The Enduring Spirit

The Enduring SpiritBeautiful vinyl. Looks as it has never been played. Sleeve is awesome. No visible imperfections besides extremely minor corner dings, not noticeable. Original insert and hype sticker included. Vinyl went through our ultrasonic cleaner. Shipped in a whiplash mailer.

and the instrumental burner "Hippie Priest Bum Out" (made popular on Fabric Live 36: Murphy and Mahoney)

Freddie McGregor

a breakthrough not just for the band but for the genre at large

a breakthrough really

Perhaps this was a reaction to the aggressive punk tones that marked their previous album

The man undeniably deserves a spot in the pantheon of all-time great jazz pianists

Sleeve is likely closer to NM- but there’s some visible stress accumulation on the corners so I made it VG+ to be safe

funky dance music

psychically - but in a great way that really keeps things compelling throughout - and which makes the music way more interesting than some of the other 70s African hybrids that were aiming for a much more mainstream market

Bubbha Thomas also teamed up with some of his equally legendary peers (like guitarist Melvin Sparks & organist Leon Spencer) and eventually established his own group

the legendary Abbey Road in the UK and a number of studios in the US - ÁTTA leans heavily towards the orchestral

Graves' music has it's own sense of time