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1.	Dimakatso 03:43	info	buy track
2.	Hlotse 03:01	info	buy track
3.	Keyona Tsela Yeo 03:37	info	buy track
4.	I Think I Love You 02:46	info	buy track
5.	Khotso 03:46	info	buy track
6.	Mawela ft. The Peddlars 03:04	info	buy track
7.	Mme Ma Tshidiso 03:24	info	buy track
8.	Oho Morena 03:27	info	buy track
9.	Retlile Resenaleletho 02:59	info	buy track
10.	Freak Out With Botsotso 03:09	info	buy track
11.	Slip Away 02:50	info	buy track
12.	Thula Ngwaneso 03:24	info	buy track

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Jacob "Mpharanyana" Radebe recorded with the Cannibals before his untimely death in 1979. He would put out at least one more album with the Peddlers in 1979. The line up for the Cannibals on this LP includes Radebe on lead vocals, Sandra Senne, Johanna Tango, and Catherine on backing vocals, Ray Phiri on lead guitar, Richard Shongwe on electric piano, Ephraim Hlophe on bass and Isaac Mtshali on drums.

After Radebe's death in 1979, the Cannibals continued to record and their album Get Funky can be viewed here at Electric Jive. Of course, the Cannibals would soon dissolve and Phiri and Mtshali would go on to form another hugely successful group—Stimela—in 1982.

Produced by West Nkosi, the album opens with the title track, Nka Nako Ho Motseba, a Sesotho cover version of Percy Sledge's Take Time to know her; and also features some great soul-disco, including the hits Hlotse and Dihwapa as well as my favorite, Rosie.

Many of the songs also include Radebe's signature coughing. Initially, an unintentional problem, as Max Mojapelo reveals in his book 'Beyond Memory', that caused taping to be stopped frequently during recording sessions, but one that evolved into a stylistic characteristic after producer Nkosi decided to leave the tapes running

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released August 5, 2020

(P) and (C) 2011 Gallo Record Company (a division of Gallo Music Investments)

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