John Heartsman and Circles Music Of My Heart

• John Heartsman and Circles – the thrill is gone
• John Heartsman and Circles – every day i have the blues
• John Heartsman and Circles – talking about my baby

• 1. the thrill is gone
• 2. a day in the life of a fool
• 3. every day i have the blues
• 4. talking about my baby
• 5. you are the music of my heart
• 6. who do you love
• 7. silky pete
• 8. mr.magic
• 9. ontario serenade
• 10. the road to nowhere
• 11. up from down
• 12. dream a dream
• 13. if we can't be lovers (can't we be friends)
• 14. silky pete
• 15. summer

Reissue of an unbelievably rare private press album that's chock full of the good stuff - all kinds of funky femme soul, cool n' groovy organ/flute/guitar jazz and a good ol' dose of the blues!

This is the fourth installment in Jazzman's HOLY GRAIL series.  Sacramento multi-instrumentalist Johnny Heartsman's hopelessly obscure self-pressed double LP of top grade funky jazz & soul from 1977, carefully repressed on CD and vinyl (limited to 1000 vinyl copies only). The original LP has been fetching silly money on-line! Jazzman have now reissued this spectacular album with it's original artwork!

From the mid '50s to the late '60s he recorded countless sessions, backing up the likes of Jimmy McCracklin, Lowell Fulson, Sugar Pie DeSanto, and many, many more. In the early '70s he took up a low-key residency at a small Sacramento jazz club. Here, Heartsman finally got to do his OWN thing. And his thing went down so well with the local audience that he decided to record some material and offer an LP for sale. The album was quickly snapped up by the Basin St West regulars, and very few escaped the local area. A couple of decades later, and sadly a little while after Heartsman himself had passed away, a couple of copies surfaced on the funk collectors scene in LA and whispers and rumours of a set of sustained quality funky soul and jazz began circulating slowly. Very few copies have appeared since, making the LP almost as legendary as the long and hidden career of the man himself..

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!