{"product_id":"various-ethiopian-hit-parade-vol-1-repress","title":"VARIOUS - Ethiopian Hit Parade Vol 1 (Repress)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Black Vinyl. \"The Hottest Tracks of 1972\". Original LP Repress.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReissue on the \u003cstrong\u003eÉthiopiques\u003c\/strong\u003e series. Featuring the hit singles of the Ethiopian musical scene of 1972. Reissue of the impossible to find original LP. Includes one unreleased track, never released on the éthiopiqes CD series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter releasing around fifty 45 rpm singles and his first 33 rpm album \u003cstrong\u003eAmha Esthèté\u003c\/strong\u003e set about compiling his best 45s on a series of now legendary albums (the originals are impossible to find) in 1972. The first four volumes of ‘\u003cem\u003eEthiopian Hit Parade\u003c\/em\u003e’ were released in September and October 1972, with the fifth volume appearing in January 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn audacious, funky outlaw, a music lover and an entrepreneur in tune with the baby- boomer generation, young Amha Esthèté (he was only twenty-four when he launched his label) will be remembered as the instigator of a peaceful revolution thick with soul and rock’n’roll.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe opening track of the first compilation is highly symbolic. \u003cem\u003eAddis Abeba bété\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eAddis Abeba is My Home\u003c\/em\u003e) is an exuberant and light-hearted hymn (“\u003cem\u003eRunning into you was a dream, but where can I meet you properly?\u003c\/em\u003e”) whose life-affirming message is still relevant today for people living in the Ethiopian capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other tracks on this first volume celebrate such pioneers of modern Ethiopian groove as \u003cstrong\u003eGirma Bèyènè\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eSeyfu Yohannes\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eTèshomè Meteku\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMenelik Wèsnatchèw\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMulatu Astatq\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMuluken Melesse\u003c\/strong\u003e, alongside “tradi-modern” singers representing \u003cstrong\u003eAmhara\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cstrong\u003eEssatu Tèssèmma\u003c\/strong\u003e) and Oromo culture, so rich and so long marginalised (\u003cstrong\u003eAbbèbè Tèssèmma\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eGèmètchu Itana\u003c\/strong\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heavenly Sweetness","offers":[{"title":"LP - Vinyl","offer_id":42107571339425,"sku":"SDZ-40785","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/products\/Various_-_Ethiopian_Hit_Parde_-_Vol_1.jpg?v=1655986187","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/various-ethiopian-hit-parade-vol-1-repress","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}