V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Magic Touch Label (Numero No:94)

Conjuring from ’64-’80, Lenny “King Creole” LaCour dealt a mean slight of sockin’ R&B, basement beehive, hard funk, group harmony, and proto disco across a variety of mysterious imprints. This deluxe double album set gathers 26 soulful tricks from the Magic Touch top hat, with an illusion’s worth of noters, photos, and ephemera in the accompany-ing booklet. Abracadabra.

Side A:
Got To Find A Way Out
A Whole Lotta Lovin’
I’ve Got It
Wise Up
Would You Laugh At Me
Don’t (Make Me No Promises)
The First Time In My Life

Side B:
Won’t You Forgive
The Dance Called The Motion
You Don’t Mean A Thing To Me
You Speak Of Love
Forever (There’ll Be