MPHARANYANA & THE PEDDLERS - DISCO

Format: Vinyl - UK12''
Catalogue No.: KALITA12017
Barcode: 4062548020533
Release Date: May 2021
Genre: African - South African

Tracklisting:
A1. Disco
A2. Freak Out With Botsotso
B. Disco (Jamie 3:26 Extended Edit)

First ever repress from the1979 South African disco and funk recordings ‘Disco’ and ‘Freak Out With Botsotso’, backed by an extended edit of ‘Disco’ by DJ / producer Jamie 3:26. !

Born on 15th November 1949 in Kattlehong, South Africa, Jacob ‘Mpharanyana’ Radebe was one of South Africa’s greatest ever musicians, releasing a canon of legendary soul, jazz and disco albums before his untimely death in August 1979 at the age of just twenty-nine.

Here, Kalita select his highly sought-after disco and funk recordings ‘Disco’ and ‘Freak Out With Botsotso’, both selected from his 1979 invisible final album, ‘Hela Ngwanana’, re-releasing them for the first time in forty years. Including Paul Simon and Herbie Hancock session musician Bakithi Kumalo on bass and Themba Mokena of Dick Khoza ‘Chapita’ fame on lead guitar, the recordings feature some of the country’s top contemporary musicians joining forces to glorious effect.

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