Original Album Classics

Tracklist

• CD 1: Uptownship
• 1
  Uptownship
  6:03
• 2
  If You Don’t Know Me by Now
  6:28
• 3
  Now or Never
  4:58
• 4
  Hold On
  5:34
• 5
  Ooo, Baby, Baby
  6:18
• 6
  Egoli
  5:38
• 7
  No Woman, No Cry
  5:24
• 8
  Emavungwengi
  4:32
• 9
  Naledi
  4:13
• 10
  Elijah
  5:28
• 11
  Nomalizo
  7:13
• CD 2: Beatin' Aroun de Bush
• 1
  Steppin’ Out
  3:37
• 2
  Ngena-Ngena
  6:07
• 3
  Ngena
  0:51
• 4
  Batsumi (Mayibuye i Afrika)
  7:37
• 5
  Rock With You
  3:32
• 6
  Polina
  6:57
• 7
  Languta
  6:48
• 8
  Sekunjalo
  7:23
• 9
  U-Mama
  4:07
• 10
  Beatin’ Aroun de Bush
  6:30
• CD 3: Notes of Life
• 1
  Mama
  5:06
• 2
  Heart Breaker
  4:51
• 3
  Moments of Love
  4:54
• 4
  Father of Our Nation
  3:35
• 5
  Whooh! Africa
  3:24
• 6
  No More Cryin’
  4:47
• 7
  Talking Thoughts
  2:24
• 8
  Bone Thru the Nose
  3:44
• 9
  Baby Ngiya Ku Thanda
  4:46
• 10
  Somebody Is Stealin’ My Car
  3:00
• 11
  Thank You Madiba
  1:21
• CD 4: Black to the Future
• 1
  Mama Ndoro
  5:38
  5.0 ★
• 2
  The Boy's Doin' It
  5:46
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Ashiko
  6:03
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Chileshe
  6:19
  5.0 ★
• 5
  JJC, JJD
  4:38
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Song of Love
  5:19
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Khawuleza
  5:20
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Child of the Earth
  6:30
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Excuse Me Baby Please!
  5:29
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Strawberries
  4:57
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Nina
  5:48
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Bokone
  6:10
  5.0 ★
• CD 5: Sixty
• 1
  Mbombela
  5:28
• 2
  Mamoriri
  4:21
• 3
  Thanayi
  5:31
• 4
  Fela
  5:33
• 5
  Ziphi 'nkomo
  6:48
• 6
  Tamati So So
  7:26
• 7
  Nomalizo
  6:30
• 8
  Lizzy
  6:15
• 9
  Bo Masekela
  5:20
• 10
  Been Such a Long Time Gone
  4:29
• 11
  Shango
  5:30
• 12
  Mgewundini
  5:34
• 13
  Koshana
  1:38

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Release credits

• Alex Kazanegras
  mix [1-10], recording [1-10]
• Ambition Sandqnela
  background vocals [4, 7]
• Bakithi Kumalo
  background vocals [4, 7], bass guitar [2.1-2, 2.4-9, 1.1, 1.3, 1.8-9]
• Branice McKenzie
  background vocals [2, 5], vocal [2]
• Clydene Jackson
  background vocals [1, 5]
• Cussie Kunene
  background vocals [4, 7]
• Damon Duewhite
  membranophone [2, 6, 8]
• Dudu Pukwana
  arranger [6]
• Emmanuel Gatewood
  background vocals [7], bass guitar [2, 4-7, 11]
• Francis Fuster
  congas [8], percussion [2, 10]
• Frankie Todd
  membranophone [10]
• Fred White
  background vocals [1, 5]
• Gboyega Adelaja
  keyboard [10]
• Gene Jackson
  membranophone [9]
• George Doering
  guitar [9]
• Guy Spells
  background vocals [9-10]
• Hugh Masekela
  arranger [2.6, 2.8, 1.1-11], background vocals [1.2, 1.4-7, 1.9, 1.11, 2.4, 2.7, 2.9], flugelhorn [1-2, 4-8, 10], keyboard [10], lead vocals [2.10, 1.7], producer [1-11], vocal [1.4, 2.3]
• Jenny Douglas-Foote
  background vocals [4]
• John Cartwright
  producer [1-11]
• John Selolwane
  background vocals [6-7, 9], vocal [9]
• Jynnifer Quick
  background vocals [9-10]
• Lawrence Matshiza
  guitar [1, 5]
• Lebo M
  background vocals [4, 7]
• Leleti Khumalo
  background vocals [6]
• Lindiwe Diamini
  background vocals [6]
• Mali Hlatshwayo
  background vocals [6]
• Mark Ledford
  background vocals [6-7, 9], keyboard [1], trumpet [1, 3, 6]
• Mbongeni Ngema
  organ [1]
• Morris Goldberg
  alto saxophone [2, 6, 8], producer [1-11], whistle [4, 7]
• Ntomb'khona Dlamini
  background vocals [5, 11]
• Pat Mlaba
  background vocals [6]
• Pauline Faraee
  background vocals [9-10]
• Remi Kabaka
  percussion [4], talking drum [8-9]
• Richard Cummings
  keyboard [9]
• Richard Druz
  arranger [1, 5, 7, 9-10], membranophone [1, 5], percussion [1, 5], producer [1-10], timbales [10], vocal arranger [3]
• Rick Rowe
  producer [1-11]
• Ronald Kunene
  background vocals [4, 7]
• Sandy Simmons
  background vocals [9]
• Sharon Brooks
  background vocals [2, 5]
• Sipho Kunene
  membranophone [1]
• Stanley Todd Kwesi
  guitar [10]
• Teco Cardoso
  tenor saxophone [1, 5]
• Thandi Bhengu
  background vocals [4, 7]
• Thandi Zulu
  background vocals [5, 11]
• Todd Jasmin
  keyboard [1, 5]
• Tony Cedras
  arranger [2], background vocals [1.4, 1.6-7, 1.9, 2.4, 2.7], keyboard [2, 4, 6-8, 10]
• Yaw Opoku
  bass guitar [10]
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Issues

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  Original Album Classics

  5x CD
  15 September 2017