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If you missed the Eccentric Soul Revue last spring, or if you went and had such a great time pretending you were rolling around 1970's Chicago in a blue soft-top Monte Carlo with bench seats and options air conditioning, fear not! The one-of-a-kind live-action reissue is back! Chicago's very own Numero Group is bringing the amazing show back to the stage tomorrow night at Lincoln Hall.

              

A little over a year ago, if you had a subscription to the Chicago Tribune, you would have come across a nine-page spread in the Sunday Magazine (you can see a PDF of it here). That nine page spread, published as a photo portfolio was a rare glimpse into the world of Chicago's the South Side nightclub scene, 1965-76. It was as much a visual document of the music and culture scenes in the city as it was about how a passion for photography and music brought photographer Michael Abramson and musician Corky Siegel to know Pepper's and Perv's House.

By now you've probably heard the buzz that is Record Store Day. Born as a concept in 2007, Record Store Day, held the third Saturday of April, celebrates its second year of bringing together independent retailers and musicians tomorrow in cities worldwide. The current economic climate coupled with the shift to digital formats and purchasing make this an especially important year to band together and champion the cause of the Independents.

Chicago's Numero Group, the record label that brings the lost voices of local soul back to life, is putting on the Eccentric Soul Revue at Park West Saturday night. It would be easy to say that this one-night live event is a stirring tribute to some of the less celebrated originators of Chicago soul, but the fact of the matter is that these old crooners still love to perform. An offshoot of Numero Group's Eccentric Soul: Twinight's Lunar Rotation, which dusted off more than 40 hits off the storied Chicago label, Eccentric Soul Revue is a veritable showcase of Twinight's hit makers, bringing The Notations, Renaldo Domino, Nate Evans, Kaldirons and local legend Syl Johnson together for one night, live on stage, and backed up by JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound.

If you've ever dug through your dad's old soul records and wondered what it would be like to see one of the live shows that those classic artists performed at, your wait is over.

Chicago's relentless soul-seekers, The Numero Group, will be screening their 30-minute documentary, tonight at Sonotheque, followed by "music from the Double-U Sound vault that includes ... rare cuts from the Numero archive for your listening pleasure into the midnight hour."

If you've followed the hot jams and buttery heartbreak of the reissues Chicago's Numero Group has been releasing for he last few years, then you know the sweet sound and fascinating stories of some of our city's best, if little known, R&B talent.