Description:

WITCH is the best known Zamrock ensemble they succeeded in releasing five albums in Zamrocks 70s heyday. Although there have been two previous WITCH reissues by the Shadoks company, this 4 CD/6LP box set marks the first time that their entire catalog including rare, 7-only tracks, all restored and remastered from the original tapes has been available outside of Zambia.WITCHs 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 bands 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 bands 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 WITCHs oeuvre.Now-Again licensed this essential album from Zambias 70s Zamrock scene from the WITCHs 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.

Tracklist:

A1 Introduction
A2 Home Town
A3 You Better Know
A4 Feeling High
A5 Like A Chicken
B1 See Your Mama
B2 That's What I Want
B3 Try Me
B4 No Time