Keyboards • Vocals - Selby Ntuli
Bass - Alec Khaoli
Drums - Sipho Mabuse
Recorded at Gallo Studios
Engineer: Peter Cerenio
Produced by Rashid Vally
Original Release 1975 • Cat. No. GL 1814
Keyboards • Vocals - Selby Ntuli
Bass - Alec Khaoli
Drums - Sipho Mabuse
Recorded at Gallo Studios
Engineer: Peter Cerenio
Produced by Rashid Vally
Original Release 1976 • Cat. No. GL 1874FEBRUARY 2021:
Friends and bandmates from schooldays, Selby Ntuli, Sipho Mabuse and
Alec Khaoli already had a pair of sturdy rhythm and blues records on CBS
under their belt by the mid-70s but it was over the course of two
formidable albums with As-Shams in 1975 and 1976 that they transitioned
into the Afro-rock juggernaut that would forge South Africa's most
unique and successful modern dance sound of the era. It was also over
the course of these two albums that the Beaters would transition into
Harari, taking on the identity of their signature song, which in turn
took its name from what would later become the capital city of Zimbabwe.
Mastered from original tapes with beautifully restored artwork and
comprehensive notes, Beaters - Harari (1975) and Harari - Rufaro (1976)
are due for reissue by Matsuli Music on 1 March 2021.
