider. Click on titles to go to the site for more info.

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Calvin Harris - Love Recipe /Wives Get Lonely Too - (Stereo Sonic Recording Corp / Eccentric Soul) NEW £6

 

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Calvin Harris - Love's Recipe 

Calvin Harris - Wives Get Lonely Too

 

Previously unreleased, this 1972 pair of Calvin Harris’ masterfully crafted Earl Wiley-produced sweet soul demos might’ve stayed totally unknown, if it weren’t for Ed Cody’s devious forethought. An engineer at Chicago’s Stereosonic facility, Cody duped himself a submaster reference copy of the complete session. In ’73, Wiley heard “Love Won’t Pay The Bills” on 45–credited to a group called Elevation–and instantly recognized the Cody-engineered track as his own. Nearly 40 years later, through Numero Group research into Stereosonic, Cody, and Wiley, a cache of Cody masters presented themselves for new evaluation. The alternately buoyant and sobering odes to domesticity reproduced here finally grant honey-voiced Harris and the talented Wiley their long-deserved due.

 

Master Plan Inc - Try It You'll Like It  /Master Plan Intro - (Mundo records Group / Eccentric Soul) NEW £6

 

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Master Plan Inc - Try It You'll Like It 
Master Plan Inc - Master Plan Intro

 

This pair of Minneapolis-by-way-of-Chicago tracks masterfully capture Master Plan Inc.’s silky vocal moves and break-heavy, horn-laden funk riffs. Led out of the early ’70s by vocalist Doug Shorts - alongside guitarist Joe Stevenson, drummer Dean Knox, and bassist Eddie Manning - Master Plan Inc.’s brief 1975 furlough in Minneapolis came at an opportune moment, as rising studio wiz David “Z” Rivkin scoured his Twin City environs for black talent. A year shy of his contract-fetching demo for local prodigy Prince Rogers Nelson, Rivkin mapped out the Sound 80 facility for Master Plan, who put down four tracks. Shorts cracked his piggy bank, paid Rivkin for the Sound 80 tapes, and brought them to Chicago, where he paired up at Stereosonic with engineer Ed Cody, for mixing and finishing touches. Plans for a pressing fell through, and Master Plan Inc. sketched out several new lineups before folding in 1980.

 

94 East - If You See Me /Games - (WB / Eccentric Soul) NEW £6

 

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94 East - If You See Me 
94 East - Games

 

94 EAST has become a Minneapolis Sound buzzword owing to the fact that Brooklyn transplant and bandleader Pepe Willie hired a 16-year-old Prince Rogers Nelson to add lead guitar to a bundle of his originals at Minneapolis’s Cookhouse Studios in the winter of 1975. Known colloquially as “The Cookhouse 5,” session highlight “If You See Me” makes its vinyl debut here and features on the superb compilation Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound. The b-side, “Games,” is a 45 exclusive.

 

Flyte Tyme - It's The Things That You Do /I've Got You On My Mind - (WB / Eccentric Soul) NEW £6 

 

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Flyte Tyme - It's The Things That You Do
Flyte Tyme - I've Got You On My Mind

 

A precursor to the Time, FLYTE TYME was a competitive moretet that provided a vehicle for dozens of Twin Cities musicians throughout the ’70s and early ’80s. The two unreleased songs featured here star bassist Terry Lewis, “Funkytown” vocalist Cynthia Johnson, drummer Garry “Jellybean” Johnson, and guitarist Tony Johnson (no relation). Before becoming FLYTE TYME, they were known as Wars of Armageddon.

 

J.B Bingham - People On A Ego Trip /She's On Strike - (Soul Junction) New £9

 

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J.B Bingham - People On A Ego Trip
J.B Bingham - She's On Strike

 

J.B Bingham is best known for his 1976 modern soul anthem “All Alone By The Telephone/Live And You Learn” on United Artists Records. A second U.A. release “She’s Gone/Keep On Walking” also received some attention from the modern soul fraternity but never reached the popularity of his aforementioned release. Both of these releases were recorded under the auspices of H.B. Barnum and Steve Binder. These sessions yielded a total of 7 tracks which Barnum and Binder then took to U.A.

The powers that be at U.A chose the four tracks previously mentioned for release but declined on the other three.

So these three tracks then remained unissued until 2011 Soul Junction contacted J.B Bingham asking the inevitable question did he have any unissued track’s? The result of which you now have before you two out of the three unissued tracks, back to back on a 45. The excellent upbeat message song “People On A Ego Trip” backed with the more mid tempo offering “She On Strike”  

 

Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: Omnibus Box Set /45 x 7" Singles, plus box, Book and Download coupon - (Numero Uno) New £220

 

FREE UK 48 HOUR PARCELFORCE SHIPPING included in price

 

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An absolute beast of a thing, this custom record box comes packed with 45 — yeah 45 — 7"³ singles spanning a galaxy of styles, tempos and moods as you can see from the tracklisting below. God knows how much work went into building this monster but the result is a lifetime’s worth of listening pleasure with an amazing book thrown in for good measure. The 45s work out at around £4.90 or something each, and then there’s the reading material which I’m sure is only available with the set. And then you’ve got the record box..and then a download coupon. When you think you’re paying £50 and up for a box of seven motown 45s (as good as that box is) this set represents ridiculous value for money. Ok, so the outlay is heavy but come on, you don’t flinch when you fork out £220 for a battered old 45, huh? Released last year, this is a timeless acquisition that’ll last forever. Hey, and it’s nearly Christmas: have a word with the big man with the red suit.   

 

Edited December 6, 2013 by Jason S