You Told Your Mama Not to Worry

You Told Your Mama Not to Worry
Studio album by Hugh Masekela
Released November 9, 1977
Studio Ambassador Records (Kumasi, Ghana)
Genre Jazz
Label Casablanca Records NBLP-7079
Producer Hugh Masekela, Stanley Todd
Hugh Masekela chronology
Melody Maker
(1976)
You Told Your Mama Not to Worry
(1977)
Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela
(1978)

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 November 9, 1977 via Casablanca Records label.[1][2]

Overview

The album includes the song "Soweto Blues" performed by Miriam Makeba. The song is about the Soweto uprising against apartheid that occurred in 1976. The songs "You Told Your Mama Not to Worry" and "Mami Wata" were re-released on CD in 1998 on Verve Records as additional part of his previous album The Boy's Doin' It.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Told Your Mama Not To Worry"  Hugh Masekela, Letta Mbulu7:18
2."Hangover" (Babalazi, aka "I Haven't Slept")Hugh Masekela, Letta Mbulu, Stanley Todd5:20
3."Soweto Blues"  Hugh Masekela, Stanley Todd5:48
4."Black Beauty"  Stanley Todd6:17
5."Mami Wata" (aka Mamiwater)Hugh Masekela, Stanley Todd3:36
6."Makonko"  adapted by Hugh Masekela4:37
7."The Mandingo Man"  Hugh Masekela5:42

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 – Ron Slenzak
  • 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

References

  1. "Hugh Masekela: You Told Your Mama Not to Worry". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. "DISCOGRAPHY: 1970-1979". dougpayne.com. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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