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Steel City Soul

Family of Eve was a Pittsburgh soul/funk/disco group that laid down a classic 45 in the late 70’s that now goes for crazy money on Ebay. “I Want To Be Loved By You” has since been comped, edited, and/or reissued by Keb Darge, Kenny Dope, and Dimitri from Paris. The second label to press the 45, Full Sail, also comissioned a 12″ disco mix of the A-side “Please Be Truthful” back in ’79 which never made it to vinyl. Recently, this 12″ mix was discovered in the Full Sail vaults along with a treasure trove of other goodies from the time, including new unreleased tracks as well as alternate versions of many jams, including “I Want To Be Loved By You”. These are slated for CD release sometime in the near future, but the real gem is the 12″ they’re releasing now.

Family of Eve 12?

Featuring said 12″ mix of “Please Be Truthful” on the A-side and the previously unreleased uptempo disco funk joint “Get Off On It” on the B-side, this is a hot little piece of Pittsburgh soul music history that might have otherwise never seen the light of day.

Check the soundclips:

Family Of Eve “Please Be Truthful (12 inch mix)” Full Sail 2007

Family Of Eve “Get Off On It” Full Sail 2007

They are still looking for distribution for this 12″! If you can hook that up, leave a comment and I will get you in touch with the label.

7 Comments

  1. frank says:

    did you get hip to this from your man at the secret stash?

  2. deanos says:

    man.! i need this! is there really no other way to get this? i cant help with distribution as singapore sucks for that but i know there would be a few mates of mine that would loveee this….

    d

  3. pipecock says:

    right now, i have no idea if there is *any* way to get this in a store! i’ll see if its possible to order direct and i will leave another comment later on. its a really great record.

  4. deanos says:

    yeh! that wld be great!! man let us know if there is a way to order direct! i will buy 2 copies for meself!
    cheers!
    dean

  5. Joe Minns says:

    Looks good, always been a fan of theirs.

  6. loveontherun says:

    Distribution of that should be really easy, try Traffic Distribution. They’ve probably already distributed their reissues on other labels.

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