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Exuma by Exuma (CD, 1970)

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Title: Exuma. Artist: Exuma. 1: Exuma, the Obeah Man. Edition: Album. Format: CD. Missing Information?. 3: Mama Loi, Papa Loi. 2: Dambala.

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Product Identifiers

Producer
Daddy Yaya
Record Label
Repertoire
UPC
4009910100622
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21050174614

Product Key Features

Artist
Exuma
Format
CD
Release Year
1970
Release Title
Exuma
Run Time
38 Mins 40 Seconds
Genre
International

Additional Product Features

Distribution
Infinity Entertainment Gr
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Additional information
Personnel: Exuma (vocals, guitar, drums, percussion, bells); Daddy Ya Ya (vocals, drums, bells); Frankie Gearing (vocals). Audio Remasterer: EROC . Recording information: Regent Sound Studio. Illustrator: Judith Kate Friedman. Unknown Contributor Role: Daddy Ya Ya. Exuma's debut album was a real odd piece of work, even by the standards of the late '60s and early '70s, when major labels went further out on a limb to throw weird stuff at the public to see what would stick than they ever had before or have since. Roughly speaking, it's kind of like a combination of the Bahamian folk of Joseph Spence with early Dr. John at his most voodooed-out, though even that nutshell doesn't really do justice to how unusual this record is. Often it seems more like eavesdropping on a tribal ritual than listening to songs. Some of the tracks, indeed, have little or less to do with conventional "songs" than with tunes and lyrics; they're more akin to Mardi Gras street percussion jams airlifted to the Caribbean islands. Exuma and his accompanists make quite a spooky clamor with their various bells, foot drums, chanting, gasps, sighs, shouts, and other percussive instruments, creating a mood both celebratory and scary. He's not totally averse to using more standard song forms, though, singing about "zombies walking in the broad daylight" in "Mama Loi, Papa Loi"; devising a simple, fairly singable soul melody for "You Don't Know What's Going On," his most famous song due to its inclusion in the movie Joe; and setting "The Vision" to an appealing, if again quite simple, folk melody. Exuma's rough, unschooled vocals cut off any prospect of mainstream accessibility, but they get the job done in getting both his uplifting and ominous spirituality over. It's a little surprising that this stuff hasn't undergone a sizable cult revival; many artists of lesser talent and idiosyncrasy have, and perhaps the 2003 CD reissue on Repertoire, with reasonably informed liner notes, will aid in its rediscovery. ~ Richie Unterberger
Engineer
Bob Liftin
Number of Audio Channels
Stereo

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item 1 Exuma Exuma (CD) Album
AU $29.28
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item 2 Exuma 1 by Exuma
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item 3 Exuma 1 by Exuma
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item 4 Exuma I - Exuma Compact Disc
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item 5 Exuma Exuma (CD) Album (US IMPORT)
AU $41.22
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item 6 EXUMA - EXUMA I CD 7 TRACKS ROCK / INTERNATIONAL POP NEW!
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item 1 Exuma Exuma (CD) Album

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item 6 EXUMA - EXUMA I CD 7 TRACKS ROCK / INTERNATIONAL POP NEW!

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