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7" boxset: these are limited to 1 per customer
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This is an exclusive release for Record Store Day 2017.
If we have stock left it will be available online from Saturday 29th April, strictly one per customer.
Box set of six original Ethiopian 7" singles. Reissued for the first time with beautiful artwork. The booklet includes photos, track selection and liners notes by Francis Falceto (Ethiopiques series founder and Ethiopian music specialist).
Many of the tracks were later included on the iconic Ethiopiques series of albums and compilations, which brought the treasures of the Ethiopian music scene of the 60s and 70s to a wider audience.Includes tracks by Mulatu Astatke, Getatchew Mekurya, Mahmoud Ahmedm Girma Bèyènè and Alemayehu Eshete.
The original 7"s are almost impossible to track down these days and sell individually for jaw-dropping amounts online, including one for over £600!
Disc 1: Getatchew Mekuria - Antchi Hoye / Getatchew Mekuria - Shilela
Disc 2: Girma Béyéné - Yebekagnale / Mulatu Astatké - Yegele Tezeta
Disc 3: Alemayéhu Eshété - Afer Yemegnshale / Alemayéhu Eshété - Chiro Adarie Negne
Disc 4: Mahamoud Ahmed - Mar Teb Yilal Kafesh / Mahamoud Ahmed - Aynoche Terabu
Disc 5: Tilahun Gésséssé - Sew manen Yimeslal / Tilahun Gésséssé - Sima
Disc 6: Ali Mohamed Birra - Awash / Ali Mohamed Birra - Sinhanbisin Werri
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RSD 2017
Item code: HS164VL
Label: HEAVENLY SWEETNESS
Info correct on: 23/5/2017