Amabutho

Amabutho
Studio album by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Released	February 22, 1973
Recorded	August 1972–January 1973
Genre	Isicathamiya, Mbube
Length	35:00 approx.
Label	Gallo Record Company
Producer	West Nkosi
Ladysmith Black Mambazo chronology
Amabutho (1973) Imbongi (1973)

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]

Amabutho is the first album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.[2][3] It was released in 1973 by Gallo Record Company.[4] Amabutho was the first record by black musicians in the country to receive gold disc certification (25,000 copies).[2][3] It contains the hit single "Nomathemba". The LP was reissued on Gallo (in South Africa only) along with most of the group's early output, in February 2007. The members who sang on the Amabutho album were Milton Mazibuko, Ngali Mazibuko, Joseph Shabalala, Headman Shabalala, Enoch Shabalala, Albert Mazibuko and Walter Malinga

Track listing

1. "Amabutho" (Warriors)
2. "Isigcino" (The End)
3. "Yadla Yabeletha" (It Eats Often)
4. "Awu, Wemadoda" (Hey, Man!)
5. "Mlaba" Thanks
6. "Ushaka" (King Shaka)
7. "Nomathemba" (Hope)
8. "Nqonqotha Mfana" (The Boy Knocks)
9. " Sivuya Sonke we perform everywhere
10. Nkosi Yamakhosi Kings of Kings /Lord of Lords
11. " Utugela the tugela River
12. "Ngelekelele" help me

References

1. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 62.
2. "Joseph Shabalala, founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, dies at 78". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
3. "The Rough Guide to South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland". Rough Guides UK. 2 February 2015 – via Google Books.
4. "Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Biography & History". AllMusic.