Various – Roots Rocking Zimbabwe (The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975-1980) (2xLP) Natural Information Society 1988–2006

1988–2006

unprecedented 18-part masterpiece proved unlike anything seen before on television

Knowitall 3:51 A5 Frizzle Fry 6:04 A6 John The Fisherman 3:37 A7 You Can't Kill Michael Malloy 0:25 B1 The Toys Go Winding Down 4:35 B2 Pudding Time 4:35 B3 Sathington Willoughby 0:24 B4 Spegetti Western 5:43 B5 Harold Of The Rocks 6:17 B6 To Defy 0:36 B7 Hello Skinny / Constantinople 4:48

follows the script of a singles / greatest hits collection but the second one goes wildly off-piste and ends up somewhere quite far from where the collection started

giving life to Pierce's alternate-universe Eden

Various – Roots Rocking Zimbabwe (The Modern Sound of Harare Townships 1975-1980) (2xLP) Natural Information Society 1988–2006Analog Africa doesn't do anything other than special releases really, but this one tracing the label's origins back to Zimbabwe over 20 years ago is a real standout. A carefully curated collection of 25 tracks with a fine booklet proving plenty of extra context, it captures the birth of the country's modern music scene and brims with the creative sound explosion of the 70s and 80s. Before genres were fully defined, artists blended rock, rumba, soul