究極の辺境系ロック・ファンク音源+画像がNow Againから待望のCD(+写真集)化!
これぞ究極のディープ・ディギン!!!!!またまたイーゴンがやってくれました!世界中、そしてここ日本でも多くの音楽ファンが注目する70年代ジンバブエ・シーン!
‘70年中期、多くのヘヴィー・サウンドマニアと辺境系ファンが注目するジンバブエ・サウンドの黄金期の激レア&貴重な音源&写真が遂に陽の目を見る!
今や世界中を見渡してもこの男と並ぶディガー&レーベルはないでしょう。発掘番長イーゴンがまたまたやってくれました!世界中の音楽ファンが注目するジンバブエ、黄金期といえる'70年代中期の貴重な音源を貴重画像と共にパッケージに収めた究極のジンバブエ・作品が登場!60年代終盤、欧米やアフロ・ミュージックの影響を受けながら急速に成長しモダン音楽の基礎を築いたナイジェリアと並び注目されるジンバブエ。生々しいサウンドと珠玉のグルーヴが織り成すサウンドスケープはまさに超一級品!USや他国のサウンドとは一線を画すとてつもない響きを発しています!72ページに及ぶブックに収められた驚愕の写真と共に綴られたジンバブエ音楽シーンの貴重なドキュメンタリー!まさに究極のレアグルーヴ作品の登場です!

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Set against the backdrop of a turbulent civil war, Rhodesian combo Wells Fargo emerged at the vanguard of their country's mid-'70s heavy rock scene. In retrospect, the irony of the band's name is not lost on founder/drummer Ebba Chitambo, who first saw it printed on the side of a stagecoach in an American cowboy comic book. Attracted to the Western outlaw image, he was at the time unaware that his funky guitar rock outfit would be sharing their name with a major American financial institution. Along with his like-minded bandmates, guitarists George Phiri and Handsome Mabhiza, and bassist Never Mpofu, Chitambo took inspiration from guitar-based English and American acts like Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, and especially Jimi Hendrix. Melding South African sensibilities with hard rock influence Wells Fargo quickly became a leading light of the country's burgeoning heavy rock movement thanks in particular to their politically charged signature song "Watch Out." The covertly coded independence anthem quickly became a live favorite and, as the single snuck through Rhodesian radio sensors, a national rallying cry for the emerging counterculture. During their '70s rock reign, Wells Fargo were signed to Afro Soul, a South African label run by liberal white Rhodesians sympathetic to the band's plight. While a long-player never materialized, the band released a smattering of singles throughout the decade and they're collected here for the first time. Wells Fargo and other acts of the heavy rock movement generally treated records as promotion for their concerts, and what appears on disc is truly a document of a tight live combo preserved in the amber of their moment in time. There are no overdubs and what few guitar effects (wah, echo) there are were obviously part of the band's live gig as they barrel through highlights like "Love of My Life," "The Crowd," and the funky "Love Is the In Thing." Curiously, all but one track are sung in English, marking the dichotomy between white rock's influence and the nation's battle to end white rule. When independence was finally won in 1980 and Rhodesia became modern-day Zimbabwe, Wells Fargo shifted their musical focus to more traditional African themes, but Chitambo always saw them as a rock band first, and the 11 tracks featured here are a direct document of this unique period in time. ~ Timothy Monger|

Rovi