South Africa music reviews

Pioneering a unique movement in music, blending zulu and white South African sound, at the height of a system which attempted to keep all the various sub-cultures seperated, this album helped Johnny Clegg and band break through to some degree in the states. Clegg is a household name in many parts of Europe, and of course SA, where he did much more than has yet been fully appreciated, to break down cultural barriers.

CD contains some really great songs like: " Scatterlings"; "Digging For Some Words" & "Kwela Man".
"Digging For Some Words" and "Umbaquanga Music" although worthy of it have not yet been included in any Best of's, or Compilations, and as such are only found on this album...well...

Anyway I'm horrified to see that this album is considered so rare in the USA, when you can purchase the South African version really cheaply.
There, "Scatterlings" has one track diffence with the American version, it does not contain "Umbaqunga Music" (an all-Zulu version was released in SA), instead it contains a different track called "Mad Dog"(not on the US vesion). Another cd : " International Tracks" does contain "Umbaqunga" plus others like "Kilamanjaro" and "Fever" some of Juluka's best upbeat stuff. Both cd's can be purchased very, very cheaply. So do a little searching dude...
Don't buy DVD's from SA,different TV system(PAL).