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Egyptian Shumba: The Singles and Rare Recordings 1962-1964 [Import]

Lou Christie
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While Lou Christie's shrieking falsetto was among the most distinctive voices in all of pop music, he was also one of the first solo performers of the rock era to compose his own material, generating some of the biggest and most memorable hits of the mid-1960s. Born Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco in Glen Willard, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1943, he won a scholarship to Moon Township High School as… Read more in Amazon's Lou Christie Store

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  • Audio CD (June 22, 2001)
  • Original Release Date: June 2001
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Rpm Records UK
  • ASIN: B00005K2W1
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #250,542 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Gypsy Cried - Lou Christie
2. Two Faces Have I - Lou Christie
3. Summer Snow - Lou Christie
4. Outside the Gates of Heaven - Lou Christie
5. Guitars and Bongos - Lou Christie
6. Merry-Go-Round - Lou Christie
7. Make Summer Last Forever - Lou Christie
8. Back Track - Lou Christie
9. Have I Sinned - Lou Christie
10. Pot of Gold - Lou Christie
11. Too Many Miles - Lou Christie
12. Part of Growing Up - The Tammys
13. Take Back Your Ring - The Tammys
14. Don'tcha Backtrack - Ritchie & The Runarounds
15. Lost in the Crowd - Ritchie & The Runarounds
16. Egyptian Shumba - The Tammys
17. What's So Sweet About Sweet Sixteen - The Tammys
18. Gypsy - The Tammys
19. Hold Back the Light of Dawn - The Tammys
20. Blue Sixteen [#] - The Tammys
See all 22 tracks on this disc

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Full title-Egyptian Shumba-Singles & Rare Recordings 1962-1964. UK compilation for the 60's pop icon compared to Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. Featuring many tracks on CD for the first time and the previously unreleased tracks 'Blue Sixteen', 'His Actions Speak Louder Than Words' & 'Egyptian Shumba'.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Egyptian Shumba, the greatest listening experience ever?, March 25, 2002
By D. Stewart "duglas" (Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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If you had to ask me who I thought was the most underrated individual in the history of popular music I would say without even a moment's pause to think "Lou Christie".
He was more than a pop idol, he was a true pop visionary. What other white American popster would make a bizarre wonderfully twisted ska single in 1963 (Two Faces Have I)... Then people, including myself, rave about the giant steps being made by Brian Wilson and The Beatles in the 60s, but no one else 1965 made a record as modern or as individual as Lou's Lightnin'Strikes single. If you needed any more proof of how weird and wonderful Lou's brand of pop could be this is it. Egyptian Shumba is a collection of his early 60s work with girlgroup The Tammys. It's 100% gold but track 16,the title track is perhaps the greatest single pop recording I've ever heard by anyone. As revolutionary as Good Vibrations, it sounds like a mix of the melancholic beauty present in the best girl group recordings by The Cookies and Chiffons along side The Monks as manic studio session band with Joe Meek engineering (and possibly a pinch of Sun Ra)... then for complete contrast there is the naive, sensual and gentle angelic teen love ballad Gypsy, it'll touch your heart. Sounds good? Well believe me it's even better than that.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars GREATEST CD OF ALL TIME!, March 13, 2002
By A Customer
Tight pants. High falsetto. Smooth baritone.
Wild eyes. Pouting lips. Wicked moves. Gyrating hips.
Something extra. Something mysterious. Something special.
Welcome to the world of LOU CHRISTIE.

He has the surname of a savior,
the Gypsy green eyes of a visionary, the lyrical sense of a poet and the five octave voice of an angel.
LOU CHRISTIE has it all.

Five million-sellers. Twenty-eight chart items.
Ethnicity. Electricity. Sanctity. Sexuality. Fantasy. Reality.
The history and mystery of LOU CHRISTIE.

In the 1960's, The Pharaoh Of The Falsetto
frequently operated in Soulful synergy with chanting females.
Case in point: THE TAMMYS (Gretchen, Cathy and Linda).

Powered by such LOU CHRISTIE-penned anthems as
"Egyptian Shumba" and "Part Of Growing Up",
THE TAMMYS' edgy harmonies and extreme emotions found release on three hopelessly rare solo singles.
Years after their 1965 break-up, interest in THE TAMMYS was sparked anew, prompting this first-ever comprehensive compilation.

'"Egyptian Shumba" is easily the greatest pop song ever written about ancient Egypt. It sounds like a record that might have been made if Phil Spector had swapped brains with Sun Ra
for a session'.
~ The Phantom Creeper, The Goblins

'Genius thy name is Tammys!
This sarcophagus stomper couldn't have been any wilder
if Joe Meek produced it'.
~ Todd Abramson, Telstar Records

The testimonials are justified.
"Egyptian Shumba" is a mesmerizing monument of mythic proportions. The energy! The urgency! The pulsating primordial pounding! "Egyptian Shumba" begins with an insane cobra clarinet leaping and licking. Then The Tammys chant,
'Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Shy-Yi Meece-E-Deece.
Last night I dreamed I was on the Nile...'

~~~

RPM CD 330
RELEASED JANUARY 29, 2002

22 Tracks

16 Page Fold-Out Poster / Booklet includes 5,500 word historical essay,
rare photos and much more

All Tracks Written by LOU CHRISTIE and TWYLA HERBERT except
#s 17 and 19 - 21.

All Tracks feature THE TAMMYS except #s 01 - 03.

LOU CHRISTIE:
01. THE GYPSY CRIED (Mono)
02. TWO FACES HAVE I (Stereo)
03. SUMMER SNOW (Mono)
04. OUTSIDE THE GATES OF HEAVEN (Mono)
05. GUITARS AND BONGOS
(Mono Single Version, First Time on CD)
06. MERRY-GO-ROUND (Mono)
07. MAKE SUMMER LAST FOREVER (Stereo)
08. BACK TRACK (Stereo)
09. HAVE I SINNED (Stereo)
10. POT OF GOLD (Stereo)
11. TOO MANY MILES (Stereo)

THE TAMMYS:
12. PART OF GROWING UP
(First-Time Stereo)
13. TAKE BACK YOUR RING
(First-Time Stereo)

RITCHIE & THE RUNAROUNDS:
14. DON'TCHA BACKTRACK (Mono)
15. LOST IN THE CROWD
(First-Time Stereo)

THE TAMMYS:
16. EGYPTIAN SHUMBA
(Single Version in First-Time Stereo)
17. WHAT'S SO SWEET ABOUT SWEET SIXTEEN
(First-Time Stereo)
18. GYPSY (First-Time Stereo)
19. HOLD BACK THE LIGHT OF DAWN (First-Time Stereo)
20. BLUE SIXTEEN
(Stereo, Previously Unreleased second Veep single)
21. HIS ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS (Stereo, Previously Unreleased second Veep single)
22. EGYPTIAN SHUMBA (Stereo, Previously Unreleased Alternate Take)

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