Volume 2 in Strut's new wide-ranging three-part series exploring underground South African music during the late '60s and '70s. This time focusing on township R&B, Soul, Funk & Psyche 1969-76! With international forms of music discouraged by the South African authorities during the 1960s, township jive or Mbaqanga arose as innovative artists combined close harmony singing and traditional African styles with a bouncy township beat. Imported US music became strictly the domain of house parties, private record collections and underground she beans. Volume 2 of Next Stop. Soweto also touches on mbaqanga and jazz artists who dabbled with soul and funk fusions during the early "70s - the MGABABA QUEENS and MAHOTELLA QUEENS, and revered South African jazz combo THE HESHOO BESHOO GROUP. Also featured is a rare psychedelic track from one of the only recordings made of playwright GIBSON KENTE's acclaimed theatre pieces, "Too Late". The Next Stop. Soweto series is the result of several years of painstaking research and vinyl archaeology in South Africa by compilers DUNCAN BROOKER and FRANCIS GOODING.
Track List
Khubani - J.K. Mayengani & the Shingwedzi Sisters - J.K. Mayengani & the Shingwedzi Sisters
Blockhead - the Monks - the Monks
Nkuli's Shuffle - the Klooks - the Klooks
Tiba Kamo - Phillip Malela - Phillip Malela
Akulalwa Esoweto - the Mgbaba Queens - the Mgbaba Queens
Funky Message - the Heroes - the Heroes
Soul Time Nzimande Go - Bra Sello & His Band - Bra Sello & His Band
Soul 'Imbaq' - the Soul Prophets - the Soul Prophets
Gwinyitshe - the Toreadors - the Toreadors
Back Home Soul - Down Tones - Down Tones
Bazali Bam - Bazali Bam - Bazali Bam
Come with Me - the Heroes - the Heroes
Intandane - Phillip Malela & the Movers - Phillip Malela & the Movers
Little Girl - Soul Throbs - Soul Throbs
Can You Feel It - Electric Six - Electric Six
Wait and See - the Heshoo Beshoo Group - the Heshoo Beshoo Group
Last Time - the Anchors - the Anchors
Mosquito - Flaming Souls - Flaming Souls
I Am There - the Grasshoppers - the Grasshoppers
Saduva - Gibson Kente - Gibson Kente
Protection
Each record is protected within its record sleeve by a white vellum anti-dust sleeve.
Packaging
All items are shipped brand-new and unopened in original packaging. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands.
