Drive Live - Very Rare South African Soul Jazz LP record by "The Drive" RCL 1203
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Very rare LP record by South African Soul Jazz band "The Drive", often mentioned as South Africa's greatest soul jazz band. I have never seen one of these for sale and probably won't see one come up for sale again any time soon. Condition of sleeve is VG+ (very good plus). Condition of record: G (Good) the record shows signs of wear with some fine hairline scratches which does not affect playback, plays through fine without any skipping. Some of the tracks has faint surface noise but it is still perfectly fine to listen to.
Shipped from South Africa with DHL Express @ £25 British Pound. I can also send via Registered Mail at a lower fee but this takes slightly longer than DHL.
THE DRIVE
DRIVE LIVE
Recorded 1975
Issued 1975
RCA Victor
Teal
Made in South Africa
Produced by David Thekwane
Published by Laetrec
RCL 1203
Matrix RCL 1203 A
Matrix RCL 1203 B
33 rpm
first issue
Cover printed by Artone Press
Source: flatinternational Archive
1.1 Lets's Cool It
(B. Luthuli)
(S. Sithole)
(B. Luthuli)
(S. Sithole, T. Saoli)
(H. Sithole)
(B. Mseleku)
THE DRIVE HENRY SITHOLE - leader, alto sax STANLEY SITHOLE - tenor, baritone sax D. SITHOLE - trumpet ADOLPHUS 'BUNNY' LUTHULI - guitar BHEKI H. MSELEKU - synthesizer, electric piano, hammond organ ANTHONY SAOLI - fender bass NELSON MAGWAZA - drums, percussion, congas NOTES
The Drive were formed in 1971 after Bunny Luthuliapproached Henry Sithole and his brother Stanley about entering a band competition. Luthuli had performed with the two brothers in Almon's Jazz 8and the Heshoo Beshoo Group (Eshoo Beshoes) in the late 1960s. View the Heshoo Beshoo's classic album Armitage Road in this archive.
Sadly both Luthuli and Henry Sithole died in a car accident in Tzaneen on May 5th, 1977, about two years after this live recording was made.
What is possibly The Drive's debut LP Slow Drive to Soweto is also featured in this archive.
Drive Live could be one of the first albums to feature self-taught pianist, Bheki Mseleku who arrived in Johannesburg from Durban in 1975. Mseleku would also form the group Spirit's Rejoicewith bassist Sipho Gumede later that same year.
Read Mseleku's obituary in The Independant, he died in 2008.
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