Eccentric Soul: The Cash Label

Description

From the cheapest studio in the west side of Chicago comes a document of unknown and remarkably eccentric soul music, produced entirely during nighttime sessions after the end of workdays and family dinners. With little more than a Hammond organ, a piano, and a two-track tape recorder, Gene Cash's enterprise quickly became a destination for local gospel and rhythm and blues groups looking to record a record for a few cents. Starting in 1967, Cash released hundreds of singles on his labels Cash, Coin, Jade, and C.R.A., all obscure titles from the moment they came off the presses. Featuring otherwise unrecorded artists like Iron Jaw Harris, Skip Drake, Soul Revival, and the brilliantly named Harlem Meat Company, as well as Chicago soul luminaries like the Notations and Harrison & the Majestic Kind, Eccentric Soul: The Cash Label is an essential testament to a scene that once shone before disappearing into the wind.