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Miriam Makeba & Skylarks
Vol. 1-Best of Miriam Makeba & Skylarks
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock

Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
1. Inkomo Zodwa - Miriam Makeba, Kente, Gibson
2. Nomalungelo - Miriam Makeba, Sihawu, Nomunde
3. Make Us One - Miriam Makeba, Kente, Gibson
4. Siyavuya - Miriam Makeba,
5. Holilili - Miriam Makeba, Silinga, Alan
6. Sindiza Ngecadillacs - Miriam Makeba, Kente, Gibson
7. Live Humble - Miriam Makeba, Kente, Gibson
8. Mtshakasi - Miriam Makeba, Sihawu, Nomunde
9. Uthando Luyaphela - Miriam Makeba, Sihawu, Nomunde
10. Phansi Kwalomhlaba - Miriam Makeba, Sihawu, Nomunde
11. Kutheni Sithandwa - Miriam Makeba, Traditional
12. Miriam and Spokes' Phatha Phatha - Miriam Makeba, Msomi, Reggie
13. Yini Madoda - Miriam Makeba, Rabotapi, Mary
14. Umbhaqanga - Miriam Makeba, Makeba, Miriam
15. Miriam's Goodbye to Africa - Miriam Makeba, Msomi, Reggie
16. Table Mountain - Miriam Makeba, Sihawu, Nomunde

CD Details

All Artists: Miriam Makeba & Skylarks
Title: Vol. 1-Best of Miriam Makeba & Skylarks
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Release Date: 8/17/2004
Album Type: Import
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Africa, Southern Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

Synopsis

Album Description

The 32 selections reissued in this two part collection bring together the greatest recordings of Miriam Makeba and the Skylarks. All of them originally appeared on shellac 78 rpm discs and have been largely unobtainable for more than three decades. This early music, together with the story of its making, constitutes one of South Africa's most interesting and satisfying cultural legacies.

CD Reviews

Miriam Makeba's early roots

Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 08/06/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you're only familiar with Miriam Makeba's folk-era recordings ("The Click Song," etc.) then take the time to check out this amazing set of her earliest work from the mid-1950s, with the Skylarks vocal ensemble. This is South African "jive" music, a mix of ska-like African rhythms and American jazz and swing melodies - some of the most cheery and infectious music you'll ever hear! This is the first disc of a 2-volume collection... BMG also put out an 18-track single CD best-of that has a lot of the same great material. Either way you find this music, it'll knock your socks off!"