One of my favorite recordings of all time is a rarity by Phil
Alvin called Unsung Stories. On this 'concept record' Phil
Alvin does traditional and historic popular music such as
"Minnie The Moocher" , "The Old Man Of The Mountain", "Death In The Morning" and others with a select group of accompanists. The
accompanists include Sun Ra and the Arkestra and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band plus solo performances by Phil.

Trivia: Dave Alvin honored his brother Phil by putting him on the
cover of one of his own albums.

Long ago the vinyl recording was sent to the radio studio where
I did a community radio program. Any word on a cd copy, please
email me.

I managed to snag a few of the Unsung Stories tracks from p2p.

Let me know in mail if you want any. "Death In The Morning" is
killer! I know nothing about it: if it's traditional, popular music or what. But it's one of the best solo/accapella songs I've ever heard.

I had encouraged the folk program on public radio to play it, but, alas
they said it was out of their format or something.

I've checked half.com pretty often for this:

The photo is a monchrome of a color jacket

• Unsung Stories