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Juluka ‎– Stand Your Ground 1984 African Folk Rock (vinyl)

Juluka ‎– Stand Your Ground 1984 African Folk Rock (vinyl)

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Juluka ‎– Stand Your Ground 1984 African Folk Rock (vinyl) 

Juluka was a South African music band formed in 1969 by Johnny Clegg and Sipho MchunuJuluka means "sweat" in Zulu, and was the name of a bull owned by Mchunu. The band was closely associated with the mass movement against apartheid.

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Label:Warner Bros. Records ‎– 92 51551
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album 
Country:Canada
Released:1984
Genre:Rock


Sleeve Condition (Out of 10) ~ 9 / with inner sleeve
Label Condition (Out of 10) ~ side 1 has paper torn from it 
Vinyl Condition ~ (Out of 10)
Side 1 - 10
side 2 - 10
BIN # *33 / 53 ( library copy with label on the front )/ R7  / R10 great shape 9/9


At the age of 14, Clegg met Zulu street musician Charlie Mzila, who taught him Zulu music and dancing over the following two years. In 1969 Clegg and Mchunu met inJohannesburg when the latter went there to find work. The 18-year-old Mchunu challenged the 16-year-old Clegg to a guitar contest, and the two became friends. Soon, they were performing together on the streets and in what few other unofficial venues a multi-racial band could safely play in under apartheid. They were forced to keep a low profile and their success came from word of mouth instead of through traditional publicity. Clegg himself was arrested and beaten up by the police on several occasions for his activities and also for the band's lyrics.

In 1976, they released their debut single, "Woza Friday", followed three years later by a critically acclaimed album, Universal Men.[1] The album's poetic lyrics were strongly influenced by John Berger's A Seventh Manas well as Pablo Neruda and Jean-Paul Sartre.[citation needed] Expanding to a quartet, they released a second album, African Litany, in late 1981. The album's lead single, "Impi", with its pointedly political lyrics about a defeat of the colonial British army by the Zulus at the Battle of Isandlwana, was banned by South African radio but became an underground hit. In contemporary South Africa it is often associated with national sports teams. The album garnered them their first international attention, and they were able to successfully tour in Europe and North America in 1982 and 1983. However, in June 1983, the British music magazine, NME, reported that they were initially banned by the Musicians Union as, ..."since it would not be possible to approve one of our bands working in South Africa, there is no possibility of an exchange". The ban was eventually lifted, with the group donating their fees to charity.[2]

The group disbanded in 1985 when Mchunu moved back to the farm where he was born in Natal in order to take care of his family. Clegg went on to form a new band, Savuka, with whom he achieved even greater international success. In 1997, however, the two friends came back for a final album together. It did not receive the critical acclaim of early Juluka albums like Universal Men, African Litany, Work for All and Scatterlings.

Tracklist

A1 Kilimanjaro 3:42
A2 Look Into The Mirror 3:38
A3 December African Rain 4:22
A4 Mano Lapho (Stand Your Ground) 3:52
A5 Work For All 3:56
B1 Fever 3:45
B2 Mantombana 3:40
B3 Crazy Woman 4:15
B4 Bullets For Bafazane 3:53
B5 Walima 'Mabele 4:19
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