The Shed Sessions: 1982-1986

Disc: 1

1. Shuwa Here, Pt. 1

2. Shuwa Here, Pt. 2

3. Kuroja Chete

4. Chekudya Chose

5. Zvichatinetsa

6. Pachedu

7. Kumbirayi

8. Nhai Mukoma

9. Hupenyu Hwangu

10. Faka Puresha

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Zvandinesta

2. Wakasikirei Satani

3. Dai Ndakaziva

4. Wenhamo Haaneti

5. Pendeke

6. Hatisi Tose

7. Vakaparei

8. Baba Munini Francis

9. Wafungeyiko

10. Tsvimbodze Moto

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Shuwa Here, Pt. 1
Shuwa Here, Pt. 2
Kuroja Chete
Chekudya Chose
Zvichatinetsa
Pachedu
Kumbirayi
Nhai Mukoma
Hupenyu Hwangu
Faka Puresha
Ziva Kwawakabva
Shabhini
Wakandiparadzisa Musha
Ndipo Mari Yangu

Tracks:

Zvandinesta
Wakasikirei Satani
Dai Ndakaziva
Wenhamo Haaneti
Pendeke
Hatisi Tose
Vakaparei
Baba Munini Francis
Wafungeyiko
Tsvimbodze Moto
Manhenga
Kupedza Muto
Chimanimani
Simbimbino
Muchihwa

Customer Reviews:

A really good tenga.......2006-03-14

These timeless classics take me back to the days before the members of this band yielded to the shameful effects of a slow puncture. Too bad. Their music will live on long after their debauchery-ridden bodies have returned to the dust from whence they came.

Listeners of this album will be struck by the interplay between the strong bass lines and the carefully co-ordinated rhythms, which often perform a seamless segue from an unusual 7/8 beat to a standard 4/4 beat, and then back again, without so much as a self-indulgent pat on the back. Whilst those not well versed in the Shona language might dismiss the lyrics as mindless, repetitive nonsense, this would be as unfair as making the same claim about some of Bob Dylan's work, merely because the man could never afford proper elocution lessons. The rich vocal qualities of the singer's voice provide the lead instrument in this orchestra of African music, where the symphonies and cacophonies of the bush blend with the ear-shattering sounds of the village.

I was eager to award this album 5 stars, however, I was extremely disappointed that it does not include the timeless Bhundu Boys cover versions of "Rhodesians Never Die", and "The Terrorist's Lament". I would recommend this to anyone who already has Wrex Tarr, Clem Tholet, and John Edmond in their collection.

THE BHUNDU BOYS.......2003-11-08

They represented Zimbabwe and did it so well. This collection is all you need. You will fall in love with this collection. Songs like Kuroja Chete, and you go back to Mkoba,Senga, Luveve or DZ or kuFIYO and remember the times the Landlord would tell you to vacate the following day iwe usina kwekuenda. Songs like HUPENYU HWANGU and you go back to the times you would be pa Zindoga enjoying a cold CASTLE ne mazondo. A CLASSIC COLLECTION. YOU MUST HAVE THIS COLLECTION.

Start and end here.......2003-04-08

Anyone wishing to sample the Bhundu Boys needs to start and end here, because this 2cd set covers the period when the boys were hot in Zimbabwe and rivaled only by the veteran Four Brothers as masters of the jiti style. All the classics are here, including Faka Pressure, Simbimbino, Manhenga, Kuroja Chete, Hatisi Tose, Babamunini Francis. The Bhundu Boys were nothing if not versatile, their style dipping into Chimurenga, rumba and the slower rhythms favored by James Chimombe and Tuku. But the shimmering guitarwork remains a constant throughout. And the quality is remarkably polished.

Vintage Bhundu Boys.......2002-04-30

This album is a classic!! Anyone who had a chance to see the Bhundu Boys on stage will trully enjoy this album.

2 LPS in one.......2002-04-23

Includes all of Shabini and the best of Tsvimbodzemoto...great unadulterated garage-style jit.

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