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CONTENTS
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1.WHAT'S NEW - SA Music Week 2000, Tightlines book
2.CHARTS - Top 10 CD, Top 20 songs, Top 10 MP3 downloads
3.ON STAGE - Tananas at WOMAD in UK
4.NEW RELEASES - Justin Bergh, The Rockets, Jerico, York Shire
5.USA for SA - Kurt Shoemaker looks at the Best Of SA Pop
6.CLASSIC ROCK - John Samson tries to stem The Rising Tide
7.FORUM - Sherry Lee, The Warrior, Master Jack, The Misunderstood
8.REQUESTS - Juluka, Ag Pleez Deddy, éVoid
9.ON THE NET - Kevin Mason, Indiezone, Studio Tan Audio
10.WHAT'S ON - The Aquarian Quartet, Bassline, Oppikoppi, Sunways, Little Sister, Landscape Prayers, Not My Dog
11.LINKS AND ADS
12.BACK ISSUES
13.CONTRIBUTIONS
14.SUBSCRIPTIONS
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AMUZINE
http://rock.co.za
For more news, views and reviews on the SA and International music scene visit the Amuzine website.
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ONE WORLD
http://www.oneworld.co.za
Selling South African Music to the World.
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SA ROCK FILES
http://rock.co.za/sarock
The online archive for the history of SA rock
Regularly updated thanks to input from various fans of SA music around the world and sometimes even the musicians themselves.
Whats new on the SA Rock Files website:
30 July: Added Ballyhoo webpage, thanks to John Samson
29 July: Added webpage for The Gents, thanks to John Samson
28 July: Updated webpage for The Bats, thanks to Tertius Louw
28 July: Updated weblinks page
28 July: Updated Clout webpages, thanks to Stephen Segerman
26 July: Added a webpage for SA Rock Albums released in 2000
23 July: Updated Freedoms Children Family Tree, thanks to Nic Martens
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1.WHAT'S NEW
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SA MUSIC WEEK 2000 (August 28 to September 2)
The signs are good. Last year we had the very successful SA Music Day,
this year it’s grown into the SA Music Week. And why not? For one day
last year, South African music had its own public holiday. Live
performances of all shapes, sizes, and styles; workshops, discussions,
way-above-the-quota radio play. The huge diversity and quality of South
African music was spread like a banquet, and from all reports, the
public responded positively. Although the attendances at these events
were reassuring, it’s hard to calculate the lasting effect this had on
the musical consciousness of the SA public. But the organizers and
sponsors and many other cultural bodies involved this year believe that
there is enough interest and enthusiasm to extend this to a week.
The National Arts Council (NAC) and the Music Industry Development
Initiative (MIDI Trust) will be spearheading the event with the
sponsorship and support of the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and
Technology (DACST), Business Arts South Africa (BASA), the Association
of South African Music Industry (ASAMI) and the South African/Norwegian
Music, Education and Development Project (MMINO). To maintain the momentum over the course of that week, this group will provide a comprehensive program of musical activities.
These include - The South African Music Week conference on August 30
addressing critical issues facing the industry. A career programme for
schools around the country, here industry practitioners will give
detailed lectures on what the South African music industry offers in the way of careers. Skills Development workshops for music industry
practitioners - experts in diverse fields will work with practitioners
to enhance music industry skills. These workshops and seminars
throughout the week will have the best local and international speakers
within their fields. Songwriting workshops will be hosted for musicians.
The South African Music Week Studio Recording Project will again give
previously unrecorded musicians the chance to work in professional
studios to lay demo tracks. Retail activity including in-store
appearances by artists. And, finally, lots of live music.
Rosie Katz, from the MIDI trust explained further: "Music has always
been a vital component of South African society, yet it is an
underground river, affecting us from below, never receiving the
recognition it deserves. What we plan to do is expose this river so all
South Africans can drink from it and experience the refreshing joy that South African music brings. As well as simply creating an awareness of and celebrating South African music, the SA Music Week aims to boost the profile of South African musicians, enhancing skills and strengthening networks within the industry, while taking South African music to live music venues, retail outlets, radio TV, in print, conference rooms, studios, schools, community centres on the street and into homes".
"The education and training programmes fulfil an important aspect of
South African Music Week," adds Katz "It is vital for us to take all
the knowledge we have regarding the music industry and pass it on to the next generation of aspirant musicians, technicians, producers, managers, agents, and other industry practitioners. This way our relatively fledgling industry will blossom into a world giant."
Confident words from one of the prime motivators and driving forces
behind both last and this year’s events (and the recently released,
updated version of the South African Music Industry Directory 2000). But an overwhelming amount of support is needed from all sectors of the
music industry to help achieve Rosie Katz’s and many other people’s aims and dreams. Anyone wishing to get involved on any level with the SA Music Week 2000 can do so by contacting:
Rosie Katz/ MIDI Trust at: mailto:miditrus@netactive.co.za
MIDI Trust website: http://www.samw.co.za
Total Exposure at: mailto:diahann@total-exposure.co.za
Tel: (011) 788-8725
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TIGHTLINES
Robin Auld is a well-known South African musician but not many fans are aware of his hidden writing talents. 'Tightlines', his new book, covers fishing, music, friendships and culture. Playing in a band, dreaming of steenbras, a friend who goes AWOL, and a skop-skiet-en-donder ending in the Eastern Cape and life in sunny South Africa. Funny, yet not without insight, this book is an immensely enjoyable read. To purchase a copy (paper and e-books available) of 'Tight Lines', or to read a sample chapter online, try:
http://www.compress.co.za/catalogue/fiction/tightlines.htm
The book is a novel and definitely not an autobiography.....
Many thanks,
Best regards
Robin
http://www.robinauld.co.za
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2.CHARTS
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SA TOP 10 CD SALES CHARTS
Based on sales at the Seedys and One World "offline" stores in Pretoria
and http://www.oneworld.co.za online
1 Motlang Ke Kolobetswa - Solly Moholo
2 Mixed by Numero Uno - Glen Lewis
3 The Best Of - Juluka/Savuka
4 Homeland - Miriam Makeba
5 African Suite - Abdullah Ibrahim
6 Rebirth - Linda Kekana
7 Om Te Breyten - Various
8 Immortal Secrets - Sibongile Khumalo
9 SA Freedom Songs (2CD) - Various
10 From Zola To Hollywood - Mzambiya
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TOP 20 SOUTH AFRICAN SONGS
(A current and random list, based on accessibility, availability on CD,
and general like-ability - SS)
1. Born In A Taxi - Blk. Sonshine (off album ‘Blk. Sonshine’/Fresh)
2. Never Ever Ever Ever - Wonderboom (off EP ‘Never Ever Ever’/DGR)
3. Inner City Blues - Lungiswa (Xhosa version off album
‘Lungiswa’/MELT2000)
4. Shine On Me - Watershed (off album ‘In The Meantime’/BMG)
5. Stagefright - Boo! (off compilation ‘5FM Showcase 2’/SonySA)
6. Hunting - Ashton Nyte (off album ‘The Slender Nudes’/Intervention
Arts)
7. Pata Pata 2000 - Miriam Makeba (off album ‘Homeland’/Sheer)
8. Trying To Believe - Semisane (off album ‘A Life Less Strange’/BMG)
9. Kwa Ndebele - Selaelo Selota (off album ‘Painted Faces’/BMG)
10. Touch - Lesley Rae Dowling (off album ‘Clear’/Gallo)
11. Shot - Springbok Nude Girls (off album ‘Surpass The Powers’/SonySA)
12. Those Days - Just Jinger (off ’Here’s To You’/BMG)
13. Something Wrong - Wonderboom (off EP ‘Never Ever Ever’/DGR)
14. Watertree - Tony Cox (Off album ‘Matabele Ants’/Sheer Sound)
15. Deur Die Donker Vallei - Valiant Swart (Off the album ‘Deur Die
Donker Vallei’/Wildebeest)
16. Lullaby For An African Princess - Marcus Wyatt (off album
‘Gathering’/Sheer)
17. A Million Lights - Tree (Off album ‘63’/EMI)
18. Come Clean - Frank Opperman and Prime Time Addiction (Off album
‘Serial Boyfriend'/Gallo)
19. African Sky Blue - Juluka (off album ‘The Best Of Juluka/Savuka/EMI)
20 69 Tea - Saron Gas (off compilation ‘5FM Showcase 2’/SonySA)
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DIGITAL CUPBOARD WEEKLY TOP 10 DOWNLOADS
http://www.digitalcupboard.co.za
Position [last week] Title - Artist (Genre)
1. [-] Pretend/Cynical - A>e>B (Alternative/Electro)
2. [-] Unga - A>e>B (Alternative/Electro)
3. [-] The Edge (v2) - A>e>B (Alternative/Electro)
4. [1] Foreva - Lickerish (Modern Rock)
5. [17] Planet J - Babado (African Future)
6. [8] Hypnotic - Benguela (Instrumental)
7. [4] Beautiful Thing - E'smile (African R&B)
8. [-] Lucki (Version) - Boo! (Munki Punk)
9. [2] Captain Cash - Oom (Pop)
10. [13] Nekwa Lyatsima (Live) - Ras Sheehama (Reggae)
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3.ON STAGE
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TANANAS at WOMAD Reading UK
Well the tent was unbelievable.... first feature set dressers on big budgets and acid couldn't have done it. Multicolour luminescent skeleton spheres, swinging below canvas. The Siam tent at Womad Reading is the most impressive stage I've seen Tananas on. Pared down to it's bones: Steve Newman, whose guitar I always claim is too perfect and precise to be truly enjoyable... usually just before my soul gets torn from earth and the clay it leaves behind goes limp and slack... Gito Baloi, bassist of precision and style, more perfection with a winning smile... and speaking of smiles... can those dreadlocks possibly be crowning Ian Hermanns' head? My smile grows.
The R640 tickets pale into insignificance, and the SA percentage of the audience show the Poms how to dance to this stuff! I gotta say I kept looking at that drummer, the old magic seemed a little restrained sometimes but shit, it must be him... and then the solo just grabbed the bits of clay left gibbering on the dancefloor by Steve and Gito and posted them straight to Rock Heaven. It's Genuinely Ian!
I've never bought a Tananas LP, there's a lot of my SA collection I'll replace before I do, but for sheer musical precision, for craftsmanship like an inlaid table of precious stones, whose centre is a tapestry depicting dusty Africa they simply cannot be touched. Fine Art, maturing with age.
Thank you guys!
Jonanall.
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4.NEW RELEASES
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JUSTIN BERGH - LOVE THE SINNER
Justin Bergh is a 21-year old rocker from Cape Town who has been touted
as the latest in a long line of great white (well blonde, actually)
hopes for the SA rock industry. Bergh appeared out of nowhere armed with his guitar and a collection of self-penned rock ballads. He was snapped up by BMG SA and dispatched to Peter "Reggie" Bowman’s Thunderbox Studios in Australia to record his debut album. The resulting 14-track album includes 12 Bergh originals as well the first single, the title-track ‘Love The Sinner’, a slow-building rock ballad written by Brian Howes, which has been receiving tons of airplay on 5FM and other SA rock stations.
The other cover on the album is ‘No Ordinary World’ which was written by Stephen Allen Davis and Lars Anderson. This song’s huge hook and
burgeoning guitar sound fits in comfortably alongside Bergh’s own
impressive material including the softer ‘So Satisfied’, ‘Free From The
Pain’, ‘Everything’s Alright’, and ‘Drive Me Crazy’. (SS)
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The ROCKETS: "The ROCKETS REMIXES" featuring 'Something's Burning'
The hottest Rockets album since "The Rockets" in 1996!
South Africa's longest-serving, hard-working, and still-surviving group
delivers yet again ...
The Rockets seem to have been around forever - they were at one time signed to Jive/Zomba supremo Clive Calder (now N'Sync/Backstreet Boys/Britney Spears), then Clout/PJ Powers/Hotline boss Mike Fuller, then Just Jinger/Dr Victor & the Rasta Rebels chief Chris Ghelakis - and now with Cape-based Patric van Blerk, and also, newly with Select Music for distribution, who have Cape and Johannesburg operations.
Over the years, the Rockets have played to more people than most, sold more records than most, and performed on the same bill with stars such as Spice Girls, Luther Vandross, Wet Wet Wet, Billy Ocean and also local brothers and sisters like Hugh Masekela, Brenda and Chicco.
The release of 'The ReMixes' through Select is the first step in a
concerted plan to break the Rockets out of 'The Grape Curtain' - to become a fully-fledged 'South African' act - as opposed to ...' from the Cape'. In addition, they now tour abroad for approximately a third of the year, and are currently on a tour of Israel. With their growing international market in mind, and with an offer from a Hamburg-based company, the Rockets have started recording with young, cutting-edge producers such as R.E.D. and Storm from Cool Funk. This has resulted in 'Something's Burning'. This is the Sound Of The New Rockets.
As a salute to their enormous Cape fan base, the group have also finally included most of their famous and best-loved 'medleys' - plus adding new ones such as 'The Vengaboys Mix' and 'The Reggae Mix', which is currently on the KFM local charts, having been #1.
A video of 'Something's Burning', shot in Cape Town by hot new director
Adam de Beer, is being rushed released to TV nationally.
The Rockets. Move over, James Brown - this is the hardest workin' band in the land!
For further information :
Mark Harris 021 531-6571
mailto:mark@nebulabos.co.za
Alison Watt/Rockets Management 021 559 1353
mailto:rockets@mweb.co.za
Patric van Blerk 082 899 2525
http://www.gignet.co.za/rockets
(Press release from Table Bay/ Thrive!)
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JERICO - KONGO KWELA
A very exciting 'off-shoot' of the Rockets is leader Jerry Watt's solo
debut as JERICO - with a 'world-music guitar album' called "Kongo Kwela"
In the 60's there was a legendary Cape-based group called The Invaders, who had a string of massive instrumental smash hits which ignited the Flats, and beyond. Produced by equally-legendary Grahame Beggs (Clout/Flames/Dream Merchants/Soweto String Quartet), the Invaders were huge, and their music has never been forgotten ...
Now JERICO picks up the story with fabulous guitar/instrumental
'World-Cape' renditions of classic Invaders hits such as 'Kongo Kwela',
'Shockwave' and "Ice Cream & Suckers - added to golden SA gems such as
'Pata Pata', 'Click Song', 'Mama Thembu's Wedding' and 'Meadowlands'. The Invaders live through the guitar of Jerry Watt.
A video of 'Kongo Kwela' has just been shot, and features a 'new dance'
... (you have been warned!).
Industry insiders have expressed delight at a 'genuinely contemporary World Music album from South Africa!'. The sleeve is wonderfully ethnic in a Cape-kind-of-way, and the music recalls the magic and mystique of the Flats.. ' die kitaar huil en die kitaar dans ...'
Big locally. Big tourist. Big heart.
For further information :
Mark Harris 021 531-6571
mailto:mark@nebulabos.co.za
Alison Watt/Rockets Management 021 559 1353
mailto:rockets@mweb.co.za
Patric van Blerk 082 899 2525
http://www.gignet.co.za/rockets
(Press release from Table Bay/ Thrive!)
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MASQUE OF SHADOWS - YOKE SHIRE
Yoke Shire are a Boston, USA based progressive rock phenomenon. This band's influences are many and varied and range from hard blues/rock right on through to Celtic rhythms.
A multi-talented 3-piece, Yoke Shire stun with tracks like 'Black Tower' and 'Shape Of A Dancer' which would not be out of place on a Jethro Tull or Santana album.
'Magic Circle' is an acoustic instrumental in the style that Led Zeppelin were so fond of on albums like 'Phsysical Graffiti'. The 9-minute epic 'The Brook, The Mirror and The Maiden' is very modern prog-rock and a pleasure to listen to. The title track is a song Deep Purple or Rainbow would be proud of.
All-in-all a stunningly diverse album of sounds and influences which deserves to be heard. (BC)
Yoke Shire on the net:
http://www.yokeshire.com
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5.USA FOR SA
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THE BEST OF SA POP VOLUME 1
(1994, GALLO, CDGMPD 40485)
An old Tin Pan Alley saying goes, "Give me a new song that sounds like an old song." The two discs of 'The Best of SA Pop Volume 1' contain pure and fun pop songs in the classic style, and they are songs new to me. The American definition of "pop" may differ slightly from the South African definition. To me, "pop" means melody-driven vocal tunes. Fortunately I enjoy pop, the kind of light music that is an anathema to Battery 9 fans, I'm sure. Whenever I crave bouncy and catchy melodies with a rock 'n' roll beat, 'The Best of SA Pop' series satisfies.
This double CD has many rock flourishes, crisp guitar solos, and rock 'n' roll drums, but mostly it's melody pop. There are a number of country tunes here, too, songs that rely on melody, singing, and songwriting, so I suspect that country is popular in South Africa for those classic song qualities. But what we're here for is pop rock of the style that flourished on the world's radios in the Sixties -- even though this series is dubbed as being from 1960 to 1990. The range of these pop songs covers emotional love songs, lively dance numbers, covers of American and European pop songs, some country as mentioned, and all of it flows seamlessly from one track to the next.
Among the 48 songs on these two discs are well over 40 that I enjoy very much, a couple that don't hit me, one I habitually skip, and some that stand out for commentary.
'Ag Pleeze Deddy' -- Is it just me, or does anyone else think there are
hints of SA life and culture in this song? A funny song, even though I
don't have all of it figured out. Someday I'll hear the live version
wherein Jeremy Taylor explains it all to his non-South African audience.
'The Seagull's Name was Nelson' -- Pure political folk. This song
strikes me as nearly as powerful and timely a song as Bright Blue's
'Weeping'. When originally released, was anyone in doubt as to what it was about?
'Ramaja' -- A different sort of song from Glenys Lynne, she of the
Perfectly Lovely Voice. This song lodges in the brain like a pop tune is supposed to do and was a hit.
'Tchip Tchip' -- Like saying 'I like some disco', I feel perfectly okay
about saying 'I enjoy this novelty tune'. The lead noise is like a cute, living or cartoon animal of some kind.
[This song is also known as 'The Birdie Song' and is probably best known as 'The Clap Clap Song' which was taken into the UK charts in 1983 by Belgium band The Klaxons - ed}
'Tears On the Telephone' -- I listen to this for the little girl's
accent. Okay, she doesn't have an accent: I'm the one with the accent.
Whatever, this is the sort of song that plays with one's emotions, like
'Teddy Bear', and I am not a fan of such overly sad songs because after the initial listens the emotional impact becomes annoying.
'Count the Red Cars' -- Mature pop, a song about being on the road. It
has a ring of honesty.
When preparing to write this review, I sat down in silence and wrote a
brief commentary about each of the 48 songs according to my memory of them after extensive listens to 'The Best of SA Pop Volume 1'. I could recall nearly every tune and realized that I enjoyed just about every tune, too, usually for the melody. I could not recall only three or four songs, and that means only they are not objectionable -- aural wallpaper songs. A number of the songs make me imagine I'm driving the Garden Route or driving through extensive farmland, though I've never been to South Africa. Most all of the 48 songs are emminently sing-along-able, even on the first listen -- a sign of a classic pop song.
'Teddy Bear' I skip whenever I get to it, though I did listen to it again for the sake of this review. The song's faults for me is that it is too poignant, too bittersweet, and that I have heard Red Sovine's version too many times. In fact, the few songs I enjoy less are covers of familiar American songs. The original homegrown SA tunes are more ear-catching. My enjoyment of the South African originals probably has something to do with South Africa's joy in melody on these discs.
The three double CD sets of the 'Best of SA Pop' series are the important foundation of my SA rock CD library. The six discs and the book 'The History of Contemporary Music of South Africa' by Garth Chilvers and Tom Jasiukowicz (TOGA, 1994) have been invaluable in making me slightly more than merely conversant about SA pop and rock music -- I hope.
If you are from SA and old enough, this series will be full of memories
for you. If you are from South Africa and young, these songs are a part of your musical heritage as much as any other sort of music that your diverse nation offers. All of us can enjoy the pure gold pop music on 'The Best of SA Pop Volumes 1, 2, and 3' -- old songs that sound new to me.
Kurt Shoemaker, Blanco, Texas
mailto:kbshoe@hotmail.com
This and any other SA CD is available from One World
http://www.oneworld.co.za
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THE BEST OF SA POP VOLUME 4?
There were rumours once upon a time of a Volume 4 in this series... here is my suggested track listing for just such an album:
Pasadena - John Edmond
He (can build a mountain) - Peter Vee
Can We Get To That - Peter Vee
Does Anybody Miss Me - Ken J Larkin
Guinevere - McCully Workshop
Why Can't It Rain - McCully Workshop
Help - Hotline
Dancing In The Moonlight - Wozani
Bowtie Boogaloo - Morocko
Chinese Junkman - McCully Workshop
Time And The River - Dream Merchants
Reflections Of My Life - Neil Cloud
You're So Good To Me - Hotline
The Bushman - Steve Kekana
Tokoloshe Man - John Kongos
Lovely Lorraine - William E
Amen - Peanut Butter Conspiracy
You're Living Inside My Head - John Ireland
Rock And Roll Party - Ballyhoo
Love Is A Beautiful Song - Dave Mills
Every Day, Every Night - John Edmond
All Of The Time Girl - Dealians
The Puppet Man - Rising Sons
There's No Living Without Your Loving - Jody Wayne
Delta Queen - Proudfoot
If You Could Read My Mind - Cornelia
I Need Your Love - Letta Mbula
Meadowlands - The Meteors
Fanagalo - Peterson Brothers
Husbands and Wives - Peter Lotis
Jimmy Come Lately - 4 Jacks and a Jill
Mister Nico - 4 Jacks and a Jill
Kinders Van Die Wind - Laurika Rauch
All Of Me - Clout
Sonder Jou - Ian & Dix
Ek Verlang Na Jou - Sonja Herholdt
Sproetjies - Sias Reineke
Jugular Jive - Norman Greenburg and His Horrorock Band
What'you Gonna Do When The Reggae Breaks Your Heart - Beanstalk
Taximan - éVoid
Scatterlings Of Africa - Savuka
Take Me Down To Cape Town - Ballyhoo
Kokstad - Finch & Henson
Gezoem Van Die Bye - Des and Dawn Lindberg
Nightmare - Peach
Give A Little Love - Peanut Butter Conspiracy
A Shoulder To Cry On - Denise Freeman
Time - Dealians
Bubblegum - Dennis East
Brian Currin, July 2000
(subject to change without notice)
Of course, the beauty of imaginary compilations is that you don't have to worry about licencing problems, etc...
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6.CLASSIC ROCK
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THE RISING TIDE - BRIGHT BLUE
[1989, EMI, EMCJ (L) 4063771]
Bright Blue's first album was the training ground for this brilliant album. While the first album is somewhat raw and loose, this is tight, refined and smooth. Obviously 'Weeping' is the highlight of the album (voted the number 1 song of the previous century [on the Amuzine/ SA Rock Digest poll]). It still amazes me that the SABC did not ban it for it's blatant musical reference to 'N'Kosi Sikelel' iAfrica', let alone
for it's political charged lyrics, yet this powerful track reached number 1 on the Radio 5 charts. This is a big song in the same way that Bohemian Rhapsody is big, but without the obscure lyrics.
Despite the high praise I have just given to 'Weeping', it is not my personal favourite on the album. I opt for the title track. This song of solidarity with a young man who had refused to to National Military Service and was sentenced to a jail. The words are powerful and the music ebbs and flows on this sublime track. It is similar in feel to 'Weeping', but to my mind just that little bit better.
But what of the rest of the album? To say that this pales into
insignificance against the the 2 tracks above is probably true, but would be like saying that the rest of the Beatles work pales into insigificance compared to 'Sgt Peppers'. Bright Blue's ability to combine "Western Rock" with the rythms and sounds of South African "Township" music easily equals and generally surpasses Paul Simon's work on 'Graceland'. It is certainly up there with Johnny Clegg (who was the master). While the sound is at times similar to 'Graceland', where Bright Blue have the edge is that their lyrics were politically astute with an insight that Paul Simon could never have.
This album probably had it's greatest appeal with young middle class English speaking whites. It said things that a lot of us felt at the time and got away with it in the most tuneful manner. Probably the greatest protest album of the apartheid error (sorry... era).
John Samson
mailto:Thesamsons@aol.com
{Ed: it goes without saying that this classic album is also NOT available on CD...}
Bright Blue on the net
http://www.rock.co.za/files/bright_blue.html
The SA Rock Digest/Amuzine End of the Century Big Vote Results
http://www.rock.co.za/files/sarock_pollwinners.html
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7.FORUM
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SHERRY LEE
If you were wondering what Peter Hanmer from Off The Edge has been doing since the release of their new album 'Just Another Band', wonder no more. Peter has moved into a more acoustic mood and discovered a new talent in the voice of Sherry Lee.
I received a 6 track demo of Sherry Lee and I am blown away. Her voice is like Annie Haslam of Renaissance fame, and not disimilar to Maggie Riley (remember Mike Oldfield's 'Moonlight Shadow'?).
Peter has written lyrics for the Off The Edge instrumental song 'Blueprint' and retitled it 'Dreams'. Also on the demo is a goosebumps-inducing version of 'The Winter And The Summer'. This song was written by Dave Lambert and appeared on the classic Strawbs album 'Bursting At The Seams'. It also features the vocal debut of one Peter Hanmer!
Another surprise was that Peter decided to rearrange and re-record the epic 'St Aidans' from 'Just Another Band'... and its wonderful.
So watch this space for more details on Sherry Lee. We hope to have a website address for her soon and you will be able to listen to MP3 extracts on the net.
Meanwhile visit Off The Edge on the net:
http://rock.co.za/offtheedge
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MARGARET SINGANA - THE WARRIOR
I saw a copy of this LP in a second hand shop in London (The 3rd copy I've seen now). It was going for £5.50, so if anyone you know is interested in owning a copy, I don't mind getting it for them. The price is quite steep, but at that price, it should be in good nick. Postage to SA may double the price, but I can see if anyone is going down there soon and send it with them. Let me know soon as I can't guarantee it will be there when I get back to the shop.
John Samson
mailto:Thesamsons@aol.com
Margaret Singana on the net:
http://rock.co.za/legends/margaret
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MASTER JACK
Artist: Four Jacks and A Jill (South African quintet)
peak Billboard position #18 in 1968
Words and Music by Spiro D. Markantonatos (Dave Marks)
Lyrics:
It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
You taught me all I know and I'll never look back
It's a very strange world and I thank you, Master Jack
You took a colored ribbon from out of the sky
And taught me how to use it as the years went by
To tie up all your problems and make them look neat
And then to sell them to the people in the street
It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
You taught me all I know and I'll never look back
It's a very strange world and I thank you, Master Jack
I saw right through the way you started teaching me now
So some day soon you could get to use me somehow
I thank you very much and though you've been very kind
But I'd better move along before you change my mind
It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
You know how I feel as if I'll never come back
It's a very strange world and I thank you, Master Jack
You taught me all the things the way you'd like them to be
But I'd like to see if other people agree
It's all very interesting the way you disguise
But I'd like to see the world through my own eyes
It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack
No hard feelings if I never come back
You're a very strange man and I thank you, Master Jack
You're a very strange man and I thank you, Master Jack
You're a very strange man and I thank you, Master Jack
Transcribed by Robin Hood
More about this song here:
http://www.rock.co.za/files/sa_classic_songs2.html#jack
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THE MISUNDERSTOOD (Stolen, ripped off, wrongly labelled and misrepresented)
The years of the sixties and the seventies gave freely of creative songwriters, poets and musicians. It was in this cloud of creative and esoteric talent that the power of greed slowly dissolved the magic. The legal eagles and the axe wielding record moguls that splintered artistic development, destroyed musical relationships and sliced talent into offshore profit. The remnants are plain for all to see. The contractual destruction of Apple records in the seventies resulting in the demise of Badfinger, the legal dissection of the Beatles, the list is endless. But let us proceed on a journey through those hit singles that have been ripped off, stolen and well sealed in time and profit.
A brief tour in the UK of a Californian band called Spirit, caught the attention of a very young Jimmy Page who was presently a session guitarist for the band The Yardbirds. Page was fascinated by an instrumental guitar piece called 'Taurus', written by Randy California, the lead guitarist for Spirit. Randy, an innovative guitarist, named by Jimi Hendrix and astounded the west coast hippies of California by emulating classic renditions of the Hendrix singles. Jimmy Page asked Ed Cassidy, the drummer of Spirit, if he could borrow the tune and proceeded to release 'Stairway to Heaven' off the album Led Zeppelin Four.
The stolen age had landed and Barry McGuire came forth with the 'Eve of Destruction' originally done by P.F.Sloan and Steve Barri of the Grass Roots. Across the waters a Welsh four piece called The Bystanders had written 'When Jesamine Goes' which was stolen by the Casuals in the United States, note for note. A recent interview with Shawn Phillips revealed that he was the hidden sitar player on Donovan's 'Sunshine Superman' and songwriter for the jazz formidable 'Season of the Witch'. Telephonic discussion with Mickey Most confirmed the sitar issue but as far as song writing credits, he wasn't sure.
The age of rip had arrived and even the honourable Hank B Marvin of the Shadows could not resist taking Link Wray's 'Mustang' to the charts arrogantly under the same name. The Carpenters released 'Superstar' by the thousands on seven single, completely forgetting to give song writing credit to Delaney and Bonnie. And while the Four Tops gained glory for 'Walk Away Rene', Michael Brown of Left Banke who initially wrote the melody for Rene Fladen, lived in bohemian bankruptcy in Northern London. Maybe Bobby Darrin's integrity would not have been questioned if he had had the decency to list Tim Hardin as songwriter for his number one hit, 'If I Were a Carpenter'. When Nillson charted with the hit single, 'Without You', later to be revived by Mariah Carey in the nineties, Tom Evans and Pete Ham of Badfinger lived on the bread line while record moguls fought for the Apple contract. Sadly Pete Ham and Tom Evans both committed suicide in 1975 and 1983 respectively, but they say the music lives on. Carlos Santana proceeded to give new life to Peter Green's 'Black Magic Woman' and Jim Capaldi's 'Dealer' released on the 'Mister Fantasy' album by Traffic. 'The Ides of March' by Colosseum embraced 'Whiter Shade of Pale' by Procol Harum with dangerous resemblance. But who could fear Johan Sebastian Bach who was long gone. The popular soundtrack 'Baghdad Café' failed to list song writing credits to Allen Leahy of Stone the Crows, while Gary Moore did a magnificent rendition of Roy Buchanan's 'The Messiah Will Come Again'. In fact 'Parisian Walkways' came close to Santana's 'Europa' in all manner of speaking. While the Leaves proceeded to chart with 'Hey Joe', song writing credits go to Billy Cox, Tim Rose, William Roberts and the ghost of the sixties.
'Suzie Q' created good income for Creedence Clearwater Revival and the Rolling Stones and although credits go to the Dale Hawkins band, it was the lead guitarist of Dale Hawkins, James Burton, that claims he wrote the first version which was an instrumental guitar piece.
The power rock of the seventies gave Deep Purple a winner with the album 'In Rock' in 1970 due to the classic 'Child in Time'. Obviously Deep Purple were loyal fans to the Californian band It's a Beautiful Day and that wonderful and very similar track, 'Bombay Calling', by David Laflamme. Admittedly Led Zepplin were notorious for overlooking songwriters and correct credits. Even though Jimmy Page announced a number of times that Bert Jansch was his most popular mentor, his accountability seemed to ail when 'Black Mountain Side' off the debut album gave no credits to Bert Jansch and his instrumental 'Blackwater Side'.
As far as cashing in goes it was certainly the name of the game to feature 'House of the Rising Sun' and although gospel public domain, often listed the credits to themselves. Alan Price, Eric Burdon, Nina Simone, Frigid Pink, Bob Dylan and the Nashville Teens all stand guilty to this crime. Even fifties protest singer, Dave van Ronk, claimed to have initiated this melody.
Strange enough the author of all things comes to the surface even after an expanse of time and perhaps the 'Lion Sleeps Tonight' brought to the charts by Pete Seeger and the Weavers, Tokens, etc. will be the highest pay out of royalties ever seen to a black South African family abused by a former SA music mogul. Then again Pete Seeger, with all his integrity does occasionally mention only at live performances that 'Little Boxes' was written by Malvina Reynolds, but far be it for me to question the integrity of these new age travellers that play for cause and no profit. When Jesse Colin Young brought 'Get Together' to the charts it may have be appropriate to mention that Dino Valenti of the Quicksilver Messenger Service was the author of this wonderful tune, all considering that he was in prison at the time. Yes, why do the wrong people always get the glory while the sun sets on the true poets of the time. Although it is refreshing to see classic tracks like 'Born to be Wild' finally accredited to Mars Bonfire {real name: Dennis Edmonton}, while authentic classic hit singles of the sixties such as 'Never My Love' by The Association, being given due to the Andrissi Brothers, the wheel still turns with dirty cogs. So it seems as if every time a new single hits the charts, we had better gaze back into the misty sixties, to discover the roots. And thank God we do, for Dan Penn can finally pay his medical bills due to the success of The Commitments soundtrack and the classic number, 'Dark End of the Street'. Yet Dan Penn is the first person to admit that there is no other version but James Carr's.
Controversially signing off.
Shiloh Noone
Fine Music Radio
Blues and Variations
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8.REQUESTS
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AG PLEEZ DEDDY - JEREMY TAYLOR
I am looking for a copy of the lyrics to this song.
Does anyone know where I can get them at short notice?
Regards
Bruce
mailto:bruce@bluebox.co.za
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JULUKA - THE GOOD HOPE CONCERTS
I've bought CD's for quite a while now from One World, however the above CD has eluded me for a long time.
I always thought EMI had never bothered to transfer it to CD, however I have seen a copy over here that was bought in Cape Town. This changes everything and I'm now on a mission, I've even got hold of the
catalogue number. It was released on EMI in SA, catalogue no. CDM 4051482. (Funnily enough the disc itself says it was made in the UK, (P) 1990, but says copyright is owned by EMI Music South Africa (Pty) Ltd., and the sleeve has a couple of SA addresses and is (c) EMI Music.
Is there any way you could use your many resources to see if you can get me a copy please. To be honest I believe it will be second-hand if a copy does turn up. I have no problem with that provided its in good condition.
Next question: are there any quality second hand record stores in Jo'burg or Durban whom I could contact on the subject? I've already contacted Outlaw Records in Cape Town.
Is there such a paper in South Africa which deals in second hand articles where I could place an advertisement? Well I did say I was on a mission.
Don Compton
mailto:don.compton@daiwasbcm.co.uk
London
The Ultimate Johnny Clegg Discography Website is at:
http://members.xoom.com/termite2/Accueil.html
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éVOID
I grew up in S.A. and lived there for 11 years. I hardly remembered the name of the band "éVoid" but I couldn't get their song "Taximan" out of my head.
Since I came back to Germany I have been looking all over the place to find a single or a record of them but never had luck and no one seemed to know them as well.
This is the first time in 16 years that I found something about them. I wasn't even sure, that they really existed.
Uli
mailto:gu901@gre.ac.uk
éVoid on the net
http://rock.co.za/legends/evoid
{Ed: there are plans afoot from Benjy Mudie's new label "Retro" to release éVoid on CD sometime in the near future.}
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9.ON THE NET
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KEVIN MASON
http://www.geocities.com/mad_mason
Kevin Mason's homesite dedicated to the bands he has played in, recorded and engineered, including The Gentle People, Lincoln, Bite, Gate Showband, and Salty Dog.
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INDIEZONE
http://www.indiezone.co.za
A great resource website for the SA musician.
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STUDIO TAN AUDIO
http://www.studio-audio.co.za
Our shiny new web site is finally up amongst the stars at http://www.studio-audio.co.za. Listed is all our used & secondhand studio audio equipment and practically any used equipment a studio could need.
Sincerely from all at Studio Tan
mailto:studiot@mweb.co.za
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10.WHATS ON
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THE AQUARIAN QUARTET
Tony Cox, Steve Newman, Syd Kitchen and Greg Georgiades
FRIDAY 11 AUGUST
21:00 STELLENBOSCH MUSEUM
THURSDAY 17 AUGUST
21:00 JAN VAN RIEBEEK PRIMARY SCHOOL Cape Town
FRIDAY 18 AUGUST
20:00 THE TROUBADOUR, Kalk Bay
Ph: 021 7882943
SATURDAY 19 AUGUST
20:00 THE TROUBADOUR, Kalk Bay
Ph: 021 7882943
SUNDAY 20 AUGUST
20:00 HIGH STREET, Durbanville
Ph: 021 9147031
MONDAY 21 AUGUST
20:00 HIGH STREET, Durbanville
Ph: 021 9147031
FRIDAY 25 AUGUST
20:00 ZANZIBAR, Knysna
Ph: 044 3826870
Info from the Tony Cox website
http://www.tonycox.co.za
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LANDSCAPE PRAYERS
Friday - August 4 - Up The Creek in Hatfield, Pretoria.
Wednesday (public holiday) - August 9 - The Bass Line in Melville, Joburg. 9.30pm
Thursday - August 10 - The Bass Line. 9.30pm
Andy Van Der Spuy
mailto:Avanderspuy@glotec.co.za
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THE BASSLINE
7,7th STREET, MELVILLE
JOHANNESBURG
GAUTENG
2092
TEL/FAX: (011) 482-6915
(011) 783-3018
E-MAIL: mailto:bassline@icon.co.za
AUGUST 1st to 13th 2000 MUSIC LINEUP
Tues 1st Aug.: OHM - R 20 - 9:30pm
Wed 2nd: BIG VOICE JACK with extra special Guest from the UK 'COURTNEY PINE' (Booking essential!) - R 50 - 9:30pm
Thurs 3rd: BLK SONSHINE - R 30 - 9:30pm
Fri 4th to Sun 6th: WINSTON MANKUNKU - R 50 - 9:30
Tues 8th: SUGARDRIVE - R 40 - 9:30pm
Wed 9th & Thurs 10th: LANDSCAPE PRAYERS - R 30 - 9:30pm
Fri 11th & Sat 12th: PAUL HANMER - R 40 - 9:30pm
Sun 13th: KAMPI MOTO - R 30 - 9:30pm
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OPPIKOPPI
http://www.oppikoppi.co.za
3-6 August - Northam
11-13 August - Worcester
NORTHAM
Confirmed acts for Northam are: Aavaaz, Absolute Zero, Adamu, Ashton Nyte, Bizarre Bazaar, Beeskraal, BVK, Boo!, Boomslang, Battery 9,Blk Sonshine, Blunted Stuntman & Skekrou, Bradley Bionic & The Chop Suey Crew, Bob & Al, Busi Mhlongo, Carlo Mombelli & The Prisoners of Strange(Featuring Johnny Fourie), Collosal Head, Citrus, Cut La Roc (U.K), Christo Strauss, Delta Blue, Dondo, Da Knott & Myles, Duusman, Fidget, Firing Squad, Fuzi Gish, Frank Opperman, Fruit Fly Navigators, Gloria Bosman, Groinchurn, Interzone, James Phillips 5 Year Tribute, Jaques du Preez, Jimmy 12", Jonathan Crossley, Kampi Moto, Kwassa Nkemba, Liela, Lilo, M, Mesadoth, Message, Michelle Constant, Moses Molelekwa, Music Ye Africa, Moodphase5ive, Nine, Niki Blumenfeld, Never Machine Forever, Not My Dog, OHM, Piet Botha, Ready D, Saron Gas, Selaelo Selota, S'bu, Soulwax (Pukkelpop, Belgium), Springbok Nude Girls, Sshhh......, Sugardrive & Plum (The Yang Circle), Sunways, Slugs Of War, Skeem, Starseed, Superjuice, Squeal, Stoff, Syd Kitchen, T!, Tidal Waves, Tim Parr, THC, The Kerels, Van der Want & Letcher, Voël, Valiant Swart, Vlakplaas, Waddy Jones (Project 2501), Wadee, Willem Fourie & The Lightning Brothers, Zita Swoon (Pukkelpop, Belgium)
Friedjam.com Battle of the Bands Winners: Black Camel (Bloemfontein), Caffiene Substitute (Durban), Kombat Fudge (Port Elizabeth), Leek & The Bouncing Uptones (Pretoria), No ID (Cape Town), Subtle Change (Stellenbosch), The Jon Savage Band (Grahamstown), Tweak (Johannesburg)
WORCESTER
The confirmed acts for the Worcester leg are: Aavaaz, Adamu, Black Milk, Boo!, Blues Broers, B.D.I, Blk. Sonshine, Blunted Stuntman, Brasse Vannie Kaap, Carlo Mombelli & The Prisoners of Strange (Featuring Johnny Fourie), Copious, Cut La Roc (U.K), Cape Comedy Collective, Delta Blue, Duusman, Errol Dyers, Firing Squad, Frank Opperman, Frosted Orange, Groinchurn, Gurkha, Heel Art Collective, Interzone, James Phillips 5 Year Tribute, Jaques du Preez, Jack Hammer, Jo Rowlands Band, K*A*A*S, Krushed & Sorted, Liela, Madame Freak, Mung, Not My Dog, Phambili, Paul Hanmer, Piet Botha, Quake + Spekta, Rosswell Kings, Robin Auld, Ready D, Springbok Nude Girls, Spinnekop, Suda, THC, The Cusp, Tidal Waves, Tim Parr, Valiant Swart, Vusi Mahlasela, Van der Want & Letcher, Wonderboom.
Tickets for both events are available from Ticketweb and will be priced at R220 for the Northam leg and R200 for the Worcester leg. Prices include access to all the stages, toilets, showers and camping facilities. Ticketweb can be contacted on 0861400500 or http://www.ticketweb.co.za.
OPPIKOPPI - FARM NOOITGEDACHT - NORTHAM
P.O BOX 56
NORTHAM
0360
PHONE: 014 - 7860597
FAX: 014 - 7860034
WEBSITE: http://www.oppikoppi.co.za
E-MAIL: mailto:oppikoppi@icon.co.za
or mailto:oppikoppi@sigidi.co.za
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SUNWAYS
August Gigs
Fri 3 Oppikoppi
Start of COLOUR ME IN Tour
September
Woodstock 2000
Festival of Living Treasures
Sunways will be touring the country between the end of August and the
beginning of October, including dates in Bloemfontein, Pretoria, Kimberley, Johannesburg, Durban, Shongweni, Heidelberg, Hillcrest, Margate and Springs. The tour will coincide with the official release of their first full length album THE MOON IS A SPOON since their critically acclaimed debut release NO MORE HEAVY.
Sunways can be contacted at mailto:sunways@mweb.co.za
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LITTLE SISTER
http://www.rock.co.za/littlesister
4 August, Lesley's Bar
5 August, Atlas Friendly Grocer, 28 Star Road, Atlasville, Atlaspark
12 August, Fountains, Cnr Russel & Harper, Benoni
19 August, Northcliff Centre, Cnr Df Malan & Milner Ave, Northcliff
26 August, Key Largo, Cnr North Rand & Trichardt St, Boksburg
2 September, Satellite Friendly, Cnr Eleventh & Charl Cilliers Street, Boksburg
23 September, Glenn Marais, Cnr Veld & Dann St, Glen Marais, Kempton Park
24 September, East Rand Traders Center
25 September, Summerfield, Cnr Braun & Jim Fouche Streets, Verwoerdpark, Alberton
27 September, Kimberley Show
30 September, Richards Bay
7 October, Cotlands Gala Night and draw for Harley Davidson motorbike
14 October, Upington "Raisin Festival" time 20:00
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NOT MY DOG
sat 5 Aug 23:30 - Oppikoppi Trek 2000 Northam
sat 12 Aug 22:15 - Oppikoppi Trek 2000 Worcester
thu 7 Sep - Evolution, Pretoria
sat 9 Sep 23:00 - Opgerok Technikon, Pretoria
fri 22 Sep - The Nile Crocodile, Glenwood Rd, Pretoria
sat 30 Sep - Boogie Nights, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria
Thu 5 Oct - Tuks Joolplaas, Pretoria
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WOODSTOCK SA
This year's SA version of Woodstock will take place at the Heidelberg Kloof - Gauteng from 22nd to 25th of September. Bands can submit demos to: P.O.Box 91657, Auckland Park, 2006. There will be four stages/arenas. Contact mail to:woodstock@authentic.co.za
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11.LINKS AND ADVERTS
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ARTISTS:
SA ROCK LEGENDS
http://rock.co.za/legends
SA MUSICIANS ON THE NET FROM A TO Z
http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/Rembrandt/SAArtists.html
ROBIN AULD
http://www.robinauld.co.za
BERNARD BINNS
http://www.bernardbinns.co.za
PIET BOTHA & JACK HAMMER
http://rock.co.za/legends/pietbotha
KOOS KOMBUIS
http://www.kooskombuis.co.za
LITTLE SISTER
http://www.rock.co.za/littlesister
KEVIN MASON
http://www.geocities.com/mad_mason
OFF THE EDGE
http://rock.co.za/offtheedge
ASHTON NYTE
http://www.ashtonnyte.com
PLASTIC OCEAN
http://www.plasticocean.co.za
SPRINGBOK NUDE GIRLS
http://www.nudegirls.co.za
VALIANT SWART
http://www.valiant.co.za
TITUS
http://www.crosswinds.net/~glassmoon/titus/index.html
ARCHIVES:
THE LEGENDS OF SOUTH AFRICAN ROCK
Where SA rock legends still live
http://rock.co.za/legends
SOUTH AFRICA'S ROCK FILES
The online archive for the History of South African Rock
http://rock.co.za/sarock
OZNET MUSIC CHARTS
Archive of Australian, UK & US #1 Hit Singles from 1956 to 2000
http://www.q-net.net.au/~methinks/oz_net_music_chart.html
MESSAGE BOARD:
TOO GOOD TO BE FORGOTTEN
Post your message on the SA Rock message board
http://www.insidetheweb.com/mbs.cgi/mb311757
NEWS:
AMUZINE
News, views, reviews and interviews
http://rock.co.za/
ARTSMART
Arts news from Kwazulu-Natal
http://www.artsmart.co.za
POWERZONE
News, classifieds and much more...
http://www.powerzone.co.za/
WALL OF SOUND
Up-to-date news on the International music scene
http://www.wallofsound.com
WHATS ON:
BARLEYCORN
Cape Town's Music Club
http://twisted.co.za/barleycorn/
THE BIG TREE
Gant's Centre, Strand
http://www.icon.co.za/~diner/gigs.htm
HARBOUR MUSIC CLUB
The Troubadour, Kalk Bay
Every Wednesday night 8:30
Entrance R15 - bar available
Information:
Rob Anderson (021) 7891021
mailto:anderson@botzoo.uct.ac.za
Nadia Scaillet (021) 4489834
mailto:noid@netactive.co.za
TAMBOER
Pretoria entertainment guide
http://www.tamboer.co.za
ZA@PLAY
What's on around South Africa
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/art/music/menu-music.htm
SHOPS:
MUSICA
SA's music retail chain
http://www.musica.co.za
ONE WORLD
Selling South African Music to the World
http://www.oneworld.co.za/
OUTLAW RECORDS, CAPE TOWN
http://www.outlawrecords.co.za
Branches at:
Cape Town Central (021) 4238145
Wynberg (021) 7972482
Claremont (021) 6717887
RENEGADE MUSIC
New & Used CD's
Strand concourse Cape Town
Tel (021) 4185436
N1 City Goodwood
Tel (021) 5952436
VIBES MUSIC
N1 CITY, CAPE TOWN
Phone (021) 5953220
mailto:vibes@fast.co.za
RECORD COMPANIES, LABELS & STUDIOS:
BEATROOT MUSIC
http://www.beatrootmusic.co.za/beatrootmusic.htm
BMG
The Usual, Just Jinger, TKZee and others
http://www.click2music.co.za/
CAVEMAN PRODUCTIONS
Kevin Shirley's website
http://www.cavemanproductions.com
FRESH MUSIC
Independent multi-faceted music group
http://www.fresh.co.za
GALLO MUSIC
Supporting South African Music
http://www.gallo.co.za/
INDIE MUSIC EXPLOSION
http://www.indie.co.za
MELT2000
Independent label
http://www.melt2000.com
MIGHTY MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
http://www.mightymusic.co.za/
MOUNTAIN RECORDS
Music from and about Africa
http://www.mountain-africa.com
MUSIC FOR THE MASSES
Off Centre * Tic Tic Bang * Season To Taste * Shrapnel
Local & imported product
mailto:tictic@iafrica.com
mailto:tasty@iafrica.com
RADIUM WRECKORDS
The home of the Radio Rats, The Glee Club, the Chauffeurs
and the Pop Guns
Radium Wreckords
Suite 207
Postnet
Private Bag X10
Flamwood
2572
Klerksdorp
mailto:jhandley@aghs.co.za
RIESTER INTERNATIONAL RECORDS
Independent SA record company
http://www.riester-records.co.za/
SHEER SOUND
http://www.sheer.co.za
STREET LEVEL RECORDS
Cape Town's Independent Record Label
http://www.streetlevel.co.za/
SUNSET STUDIOS
Stellenbosch Recording Studio
http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/sunsetsound/index.html
TEQUILA MUSIC
The Home of African Music
http://www.tequila.co.za
TL MASTERING
http://www.tl-mastering.com
Digital Mastering, Editing and Remastering
mailto:prozak@iafrica.com
phone: 082 701 5096
RESOURCES:
BACKSTAGE
The Musician's Resource
http://www.backstage.co.za/
INDIEZONE
http://www.indiezone.co.za
PEDRO THE MUSIC MAN
Music teacher
http://users.iafrica.com/m/mu/musicman
SHOW VILLAGE
sound - lights - dance
http://www.showvillage.co.za
MAGAZINES:
AMUZINE
African Music Magazine
http://rock.co.za
SLY
Online magazine
http://www.sly.co.za/
STAGE
SA Music magazine
http://www.stage.co.za
TOP FORTY
http://topforty.worldonline.co.za
RADIO:
DINOSAUR DAYS
The radio show, the CDs, the website
http://www.dinosaurdays.co.za
CAPITAL RADIO 604
Remembering Capital 604 (1979 to 1996)
http://www.Capital604.com
SAFM
South African Radio Station
http://www.safm.co.za
BOOKS:
THE HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Garth Chilvers and Tom Jasiukowicz (TOGA, 1994)
http://www.rock.co.za/files/book_order.html
KOOS se SONGS
Koos Kombuis
http://www.oneworld.co.za
SEX, DRUGS AND BOEREMUSIEK
Koos Kombuis
http://www.oneworld.co.za
TIGHTLINES
Robin Auld
http://www.robinauld.co.za
TRIVIA:
CLIMB UP ON MY MUSIC
A site dedicated to Rodriguez, the Sugar Man
http://www.rock.co.za/files/rodriguez.html
POP SHOP TRACK LISTINGS
A tribute to those great Pop Shop albums
http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/Rembrandt/PopShop/PopShopHome.html
SPACE HYMNS
The only known website for Ramases
http://rock.co.za/ramases
VAGABOND'S WORLD
a rock music trivia site
http://rock.co.za/vagabond
PIOTR'S GREEN PAGES
Discographies and lyrics for the legends of rock
http://www.zetosa.com.pl/piotrus/greenpages
FESTIVALS:
SPLASHY FEN
The festival, the CD, the book, the website
http://www.splashyfen.co.za
OPPIKOPPI
http://www.oppikoppi.co.za
RUSTLERS VALLEY
http://www.rustlers.co.za
MUSIC ON-LINE:
CDDB
CD Database Online
http://www7.cddb.com/
CDMAX
CD player for accessing the online CD database http://www.mindspring.com/~clark_tisdale/CDmax/
DIGITAL CUPBOARD
African music, MP3s and more...
http://www.digitalcupboard.co.za
MP3.COM
Listen to MP3s of South African artists
http://www.mp3.com/regions/africa/south_africa/
MP3 SOFTWARE
Links to download sites
http://www.rock.co.za/files/mp3software.html
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BACK ISSUES
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