DESCRIPTION:
One of the most obscure psychedelic-funk exploitation albums ever, reissued for the first time, fully licensed.

LP / CD with remastered sound, insert / booklet with liner notes by Angela Sawyer (Weirdo Records).


"Where does a band of Indian guys in East South Africa even play, and how on earth would they end up with fuzzy guitar riffs, wah-wah and funky drums? Riddles abound when you discover a platter like this one.

Durban, famous for its beaches and also for beach signs that marked off areas for white people, had a very unique dance band scene in 1971. The Vampires are a strange footnote in a strange world, and they slosh through each song like they're having the time of their lives. The mostly instrumental band covers everything from a soundtrack that prefigures the drama of Ennio Morricone fuzz, to middle of the road Nashville country, to Zeppelin, with flute, organ and fuzzed-out guitar high in the mix.

Like the undead, the Vampires now rise from having been long buried. But they only showed up to get their dirt in your ears."

-Angela Sawyer (Weirdo Records)