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Paradise in Gazankulu is the final studio album by Harry Belafonte, released by EMI Records in 1988.[3] The album deals with the plight of black South Africans under the Apartheid system.[4] The album was re-released as an official mp3 download in the U.K., in 2010.

Track listing

  1. "We Are the Wave" (Jake Holmes, Richard Cummings, The Soul Brothers) – 3:32
  2. "Paradise in Gazankulu" (Holmes, Oben Ngobeni) – 4:27
  3. "Skin to Skin" (Holmes, Godfrey Nelson) – 4:25
  4. "Amandla" (Holmes, D. Zuma) – 4:05
  5. "Kwela (Listen To The Man)" (Holmes, S. M. Nkabinda) – 4:00
  6. "Monday to Monday" (Holmes, Zuma, R. Klaas) – 4:14
  7. "Global Carnival" (Holmes, Alistair Coakley) – 3:43
  8. "Capetown" (Holmes, M. Xaba, R. Bopape) – 3:58
  9. "Sisiwami (Sweet Sister)" (Holmes, The Soul Brothers) – 4:49
  10. "Move It" (Holmes, Van Van, Vusi Khumalo) – 4:57

Personnel

  • Harry Belafonte – vocals
  • Alistair Coakely – guitar
  • Jose Alves – guitar
  • "Stompie" Themba Dlzmini – guitar
  • Laurence Matshiza – guitar, background vocals
  • V. Mkhize – guitar
  • Maxwell "China" Mngadi – guitar
  • José Neto – guitar
  • Oben Ngobeni – guitar
  • Marks Makwane – guitar
  • Alex Acuña – percussion
  • Neil Clarke – percussion
  • Youssou N'Dour – percussion
  • Chi Sharpe – percussion
  • Assane Thiam – percussion
  • Babakar Meaye – percussion
  • Richard Cummings – keyboards
  • Christopher Dlathu – bass
  • Bakithi Kumalo – bass
  • Denny Laloutte – bass
  • Thembile Michael Masoka – bass
  • Joseph Mokwela – bass
  • Sicelo Ndlela – bass
  • Vusi Khumalo – drums, background vocals
  • Lucky Monoma – drums
  • Bongani Nxele – drums
  • Richie Marrero – keyboards, background vocals
  • Mduduzi Mlangeni – keyboards
  • Dumisane Ngubeni – keyboards
  • Moses "Crocodile" Ngwenya – keyboards
  • Hilton Rosenthal – keyboards, guitar
  • West Nkosi – pennywhistles
  • Victor Paz – trumpet
  • Francis Bonny – trumpet
  • Wilmer Wise – trumpet
  • Lemmy "Special" Mabaso – saxophone
  • Ricky Ford – saxophone
  • Morris Goldberg – saxophone
  • Dick Griffin – trombone
  • Carlos Ward – saxophone
  • Jennifer Warnes – vocals on "Skin to Skin"
  • Bobby Allende – background vocals
  • Jake Holmes – background vocals
  • Ralph Irizarry – background vocals
  • Selina Khoza – background vocals
  • Brenda Fassie – background vocals
  • Sharon Brooks – background vocals
  • John Cartwright – background vocals
  • Jean Madubane – background vocals
  • Debbie Malone – background vocals
  • Ronnie Martin – background vocals
  • David Masondo – background vocals
  • Grace Ngobeni – background vocals
  • Jane Ngobeni – background vocals
  • Marilyn Nokwe – background vocals
  • Tu Nokwe – background vocals
  • Deborah Sharpe – background vocals
  • Ty Stevens – background vocals

Production notes:

  • Hilton Rosenthal – producer, drum programming
  • Harry Belafonte – executive producer
  • Richard Cummings – arranger, conductor
  • Peter Thwaites – engineer
  • Charlie Paakkari – engineer
  • David Belafonte – engineer
  • Larry Walsh – engineer
  • Chris Rudy – engineer
  • Tom Lewis – engineer
  • Fernando Perdigao – assistant engineer
  • Bobby Summerfield – mixer, engineer, drum programming, sampling, synthesizer programming
  • Scott Ansell – assistant engineer
  • Ellen Fitton – assistant engineer
  • Billy Straus – assistant engineer
  • Ben-Ben, Hahn – assistant engineer
  • Peter Doell – assistant engineer
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering
  • David Nadien – concert master
  • Chris Callis – photography
  • Suzette Abbot – photography
  • Carol Chen – design
  • Henry Marquez – art direction

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Allmusic entry for Paradise in Gazankulu Retrieved November 2009.
  4. ^ The Guide to United States Popular Culture William Labov, Ray Broadus Browne, Pat Browne - 2001 - Page 78 "Belafonte focused consistent attention on the racist apartheid system in South Africa; in 1988 he issued an album about the South Africa system, Paradise in Gazankulu."
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_in_Gazankulu
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