Description
Tracklist:
The Scream
D’Ya Hear Me! (Original Version)
Naffi Take Away
Krazee Music
Krazee Version
Take Me In Your Car (Original Full-Length Version)
Maybe It’s Because I’m Not A Londoner (Longer Version)
Moonbeams
Rahmatullah
Everyday Just Another Dream (Longer Version)
Yummy Yummy Ya!
Spring Thing- Hippy Dread
D’Ya Hear Me! (Demo)
Originally from 2012 – we’ve only just checked this LP – shedding light on this golden D.I.Y. Punk Reggae material that has captured the hearts of so many since – Last copies avalaible now.
Sweet post-punk, with a heartfelt reggae/funk influence, analog dub effects and lovely femme-vox. A unique slice of late-70s/early-80s goodness, starring Brenda Ray, whose previous release on EM Records, Walatta, has been embraced by a large number of listeners.
Recorded in North West England, D’Ya Hear Me! is warm-hearted, open, fresh and slyly experimental. With an independent spirit and a true D.I.Y. soul, these thirteen tracks, originally released in various formats by Ray a.k.a. Brenda Kenny Sand a.k.a. Polly Rith’m and her musical friends under the moniker(s) Naffi/Naffi Sandwich, were recorded in a simple home-made studio, making full use of the creative options opened up through the full use of simple means – although the warm, full audio belies any notions of primitivism. Far from media-crazed London, Naffi created a musical world free from lust for the spotlight, focusing solely on the music, and the results are fittingly pure. D’Ya Hear Me! is a wide-ranging release, with lovely vocal tracks, warm dubs and pleasingly odd instrumentals, all knitted together with a special trans-Atlantic rhythmic sense. Two songs of special interest here are “Moonbeams” and the Young Marble Giants-esque “Everyday Just Another Dream”, which are early versions of “Starlight” and “Another Dream” from Walatta. Also noteworthy are several previously unissued longer versions of some songs.
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