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VA - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (1985) Reissue 1989

Posted By: Designol

Date: 2 Dec 2023 00:40:36

The Indestructible Beat of Soweto is a compilation album released in 1985 on the Earthworks label, featuring musicians from South Africa, including Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Mahlathini. The album was placed in the top 10 in the annual Pazz & Jop poll in the magazine The Village Voice. Leading critic Robert Christgau gave it an A+ rating, and called it the most important record of the 1980s. It was ranked number 388 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.

This anthology of South African artists surprised everyone by becoming a best-seller. It introduced worldbeatniks to Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mahlathini, and Moses Mchunu and paved the way for Paul Simon's Graceland. Winner of The Village Voice's Jazz and Pop Poll for Best Record of 1987, it's an essential sampler of modern African styling, a revelation and a joy.

Review by j. poet, Allmusic.com

This is possibly one of the most important collections of South African music to be released off the continent. Before Paul Simon, Sting, and Peter Gabriel started their explorations and exploitations of African music, this stunning set of music was already out there showing the world how it was done in South Africa's townships. Now well-known names like Ladysmith Black Mambazo (before they did candy commercials) and the growling Mahlathini were given their first international hearing. But the real gems are the sounds we never got to hear on Graceland: the raw mandolin and fiddle of Moses Mchunu, the wonderful jive vocals of Amaswazi Emvelo, the loping swing in the voice of Nancy Sedibe, and the fat guitar grooves of Johnson Mkhalali and his band. The collection is a gem, a representation of what was happening on the radio and in the dance clubs of Soweto in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as mbaqanga swept through the country and took everyone with it.

Louis Gibson, Amazon.com Editorial Review

Tracklist:

01. Udokotela Shange Namajaha - Awungilobolele (3:50)
02. Nelcy Sedibe - Holotelani (3:59)
03. Umahlathini Nabo - Qhude Manikiniki (3:53)
04. Amaswazi Emvelo - Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama (3:55)
05. Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo - Emthonjeni Womculo (3:44)
06. Udokotela Shange Namajaha - Sobabamba (3:41)
07. Moses Mchunu - Qhwahilahle (4:18)
08. Amaswazi Emvelo - Thul'ulalele (3:40)
09. Nganeziyamfisa No Khambalomvaleliso - Sini Lindile (3:21)
10. Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo - Ngicabange Ngaqeda (3:03)
11. Johnson Mkhalali - Joyce No. 2 (3:09)
12. Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Nansi Imali (5:16)

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EAC extraction logfile from 14. November 2019, 19:28

Various Artists / The Indestructible Beat of Soweto

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Johnson Mkhalali / The Indestructible Beat of Soweto (3)
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