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The rise of The Invaders: Uitenhage’s long forgotten 60’s rock ‘n rollers

Uitenhage is probably the last place you would expect to find some self-styled rock stars, but in 1962 this small Eastern Cape town birthed The Invaders. Now thanks to some rabid Invaders fans who have been pestering Gallo Archivist Rob Allingham to find Read More...

Posted Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:12 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Feature, Rob Allingham, Gallo Reissues, The Invaders

Rob Allingham’s Top 5

PHOTOS COPYRIGHT: Lisa Skinner For the uninitiated listener all these Gallo reissues may feel overwhelming. Where does one start? So we asked Allingham to pick his top five records from the 180 plus reissues that he has put out while at Gallo. Allingham Read More...

Posted Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:55 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Rob Allingham, Makgona Tshole Band, Gallo Reissues, Amaswazi Emvelo, Abafana Baseqhudeni, The Soul Brothers, Lulu Masilela

Mbaqanga’s greats get the reissue treatment

Isolation.tv takes a journey into the history of Makgona Tshole Band and the Mavuthela stable. Imagine for a minute that the cast of Friends was not a bunch of yuppie, espresso swilling New Yorkers. Well if you were watching television in South Africa Read More...

Posted Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:22 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Rob Allingham, Makgona Tshole Band, Gallo Reissues, Abafana Baseqhudeni, Mahlathini & the Mohotella Queens, West Nkosi

Amaswazi Emvelo Reissues

Amaswazi Emvelo were last in the long line of great Mbaqanga bands on Mavuthela. After the student uprisings in 1976, Mbaqanga was viewed by the younger generation as old fashioned and politically suspect. So it is surprising and a credit to the band Read More...

Posted Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:12 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Rob Allingham, Gallo Reissues, Amaswazi Emvelo, Mahlathini Nkabinde, Abafana Baseqhudeni

The Basotho Dihoba and Johannes Mohlala reissues

Makgona Tshole Band drummer Lucky Monama went on to produce a number of more traditional albums for the Mavuthela stable. One of the band’s he recorded for the Mavuthela stable was Basotho Dihoba led by Letsema Matsela. Monama happened upon the band at Read More...

Posted Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:08 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Rob Allingham, Makgona Tshole Band, Johannes Mohlala, Basotho Dihoba, Gallo Reissues