Wow, they don't makem like this anymore. This really blew me away. Makes you think about how music recordings, despite technology, have lost alot of essence and spirit. Here I see it is still possible to recapture that lost ambience. I love the heck out of this record. I love the songs, I love the style, I love the packaging. It has been a long time since I was truly excited about getting a new recording in such a way. I'm sure Alan Lomax is somewhere in Heaven weeping tears of joy.
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Fortune smiled on me one day as I read about Madame Pamita on a music blog. Curious about what I might find, I ordered a copy of her CD. It was one time that curiosity rewarded me generously. It's difficult to describe how wonderful the whole experience is. The music is unique and gives an overall sense of timelessness. Rather than detracting from the overall effect, the pops and scratches heard because of the imperfections of the wax cylinders just lends a mystical feel to the whole thing. Listening to it transports me to another time when mystery was good and hints were more beautiful than full revelations. Madame Pamita is so talented and full of interesting ideas about how to make music. She's lively, vivacious and a little bit naughty. (Three of my favorite things!)

Another added delight was the unique packaging of the CD. The artwork was beautiful, and included a tarot card wrapped in lovely handmade paper just for me, complete with written fortune. Also enclosed was a lucky penny in a tiny waxed paper envelope, as well as a paper fortune teller (the old timey kind, like you made in grade school) in a small envelope, closed with a wax seal. When I first saw all the goodies I got, I thought I couldn't be more impressed with the personal touches ... but then I listened to the CD. It was a journey of mystic adventure.
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The fun starts immediately out of the gate with this album.  I have never enjoyed opening a cd as much as this one.  The artwork, fortune, etc. added such a special touch to the experience.  I could almost see Madame Pamita laboring over each one with loving care.  The music doesn't disappoint either.  After getting used to the sound of the grainy quality of the recording, I found it endearing and whimsical.  I love how many of the songs seem to have a wink and a sly smile behind them.  Standouts are Do Whatever You Please and Mother Was A Sporting Girl.  This has been in constant rotation in my car since it arrived.  Thank you!!
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I love this  record! Not just for its quirkiness and nostalgic charm (there are  lots of singer/uke players demonstrating those virtues just now) but also for the sheer quality and enthusiasm of the singing and playing.The songs include not only imaginitive re-readings of old favourites (to me anyway)like Charlie Poole's 'Moving Day', Dick Justice's 'Cocaine' and other marvels of the old-time country, jugband and ragtime eras, but excellent new songs in a similar vein. Some, if not all of these are, I suspect, from the pen of Madame Pamita herself, but I couldn't fnd any credits on the packaging.
Ah, the packaging - a real treat for the eye and for the psyche. The disc comes in an individually numbered slipcase, containing appropriate gifts like mystic talismans, a tarot reading and a fortune telling game. Love and care has gone into this album and it shows. Like Madame herself, it is quite unique, and I wish them both good fortune!
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