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Summary:
- First compilation of its kind of recordings from Somalia before the civil war. The music was produced in the 1970s and 1980s when Somalia was under a socialist government and had no private record labels or producers. All music was only available through live performances or national radio broadcasts, so this is the first time it's being heard outside the immediate region.
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Table of Contents:
- Buuraha u dheer = The highest mountains (Nimco Jamaac) (5:49)
- Rag waa nacab iyo nasteexo = Men are cruel and kind (Aamina Camaari) (6:01)
- Unknown (Ali Nuur) (5:21)
- Haddii hoobalko gabay = If the artist let's you down (Hibo Nuura) (4:33)
- Ninkaan ogayn = He who does not know (Gacaltooyo Band feat. Faduumina Hilowle) (4:07)
- Xuduud ma leh xubigaan = This love has no boundaries (Iftiin Band feat. Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen & Maryan Naasir) (7:15)
- Qaarami = Love (Xasan Diiriye) (6:42)
- Gorof = Elixir (Dur Dur Band feat. Sahra Dawo) (5:46)
- Kadeed badanaa naftaydani = My life is full of tribulations (Sharaf Band feat. Xaawo Hiiraan) (5:32)
- Na daadhihi = Guide us (4 Mars) (4:33)
- Uur hooyo = Mother's womb (Danan Hargeysa feat. Mohamed "Huro" Abdihashi (6:09)
- Qays iyo layla = Romeo & Juliet (Shaero Band feat. Faadumo Qaasim) (3:46)
- Oktoobar waatee? Waa taayadii = What's October? It's ours (Waaberi Band) (4:44)
- Duruuf maa laygu diidee = Rejected due to my circumstances (Dur Dur Band feat. Muqtar Idi Ramadan) (4:23)
- Anaa Qaylodhaanta (Iftiin Band feat. Mahmud Abdalla "Jerry" Hussen) (5:23).
- Booklet: Sweet as broken dates: the untold story of the Somali sound / Vik Sohonie
- The flourishing of Somali music in the Mogadishu of the seventies / by Maxamed Daahir Afrax PhD
- Hoyga sugaanta: war & music in Hargesia, Somaliland / by Christina Woolner & Kenedid Hassan
- The Somali music of Djibouti / by Andreas Wetter
- Q&A with Max'd [Maxamed] Cumar aka Sanaag
- Interviews. Mahmud "Jerry" Abdallah Hussen ; Mohamed Maalow Nuur ; Cabdinaasir Macalin Caydiid ; Hibo Nuura ; Abdinur Daljir.
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Contributors:
Sohonie, Vik , compiler, writer of supplementary textual content
Iftiin Band , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Dur-Dur Band , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Sharaf Band , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Shaero Band , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
Waaberi Band , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
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Language Notes:
- Sung in Somali.
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Performers:
- Various performers.
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Production Credits:
- Compilation and curation, Vik Sohonie and Nicolas Sheikholeslami ; restoration and mastering, Michael Graves.
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Performance Medium:
- Singer
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General Notes:
- Title from disc label.
Popular songs from Somalia and the Somali diaspora.
Recorded 1969-2002, various locations.
Previously released recordings.
Program notes and interviews with the performers in English (34 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color)) inserted in container.
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Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (1 hr., 19 min., 45 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
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Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal
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Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical; stereo
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Digital Characteristics:
- audio file; CD audio
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Call Numbers:
- LPCD 158,041
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Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 616892511946
Publisher Number, Ostinato Records: OSTCD003
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OCLC Numbers:
- 1000602143