Eccentric Soul: The Shoestring Label Vinyl LP 2024
1. We've Got It Made - The James Family
2. Let Yourself Go - Jimmie Green
3. You and Me - Pete & Cheez
4. A Broken Heart Will Mend - Howard Neal and Friends
5. Disco Fever - Howard Neal
6. Dance - Jimmie Green
7. So Smooth - Pete & Cheez
8. You Keep Holding Back On Love - Carletta Sue
9. I Need You So - Jimmie Green
10. You're All the Woman I Need - Howard Neal and Friends
11. Radio Promo - The James Family
Operating in a basement studio at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, pipeline man Howard Neal and his appropriately named Shoestring label was Alton, Illinois’ answer to a question no one asked. Pressed in minuscule numbers and barely outside the 62002 zip code, the singles by The James Family, Jimmie Green, Pete & Cheez, and Carletta Sue are prime examples of cosmic midwestern disco in search of a break. This heavy weight 10-song LP is housed in a tip-on sleeve, and includes an essay and imagery that complete the picture of this pure expression of small-town soul.