Witch: Introduction (Coloured Vinyl LP)

Witch first two, self-produced albums – Introduction and In The Past, 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 album, 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 – Lukombo Vibes and Including Janet, recorded after the band toured with Osibisa – make use of traditional Zambian rhythms and folk melodies. They are the most “afro-rock” of Witch's oeuvre.

Now-Again licensed this essential album from Zambia’s 70s “Zamrock” scene from the Witch's last living member, vocalist Emmanuel Jagari Chanda. Introduction is the first album by the Witch ensemble, and it ranges from garage rock to heavy psych; it moves from rambling folk to bopping funk. All vocals are in English.

Red vinyl version.

1. Introduction
   
2. Home Town
   
3. You Better Know
   
4. Feeling High
5. Like A Chicken
   
6. See Your Mama
7. That’s What I Want
   
8. Try Me
   
9. No Time