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Bulawayo Blue Yodel
Label | Mississippi Records – MRI-117Olvido Records – OLV-006 |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation |
Barcode | 0860002620930 |
Country | US |
Released | 2019 |
Genre | Folk, World, & Country |
Style | Country, African |
High lonesome sounds from Zimbabwe, Kenya and South Africa, 1948-1959. Gorgeous fingerpicked guitar ballads, yodeling, slide guitar, and haunting travel-weary songs by troubadours with a penchant for the fabled American cowboy lifestyle. A stunning fusion of neo-traditional African melodies and early American country-western music. 14 lost classics byGeorge Sibanda, Josaya Hadebe, Sabelo Mathe, Sammy Ngaku, and more, all reissued for the first time from original 78 rpm discs. Co-released with Olvido Records. Includes liner notes with lyrics and old school tip-on covers.
A1 | – George Sibanda | Gijima Mfana | |
A2 | – Josaya Hadebe | Wazibamba EmaRabini | |
A3 | – Sabelo Mathe | Hambanini | |
A4 | – Sammy Ngaku | Mbari Ya Ndia Ruru | |
A5 | – George Sibanda | Ekhaya | |
A6 | – Michael Majozi | Sengihambile | |
A7 | – Petrus Mntambo | Nangalena | |
B1 | – Petrus Mntambo | Yagegetheka | |
B2 | – Josaya Hadebe | Gwabi Gwabi Intombi Yami | |
B3 | – Sammy Ngaku | Rosana | |
B4 | – Matthew Jeffries | Iwe Kusidio | |
B5 | – Petrus Mntambo | Where You Been, My Lovie? | |
B6 | – Josaya Hadebe | Bumnandi | |
B7 | – Clarkson Sithole | Vabereki |
Cover [Art], Liner Notes – Gordon Ashworth
Cover [Production] – Dan Fried
Editor [Editorial Assistance] – Jonathan Ward
Lacquer Cut By – Adam Gonsalves
Remastered By [Transfers And Audio Restoration By], Editor [Editorial Assistance] – Michael Kieffer
Research – Mazila
Research, Editor [Editorial Assistance] – Joyce Jenje-Makwenda
Translated By [Lyrics] – C.N. Mburu (A4, B3)
Translated By [Lyrics] – Joyce Jenje-Makwenda (A1-A3, B2, B5)
Translated By [Lyrics] – L.W. Maina (A4, B3)
Translated By [Lyrics] – Phindiwe Dlamini (A1-A3, A5, A6, B1-B2, B5)
Translated By [Lyrics] – Tapiwa (B4, B6)
Cover [Production] – Dan Fried
Editor [Editorial Assistance] – Jonathan Ward
Lacquer Cut By – Adam Gonsalves
Remastered By [Transfers And Audio Restoration By], Editor [Editorial Assistance] – Michael Kieffer
Research – Mazila
Research, Editor [Editorial Assistance] – Joyce Jenje-Makwenda
Translated By [Lyrics] – C.N. Mburu (A4, B3)
Translated By [Lyrics] – Joyce Jenje-Makwenda (A1-A3, B2, B5)
Translated By [Lyrics] – L.W. Maina (A4, B3)
Translated By [Lyrics] – Phindiwe Dlamini (A1-A3, A5, A6, B1-B2, B5)
Translated By [Lyrics] – Tapiwa (B4, B6)
A collection of beautiful Country-Western inspired music from 1950s Zimbabwe, South Africa and Kenya.
Housed in old-school tip-on jacket.
Includes full-size booklet with photographs, background on artists, English translations of lyrics, and credits.
Housed in old-school tip-on jacket.
Includes full-size booklet with photographs, background on artists, English translations of lyrics, and credits.
Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched) – MRI-117 A R UMFANA WAKOBULAWAYO TELEGRAPH-GONSA
Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched) – MRI-117 B R UMFO KATSHAKZA MAZOLO TELEGRAPH-GONSA
Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched) – MRI-117 B R UMFO KATSHAKZA MAZOLO TELEGRAPH-GONSA