Sound Advice - Let The Time Be Now 1980 lp RARE Private AOR Jazz Funk Soul NM

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Welcome to our Fall 2026 Modern Soul / Gospel / AOR / Boogie / Indie R&B / Yacht Rock / FM Global Sounds giant lp sale, Part 2 from the summer! We have a small handful of well curated 12" singles in addition to the LP majority ,from private presses, to small obscure labels, to some of the rarest on the big labels..... no reissues! WE COMBINE SHIPPING! :)

There's so much stuff, from Grails, completely unknown rarities, top shelf, the sureshots, to help navigate, from "ending soonest" - meaning the first up, to "newly listed" the last to end in this order

• First 43 are selections from Gospel, Boogie/Modern Soul, AOR, to give an overview, as well as the handful of rare 12" 
• Then Gospel lps
• AOR of both CCM-Gospel & Secular, Yacht Rock, FM Gold
• Modern Soul/Boogie Funk

**Note on grading: We have been proud to send thousands of records to delighted customers, but there is always room for improvement, we want to continually strive to be as accurate, honest, and detailed as possible. These records that have been collected and loved over the years, coming from a collector, one who listens to the records, enjoys the music, we are only growing more meticulous in our visual aspect of grading the vinyl, while also maintaining a balanced emphasis on the sound quality, utilizing sound clips (we do not manipulate them whatsoever, and we never will!), full front to back recent thorough listenings, and for the covers to use detailed photos, write detailed aspects for the grade, we want people to know exactly what they're getting, as collectors, lovers of music, we promise to always carry ourselves with integrity, we're in the business of delighting people, to treat others as the best experiences we've had as buyers, and all of our items are guaranteed. We won't stop growing, learning, and listening. A very special warm thank you to all our incredible return "customers", we really think of you all as fellow friends in vinyl, and if this is your first time bidding with us, we hope our "record" speaks for itself, ensuring a secure feeling to bid with confidence, thank you all, truly together we make this community one that spreads the love, sharing in this special thing of all of ours :) ***

* After this week's auction, (In no particular order) we have in the auction pipeline:
More Deep Funk / Soul, as well as AOR / Power Pop / Rock 45rpm 7"
A few more cooking, not to mention our exciting, anticipated:
Part 4 "Giant Jazz"; jazz funk, spiritual, fusion, electronic, sale lp's
Psych / Rock / Country / Folk lp's
End of the Year, RARE Grooves, some of the best, hardest to find, coming this Holiday season!



*^(Each are loaded with some of the rarest, high end stuff, plenty that haven't shown up in years, unknown mind-blowers, Grail Pieces, like always, all original editions!)
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All soundclips used are unedited directly from the item up for sale :). See below for detailed grading!
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Another note: Our Apologies, we meant to get this up initially with the current sale, but we've set it to 5 day auction so it will synchronize with ending during this sale :) 


Soundclip info: B3 "Imagine" -(Bob Wilson original), A3 "After The Storm" -(wait for it! Jazz Fusion instrumental!), B1 "Without Your Love", a3 begins at 2:22, b1 begins at 3:54     
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Soundclip info: A2 "Davey" -(Sergio Mendes cover!), B2 "Living Sacrifice", A1 "Sound Advice",  b2 begins at 1:47, a1 begins at 3:16 
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Media Grade:  NM (absolute top copy, peep the soundclips! *pre-amp grounding issues causing moments of distortion while making the soundclips, we apologize for the inconvenience, know that it's not the album itself, 100% guaranteed*) 
Sleeve Grade:  NM (still in shrink, crisp, see photos!)  
Year / Label / Catalogue #:   1980  /  Private Press (Poiema Studios)  / RC 2222  (1st Press, Stereo)
Brief Comments: Ultra-rare Private Press CCM-Gospel Modern Soul AOR Jazz Funk / Fusion / Rare Groove lp. Only release by "Sound Advice", a very talented group, of jazz musicians and amazing female vocalists, a mix of instrumental & vocal tracks, the vast majority of the tracks are original compositions, they do a killer Sergio Mendes cover on "Davey". From slinky Fender Rhodes driven jazz-funk, to sunshine soul grooves, the whole lp is top shelf, there's not very many easy comparisons, it really has it's own distinct sound...... 
It's never been reissued in any format, very few copies have turned up, extremely scarce, it was a basically a demo, likely sent to Myrrh, Bridge, Light, Word.... this copy actually came from someone who worked at Morada Records (eventually making it to Warner Bros. later in their career), likely only a couple hundred were pressed (no one that anybody has contacted in the past decade from the group, has a copy, the couple of people that did had sold theirs back in the late 2010's), no one has any stock, and this is my only copy.....tough one to part with.... it rarely leaves collections because it's legitimately that amazing, it will probably be a while before we see another nice copy up *for point of reference, someone has a VG copy up on Discogs*, this one is stone NM.
They were Southern California based (Camarillo, right in Ventura County), recorded at the Burbank indie studio "Poiema Studios" -(They gave "Sound Advice" a discount in exchange for putting that as their "Label") where a few indie / private press AOR, Rock, CCM gems were also recorded, like Lodestone - s/t, June & Jane, Wings Of Light, by engineer Bill Cobb on the knobs.
It seems that if not all, then most of the members (11 in total!) knew each other from the same Church, or at least denomination in nearby distance. David Leese knew the Cawelti sisters (Jennifer, and Ruth Ann) singers on the date, very talented.... 
One of those truly intimate, genuine, highly skilled, grooving albums, that actually does get deeper with each play, they had serious talent, but it would be "Sound Advice" ;), to hear for yourself!
Peep the soundclips :)





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For our record grading, we stand by the merits outlined in the scale below, anything VG or below will have a detailed explanation in brackets next to the grade.
For sleeves, we will mention anytime there is split, or defect not visible in the photos in brackets next to the grade, otherwise we refer to the photos for the merit of the grade. Of course any questions, concerns, are always welcome :) 
Our media grading scale is as follows: [*Quick note, our VPI is still in storage on the other side of the US, we do brush clean many  items carefully, but we have to prioritize, we won't leave anyone stranded with a filthy record, only "filthy" good! We don't factor dust particles into the grading]
NM = Essentially a pristine album, like new, rarely used.
EX = Under bright light if there is any scuffs or mark, which will be inaudible, most collectors and sellers would tend to consider it closer to NM, EX is also the grade others might call VG++ under the same level of conservative scrutiny.
VG+ = More then a small handful of scuffs, light marks, nothing feelable, will have high-gloss, a thoroughly enjoyable copy that may only have tiny moments of barely perceptible surface noise overpowered by the music. Our VG+ will satisfy the vast majority of collectors as a nice keeper copy, as collector's ourselves for nearly two decades, this grade is aimed to be a great keeper. Note if say the record has a light DNAP warp, but otherwise is NM, we will automatically put it to VG+ and detail that. Another scenario is if a copy plays at a solid EX, but visually is VG, the composite grade will be VG+, and detailed as such.
VG = More hairlines, more marks, maybe a few visible scratches, no more then two feelable scratches (which automatically lowers to VG-), there likely will be surface noise, but will play through, still being an enjoyable copy, the audio quality will satisfy most collector's (the golden rule: if it doesn't satisfy us, it won't be VG), if a record is otherwise EX, but has a slight momentary skip, where 99% of the record is EX, we will note that, and put it at VG. Usually will retain a nice gloss.
VG- = More Scratches than VG, surface noise will jump out more, it be overpowered for longer stretches, or compete with the music in places, it will likely play all the way through on most turntables, a copy that you can still get a decent play enjoyment from.
G+ = Lots of scratches, deeper ones, surface noise now mostly overpowers or competes with the music. It may skip in some places. We don't tend to sell G+ copies, unless the rarity is so great, and that will be precisely detailed.
Thrashed = Pretty much a "Theoretical Grade" for us, it be for all intents & purposes virtually unplayable, it would be for display purposes, or perhaps if you needed the cover but not the record. It's "theoretical" because so far we haven't sold or identified anything intended to sell at this bottom level.
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-Alec :D
&
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