John Heartsman & Circles Music of My Heart Private 2LP

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Music of My Heart Private 2LP
ULTRA-RARE self-released 1976 LP from a Bay Area soul/funk legend.

And it's autographed by the artists.

Very few of these exist and this one is pristine and comes with an interesting story. My Mom was the bass player in a little-known Sacramento-based all girl rock ‘n roll band called Filly in the early 1970s. Filly played gigs around the area, at times with John Heartsman. Mr. Heartsman gave this copy of this album to her, a music fanatic and musician in her own right, along with autographs. As a record collector herself, she kept it in pristine shape along with her 600 or so other albums. This album has had only one owner and is perfect.

This record is #4 on the Jazzman “Holy Grail” series of valuable records.
 
This record does not turn up, even in the Bay Area. A recent collector learned of this album in the mid-1990s and it took him nearly 10 years to find a copy, even regularly scouring stores and record shows throughout the region.

Guitarist Johnny Heartsman was a huge presence on the Bay Area blues and soul scenes in the late 1950s and early to mid-1960s. In 1967, he retreated to Modesto in the Central Valley, where he supported himself playing lounge gigs.

This 1976 release features a trio, with Heartsman playing not just guitar, but also organ, flute, bass, organ bass, piano, synthesizer and vocals. The mighty J.J. Funderburk backs him on drums. Janice Lavon plays tambourine and sings on several tracks. There are about five live tracks and the rest are studio recordings.

Little known fact, this album was engineered by David Houston, who has a music career of his own. You can see his bio and site at:  http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/david_houston/local/band?oid=287011

There are numerous standout tracks but some highlights include the brisk lounge-funk of "Talking About My Baby", the very similar "Who Do You Love", a cool cover of Grover Washington. Jr.'s "Mr. Magic", an otherworldly take on Luis Bonfa's "A Day in the Life of a Fool", two versions of "Silky Pete" (an instrumental which sounds a little like Sly & the Family Stone's "Just Like a Baby"), the mellow soul of "Up from Down" and the eerie psychedelic flute funk of "The Road to Nowhere".

I am pricing this at $1999 on this LP, which is modest considering a copy auctioned on eBay sold in 2009 for $5300 and that one had a skip in the record, writing on the cover, and stains!

These LPs are clean, glossy and perfect. LP one has been played once. LP two has never had a needle on it! You can see the VC-4508 engraved on the inner circle of the vinyl near the label. This is the real deal.

The labels are clean and without spindle wear. Plus, proving they have little to no play, you can see the small overflow vinyl in the hole. When records have been played many times on a turntable, that overflow tends to wear down flush.

As shown in photos, the front cover is flawless. Back cover is clean. Inside gatefold has autographed inscriptions to my Mom, Delores, who as I said was the bass player in a little-known Sacramento-based all girl rock n roll band called Filly. Autographs (see photos) were done with ball point pen by John Heartsman, Janice Lavon, and JJ Funderburk, which is the entire core band.

This LP is an original pressing.

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