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Post #372383 by Quiet Village Idiot on Tue, Apr 8, 2008 4:18 AM

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On 2004-12-09 04:23, Chrisc wrote:
Well, I LOVE Yma Sumac...
I find her music so thrilling it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end..
it transports me away to ruined jungle temples, sunken cities.... wonderful stuff!

Yma Sumac has the same effect on me. The first time I put on her Recital CD, it made all the hairs on my arms stand on end, followed by all the hairs on the back of my neck.

It starts with a long instrumental piece, allowing Yma to make her big entrance in track 2, with that voice... and it just floors you. I can only imagine the impact it must have had on the audience.