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Capitol got on top of two '50s fads at once by issuing an album of Sumac tackling mambo. Yma (characteristically) held nothing back, and the result was one of her more enjoyable LPs, with respectably swinging mambo grooves crafted by Billy May. "Five Bottles Mambo" is one of her most astonishing vocal workouts, dropping into guttural growls that are downright bestial, and making one wonder how exactly they got away with that in the conservative milieu of the 1950s. ~ Richie Unterberger
Personnel includes: Yma Sumac (vocals).
Personnel: Yma Sumac (vocals).
Mambo! Music | List Price | $9.93 (You save $1.74) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, World CDs, New Age, Contemporary Blues, Nostalgia, Mambo, Vocal, Exotica, Easy Listening, Enhanced CD | | Label | The Right Stuff | | Orig Year | 1954 | | All Time Sales Rank |  14631  | | CD Universe Part number | 1108836 | | Catalog number | 80863 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Mar 05, 1996 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Terence P. Minogue; Charles Levan; Adam Varon; Valerie Skard; Bernadette Fauver; Colleen Graven; Chance Johnson; Tom Cartwright (Reissue) | | Recording Time | 30 minutes | | Personnel | Yma Sumac - vocals
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Purchase Mambo! CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection CD (2000)
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Yma Sumac is an outrageous Goddess of the exotic and the unusual. Her music conjures images of an imaginary ancient Peru as filtered through cartoon-like 1950s Hollywood, filled with pagan sacrifices, sun rituals, Amazon headhunters, and her, a high priestess, reigning over the proceedings with that incredible five octave voice.
Yma Sumac was born in the tiny mountain village of Ichocan, Peru to a family allegedly descended from Atahualpa, the last Inca. While in her teens she and Peruvian composer Moises Vivanco began making the music that combined Peruvian folk themes with complex orchestral arrangements over her exotic vocalizations. THE ULTIMATE YMA SUMAC COLLECTION brings together the best tracks from her decade-long recording career for Capitol (which spanned the '50s).
Included in this collection is the eerie "Chuncho (The Forest Creatures)" from her classic INCA TAQUI album where she imitates all the creatures of the rainforest over a hypnotic guitar-based groove, and the exotic standard "Wimoweh," which later became a hit for the Tokens as "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." The collection also includes rare tracks and previously unreleased material, as well as a collectible booklet that has reproductions of all Sumac's ...
| | Yma Sumac Fuego Del Ande CD (1959)
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FUEGO DEL ANDES explores different South American rhythms such as Huayano, which on the track "Mi Palomita" sounds very much like the boogie woogie of "The Munsters Theme," Peruvian Polka, and Creole Waltzes. The best tracks here are "Virgenes Del Sol" which Sumac delivers in her trademark glass shattering vocalese, and "Gallito Ciego" another huayano boogie woogie. Though not Sumac's best recording, this is certainly a worthwhile relic of fifties Exotica.
For those who can't get enough of the bizarre Exotica of Yma Sumac there's FUEGO DEL ANDE. Originally released in 1959 on Capital Records, this is the last of Sumac's string of popular fifties releases. At a time when world music was filtered through a Hollywood dreamscape, Sumac, and her musical director Moises Vivanco, paid tribute to their heritage with this offering of extremely over-the-top renditions of traditional ...
| | Yma Sumac Voice Of The Xtabay CD (1950)
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Exotica began here in this historic 1950 meeting between the Peruvian "princess" Yma Sumac and Hollywood arranger Les Baxter. Neither Inca royalty nor a Bronx girl named Amy Camus as counter-legend had it, Sumac was raised an upper middle class Peruvian, but gifted with an uncanny multi-octave range. With such a powerful instrument at his disposable, the imaginatively resourceful Baxter proceeded to patch together musical bits and pieces from around the globe--gamelon orchestra, all manner of modal scales, ethnic percussion, impressionistic strings--into a fantasy concoction that has stayed surprisingly fresh after a half a century.
There probably isn't anything here that wasn't first heard in Rimsky-Korsakov or Debussy, not to mention Max Steiner whose path-finding score for KING KONG remains the talisman for pop musical journeys to the unknown. Still, Baxter is a skillful orchestrator, ...
| | Yma Sumac Legend Of The Sun Virgin CD (1954)
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| | Elliott Smith Xo CD (1998)
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The Cinderella-esque climb from lo-fi indie cult artist to Grammy nominee/major label darling must have been a perilous one for Smith, who makes the leap to the big time here after three well-regarded albums on small labels. He's lost none of his bite, though. The production values on XO may be slightly higher, but Smith's vision remains undiluted.
The production, centered around acoustic guitar augmented by keyboards and lush vocal harmonies, recalls pop icons like the Beach Boys (especially on the closing acapella cut), Beatles and Big Star, but this is no sunny Cali-pop album. Leavening the instrumental brightness are Smith's Nick Drake-ish whisper and his thoroughly downcast lyrics, which cast him squarely in the Mark Eitzel/Smog camp of unrelenting self-effacement and misery. The combination of Smith's internal angst and his melodic pop constructions makes for a compelling artistic tension.
Recorded at Sunset Sound, Sound Factory, Ocean Way, Sonora, Los Angeles, California; Jackpot!, Portland, Oregon.
Engineers: Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf, Elliot Smith, Larry Crane.
Personnel: Rob Schnapf (guitar); Jerrod Goodman, Farhad Behroozi, Henry Ferber, Peter Hatch, Pamela Dealmeida (strings); Bruce Eskovitz (flute, baritone saxophone); Roy Poper (trumpet); James Atkinson (French horn); Jon Brion (chamberlin); Joey Waronker (drums).
Audio Mixers: Elliott Smith; Larry Crane ; Rob Schnapf; Tom Rothrock.
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| | Arcade Fire Funeral CD (2004)
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This Montreal ensemble's fiery debut is marked by surging guitars, soulful strings, driving drums, brilliant bass lines, and the quavering vocals of married couple Win Butler and Regine Chassagne. The group's song structures careen through a vast territory of musical and personal history, with lyrics warm with memories of childhood neighborhoods and deceased loved ones, resulting in an alternating current of joy and sadness.
Favorably compared to the Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, and Broken Social Scene, the Arcade Fire's sound seems to come from a lifetime of listening to the Cure, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, and many others--even a dose of soul gets worked into these grand anthems. Chassagne delivers some spellbinding vocals on "Haiti," while the tinkling piano and strings on "Crown of Love" conjure up a heartbroken surfside prom. In 2004, this made many critics' year-end lists, and it's no wonder--the songs on FUNERAL are so packed with unique instrumentation, mesmerizing build-ups, and galvanizing tempo changes that they seem culled from some enigmatic, decade-spanning rock anthology.
Recording information: Hotel 2 Tango ...
| | Best Of Pagan Song CD (2004)
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| | On The Keys Of A Soft Blue Horizon: Piano Tribute To Enya CD (2005)
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| | Virtual Audio Project Genesi CD (2006) (Import)
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| | Humble Pie Eat It CD (1973) Japan; Reissue
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Although the quality of the material is somewhat uneven, the double album Eat It is the last Humble Pie record to capture the rough and tumble spirit of their heyday. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Although the quality of the material is decidedly uneven, the double album Eat It is the last Humble Pie record to capture the rough and tumble spirit of their heyday. Nevertheless, all of side four -- which was recorded live in Glasgow -- is worthless. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Japanese pressing of the UK blues-rock act's 1973 album, currently out of print in the U.S.. 15 tracks including, 'Get Down To It' and 'Good Booze And Bad Women'. 1995.
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| | Do Re Mi Music School Vol. 1-Do Re Mi Musical Medleys CD (2008)
Mambo! music CDs
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Do Re Mi Musical Medleys Vol.1 is a blend of fun songs that children enjoy singing, dancing to or playing along on the piano.Intended to entertain and educate, songs will bring the elements of nature, imagination, fun and also basics of learning music fundamentals.Take a Trip to the Meadow, meet Lion and the Mouse, meet Mrs. Turtle who dances on black ...
| | Survive Nothing Left On My Path CD (2008) (Import)
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