WITCH We Intend To Cause Havoc 6xLP Box/'70s Zambia/Africa/Psych Rock/Afro-Rock
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WITCH 'We Intend To Cause Havoc!' 6xLP Box Set (US, Now-Again, Catalogue #NA 5091-LP) Brand new/unplayed copy of long SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT limited year 2012 Now-Again label 6xLP Box Set edition/anthology of the complete, ultra-rare 1970s albums and single tracks by legendary Zambian Psych Rock/Afro-Rock band WITCH!
(NOTE: SOLD OUT/OUT OF PRINT/LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 COPIES ONLY!)
"The complete works of Zambia's legendary garage, psych, prog, funk, Afro-rock ensemble. 1972-1977. Witch's five albums and rare 7" tracks presented as a 6xLP box set, restored and remastered from the original tapes. Contains a sixteen page booklet with never before seen photos and ephemera; extensive liner notes and annotation; an interview with bandleader 'Jagari' Chanda. By the mid 1970s, the Southern African nation known as the Republic of Zambia had fallen on hard times: self-imposed, single party rule; a decline in prices for the country's largest natural resource, copper; conflict in other countries on Zambia's borders. This is the environment in which the Zamrock scene that flourished throughout that decade emerged... fuzz guitars were commonplace, driving rhythms as influenced by James Brown's funk as Jimi Hendrix's rock predominated, musical themes were often bleak and bands largely sang in the country's constitutional language, English. Although Witch is the best known Zamrock ensemble and although they succeeded in releasing five albums in Zamrock's golden years -- they never made an impact on the global scale in, say, the way afro-beat maestro Fela Kuti did. Travel to and within Zambia is expensive, and the markers for the Zamrock scene are now few. Only a small number of the original Zamrock godfathers survived the AIDS epidemic that decimated this country. Witch's musical arc is contained to a five year span: The band's first two, self-produced albums, released in unison with the birth of the commercial Zambian recording industry, are exuberant experiments in garage rock, and are as influenced by the Rolling Stones as they are James Brown; their third albun, Lazy Bones!! is the band's masterpiece, a dark, brooding psychedelic opus that makes equal use of wah-wah and fuzz guitars, that relies as heavily on the stomping feel of hard rock as it does the syncopation of funk; the band's last two albums, recorded after the band toured with Osibisa, make use of traditional Zambian rhythms and folk melodies and are the most 'afro-rock'of Witch's oeuvre."
Tracks on this Six LP Box Set are as follows:
One: Introduction A1 Introduction
A2 Home Town
A3 You Better Know
A4 Feeling High
A5 Like A Chicken
B1 See You Mama
B2 That's What I Want
B3 Try Me
B4 No Time
Two: In The Past C1 Living In The Past
C2 Young Lady
C3 Chance
C4 It's Alright
C5 I've Been Away
D1 I Like The Way I Am
D2 The Only Way
D3 Smiling Face
D4 She Is Mine
D5 Mashed Potato
Three: Lazy Bones!! E1 Black Tears
E2 Motherless Child
E3 Tooth Factory
E4 Strange Dream
E5 Look Out
F1 Havoc
F2 October Night
F3 Off My Boots
F4 Lazy Bones
F5 Little Clown
Four: Lukombo Vibes G1 Thou Shalt Not Cry
G2 Bleeding Thunder
G3 Devil's Flight
G4 Blood Donor
H1 Nasauka
H2 Evening Of My Life
H3 Kangalaitoito
H4 See-Saw
Five: Including Janet (Hit Single) I1 Janet
I2 As Days Go By
I3 Ntedelakumbi
I4 In Flight
I5 Nazingwa
J1 Silver Lady
J2 Anyinamwana
J3 Mama Feel Good
J4 The Way I Feel
Six: Collected 7" Tracks K1 Talking Universe
K2 Evil Woman
K3 Sweet Sixteen
K4 Up The Sky
L1 Toloka
L2 81st Crowd Confusion
L3 Fool's Ride
L4 Chifundo
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Record box set shipped within a heavy cardboard box with Styrofoam peanuts and other protective materials. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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