Earl McGrath was the ultimate ’70s jet setter, an art collector and comic bon vivant who stumbled into the record business between legendary parties in New York and LA and discovered Daryl Hall and John Oates and then Jim Carroll. Atlantic founder Ahmet Ertegun gave Earl his own label, Clean Records, in 1970; Mick Jagger hired him to run Rolling Stones Records in 1977.

Now Light in the Attic Records proudly presents Earl’s Closet, a double album of the treasures discovered inside, including unheard music by Daryl Hall and John Oates, David Johansen, Terry Allen, Delbert McClinton, Warhol “Superstar” Ultra Violet, Detroit sax legend Norma Jean Bell, Jim Carroll and an eclectic cast of undiscovered artists who once vied for fame and glory—folk, rock, country, funk and R&B gems that virtually no one has heard in decades. Whether it’s the almost-famous power pop of Shadow from Detroit, or the Delfonics-style soul of the Blood Brothers Six, Earl’s Closet retraces the dreams of artists who once sent demos to Earl McGrath.

At once an archival mixtape, a secret history and a journey into the heart of an era, Earl’s Closet features a deep booklet of documents, images and ephemera from Earl’s archive.

Tracklist:
A1 Delbert & Glen– Two More Bottles of Wine
A2 Daryl Hall & John Oates– Baby Come Closer
A3 Terry Allen– Gonna California
A4 Kazoo Singers– Only Yourself to Lose
A5 Michael McCarty– Christopher
A6 Jim Hurt– Dixie darling
B1 Mark Rodney– California
B2 Country– Killer
B3 Daryl Hall & John Oates– Dry In the Sun
B4 Shadow – Oh La La
B5 Terry Allen– Cocaine Cowboy
B6 Ultra Violet – How Do You Do (Children of the Most High)
C1 Johnny Angel– Invisible Lady
C2 Shadow – I See My Days Go By
C3 Blood Brothers Six– Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
C4 Len & Betsy Green– Salt Showers
C5 Paul Potash– Holy Commotion
D1 Jabor– Sail Away
D2 David Johansen– Funky But Chic
D3 Norma Jean Bell– Just Look-Ah What You'll Be Missing
D4 The Jim Carroll Band– Tension
D5 Little Whisper And The Rumors– Waiting For Me