Name: 4 Track Recording Session
Brand: Green Arrows

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

oph002

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2008-04-28

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Green Arrows

Genre GB

African

Label GB

now in stock on double vinyl. in a sense all modern popular music in zimbabwe owes a certain debt to the first zimbabwean group to record an lp there, and so this first edition in alula's analog africa series is particularly timely. the green arrows picked up their name in 1968, shortly before jumping into a freshly painted volkswagen bus to tour the country in support of various vocalists. in 1974 south african producer west nkosi convinced the green arrows to record a series of singles which became extremely popular through the mid to late-'70s. among them is zimbabwe's first gold record, 'chipo chiroorwa,' which is marked by catchy, interlocking lines. this collection features twenty tracks recorded from 1974-78, including the landmark 'mono chipo chiroorwa' album. the '70s were a time of musical experimentation in zimbabwe, as in much of africa, since independence was close at hand. traditional shona mbira music, the most obvious influence in this music, acquired a new identity as it was translated to the language of electric guitars. other musical flavors from south africa (mbaqanga), malawi and kenya (benga) became part of the mix. a new style called chimurenga ('struggle'), later popularized by thomas mapfumo, can be traced to early roots in these joyous, polyphonic, polyrhythmic songs.

4 Track Recording Session

Music GB