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Cymande - Cymande (1972) [Reissue 2014]

Cymande - Cymande (1972) [Reissue 2014]

BAND/ARTIST: Cymande

  • Title: Cymande
  • Year Of Release: 1972/2014
  • Label: Cherry Red Records [CDMRED629]
  • Genre: Blues Rock, Funk, Soul, Roots Reggae
  • Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log)
  • Total Time: 52:02
  • Total Size: 119 mb / 309 mb
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Invigorating head music done Rastafarian style by Cymande. "Zion I" is a spiritual chant put to music, setting the mood for Cymande. A laid-back "One More" lulls you into subliminal meditation before "Getting It Back" jolts you into some scintillating Jamaican funk-fusion. There's a message in many of Cymande's cuts, with "Listen," and "Bra" (a recognition of the women's lib movement), the most inspiring. Both are sung with passion, and are skillfully executed; the former is slow and painstaking in its message, while "Bra" slaps you upside the head with a stirring sax solo and bass-fueled vamp. An air of supreme coolness permeates Cymande, unusual for a first effort written by members of the band. Cymande sound like they have done this before; nowhere is this more evident than on the beautiful "Dove," a gorgeous concoction of lead guitar, tambourines, haunting backing vocals, and percussion, with the horns used as sparingly as table-seasoning on a gourmet dish. Along with "Bra," the group's most popular cut is "The Message" -- it's difficult keeping body parts still on this grooving mutha. All in all, Cymande is a marvelous collection that premiered a fine funk band.

TRACKLIST:

1 Zion I 3:30
2 One More 3:06
3 Getting It Back 4:18
4 Listen 4:40
5 Rickshaw 5:54
6 Dove 10:55
7 Bra 5:06
8 The Message 4:20
9 Ras Tafarian Folk Song 3:15

Bonus Tracks:
10 The Message - 7" Mix 3:28
11 Bra - 7" Mix 3:29

Personnel
Ray King – vocals, percussion
Peter Serreo – tenor saxophone
Michael "Bami" Rose – alto saxophone, flute, bongos
Pablo Gonsales – congas
Sam Kelly – drums
Joey Dee – vocals, percussion
Derek Gibbs – alto and soprano saxophone
Steve Scipio – bass
Patrick Eaton Patterson – guitar
John Schroeder – producer, liner notes
Mia Krinsky – coordinator

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  • mufty77
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Many thanks for lossless.
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  • pyxlax
  •  wrote in 13:55
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Much Obliged!!