Ethiopian Hit Parade 1 / Various

Ethiopian Hit Parade 1 / Various

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing including bonus track. After releasing around fifty 45 rpm singles and his first 33 rpm album, Amha EsthÃ¨tÃ© set about compiling his best 45s on a series of now legendary albums (the originals are impossible to find) in 1972. The first four volumes of Ethiopian Hit Parade were released in September and October 1972, with the fifth volume appearing in January 1973. You might be the proud owner of Volume 1. An audacious, funky outlaw, a music lover and an entrepreneur in tune with the baby-boomer generation, young Amha EsthÃ¨tÃ© will be remembered as the instigator of a peaceful revolution thick with soul and rock 'n' roll. The opening track of the first compilation is highly symbolic. 'Addis Abeba bÃ©tÃ©; (;Addis Abeba is My Home;) is an exuberant and light-hearted hymn ("Running into you was a dream, but where can I meet you properly?") whose life-affirming message is still relevant today for people living in the Ethiopian capital. It was also written by the first artist to team up with Amha and brave the backward law upheld by the emperor and his bureaucrats. It is a worthy tribute to those who didn't just dream of pop stardom, but put their lives on the line at a time when it was already dangerous enough to rebel. Girma BÃ¨yÃ¨nÃ¨ (piano) and Tesfa-Maryam Kidane (sax) were also on board and took part in clandestine recording sessions at a state radio studio arranged by a brave sound engineer by the name of BÃ¨feqadu Dibaba. The other tracks on this first volume celebrate such pioneers of modern Ethiopian groove as Girma BÃ¨yÃ¨nÃ¨, Seyfu Yohannes, TÃ¨shomÃ¨ Meteku, Menelik WÃ¨snatchÃ¨w, Mulatu Astatq and Muluken Melesse, alongside "tradi-modern" singers representing Amhara (Essatu TÃ¨ssÃ¨mma) and Oromo culture, so rich and so long marginalized (AbbÃ¨bÃ¨ TÃ¨ssÃ¨mma and GÃ¨mÃ¨tchu Itana).
Country USA
Brand HEAVENLY SWEETNE
Manufacturer Heavenly Sweetness
Binding Vinyl
ItemPartNumber HSVL 144
Model HSVL 144
ReleaseDate 2016-12-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 3521381540895

Country	USA
Brand	HEAVENLY SWEETNE
Manufacturer	Heavenly Sweetness
Binding	Vinyl
ItemPartNumber	HSVL 144
Model	HSVL 144
ReleaseDate	2016-12-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	3521381540895

Ethiopian Hit Parade 1 / Various

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