''You Told Your Mama Not to Worry'' is the twentieth studio album by South African musician Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in Kumasi, Ghana, and released on 9 November 1977 via Casablanca Records label.

Background

The album includes the song " Soweto Blues" performed by Miriam Makeba. The song is about the Soweto uprising against

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that occurred in 1976. The songs "You Told Your Mama Not to Worry" and "Mami Wata" were re-released on CD in 1998 on

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as additional part of his previous album ''

The Boy's Doin' It ''The Boy's Doin' It'' is the seventeenth studio album by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was recorded in New York City and in Lagos, Nigeria, and released in June 1975 via Casablanca Records label. The album was re-released on CD in 1 ...

''.

Reception

A reviewer for

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wrote, "Pure 70s genius from Hugh Masekela – a record that's quite different than his earlier Afro-soul styled albums, but somehow even better! The format here is much more straightly soulful – with larger arrangements and a strong vocal groove on a number of tracks – but Masekela's trumpet is still blasting firmly over the top of the tunes, infusing them with a soaring sense of soul that's really great! Rhythms change up nicely from the early days – getting complicated at times, and matching the seriousness of the message on the best tracks – and titles include 'Black Beauty', 'Makonko', 'You Told Your Mama Not To Worry', 'Hangover', 'Soweto Blues', and 'The Mandingo Man'." A reviewer for

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wrote: "Hugh Masekela's 1975 crossover album incorporated American pop and proto-Disco icinto his sound. You can also hear Funk influencing the angular, stuttering grooves and the heavily effected horns on the tracks. An excellent document of the ongoing cultural exchange between African and American popular music at the time, it's fun, danceable music as well."

Track listing

Personnel

*Backing vocals – Julia Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters *Bass guitar – Ernie Baiddoo *Co-producer – Rik Pekonnen *Coordinator – Nga Machema *Drums – Frank Todd *Executive producer – Stewart Levine *Flugelhorn (uncredited) – Hugh Masekela *Guitar – Stanley Todd *Illustration – Henry Vizcarra *Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa *Photography –

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*Piano – Hugh Masekela *Producer – Hugh Masekela, Stanley Todd *Remix – Rik Pekonnen *Vocals – Christine Clinton, Elvin Brown, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Richard Sirleaf, Stanley Todd

Notes on sleeve

*Recorded at: Ambassador Records / Kumasi, Ghana *Remixed at: Hollywood Sound Studios *Mastered at: Allen Zentz Mastering, Hollywood *Conceived at: Ringway Hotel,

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References

External links

* {{Authority control 1977 albums Hugh Masekela albums Casablanca Records albums