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Friday, August 14, 2015

The Real Sounds - BBC Sessions 1987 & 1989

A re-up - gorgeous music!

Real Sounds of Africa (Zimbabwe) - BBC Sessions 1987 & 1989
Andy Kershaw Sessions (BBC Radio One)
Broadcast September 1987 (#1-4) & January 19, 1989 (#5-8)
#1-4: recording date unknown
#5-8: recorded December 1, 1988

1. Poto (4:58)
2. Dynamos vs Caps (7:43)
3. Marume (5:37)
4. Sophie (7:54)   
5. Oye Oye (4:10)
6. Umwele zele (5:39)
7. Maginga (5:20)
8. Maifa (5:36)

TT: 46:57

Sound: A/A- (first session in mono)
Lineage: Marantz tuner > Sony TC-WE435 cassette  deck > TDK SA90 cassettes > Cool Edit 2000 (normalised and cleaning up beginnings/ends of songs) > CDWave > TLH 1.1.1 flac level 6 > you