Mike's Bag, by The Mike Lee Sound

Mike's Bag

by The Mike Lee Sound

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Vinyl-style 'mini LP' CD in cardboard sleeve.

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1.	Chasing Silver 02:02	info
2.	Evil Plays It Safe 03:32	info
3.	Microlite 03:40	info
4.	The Sound Of Static 03:36	info
5.	Spread It Around 04:41
6.	In The Bag 04:59	info
7.	New Cavendish Street 02:16	info
8.	Seventy Three 03:34	info
9.	Mike's Bag 02:18	info
10.	Silver Blues 02:06	info
11.	Monkey Man 03:32	info

about

Inspired by cult 1960s/70s film and TV soundtracks, classic library records, and the kind of vintage funk and jazz vinyl that breaks collectors obsess over, "Mike's Bag" was the debut collection from UK band The Mike Lee Sound.

Recorded in 2002 onto analog tape at their own home studios, and mixed by producer Willie Deans (Belle And Sebastian, Mogwai, etc) the album gives plenty nods to all their old favourites: green label KPM LPs, Serge Gainsbourg, Lalo Schifrin, Roy Budd, Italian library music, "The Sweeney", Traffic, Mandrill, early CTI breaks, John Barry etc, and the band clearly had a blast recording it. "Spread It Around" captures the band in full-on party mode!

The percussion heavy grooves presented here are plenty, with Hammond organ, Wurlitzer EP200, Moogs, Fender Rhodes, wah-wah guitar, funky pick pass, jazzy swinging drums, hard-hitting sax and flute solos, smokey psychedelic breakdowns, and cinematic vibes galore.

The (mono!) CD is vinyl-styled and has a cardboard LP type sleeve.

credits

released July 13, 2021

All selections written and performed by The Mike Lee Sound (Mick Stuart / Lee Skelly). Recorded to tape by The Mike Lee Sound and produced by Willie Deans.

Lee Skelly: Wurlitzer EP200 electric piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, Moog Prodigy, Roland JX-3P, Mellotron, guitar on "In The Bag", bass, drums, acid flashbacks, flute, percussion, etc

Mick Stuart: Electric guitar, wah-wah action, bass, Yamaha PS-3, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer EP200, Moog Prodigy, tambura, beans on toast every single day, percussion, etc

Daniel James Allen: Alto sax, flute on "Silver Blues"

David Milner: French horn on "Seventy Three"

Mastered by Bob Brazill.

Thanks and love to Jimmy McKenna, Willie, David Houlgate for fixing the vintage keyboards, Ingrid, Helen, Rick @ Dusty Groove Records, Honest Jon's, Disk Union Tokyo, and Mark Hand for inspiration and for showing us the way.

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