Catalog Number: SP-4626 Condition Details: 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.) Tracks: **SIDE 1: Africa (The Motherland) Motherland Roots Mural Theme Main Title: Mama Aifambeni (Premiere Episode) Behold, The Only Thing Greater Than Yourself (Birth) Oluwa (Many Rains Ago) (African Theme) (vocals by Letta Mbulu) Boyhood To Manhood The Toubob Is Here! (The Capture) Middle Passage (Slaveship Crossing) You In Americuh' Now, African **SIDE 2: America (The Promised Land) Roots Mural Theme Intro (Slave Auction) Ole Fiddler Jumpin' De Broom (Marriage Ceremony) What Can I Do? (Hush, Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name) Roots Mural Theme Bridge (Plantation Life) Oh Lord, Come By Here Free At Last? (The Civil War) Many Rains Ago (Oluwa) (African Theme: English Version) (vocals by Letta Mbulu) About The Record: 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.