Mirror Image - Sounds Like Earth, Wind & Fire (SPC-3720)

Artist: Mirror Image
Title: Sounds Like Earth, Wind & Fire
Catalog #: SPC-3720
Label: Pickwick / Springboard International
Year: 1970s
Format: LP
Condition: VG+

A budget-label soundalike cash-in that has quietly become a curiosity worth seeking out. Mirror Image was one of several anonymous studio acts assembled by Pickwick/Springboard to approximate the feel of a popular artist at a fraction of the price — in this case, the lush funk and orchestral soul of Earth, Wind & Fire during their commercial peak. SPC-3720 won't fool anyone, but it's a fun and surprisingly listenable artifact of the budget record era, and this VG+ copy plays cleanly with honest shelf wear. A light addition for the funk collector or anyone building out a Pickwick curiosity shelf.