BOB LIND w/GENE CLARK SINCE THERE WERE CIRCLES ULTRA-RARE ORIG '71 FOLK PSYCH LP

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  BOB LIND with GENE CLARK, DOUG DILLARD AND BERNIE LEADON - SINCE THERE WERE CIRCLES - ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL 1971 CAPITOL RECORDS STEREO LP ST-780

THE MOST RARE OF ALL OF BOB LIND's ALBUMS

·     ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING NO PROMO PUNCHES, CLEAN COPY ALL AROUND.

·       A BRIEF NOTE ON THE GENE CLARK AND BERNIE LEADON CREDITS ON THIS RECORD. IN HIS REVIEW OF THE ALBUM ON ALLMUSIC.COM, RICHIE UNTERBERGER CLAIMS THAT THEIR NAMES WERE MISPELLED ON THE ALBUM COVER.  THIS IS ONLY PARTIALLY TRUE. THEY WERE NOT MISPELLED AS A MATTER OF MISTAKE -- THEY WERE DELIBERATELY MISPELLED BECAUSE THE TWO ARTISTS WERE CONTRACTUALLY BOUND TO THE A&M RECORDS AT THE TIME AND WERE NOT PERMITTED TO RECORD FOR CAPITOL UNDER THEIR OWN NAMES

ORIGINAL LIME-GREEN CAPITOL LABEL, LATE 60’s STYLE

THE ALBUM INCLUDES ORIGINAL 4-PAGE INSERT / LYRICS SHEET

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

 ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

 CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

 THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

This is a really interesting release. City Scenes makes a perfect album opener. Introducing the modest, effective orchestra of driving acoustic guitar, piano accents, electric slide guitar, and laid-back drum kit (not to mention players The Dillards, Bernie Leadon, and Gene Clark), Lind immediately wraps his nice voice around poetic storyteller verses. It closes with an unexpected little treasure of an outro, adding a sweet, smooth french horn line. Fine songcraft.

 Listening to Loser, I can’t help but imagine Lind as a roots-rock David Bowie; either by inflection of the voice or it’s the lyricism, perhaps, they are kindred spirits. Bob keeps it pretty soulful and groovy on tracks like She Can Get Along, with its vocal workout ending, and the lazy Not That I Would Want Her Back, featuring more orchestral backing on the choruses. The softer numbers are melodic gems that will stay with you. Theme From The Music Box and the title track, Since There Were Circles, are melancholy and wonderful. Five bonus tracks supplied by Bob Lind himself stand apart from the flow of the album, but stand strongly on their own.

Get yourself this beautiful (and exceptionally RARE!) album and give it up to Bob Lind, who certainly had much more music left in him after his 1966 #5 folk hit, Elusive Butterfly. I keep coming back to this esoteric beauty