• Brenda Ray - D'Ya Hear Me: Naffi Years 1979-83
  • Brenda Ray - D'Ya Hear Me: Naffi Years 1979-83

Brenda Ray - D'Ya Hear Me: Naffi Years 1979-83

EM Records

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One of our very favourite LPs, one which has been on heavy rotation for many years here on our turntable - great to see it repressed!

pure magic.

"Sweet post-punk, with a heartfelt reggae/funk influence, analog dub effects and lovely femme-vox. A unique slice of late-70s/early-80s goodness, starring Brenda Ray, whose previous release on EM Records, Walatta, has been embraced by a large number of listeners. Recorded in North West England, D'Ya Hear Me! is warm-hearted, open, fresh and slyly experimental.

With an independent spirit and a true D.I.Y. soul, these thirteen tracks, originally released in various formats by Ray a.k.a. Brenda Kenny a.k.a. Natalie Sand a.k.a. Polly Rith'm and her musical friends under the moniker(s) Naffi/Naffi Sandwich, were recorded in a simple home-made studio, making full use of the creative options opened up through the full use of simple means - although the warm, full audio belies any notions of primitivism. Far from media-crazed London, Naffi created a musical world free from lust for the spotlight, focusing solely on the music, and the results are fittingly pure.

D'Ya Hear Me! is a wide-ranging release, with lovely vocal tracks, warm dubs and pleasingly odd instrumentals, all knitted together with a special trans-Atlantic rhythmic sense. Two songs of special interest here are "Moonbeams" and the Young Marble Giants-esque "Everyday Just Another Dream", which are early versions of "Starlight" and "Another Dream" from Walatta. Also noteworthy are several previously unissued longer versions of some songs."


The Scream


D'Ya Hear Me


Naffi Take Away


Krazee Music




Krazee Version


Take Me In Your Car (original full length version)


Maybe It's Because I'm Not A Londoner


Moonbeams




Rahmatullah


Everyday Just Another Dream


Yummy Yummy Ya


Spring Thing Hippy Dread

 

D'Ya Hear Me