Shirley Ann Lee – Songs Of Light

In the works since Numero acquired Felton Williams’ Double U Sound tape vault and began working on Local Customs: Downriver Revival, Toledo, Ohio’s Shirley Ann Lee finally gets to step out on her own. A polite church going lady, Shirley cut a series of no-budget records for Williams’ Revival imprint and her own Shirleo record label in the late ’60s and ’70s.

Rocking a decidedly out of date style, her 45s sank without a trace. By the mid-’70s Shirley Ann Lee had ceased recording altogether.

Collected here is the bulk of her Revival sides, plus demos, rehearsals, and a few snippets from the Shirley Ann Lee Radio Hour (never issued).