THE FAMILY CIRCLE 1973 Original NJ Private Soul Funk VG++
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Description
Sky-Disc SKD 301 from 1973, with a total of ten sweet-groovin' soul tunes - A VERY RARE PRIVATELY PRESSED SOUL FUNK ALBUM ! A lost harmony soul treasure – by an obscure family group from the Newark scene! The Family Circle have a fantastic style that mixes together sweet and deep soul styles into a darkly tinged approach that we'd rank with the best harmony soul of the early 70s – similar to work from bigger New Jersey groups, like The Moments or Whatnauts – but with an interesting twist too, given the mix of male and female vocals.. Nearly every track on the album is an original tune – conducted with baroque arrangements by George Andrews, and delivered with a near-perfect approach that makes this album a real treasure all the way through – not a soul record that's great because it's rare, but just a great album all the way through. Titles include "Change", "If You Really Want To Make It", "Loving You Makes The World Go Round", "I Hope You Really Love Me", "Mariya", and "La La So Lucky". The cover has some ring wear that is more prominent on the promo sticker than anywhere & one of the song titles on the back cover is circled in sharpie; overall, still looks good, is VG(+) to VG+. The vinyl, visually, is VG++. There are two small pressing flaws, both on the first track of each side - - the side 1 flaw causes three rather slight "clicks" while the side 2 flaw causes a total of five "clicks" that are more noticeable than those on side 1 - - HOWEVER, neither of these cause any skips or catches. Other than these clicks, the rest of the records plays very well
