Lucine Michaels – Turning Point

Description

Turning Point is an album by the American singer Lucine Michaels, released on Koinonia Records in September 1970. The album was produced, arranged, and conducted by Edward Baker.

One of a handful of LPs from friends of Koinonia Farms, a Georgia-based Christian community founded by the Reverend Clarence Jordan. Other Koinonia albums include Michael Kelly Blanchard’s debut and Friends, both of which are excellent. Well, looks like you can add Lucine Michaels to the list, too. This is stylish hippie folk/pop and ballads with catchy commercial arrangements (strings, woodwinds, brass) and touches of soul and flower power. Beautiful voice, too – the whole project reminds me of early Judy MacKenzie. Koinonia’s emphasis on ministering to the poor and oppressed comes through loud and clear, and while there’s little overt spiritual content, the portraits painted in Turning Point culminate in the sound collage «Kaleidoscope» which concludes and hits home with the words of Christ proclaiming “whatever you do to any one of my brothers you do it to me.” [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th Edition]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Life’s A Passing Season” – 3:15
A2. “Turning Point” – 1:51
A3. “Island Dream” – 4:45
A4. “Scarlet Banners” – 3:36
A5. “Satisfied Mind” – 2:47

Side Two
B1. “Joy Is A Traveler” – 3:49
B2. “House Without A Door” – 3:24
B3. “It’s So Unreal” – 3:49
B4. “Leroy” – 3:39
B5. “Kaleidoscope” – 2:43

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