Exuma (real name Macfarlane MacKey) was a Bahamian musician, also known as Tony McKay.
His music is difficult to define, to call it folk psychedelica is very simplistic. It might be better to quote his own words when asked to describe his music
"All music that has ever been written and all music not yet written. It's feeling, emotion, the sound of man, the sound of day creatures, night creatures and electrical forces" Ok, get the idea?
This was one pretty "out there" artist but that said, Wow! just when you are thinking "he's another strange one" along comes little gems such as his interpretation of Paint It Black - a knockout track! Or take a listen to You Can't Always Get What You Want - very reggae beat to this Rolling Stones standard. That is not to say this is a 'cover album", half of the tracks were written by Exuma.
EXUMA - Life
Kama Sutra - Buddah Records
Cat# KSBS 2074
1973
USA release
Gatefold cover is in good (minus) condition, no seam splits, no cover writing with medium edge wear from handling and obvious wear to the front and rear plus inside. Notice the slot punched in the top left-hand corner - this is a deleted product, recalled by the distributor which could have been for many reasons including lack of sales, label decision or to ensure it was not resold (promotional copy possibly). This slot does NOT affect the vinyl record and is intended to render the album not suitable for retail sale. These deletions are often highly sought after due to their extremely limited circulation. The original Buddah inner printed paper liner is included.
New inner plastic sleeve
Vinyl is in good condition, inspected under a white halogen light source I can see just a couple of very light scratches on either side. However the only proof is in the play so I then played the album ENTIRELY, every single track, and there are no signficant issues with surface noise or click/pops - still a really great play!
New outer protective plastic sleeve
TRACKS: If It Feels Good Do It, Paint It Black, Love Is Strange, The Jumping Dance, Iko Iko, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Night Time People, Hayride, Oh! Lovely, Sodom And Gomorrah, Kenyatta Alisha, Viva El Matador
