Monday, March 7, 2011

Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited -
Chamunorwa, Gramma Records 1989



















Wanted to post this LP way earlier, however because of
a disturbing series of ticks and tacks straight from the
beginning, I posponed it a couple of times. Today I decided
to post it anyway and fade start past the disturbance. You
must know that we miss a couple of tones consequently.
It's a shame our Thomas kept his handkerchief wrapped
around his microphone, other than that it sounds cristal clear.
Still, worth a couple of spins, I leave you with this 'chimurenga'
from Zimbabwe which we didn't have for quite some time.

tracks;

1 Hwahwa
2 Murambadoro
3 Chitima nditakure
4 Chamunorwa
5 Hurukuro
6 Nyama yekugocha

tmatbu-c

12 comments:

gd said...

thanks for this! some of my all time favorite music!

Anonymous said...

One of my favorite albums of all time. This one sounds a little different from the version I have. Thanks so much.

RhythmCxn said...

hi moos,

I have a pristine, never-played copy of this record. I'll check it to see if the sound is any better, and let you know. I've had a technical issue holding up my recording/posting, but that should be resolved in a week or so.

Cheers, and as always, thanks.
Robert

Kostas from Greece said...

MANY,MANY THANKS!!!

SG said...

MF links are kind of a blessing :)

John B. said...

Hey Moos: I see the parasites over at Congo na Biso have started deleting our comments! Har!

John B. said...

PS. I have this one on CD. I'd be happy to rip and upload it for you.

ttrof said...

thank you very very much moos for your global groovers. this is my all time favourite blog on the web

RhythmCxn said...

Hah! I have it on CD also (Mango) and so probably will not digitize my Zimbabwe pressing. Should have checked!

cheers,
robert

ttrof said...

there was time when your blog helped me to stay alive.

Anonymous said...

thanks for this!

you keep hitting the spot!

there's a different version of the first track, Hwa Hwa, on the "Hokoya!" Lp with "the Acid Band"

Anonymous said...

Thomas Mapfumo - 2009.05.11 live in KEXP Seattle

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YKCIIBOK

Cheers, Dave Sez.

Thanks to the original uploader, and to wrldsrv, freedomblues, electricjive, globalgroovers - each .blogspot.com.