Johnny Clegg & Jaluka - Work For All (1983) [Complete LP]

One Of Our Obscure Albums Series

Johnny Clegg (1953-2019) was a South African musician. His first band, Jaluka, was the first South African band to combine white and black musicians during the apartheid era. In the late 1980's Johnny Clegg formed a new group called Savuka, which is better known that his first group, Jaluka. Any Johnny Clegg album is worth a listen and I will be posting more Johnny Clegg albums in future.

Here is a link to the Johnny Clegg website: https://www.johnnyclegg.com/

This Jaluka album, Work For All, was released in 1983. It is not well known but it deserves to be, which is why I have included it on the “One Of Our Obscure Albums Series”.

The audio here was taken from a 1983 pressing of the original vinyl LP. Work For All is currently available on CD and mp3 download but I have heard the CD can be hard to get: https://www.amazon.com/Work-All-Johnn...

Track List:

1. December African Rain 0:00
2. Bullets For Bafazane 4:24
3. Mana Lapho 8:21
4. Baba Nango 12:18
5. Walima 'Mabele 16:05
6. Work For All 20:18
7. Gunship Ghetto 24:18
8. Woza Moya 28:04
9. Mdantsahe (Mud Coloured Dusty Blood) 31:42
10. Mantombana 35:41

Album Credits:

Johnny Clegg: lead vocals, guitar;
Sipho Mchunu: lead vocals, guitar;
Gary Van Zyl: bass, vocals, percussion;
Scorpion Madondo: flute, saxophone, vocals;
Glenda Millar: keyboards, vocals;
Zola Mtiya: drums, vocals;
Derrick De Beer: percussion;

Producer: Hilton Rosenthal
Recording Engineer: Peter Thwaites
Recorded at Satbel Studios

For more information on Johnny Clegg:

https://www.johnnyclegg.com/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/mu...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa...

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnn...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_...

Discographies:

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnn...

https://www.discogs.com/artist/396636...

https://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Clegg/e...