CYMANDE - Cymande (Remastered) [Repress] - LP - Gatefold Black Vinyl

LP - Black Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Sleeve. Remastered at Abbey Road.

Cymande's debut LP housed in a gatefold jacket and paper inner sleeve. Remastered for vinyl in 2022 at Abbey Road Studios, and pressed on Translucent Orange Crush Vinyl for the very first time.

With the release of their self-titled debut album in 1972, Cymande emerged as innovators of the black British music scene. Taking influences from their Guyanese and Jamaican roots, the band fused reggae bass lines, Afro-tinged Nyabinghi percussion, psychedelic touches, and American-style funk into a unique sound they’ve since dubbed as “Nyah-rock.” While they were embraced in the US, back home they were largely ignored and soon forgotten by a music business beset by prejudice against homegrown black talent.

Cymande split in 1975 after releasing three albums in quick succession, but their music lived on as successive generations of artists and fans found and embraced their songs. Their far-reaching influence can be heard in the countless samples taken from their music over the last four decades, from pioneering DJs like DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash, to De La Soul, The Wu-Tang Clan, Gang Starr, EPMD, Sugar Hill Gang, Fatboy Slim, and The Fugees -- to name a few. They stand today as one of the most revered and sampled bands in the history of Hip Hop, House, and Dance.

Cymande features several of the band’s best known - and oft-sampled - classics like “Dove,” “The Message” and more.

Tracklist:

A1. Zion I
A2. One More
A3. Getting It Back
A4. Listen
A5. Rickshaw

B1. Dove
B2. Bra
B3. The Message
B4. Rastafarian Folk Song