Yma Sumac - Yma Sumac: The Peruvian Songbird (2009)

Although now considered enigmatic and mysterious, Imma Sumak was originally billed as a folk singer. It wasn’t until a now legendary 1949 performance at the Hollywood Bowl that she suddenly burst onto the American music scene. In 1950, with the release of her first album, Voice of the Xtabay, and thanks to the marketing department Imma Sumack became “Yma Sumac” queen of vocal exotica with expensive gowns outlandish Peruvian jewellery, and colossal stage shows. This CD collection covers her music from the 1943 folk discs to the phenomenal 1954 Mambo! album. Here you will find the very best of her recordings and discover the voice of a Peruvian Folk singer with a voice that had the finesse, range and quality of an opera singer.

Compiled by Ray Crick and David Lennick.

Final restoration and remastering by Martin Haskell and Alan Bunting

Tracklist:
1-1 Yma Sumac - Indian Love [2:18]
1-2 Yma Sumac - I Love Only You [2:23]
1-3 Yma Sumac - Virgin of the Sun God [3:06]
1-4 Yma Sumac - Lure of the Unknown Love [3:19]
1-5 Yma Sumac - Monkeys [2:41]
1-6 Yma Sumac - Dance of the Winds [3:02]
1-7 Yma Sumac - Earthquake [3:20]
1-8 Yma Sumac - Dance of the Moon Festival [2:35]
1-9 Yma Sumac - Karibe Taki [3:06]
1-10 Yma Sumac - Fire in the Andes! [2:24]
1-11 Yma Sumac - Zaña [2:05]
1-12 Yma Sumac - Inca Love Song [2:46]
1-13 Yma Sumac - Suray Surita [3:19]
1-14 Yma Sumac - Mamallay! [3:00]
1-15 Yma Sumac - Babalu [2:52]
1-16 Yma Sumac - Wimo Weh [2:42]
1-17 Yma Sumac - Calls fo the Andes [3:10]
1-18 Yma Sumac - Royal Anthem [3:11]
1-19 Yma Sumac - The Forest Creatures [3:42]
1-20 Yma Sumac - Andean Don Juan [2:29]
1-21 Yma Sumac - Malaya! [3:30]
1-22 Yma Sumac - Ripui [3:03]
1-23 Yma Sumac - Bo Mambo [3:23]
1-24 Yma Sumac - Taki Rari [1:53]
1-25 Yma Sumac - Gopher Mambo [2:19]
1-26 Yma Sumac - Chicken Talk [3:06]
1-27 Yma Sumac - Jungla [2:21]