LEMURIA S/T LP Rare Modern Soul Funk HUNK OF HEAVEN
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Please check out my other auctions! I have some obscure, hard to find FUNK, JAZZ, MODERN SOUL, BOOGIE, SOUL LPs up this week!
Artist: Lemuria
Title: s/t
Label: Heaven Records (Private press, Hawaii)
Cover: VG+ (some shelf wear)
Record: VG+ (some minor marks)
Other: In the tropical climes, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, and producer Kirk Thompson put together Lemuria from some of the best musicians in the area and came up with a stylistic blend of funk, Latin grooves, Stevie Wonder-esque sexiness, and the studio feel of the Fantasy studios that artists like Sylvester used. Roy Ayers would have been jealous as hell if he knew this record existed back in the day. The tracks here are all uplifting and spiritual, sweet and yet deep in a popping groove that would make any party or dancefloor jump. With a trio of female vocalists called the Ladies of Lemuria, the 11 tracks included here are so infectious, so regal, and so dreamy they deserve a place in the collection of every fan of late-'70s urban soul. The polish that Thompson puts behind his songs serves to make them deeper, more meaningful. Standout tracks are "Dreams," "All I've Got to Give," with its glorious vocal and jazzed-out guitar solo, and "Moonlight Affair," with the steamy tropic moonlight drenching the vocal and slippery groove of the rhythm section. Quite beautiful, extremely consistent, and as much a treasure in the 21st century as it was in the 20th. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Original pressing, unless specified.
I do combine shipping. Payment due within 3 days of auction ending. PayPal only. Italian customers must pay an additional $11.50 for registered mail.
Unless noted, Records are visually graded for accuracy.
Grading:
M: Vinyl or jacket is absolutely flawless (I rarely use this grade).
NM-: Vinyl is almost unplayed. Jacket shows very very minor wear.
VG++: Vinyl contains only a few very slight imperfections, likely only noticeable under direct light. jacket is nearly flawless and contains only very minor wear.
VG+: Vinyl will have a small amount of scuffs and scratches, but they are not deep and will have a minimal impact on sound (very little or no surface noise unless otherwise noted). Jacket will be intact and in very acceptable shape. However, it may show light ringwear, minor edge / corner wear, and / or a minor seam split (less than two inches).
VG: Vinyl will be visibly used, but likely only under direct light - will play well with a tolerable amount of surface noise (unless noted). Jacket will contain more defined wear in terms of ring, edge and corner wear.
VG-: Vinyl has not been properly cared for and will contain many scuffs and scratches and play with surface noise. Jacket many contain minor water / mold damage as well as very defined seam, edge and ring wear.
G or below: Vinyl has not been properly cared for and contains surface marks, scratches that greatly affects the play of the record. This record will only be a play copy. Jacket is almost useless. This is the lowest grading that I will use.
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United States; $4 Media ($0.50/Ea Additional).
Canada; $12 ($2/Ea Additional).
Europe and Asia, and the rest of the world $16 ($4/Ea Additional). If package weighs more than 4 pounds, it must ship Priority International which will be quoted at the full cost.
Auctions or combined auctions valued over $100 will be shipped registered mail at my discretion ($11.50 additional).
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