Name: Eccentric Soul: Smart's Palace
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Eccentric Soul: Smart's Palace

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Album: Eccentric Soul: Smart's Palace
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I'm Not Ashamed	More Info...
2)	I Was Made to Love Her	More Info...
3)	Tell Her	More Info...
4)	Barefoot Philly	More Info...
5)	A Day in the Life	More Info...
6)	Lorraine	More Info...
7)	Everybody Needs Someone	More Info...
8)	It's Your Love	More Info...
9)	If You Really Love Me (Feat. CC Neal)	More Info...
10)	Inflation	More Info...
11)	Don't Hate Let's Communicate	More Info...
12)	Herbie's Bag	More Info...
13)	The Dance Got Old	More Info...
14)	I've Got a Funny Feeling	More Info...
15)	Crazy About You Baby	More Info...
16)	Mercy Baby	More Info...
17)	Dedicated to You (Feat. CC Neal)	More Info...
18)	Let Me Be Your Christmas Toy	More Info...
19)	It's Like Heaven	More Info...

Album: Eccentric Soul: Smart's Palace
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I'm Not Ashamed	More Info...
2)	I Was Made to Love Her	More Info...
3)	Tell Her	More Info...
4)	Barefoot Philly	More Info...
5)	A Day in the Life	More Info...
6)	Lorraine	More Info...
7)	Everybody Needs Someone	More Info...
8)	It's Your Love	More Info...
9)	If You Really Love Me (Feat. CC Neal)	More Info...
10)	Inflation	More Info...
11)	Don't Hate Let's Communicate	More Info...
12)	Herbie's Bag	More Info...
13)	The Dance Got Old	More Info...
14)	I've Got a Funny Feeling	More Info...
15)	Crazy About You Baby	More Info...
16)	Mercy Baby	More Info...
17)	Dedicated to You (Feat. CC Neal)	More Info...
18)	Let Me Be Your Christmas Toy	More Info...
19)	It's Like Heaven	More Info...

Performer Notes

Liner Note Authors: Rob Sevier; Dante Carfagna.
The Numero Group's Eccentric Soul reissue series documents the output of thriving, but overlooked, independent labels from the fringes of the American soul scene. Previous volumes of the series have unearthed incredible music from far-flung locales like Phoenix, Arizona, and Columbus, Ohio; the 13th volume in the series, SMART'S PALACE, collects 20 tracks originally released on the Wichita, Kansas-based Solo label. Label owner Dick Smart stood at the center of Wichita's small but flourishing scene, playing bass on a number of Solo recordings, promoting them on his local radio show, and setting up gigs at Smart's Palace, a popular night spot of which he was the proprietor. The material collected here ranges from the proto-disco strut of Chocolate Snow's "Inflation" to the slinky funk of Fred Williams's incredible "Tell Her."

Professional Reviews

Living Blues (p.61) - "[The recordings] were the fruits of a live music scene centered on Smart's Palace, home base of the Smart Brothers show band....[With] some exciting moments along with a glimpse of a previously hidden local soul scene."