{"product_id":"yakhal-inkomo-vinyl-lp-cd","title":"Yakhal’ Inkomo – Vinyl LP\/CD","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA1. Yakhal' Inkomo \/ A2. Dedication (To Daddy Trane And Brother Silver) \/ B1. Doodlin' \/ B2. Bessie's Blues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Mankunku Quartet's 1968 album \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Yakhal' Inkomo’\u003c\/em\u003e clocks in at just over 30 minutes of jazz perfection. This compact, and to-the-point, album would sit comfortably in amongst some of the best works in the catalogues of any of the quintessential jazz labels such as \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrestige\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImpulse\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Yakhal' Inkomo’, \u003c\/em\u003ehowever, was originally released on the South African record label World Record Co., which resulted in it becoming an elusive and sought-after piece for jazz collectors. First press copies sometimes fetch as much as £1,000 on the collectors' market. It has been long regarded as one of the finest South African jazz albums and DJ \/ broadcaster \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGilles Peterson\u003c\/strong\u003e cemented this when he included it in his \"best of genre\" focussed radio show, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'The 20 - South African Jazz'\u003c\/strong\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTenor saxophonist Winston \"Mankunku\" Ngozi recorded the session on 23rd July 1968 at the Manley van Niekerk Studios, in Johannesburg. It was recorded by \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDave Challen\u003c\/strong\u003e and produced by \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRay Nkwe\u003c\/strong\u003e. The session is built up of two original works by Mankunku on the A-side, 'Yakhal' Inkomo' \u0026amp; 'Dedication (To Daddy Trane and Brother Shorter)', and on the B-side, the \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHorace Silver\u003c\/strong\u003e composition 'Doodlin', and a \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJohn Coltrane\u003c\/strong\u003e number 'Bessie's Blues'. What is striking is how the Mankunku-penned compositions not only hold their own next to Silver and Coltrane but they are, arguably, the better tracks on the record - a testament to the beautiful writing and playing of Mankunku.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Yakhal' Inkomo' \u003c\/em\u003efeatures the great musicians; Agrippa Magwaza on bass, drummer Early Mabuza, and pianist Lionel Pillay. Pillay was of Indian descent, making this a mixed-race group, thus the very recording of the album was an act of resistance as it broke the apartheid restrictions of the time. The title of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Yakhal’ Inkomo' \u003c\/em\u003emeans “the bellow of the bull”, the Black audience would have understood this as coded community symbolism and an act of protest but it escaped the attention of the white government.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor this edition, we have enlisted the services of \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbbey Road Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e mastering, and lacquer-cutting engineer Miles Showell to cut a special half-speed master from the audio taken off the original master tapes. Miles has previously worked on our \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArthur Verocai\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMarcos Valle\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIan Carr\u003c\/strong\u003e re-issues, and once again we are blown away by the richness and clarity of Miles' work. We have also presented it as a replica copy using the cover artwork and labels from the primary World Record Co. original version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the sleeve notes, Ray Nkwe the producer and the President of the Jazz Appreciation Society of South Africa writes \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"This is the LP that every jazz fan has been waiting for\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and Ray was not wrong, it's a stone-cold timeless jazz classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/be0XeYghZfo\" height=\"315\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bVEufrq2l9Q\" height=\"315\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gtzAw8UpHAA?si=LN71J8B2umErvJg-\" height=\"315\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mankunku Quartet","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":58738458263936,"sku":"MRBLP220","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58738458296704,"sku":"MRBCD220","price":4.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/1384\/1792\/files\/MRBLP220Mankunku_Shopify_Square.jpg?v=1787214314","url":"https:\/\/vinylvers.com\/products\/yakhal-inkomo-vinyl-lp-cd","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}