- Tsamaya Moratuoa
Infobox Album |
Name = Tsamaya Moratuoa
Type =Album
Artist = Mahotella Queens
Released = 17-3-1980
Recorded = ??-2-1980
Genre =Mbaqanga
Length = 40:00 approx.
Label =Gallo Record Company
Producer =Marks Mankwane
Last album = "The Best Of The Mahotella Queens "
(1978)
This album = "Tsamaya Moratuoa"
(1980)
Next album = "Mathaka Vol 1 "
(1983)"Tsamaya Moratuoa" is a 1980 album by the
Mahotella Queens . The album was one of the first to feature a more modern form ofmbaqanga , implementing a 1980s drum backing with solid drumsticks (and not with brushes, as had been the case in the '60s and part of the '70s). The album featured songs such as "Tsamaya Moratuoa", "Mpulele", "Re Basadi Kaofela" and theSotho -traditional hymn "Seteng Sediba" (which was covered by theSoweto Gospel Choir in 2006).Track listing
# "Tsamaya Moratuoa"
# "Tshoara Khaitsedi"
# "Mokgadi O Fihlile"
# "Ke Utloile"
# "Mmina Tau"
# "Mpulele"
# "Re Basadi Kaofela"
# "Maqaqailana"
# "Maile"
# "Tsoela Fela Ngoanana"
# "Ha Bo Tle"
# "Seteng Sediba"Personnel
*Mahotella Queens
** Emily Zwane
** Hazel Zwane
** Caroline Kapentar
** Irene Mawela
** Thandi Nkosi
*Producer: Marks Mankwane
*Engineer: Greg Cutler/Phil Audoire
*Published by Mavuthela Music Co.
*Gallo Record Company
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