Various - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto, Vol. 1 (1985) (@256)
The Vampire Weekend did it again! They made me rave as I did with their first album. These guys are truly admirable. I watch them still being some simple, ordinary lads, although they have succeeded to become massive by reaching no1 of the US albums some weeks ago, by releasing the second brilliant album in a row. Again though, now that they have passed to wider audiences (without deteriorating their sound), I read here and there that "Ah, I didn't like them in the first place" or "they copy african elements" etc. So did the Rolling Stones with Muddy Waters. So fuckin' what. Miserable points of view for a group that it would be wonderful to initiate a row of success for other similar groups.
As for this upload, you will easily understand that it is a core album for Vampire Weekend's sound. This was obviously the core album for Paul Simon's Graceland which was uploaded earlier in this blog, while presenting the first V.W. album. All in all, do not miss the chance to listen to a compilation that will drive you directly to valuable, enjoyable roots.
Wonderful album. Thanks for the rip. This will make my vinyl last a little longer.
ReplyDeleteThank you Traveler!
ReplyDeleteI ran into a problem with the 5th track on side b:
B5-Johnson Mkhalali - Joyce No.2
I used two different decompression utilities and I received a CRC failure error in both cases.
Please use the rar decomp. utility and use the "keep broken files" check box. It'll work this way. Inform me if everything is ok. btw thanks for the notice.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion. What I found was that track B5 turns into noise at 00:52.
ReplyDeleteThe rest of the tracks seem to work and the artwork is cool. Thanks for posting this!
Damn! You're right! Re-uped; hope it works fine now! thanks again.
ReplyDeleteThanks for re-uploading this one alan!
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