From Marabi to Disco

by Various Artists

From Marabi to Disco cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 June 1994
  • Label: Gallo
  • Country: South Africa
  • Length: 1:15:57
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Compiled by Rob Allingham under the full title 'From Marabi to Disco: 42 Years of Township Music', its 20 songs run from Solomon Linda's 'Mbube' of 1939 to the disco era close of 1981. Dorothy Masuka, Dolly Rathebe with the Elite Swingsters and the Mahotella Queens trace the township line from marabi through kwela and mbaqanga, and Wrasse later reissued the program abroad as 'The History of Township Music'.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, rhythmic, dance, soulful, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Zulu Piano Medley, No. 1, Pt. 1 (2:45)
  2. Rea Gae (3:08)
  3. Mbube (2:44)
  4. Khala Zome (2:24)
  5. Meadowlands Mielieland (2:24)
  6. Unomeva (Isileyi Sami) (2:35)
  7. Jikela Emaweni (2:38)
  8. Nomathemba (2:35)
  9. Ufikizolo (2:51)
  10. Something New in Africa (2:32)
  11. Goli Kwela (2:55)
  12. Uile Ngoana Batho (2:20)
  13. Diepkloof Ekhaya (2:36)
  14. Thula Ndivile (2:35)
  15. Umbuzi (2:26)
  16. Msenge (2:37)
  17. Ulova (2:25)
  18. Midnight Ska (2:28)
  19. Mr. Music (2:24)
  20. Mama Thula (2:16)
  21. Ngikhala Ngiya Baleka, No. 2 (2:30)
  22. Mkatakata (2:08)
  23. Tsotsi (2:36)
  24. Omzala Bakho (3:05)
  25. Bayeza (3:21)
  26. Thakane (3:06)
  27. Udakwa Njalo (3:44)
  28. Toitoi (3:39)

Credits

  • Jack Towers - transferred by [78 rpm]
  • Rob Allingham - compilation producer, liner notes
  • Albert Ralulimi - compilation producer
  • Cover Up Designs - design
  • Brendan Farrell - engineer

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