Name: Introduction
Brand: Witch

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

NA6103-LP

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Colour

Colour details

Opaque Red Vinyl

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-08-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Traff­ic

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

659457610319

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / red

Artist

Witch

Genre US

African

Label US

Not Now Music

W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend To Cause Havoc) is a garage and psychedelic-rock band from Zambia in the 1970's. They were the first Zambian band to record and release a commercial album. With their unique sound, they captivated audiences with Emanyeo "Jagari" Chanda's powerful lead vocals and Patrick Mwondela's mesmerizing keyboard skills. The current lineup includes Jacco Gardner on bass, Nico Mauskoviç on drums and percussion, Stefan Lilov on guitar, and JJ Whitefield also on guitar. W.I.T.C.H.'s past members have contributed greatly to their success, including Chris "Kims" Mbewe on lead guitar and vocals, Gideon "Giddy King" Mulenga on bass guitar, Boidi "Star MacBoyd" Sinkala on drums and vocals, John "Music" Muma on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul "Jones" Mumba on keyboards and drums, Christine Jackson as a vocalist in 1980, Peter Lungu as the drummer from 1980-1984, Shaddick Bwalya providing vocals and percussion from 1980-1984.
Their music continues to resonate with fans around the world today.
Experience the magic of W.I.T.C.H.'s iconic sound by exploring their albums available for purchase now!

Electrified by a diet of James Brown, the Stones and Deep Purple, WITCH were the stadium-filling kings of 70s Zamrock. Archival reissue of the garage-psych Zamrock masterpiece (1974). The audio is nigh-perfect restored and remastered from the original master tapes. The entirety of WITCH's first album, restored and remastered from master tapes, and presented as an archival reissue. WITCH's musical arc is contained to a five year span and, in retrospect, is a logical one. The band's first two, self-produced albums 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. Thus Introduction, their first, is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in delving into the WITCH band, or Zamrock in general.

Introduction

Music US

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