{"product_id":"various-artists-african-steel-new-lp","title":"Various Artists – African Steel  – New LP","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eAfrican Steel, a follow-up to 2019’s compilation Bulwayo Blue Yodel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4027543002\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/olvidorecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/african-steel\"\u003eAfrican Steel by Various Artists\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere we have a compendium of beautiful songs highlighting the early years of the slide guitar in southern, central and eastern Africa. Featuring traditional and popular regional styles adapting the acoustic lap-steel guitar, African Steel reveals intriguing influences from southern American country and blues, Argentinian and European tango, and back to the Hawaiian origins of the instrument, long before the shimmering electric slide guitar of Docteur Nico, and the pedal steel mastery of Demola Adepoju of King Sunny Ade's African Beats. Ranging from up-tempo dance numbers, to plaintive bottleneck-blues style ballads, to a Ugandan string-band cover of a Jimmie Rodgers classic, each song presented here is a unique glimpse into the early years of the slide guitar’s incorporation into various African musical cultures. These fourteen songs have been carefully restored from rare shellac and lacquer discs to honor and celebrate a previously under-represented chapter in global music history, and includes a booklet with contextual notes and translated lyrics.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompilation produced by Gordon Ashworth and Michael Kieffer.\u003cbr\u003eAudio restoration and mastering by Michael Kieffer.\u003cbr\u003eLiner notes by Gordon Ashworth.\u003cbr\u003e78 RPM discs provided by Michael Kieffer, Siemon Allen, Sherwin Dunner, John Heneghan and Mark van Yetter.\u003cbr\u003ePortrait of Charles Ssonko by Cybele Collins.\u003cbr\u003eDesign by Gordon Ashworth.\u003cbr\u003eAdou Elenga appears courtesy of Ngoma Records. All rights reserved.\u003cbr\u003ePhoto of Adou Elenga courtesy of David Manet \u0026amp; Bart Cattaert.\u003cbr\u003eTranslations by Dingani Mthethwa (1, 9, 10, 11), Tapiwa Mubeda (2, 7), Robert Bwire (3, 4, 8), Joyce Jenje Makwenda (5, 13), Chris Mukkuli (7), Ms Rita Kirabo (12), John Kitime (14).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGratitude and Appreciation: Chris Albertyn, Siemon Allen, Rob Allingham, Robert Bwire, Bart Cattaert, Cybele Collins, Sherwin Dunner, Flemming Harrev, John Heneghan, Edward Kabuye, Paul Kavvadias, Jamal Khadar, Ms Rita Kirabo, John Kitime, Joyce Jene Makwenda, Dingani Mthethwa, Chris Mukkuli, Tapiwa Mubeda, Africa Munyama, John W. Troutman, Elijah Wald, Jonathan Ward, Mark van Yetter.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Olvido Records \/ Mississippi Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46916829511841,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/1427\/files\/steel.jpg?v=1787464674","url":"https:\/\/store.greennoiserecords.com\/products\/various-artists-african-steel-new-lp","provider":"Green Noise Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}