Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label Vinyl LP Due Out 28/03/25
Tracklist:
LP 1
1. Don't Be Afraid to Love Me - The Commands
2. I Can't Take It No More - Willie Cooper & the Webs
3. Together - Willie Cooper & the Webs
4. Don't Ever Hurt Me - The Webs
5. Must Be Alright - The Commands
6. She's Gotta Have Soul - Bobby Blackmon & the Soul Express
7. Laughing to Keep from Crying - Doc & Sal
8. Try Loving Me - The Webs
9. Too Late to Cry - The Commands
10. My Dream - Doc & Sal
11. If You Don't Love Me - Little Jr. Jesse & the Tear Drops
12. Can't Let You Go - The Webs
13. A Way to Love Me - The Commands
14. It Keeps Rainin' - Little Jr. Jesse & the Tear Drops
LP 2
1. I Need You - Don & the Doves
2. You'll Find Another - Bobby Blackmon & the Soul Express
3. Around the Go-Go - The Commands
4. Hey It's Love - The Commands
5. Give Your Love to Me - Little Jr. Jesse & the Tear Drops
6. I Gotta Know - The Tonettes
7. Can't Get You Offa My Mind - Doc & Sal
8. I'Ve Got Love for My Baby - The Commands
9. You Don't Love Nobody - Willie Cooper & the Webs
10. Ain't No Big Thing - Little Jr. Jesse & the Tear Drops
11. No Time for You - The Commands
12. Little Girl Blue - The Webs
13. My Heart Can Feel the Pain - The Tonettes
14. Cry & Wonder Why - Doc & Sal
Whipped up in the dust of Rene & Rene’s Tejano tornado “Angelito,” the Dynamic label was just one among San Antonio record and real estate mogul Abe Epstein’s enterprises. Dynamic’s flagship outfit, the Commands, marched “No Time For You” up to the middle of the charts in 1966 with performance chops honed jet-sharp by the demanding Air Force Base circuit. That take off paved a runway for 20 more soulful Dynamic singles over an impressive 30-month campaign. Epstein’s open-door policy brought a diverse cross-section of Texas talent into convergence within his General McMullan Drive studio, as whites, blacks, and Latinos alike suited up for service in whichever new group the call of duty called for. Epstein’s Alamo City melting pot is ladled out here in 21 (28 on the 2LP) of Dynamic’s most intriguing dishes by the Tonettes, Little Jr. Jesse & the Tear Drops, Don & the Doves, Willie Cooper & the Webs, Bobby Blackmon & His Soul Express, and Doc & Sal. Lone Star pic sleeves, full-color dancehall photography, and rich ephemera plant a new flag for soul in soil that’s seen its share of hoisted banners.