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3rd Ear Music's Hidden Years Archive Project is a unique collection of alternative SAfrican music. Live Recorded desk-mixes from Township to City Festivals, Concerts, Clubs & independent Studios - 1964 to date. For archive re-issues & current 3rd Ear productions speak to us! - we can customize copies provided all the necessary permission, copyright & licensing is cleared. See copyright note below >>
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40 Years of 3rd Ear's cruising the Township Waves & Suburban Blues (Part 2)
Hidden History or Evaporating Evidence? In this Issue some 1964 to 2004 events |
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 > Malombo / 3rd Ear Music of the Spirit connection goes back 50 years in spirit & 40 years since Orlando Stadium, Soweto, 1964 - Philip Tabane, Julian Bahula & Abe Cindi. Some mainstream researchers, documentary makers & authors go to extraordinary lengths to exclude us from our own history. Evidence or History?
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> RIP Sipho Gumede, Gito Boloi, Art Kelly & Chris Parkin.
3 Legendary Bassists & a sound man leave us here to wander; what's happening? Age, the Cherokee say, is a privilege denied to many. Young SAfrica you too will be history soon; old, age, experience!? In reality, record, TV & radio controlled commercial Spin Doctors are encouraged to resuscitate thedecomposing lost-legends while money monsters manipulate media & re-invent the past to hit the bottom line; more often than not while the young are still running; and sometimes in the opposite direction. No wonder the youth are scared and have no respect for history's inevitability. Musicians of all genres have very little of value to fall back on in SAfrica the bigger they get, the harder they fall without support. Music Sponsors should understand - invest in training & development & infrastructure, from the bottom up. Music is a human right, not just a commercial commodity. The benefits that follow the dead & escape the living & working musician, must be viewed for what they are & are not: a consumer & catalogue rip-off - RIP Musician's Wanted - Better Dead Than Alive!?. Sipho Gumede for example, was often denied the applause he deserved in his lifetime; but what makes it really sad, is that this denial came from some of the very people who want to honour him now. It's a sham & a shame. More in the next edition.
...read more on Art Kelly >>
...see also Sakhile 1981 >>
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 > 14 Shabalala - Maskandi Magic (3eM 3314) the Bergville's Meandering Maskandi with his 5 String Nylon strung guitar and 12 hidden history tunes, re-issued. Includes his seminal 1990 tribute to Nelson Mandela - Zulu Lyrics translated to English with notes and photos from the CD sleeve
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 > Colin Shamley - Born Guilty and other stories (3eM 0035 A&B) - AT LAST! 7 years in the mastering and making; packing some 35 years, 200 songs and over 100-recorded concerts, clubs and festivals into 120 Minutes? It had to be done! A Double CD with the liner notes, describing each track and photos, are covered in this edition.
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 > Art Kelly (RIP) - We bid fare-thee-well to an African Irish son - an extraordinary music man who broke all the rules; joining his friends Alan, Tony, Charles, Rodney - more Rumours in the sky? Letters & photos with friends @ The Radium Wake.
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> Mbube - Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck & Goofy under house arrest in SAfrica? More feedback in the Jungle, The Mighty Jungle where The Lion Will not sleep tonight? as the new Safari Suits follow on the trail of Solomon Linda's $15 Million Dollar song; a call from THIS DAY newspaper for a Record Industry Truth & Reconciliation Commission. Is it necessary? Your views please!
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 > Jeremy Taylor - Lyrics & Music The Transplant Calypso
...the lyrics of The Transplant Calypso>>
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 > 446 Currie Road SOLD - The National Research Foundation is interested in the Hidden Years Archive Project forming a partnership with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, making this music material available for post-graduate students - honours & doctorates. A 5 year research grant has been suggested. We acknowledge & thank those who have donated / contributed & who have pledged support for the Hidden History Archive Trust (Section 21) & our move in Sept 2004
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 > Soupy Carr
3rd Ear Music is negotiating with Dave Gresham Records to have our 1972 Natal Folk Festival concert version of Soupy's classic song No Child of Mine re-issued. |
 > Cornelia & Mom Vera
Malcolm Lombard has had a retrospective of Cornelia re-issued. By Request features a few un-released tracks - her version of Colin Shamley's Katrina.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
 > Jannie Hofmeyr
We are moving closer to completing this legendary singer songwriter guitarist Dr Jan Hofmeyr's remarkable Hidden Years Concert Collection from the 1970's.
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Photo Gallery
 Doctor Malombo at the Market Theatre 2nd & 3rd April 2004 - Recording the DVD
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Soupy Carr, Jannie Hofmeyr, Zamekile Nkomo, Rob Bozas & Mike Smith (RIP), Cornelia & Mom, Chris Mann, Theo Coetzee, Ritchie Morris - Nebo & Rustler's Valley - The Old New Year Party, Dr. Randy Speer - 60 Plus.
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Sketch by David Marks
©(p) 3rd Ear Music 1985. |
FUNDING - As you know, the entire Hidden Years Archive & 3rd Ear Music office has to move & we thank those who have contributed - Dr. Jan Hofmeyr (Hout Bay) Dr. Randy Speer (Virginia USA) Trish Downing (Johannesburg) John Hansen (Denmark) Marian Shin (Capetown) Michael Migdoll (Hong Kong) Bill & Rhoda Handley (Boston USA) Rick Barber (Australia) Master Jack (Still brings in odd bits). We need funds to focus on the Archive database & our much used information service & of course to put The Hidden Years Story Book - to bed; it is still in the process of being coloured in & Penguin Books are waiting. Any additional assistance in the 2nd hand cash market would be greatly appreciated. We also have a few fun-raising CDR issues about to escape; so watch your space! |
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Important legal & copyright note:
Whether 3rd Ear Music owns the music it recorded or not - it will only be made available with permission, in writing, from the rights holders. Copyright clearance from the original owners, composers, publishers & producers is essential. 3eM aims to issue limited edition CD-R's, CDs & hopefully a CD-ROM. A Radio & TV documentary is being negotiated. We hope to make as much information available as we are allowed - for students, archive and commercial use. However, the choice of music, material & stories from the archives, is up to the individual musicians. Anybody willing to sponsor a particular artist or event? email 3eM.
Disclaimer - This Website may contain information which does not necessarily reflect the views of 3rd Ear Music & The Hidden Years Archive Project, the musicians, sponsors or Funders who shall not incur any liability resulting directly or indirectly from the enclosed information, opinions & data.
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