Various Artists – Eccentric Soul: The Shoestring Label – Vinyl LP

Reissue, Remastered, Half Speed, High Quality, Limited Edition

By Numbers is an album by Who, released in 2024.

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.

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