Music : Voice of the Xtabay
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0077779121724
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: The Right Stuff
Manufacturer: The Right Stuff
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: The Right Stuff
Release Date: March 05, 1996
Sales Rank: 10747
Studio: The Right Stuff
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.....and I have no earthly idea of how many stars to give. Miss Sumac passed away recently, God rest her soul. I researched her, and did her bio for an internet site. Apparently she had quite a following in the 50s, could put on a heck of a show, and sold a ton of records, before disappearing from view. The "Incan Princess" [maybe] was a self-proclaimed and perpetuated legend. She was said to be a Brooklyn housewife naned Amy Camus. Maybe.
Now here's my point: some singers are just as great on record as in person...Sinatra and Ella come to mind. Some, Opera and pop, are so wooden, or off-putting, live that recordings are the only enjoyable way to listen to them. No names for that category, but I'm sure you can supply your own. But with a few you have to have the total package, or you just won't "get it"...Miss Sumac seems to personify that......
There is no doubt that she had a heck of a voice, and a near-inhuman range. Some said she belonged in Opera. I don't know; they heard her live, and I didn't. For me, this album is reminescent of a bunch of wild animals screeching in a jungle. Maybe I'm missing the point. Maybe that IS the point. She did other recordings that are said to be quite different. I'll give four stars for the voice with a miracle range. That this record has value as an historical document is beyond dispute. Make up your own mind. RIP, Dear Lady.
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About 55 years ago, I bought this Voice of the Xtabay LP and loved the range of octaves that she had. Also, enjoyed the controversy of whether or not she was really Amy Camus, from Brooklyn! It is an excellent transfer to CD and has to be heard to be believed, if one is a lot younger than I.
After reading of her passing in the NY Times obituary recently, I felt I had to have this, mostly for the wonderful memories it has brought. Thanks to Amazon I had no trouble finding it.
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This is one of my favorite Yma Sumac's albums but with her passing this month, it makes it even more special to me. If you're just starting a collection of her marvelous songs, I highly recommend this CD as the first purchase. It really shows her delightfully hypnotic and eerily beautiful voice in full splendor!
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This music brought me back to my youth when my parents would play Ima Sumac on the stereo. She has the only voice that I have ever heard with such range in both high and low octaves.
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As a young child in New Zealand of all places my mother had this as an LP in fact I still have it .She knew all about this woman and was fascinated by her voice.I was too and still am so it is wonderful to be able to get this voice on CD.She had an incredible range which is still mind blowing today I shall look forward to adding her CDs to may collection
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