Post #503888 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Jan 12, 2010 12:46 PM

Jeff, I think at the time a lot of record producers were exploiting the public's curiosity for Exotica, and putting out authentic recordings of real Haitian and other folk music that was cheap, but actually pretty much un-listenable for the average armchair explorer, who was more tuned into Baxter-esque, white man mood music PRETENDING to portray savage cultures. Look at the Chaino phenomenon for example. Cheap to record, then slap a wild cover with exploitation film-type titles on it --it's a seller! :)

Here a more serious example from a respected percussionist of the 50s Jazz scene, Mongo Santamaria, where some of the tracks are very authentic mumbo jumbo type of chanting...impressive at an earnest, artsy Beatnik party perhaps, but too esoteric for the middle class household.

The back has nice, simple but informative liner notes about Voodoo:

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-01-12 14:35 ]