Album artwork for Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label by Various Artists

The 20th volume of our flagship Eccentric Soul series has all the boxes checked: Gun-toting, skip-tracing record producers, child stars, rip-offs, the "World's Greatest Bail Bondsman," swindles, soaring falsettos, and a dwindling rust-belt cityscape offering mere glimpses of hope before the record industry escaped for the coasts. Helmed by the O'Jays Bobby Massey, Saru was a creative vortex that pulled Cuyahoga County's greatest talent in, making a strong case for Cleveland to contend with Detroit, Philly, and Memphis as America's soul music's capital. Includes obscure and unknown sides from the Out of Sights, the Elements, Pandella Kelly, David Peoples, Sir Stanley, the Ponderosa Twins + 1, Ba-Roz, Bobby Dukes, and of course, the O'Jays.

Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label

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Album artwork for Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label by Various Artists
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Released 03/23/2018Catalog Number

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Album artwork for Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label by Various Artists
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Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label

Numero Group
Album artwork for Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label by Various Artists
LPx2

$27.99

Standard black vinyl.

Released 03/23/2018Catalog Number

NUM071lp

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Album artwork for Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label by Various Artists
CD

$13.99

Released 03/23/2018Catalog Number

NUM071cd

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The 20th volume of our flagship Eccentric Soul series has all the boxes checked: Gun-toting, skip-tracing record producers, child stars, rip-offs, the "World's Greatest Bail Bondsman," swindles, soaring falsettos, and a dwindling rust-belt cityscape offering mere glimpses of hope before the record industry escaped for the coasts. Helmed by the O'Jays Bobby Massey, Saru was a creative vortex that pulled Cuyahoga County's greatest talent in, making a strong case for Cleveland to contend with Detroit, Philly, and Memphis as America's soul music's capital. Includes obscure and unknown sides from the Out of Sights, the Elements, Pandella Kelly, David Peoples, Sir Stanley, the Ponderosa Twins + 1, Ba-Roz, Bobby Dukes, and of course, the O'Jays.