The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe – A Spirit Speaks – 1LP – 180g Vinyl [RSD Black Friday 2025]

This product is an RSD Black Friday 2025 title, which is available to buy in-store from 8am on Friday 28/11/2025, and online from 8am on Saturday 29/11/2025.

One of many projects on Strata-East spearheaded by bassist, composer, and arranger Bill Lee (legendary director Spike Lee’s father), The Descendants of Mike and Phoebe’s only album, A Spirit Speaks, enlists Lee’s brother and sisters – Cliff Lee, Grace Lee Mims, and Consuela Lee Moorhead – to form a group named in tribute to their enslaved ancestors Combining elements of jazz, gospel, soul, and blues, among other influences, A Spirit
Speaks has become one of the most sought-after albums from the catalog.
Pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, mastered by Kevin Gray (Cohearant Audio) with audio cut directly from the original analog tapes and featuring never-before-scene photos with new liner notes in a glossy tip- on gatefold deluxe package, this one- of- a- kind album can be celebrated with the care and attention it deserves.
This is a 2025 Black Friday Record Store Day release

Track Listing

1. (Medley) Two Songs For A Boy Named Mark: Little Bitty Baby/Soliloquy To A Man- Child
2. Coltrane
3. Chick Chick
4. Well Done, Weldon
5. A Spirit Speaks
6. Attica
7. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
8. Boll Weevil
9. Don’t Be A Stranger
10. Too Little, Too Late