Few albums have funnier liner notes than those for Eccentric Soul: the Big Mack Label. They’re not supposed to be funny, but as they chronicle Ed McCoy’s attempt to be a label executive in Detroit, they tell a story of such consistent failure and ineptitude that it’s hard not to laugh. The compilation collects the label’s highlights from the 1960s to the early 1970s, and there’s a lot to like here, though you can hear why many of the songs never reached a large audience. Production is erratic and few songs are inspired, with most sounding like something else that was hot at the same time. At the same time, the CD is a lot of fun because it documents the tryers, the also-rans, the people who thought that their path to success was to be a more extreme version of something currently successful. Because of that, the album has a wild streak, and few tunes are predictable. The highlights are the garage soul rave-up “Mini Skirt” by the Performers, and two tracks by L. Hollis & the Mackadoos. They’re both sax-driven instrumentals, and “Monkey Time Shine” sounds like it could be a lost Red Tyler single.