The record has a few very minor scratch marks and needs a very light cleaning, it is in VG+ condition. The labels have very light age / dust (foxing) stains. The cover is a generic sleeve.
Track listing:
A. MFSB – Love Is The Message B. The Chi-Lites – My First Mistake
"MFSB, officially standing for "Mother Father Sister Brother", was a pool of more than 30 studio musicians based at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of Gamble and Huff and producer/arranger Thom Bell, and backed up Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the O'Jays, the Stylistics, the Spinners, Wilson Pickett, and Billy Paul." - Wikipedia
"One of the most popular smooth soul groups of the early 1970s was neither from Philadelphia or Memphis, two cities famed for their sweet, string-laden soul. The Chi-Lites, on the other hand, were from Chicago, a city famed for its gritty urban blues and pounding RnB. The Chi-Lites, led by vocalist Eugene Record, had a smooth, creamy sound marked by four-part harmonies and layered productions. They had 11 Top Ten RnB singles in the early 1970s, ranging from romantic ballads like “Have You Seen Her” and “Oh Girl” to protest songs like “(For God’s Sake) Give More Power to the People” and “There Will Never Be Any Peace (Until God Is Seated at the Conference Table).” All of the songs featured Record’s warm, pleading tenor and falsetto, and Record wrote the majority of the group’s hits, often in partnership with other artists like Barbara Acklin. Although Record left the Chi-Lites when they were at their commercial peak and was gone for about seven years, the group continued to chart until the mid-’80s. The Chi-Lites have been known mostly as a performing outfit since Record’s second departure in 1988, and are still led by the lone surviving original member Marshall Thompson." - Top 40 Weekly
