The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe - "A Spirit Speaks" (1974)
This album features siblings Bill Lee (bass), Consuela Lee Moorhead (piano), Grace Lee Mims (vocal), and Cliff Lee (fluegelhorn). The group was named after slave ancestors of the Lee family. This is an extraordinary record and one of the gems of the #StrataEast catalog.
Been listening to something very interesting and enjoyable this morning - sampletastic, mostly instrumental, and heavily influenced by vintage tv theme tunes. In a good way.
#NowPlaying - got my califone turntable fixed specifically so i could listen to records when it's too hot to listen to records in the space where i usually do, & here we are. ready to reacquaint myself with the monaural pleasures! the lovin' spoonful were basically invented for this. what amazing underrated & undervalued LPs. if they hadn't shot themselves in the feet by narcing, zal yanovsky could've been one of the great late '60s weirdos. @vinylrecords