THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!
Wow!

Much appreciated!

David

On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 12:57 AM, Dr Rainer E. Lotz <[log in to unmask]>
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> for a start, I had the following, which are now part of the University of
> California at Santa Barbara sound collection:
> *78-Schellack-GESAMT* Präfix    Katalog-Nummer  Vorname         Interpret
>      Titel
> AFC     204     The     Boom Brothers   Take It/Zulu Mthate
> AFC     178
>         Hollywood Jazz Band (Wamala)    Katisha/Ibaba In'Gombe
> AFC     180
>         Hollywood Jazz Band (Wamala)    Moonlight/Sunrise
> BZ      1310    The     Johannesburg Guitar Players     Spono/Isono Sam
> BZ      1137    Stiphen         Kabengele       I Am Clever/Itabafana
> BZ      1075    Freddy  Long's Marabi band      Rag Time/G-Man
> AFC     115     Dorothy         Masuka Hot Music        Ba Zali Bami/Suka
> Lapa
> AFC     223     Dorothy         Masuka Nu-Sentimental Monarchs
> Thandi/Into'Yam
> AFC     242
>         Mombasa Swingsters      Sauti Ya Mvita/Pendo leto
> AFC     166     Benny G.        Mwrebi Harlem Swingsters
> U-Mgibe/Kofifi
> AFC     152     The     Rhodesian Railways African Welfare band
>  Georgie's Boogie/Maxwell Jive
> AFC     156     The     Shanty Town Septet      Mbube/Saduva
> BZ      1321
>         Sheshisha (Guitar)      Emahlathini/Ingane Encane
> AFK     44      The     Southern Serenaders     Never Mind//See Them Dance
> The Quela
> AFC     218     Michael         Xaba's Golden City Six  Amadlosi/Uhlamkile
> BZ      1313    The     Young Evangelists       Kenekelutse/Tsotsi
> AFC     208     The     Young Evangelists       Twala U Mtwalo/Hamba
> Nozizwe
> BZ      1322
>         Zoutpansberg Merrymakers        Vha Dan Luheni/Muvanya
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> Troubadour records were exported all over southern and eastern Africa.
> Collectors of ethnic music cherish them, and many are of hot music interest
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> Am 28.04.2018 um 06:47 schrieb David Katznelson:
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>> One of the biggest record labels in South Africa in the 50s was
>> Troubadour.  The story is actually SUPER compelling and I know the family
>> whose patriarch co-founded the label. Their masters were sold to gallo
>> records but I am pretty sure after doing some research that they have lost
>> the masters, or at least a majority of them.
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>> Between the internet, discogs, other sources, there are about 10-12 sides
>> "out there" but not even a piece of the bigger pie.
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>> I am looking for Troubador recordings/masters/78s. I am looking for any
>> help in putting back together this catalog.  I have a project in mind for
>> this music
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>> THANK YOU!
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>> David Katznelson
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