Music Questions:

M1: Where can I get a complete list of all Johnny Clegg/Juluka/Savuka recordings?

A complete discography is still under compilation by Nick Shears as of October 96. Meanwhile, there is a partial discography at the GMO site.

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M2: Where can I get a complete list of all lyrics to songs? Including the Zulu translations?

Unfortunately, the University of Wisconsin lyrics site, which had the lyrics for a few recordings, has been shut down. We are working on compiling a set of lyrics -- it is not complete, but some lyrics are ready. Zulu translations are pretty hard to come by, but we're assembling what we can.

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M3: What music videos are available?

Videos

1994: In certain European countries, a PAL tape of "In My African Dream: The best of Johnny Clegg and Savuka" (EMI/PMI 1994; 55m) is currently available, with 13 companion videos to the "African Dream" CD.

1990: "Viva Mandela!" was commissioned by The Canon Collins Trust and released in the UK by Castle Hendring, HEN2228 (~120m). It's a compilation of news items, narration etc. telling Mandela's story, much of it with musical background. Roughly two and a half minutes of Savuka's "One (Hu)Man One Vote" (the studio release) is used to accompany footage of the 1989 tricameral elections, and includes a few inserts of live Savuka footage (probably from official videos).

1988: A French videotape entitled "Johnny Clegg & Savuka. Les clips de ses plus grands succes" (EMI/PMI 1988; 35m; SECAM-F) is out of print.

1988: Two songs ("Siyayilanda" and "Asimbonanga") are performed on the "Frontline Music Festival/Benefit Concert for UNICEF" video (Kodak 1988). Apparently out of print.

1989: Sipho Mchunu has a few numbers on the official release, "The Indestructible Beat of Soweto" released in the UK by Island, IVA030. This was from the 1989 BBC tv show, "Rhythms of the World".

1988: On the video "Human Rights Now! The Video", about the 1988 Amnesty International tour undertaken by Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel etc., there's a couple of minutes of Savuka as the support act in Abidjan.

1979: The video Rhythm of Resistance (Shanachie, 1979; SH-1204; ~48m) contains a relatively long segment on Sipho Mchunu's life, with a bit of Johnny Clegg as well, very early in their careers. Contains short footage of a duo performance in which Clegg is playing mouth bow and Mchunu is doing guitar and vocals. Currently available from Multicultural Media, or 1-800-550-9675 (orders); 1-802-223-1294 (other); RR3, Box 6655, Granger Road, Barre, VT 05641 USA.

TV appearances - a partial list

1993: Jay Leno show (US). "Osiyeza".
December 1990: Johnny Carson show (US). "Dela" and a dance.
1990: On A&E Presents (US): interview with Clegg, dance with Dudu Zulu.
1990: On Saturday Night Live (US). "I Call Your Name", "Take My Heart Away".
1990: On VH1 (US): a special entitled "One Human One Vote". Includes footage of Clegg's Zulu wedding.
1990: David Letterman show (US).
1990: "South Africa Now" a PBS program (US). The special entitled "Encore Music Special Parts I and II" features Clegg and other South African musicians.
April 1990: Johnny wasn't allowed to play at the first Mandela concert at Wembley (for his 70th birthday), but he did play a set with Jackson Browne at the second one, broadcast live on UK TV (at least), in April 1990. Also subsequently covered by the PBS program "South Africa Now" in the US.
Around 1989: A performance of "Asimbonanga" on a US TV show ("Tonight"?).
12 December 1988: Johnny Carson show (US). "Take My Heart Away", "Fast and Slow Dance".
1988: About 15 minutes of live performance broadcast in the UK on "Rock Steady".
Around December 1988: A half-hour interview with Johnny was broadcast in SA, which appeared to have been made for an American audience. (MTV, perhaps?) It included clips from a number of the official videos.
September 1988: Johnny Carson show (US).
4 October 1984: A documentary simply called "Juluka"was broadcast on SA TV.

Movies/videos in which Johnny Clegg's music appears

1990: Opportunity Knocks (US, Universal Pictures): includes the song "Cruel Crazy Beautiful World".
1988: Rain Man (US, United Artists): includes the song "Scatterlings of Africa".
Silver Lake Memoirs (?): includes the song "Take My Heart Away "(?). Does anyone know any more about this one?

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M4: Where can I get guitar chords for the songs?

Andy Innes, a member of Juluka, is periodically posting guitar chords on his home page

Scott Gianelli posted the chords to "Impi" to the list on 17 September 1996; see Digest #35, available from the Scatterlist archives.

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M5: What types and brands of instruments do the band members play?

On the summer 1996 US tour, the band members and their main instruments were: Johnny Clegg (vocals, guitar, concertina); Sipho Mchunu (vocals, guitar), Andrew Innes (guitar, mandolin), Kevin Gibson (percussion), Keith Hutchinson (keyboards, flute, saxophone), Solly Letwaba (bass guitar), and Mandisa Dlanga (vocals).

From Chicago onward, Clegg was playing a red Parker Fly guitar; earlier he had been using two Fender Santarosas. Mchunu uses a Morris flatbody acoustic/electric, usually played in Zulu tuning (top E tuned to D). Innes uses the following instruments: Valley Arts Standard Pro (w/EMG's and Floyd Rose trem.); Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro; Gibson Chet Atkins SST; Ovation Mandolin (new series); and Morris Tornado shallow bowl electric/acoustic. Gibson was playing Pearl drums. (Thanks to Andy Innes for most of this info; for lots of good further guitar-related information, chords, etc., see Andy's home page.

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M6: How can I get a copy of recording X?

If you can't find recordings locally, try the following (CDs only; if anyone has information on other media or other recordings, please let me know):

The CD "South Africa-Johnny Clegg & Sipho Mchunu (Duo Juluka)/Ladysmith Black Mambazo" is available from Multicultural Media.

The CDs "Johnny Clegg & The Best of Juluka", "Universal Men", "Musa Ukungilandela", "Ubuhle Bemvelo", "African Litany", "Scatterlings", and "In My African Dream" are available from Global Music Outlet.

The CD "Gift of the Tortoise" is available via Music for Little People, P.O. Box 1460, Redway, CA, 95560-1460, USA.

The CDs "Heat, Dust and Dreams", "In My African Dream" and the Putumayo Juluka collection are still in print; music stores should be able to order these if they don't have them in stock.

I'm not sure about "Cruel Crazy Beautiful World" or "Third World Child" -- does anyone know?

The CDs "Shadow Man", "Work For All" and "Live & Rarities" are not readily available at this time.

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