Unopened/new vinyl, factory sealed, and in excellent condition. A few creases near edges. Section of shrink missing near top-right on front. Minor shelf-wear near left of top-edge. Label design can't be confirmed because it's sealed. (Top-right corner is cut.)
Roots: The Saga of an American Family, by Quincy Jones, is a soundtrack of the television miniseries of the same title and placed 21 n Billboard's Top 200, 4th in Jazz Albums and 6th in R&B. According to Allmusic, Jones had been wanting to write a long tone poem sketching the history of black music for decades, and Roots is about as close as he has come. Immaculately-produced, Roots quickly traces a timeline from Africa to the Civil War, incorporating ancient and modern African influences (with Letta Mbulu as the featured vocalist), a sea shanty, field hollers and fiddle tunes, snippets of dialogue from Roots actor Lou Gossett, and some Hollywood-style movie cues. Some prominent jazzers (Shelly Manne, Victor Feldman, Ernie Watts, Lee Ritenour, Richard Tee, etc.) turn up in the orchestra. This is a timely souvenir of a cultural phenomenon.