http://www.sternsmusic.com/disk_info.php?id=3218462Africa - 50 Years of Music, 50 Years of Independence 1960-2010 now available from Sterns Music - the first 50 sold from our website are at the special price of £50 sterling (rrp will be around £80)
Blurb:
The most comprehensive compilation of African music ever achieved, Africa – 50 Years of Music collects 183 classic recordings by 183 important artists from 38 countries in North, South, East and West Africa.
• The artists include universal stars such as Miriam Makeba, Fela Kuti, Youssou N’Dour, Franco, Cheb Khaled, Cesaria Evora, Mulatu Astatke, Salif Keita, Manu Dibango and Oum Kalsoum.
• The tracks, licensed from some of the world’s most respected record companies, are all original studio recordings or, in a few cases, famous concert performances. Most of them were made in the 50 years from 1960 to 2010 – the era of African independence – but two landmark Egyptian classics date from the 1940s.
• Many of these songs are known and loved worldwide: ‘Pata Pata’, ‘Soul Makossa’, ‘Yeke Yeke’, ‘Sweet Mother’, ‘Mario’, ‘Shakara’, ‘Jive Soweto’. Others will be revelations to even the most dedicated record collectors.
• The deluxe longbox set includes a 76-page book of photographs, recordcover reproductions, specially-commissioned artwork and essays by experts on each of Africa’s popular styles. Pieces by Mark Hudson (Daily Telegraph), Véronique Mortaigne (Le Monde), Patrick Labesse (Le Monde), Francis Dordor (Les Inrockuptibles) Bouziane Daoudi (La Libération), Daniel Brown, Daniel Lieuze and Leonardo da Silva (RFI, French Radio).
• Anyone with serious interest in African music will recognize this set’s extraordinary value. It will be the essential collection of African popular music for the next 50 years.
