Various The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto (CD)

(Shanachie) 12 tracks

The original was released on Rough Trade (and we can still remember the endless debates about lifting the apartheid cultural boycott in South Africa) and is still the best: this album helped change the face of popular music. The indestructible beat of Soweto, released a year before Paul Simon's Graceland, paved the way for the phenomenal success of the last album and helped to introduce a whole generation to African music, but also to world music in general. For the first time since its release on vinyl! The album features Nelcy Sedibe, Mahlathini, Johnson Mkhalali, Moses Mchunu etc.