Tune In Saturdays: Eccentric Soul

Over the past couple weeks, I've gotten a total education on what early Miami soul was truly like. I'll groove to some Motown, but this full on ass-shakin' album of unreleased and largely unknown tracks from the late 60's is truly genius. Not so glitzy, not so cliche, just down and dirty, gritty soul. Grab these two albums from Numero, Eccentric Soul: The Deep City Label, and the even better addendum, Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts of Deep City.

From Dusty Groove America:

An essential chapter of Miami soul -- even if most of the work is appearing here for the first time ever! The set is a magnificent companion to Numero's Deep City collection of pre-TK Miami soul -- but it's put together in such a way that it's almost a beautiful introduction to the south Florida sound on its own -- served up in a batch of rare, unreleased tracks! The music is every bit as wonderful as you'd expect -- Miami soul recorded at a time before cliches had started to hit that scene -- and when the best artists down south were strongly resonating ideas from Memphis and Muscle Shoals with other elements borrowed from northern groups both funky and mellow.

The Rollers -  Knocking on the Wrong Door (mp3)
Frank Williams & the Rocketeers - Show Me What You Got (mp3)
Lynn Williams - Don't Be Surprised (mp3)

Numero. Buy. Buy from other music.

a hat tip to Gorilla vs. Bear for the find.

UPDATE*
Here's a video of Band of Horses covering Am I a Good Man (mp3) by Them Two (on the deep city label).