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Recorded in 1985, Sharpeville was originally released on bassist/composer Mario Pavone’s own Alacra label in 1988, and is reissued here for the first time on CD. “The music on this disc was conceived and recorded when apartheid, and the resulting violent confrontations between blacks and the white government of South Africa were rampant, long before the release of Nelson Mandela from decades in prison,” explains Pavone in the liner notes. “At the time, I felt the need to express my outrage at the situation there generally, and specifically at the incidents that took place in the Shapeville Township.” |
