Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels

Another killer compilation by Numero Group, digging up some awesome soul from the 60’s and 70’s. Gatefold sleeve, includes a large 12-page booklet and a trading card.

Nickel and Penny are twin sides of the same eccentric coin, and that coin was Chicago DJ Richard Pegue. He was the writer, arranger and producer of some of the most beautiful Chicago soul records, too bad they all went out of print weeks after being released. On order here are rare sides by Jerry Townes, The Voices, The Norvells, Little Ben & The Cheers, South Shore Commission, Joyce Williams, The Halleluiah Chorus and more. These 24 tracks tell Pegue’s epic tale, from dedicated music producer to DJ making corny radio jingles that usurped the tens of thousands of air-time hours the songs included here so richly deserved.