Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: The Forte Label

Release Date	02/02/2024
Format	2LP Tear Drop Blue/ 2LP Black
Label	Numero Group
Catalogue Number	NUM047lp-C1/ NUM047lp

From 1967-1980, Kansas City’s Forte Records captured nearly every iteration of popular
Black music; basement beehiver-y from The Ray-Ons and Four Darlings, funky soul from
Gene Williams Lee Harris, Louis Chachere, and The Fantastiks, downtempo disco ballads
from James Whitney and Sharon Revoal, and the newly independent work of James Brown’s former Soul Sister #1 Marva Whitney. Compiled here are 28 of the label’s enduring sides, contextualized with copious photos, ephemera, and essay, all housed in heavy weight gatefold jacket. Who knows how to do “The Hen”?

Tracklist

SIDE A
Gene Williams - Don’t Let Your Love Fade Away
Lee Harris - I Am Gonna Get Your Thing
Tear Drops - I’m Gonna Get You
Louis Chachere - The Hen Pt 1
The Fantasticks - Cry Night And Day
Marva W. Taylor - I’ve Lived The Life
The Fabulous Rhythm Makers - Mini, Mini Afro Twist
SIDE B
Tony Ashley And The Delicates - I’ll Never Be Satisfied
The Rayons - You Confuse Me Baby
The Four Darlings - Baby Your Love Is Amazing
Lee Harris - Lookin’ Good
Marva Whitney - Daddy Don’t Know About Sugar Bear
Gene Williams - Whatever You Do (Do It Good)
Everyday People - Is It Really That Bad
SIDE C
The Rayons - Baby Be Good
Tony Ashley And The Delicates - All Along I’ve Loved You
Lee Harris - I’ve Got To Have Somebody’s Love
Everyday People - Super Black
James Whitney - With Fun In My Life
Sharon Revoal - Reaching For Our Star
Marva W. Taylor - Nothing I’d Rather Be (Than Your Weakness)
SIDE D
The Four Darlings - Give Me Love
Unknown Artist - Dearest Lover
The Fantasticks - Live And Let Live
The Fabulous Rhythm Makers - Ya Gotta Be Doing It
Lee Harris - Skate Boogaloo And Karate Too
Tear Drops - Don’t Fade Away
Marva Whitney And Ellis “Gripey” Taylor - We Need More
(But Somebody Gotta Sacrifce)