Numero Group returns to the soul side of Wisconsin's Cuca label

Numero Group's 26-track double vinyl compilation Eccentric Soul: The Cuca Label is out July 12th. 

Here's the scoop...

Late night '60s 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 – many of which previously appeared on Numero Group's digital comp Eccentric R&B: The Cuca Label back in 2020 and still available here – uncover the soulful paths between the Chicago, Milwaukee and Rockford scenes. Featuring Harvey Scales, Step By Step, Betty Moorer, Seven Sounds, Twilighters, Birdlegs & Pauline, Esquires, Artie & The Pharaohs, and Fantastic Six, this 2xLP tells an alternate history of soul music that could only happen in the Hinterlands on Highway 12. 

You can pre-order a copy of Eccentric Soul: The Cuca Label right here. Check the preview clip, Betty Moorer's "The Long Hot Summer" (originally released under the name "Betty Moore" on Cuca's Badger A Go Go comp), Birdlegs & Pauline's "Too Much At Stake," Harvey Scales' "Independency" and Rex Swanigan & the Fabulous Troubadores' cover of "Hey Joe" issued as "Tribute To Jimi Hendrix" followed by the track listing below. 

Eccentric Soul: The Cuca Label

1. Twiliters - Restless Love / 2. Harvey Scales - Glamour Girl / 3. The Devilettes - I'll Say "Yes" / 4. Little Artie & The Pharaohs - It Puzzles Me / 5. Birdlegs & Pauline - Too Much At Stake / 6. Betty Moorer - The Long Hot Summer / 7. The Esquires - You Don't Care / 8. Supreme Four - I Lost My Job (And I've Got To Find Another) / 9. Harvey Scales - Ten Thousand Years / 10. Betty Moorer - One More Time / 11. The Devilettes - I'm Leaving You / 12. Supreme Four - I Love You, Patricia / 13. Twiliters - We Three / 14. The Devils & The Devilettes - Tell Me / 15. Step By Step - Time After Time / 16. Harvey Scales - Independency / 17. Betty Moorer - My Man Lives / 18. Twiliters - Can't You Stay A Little Longer / 19. The Devils & The Devilettes - Love And Understanding / 20. Step By Step - She's Gone / 21. Harvey Scales - Every Step Of The Way / 22. Twiliters - Girl Of My Dreams / 23. Fantastic Six - I Never Knew Love / 24. Artie & The Pharaohs - I'll Take Care Of You /  25. Birdlegs & Pauline - Mist Of A Dream / 26. The Fabulous Troubadores - Tribute To Jimi Hendrix