young disciples

I've long been a devoted fan of Numero Group's uniformly stellar Eccentric Soul compilation series, and their latest release, Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples -- composed of 21 lost gems from East St. Louis' Young Disciples collective from the late '60s/early '70s -- is among the strongest of the bunch. From the label:"With nearly eighty local youths involved from both sides of the Mississippi, the Young Disciples (named for one of the area’s most notorious gangs) encompassed solo acts...

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