Starbuck(1978) Take My Hand - LOST 70s GEMS

Taken from the Searching for a Thrill album of 78, the album contains Go Wild, a joker in the pack with it's louche lounge lizard croon from Bruce Blackman and hollow, tactile analogue synthesizer that sounds like Steel drum. But Take My Hand is the absolute scorcher of a gem with it's delicate, touching arpeggio led sentimentality. It's almost a subtle mournful country ballad, it starts with a dripping vocal over a watery guitararpeggio sequence, the chords are so heartrendingly melodic in their fluid minor key progression.
The crisp aching falsetto against the reverbed guitar and vibraphone pings create a heavy emotional atmosphere as the singer, not usual lead singer Bruce Blackman's southern barrelling voice , pleads for someone to 'ease my mind'. The subtle strings and organ along with the winsome 'ah' two part harmonies keep this song so effective, achieving a honesty in the pained delivery of the vocalist/s. It's so unlike the spritely jazzy blue eyed soul and bopping synth pop that was their hallmark.