Formats and Editions
1. MŠtech‚ DŠrsh‚ [When Am I Going to Reach There?] - SŠyfu YohannŠ
2. Ham‚tŠgnaw - AlŠm-Girma Band/Seyoum GŠbrŠyŠs
3. LŠn‚ Antchi Bitcha NŠsh [You Are the Only One for Me] - Ayalew M
4. MenŠw BŠgŠrŠbegn [I Could Have Done Without It] - Ayalew Mesfin
5. BŠy LesŠnabŠtesh - G‚tatchŠw Kassa/Soul Ekos Band/G‚tachŠw Kassa
6. En‚ YŠwŠdŠdkwat - Venus Band/Tamrat Molla
7. SŠw Endayhon YŠllŠm - Exception Five Band/WubshŠt Fisseha
8. TerŠdjew NŠbŠr - Ayalew Mesfin
9. Qondjo Ledj Nat - Ayalew Mesfin
10. Ber Anbar SŠbŠrŠlewo [He Consummated the Marriage] - Venus Band/
11. LŠbŠn‚ Sheweshew [My Panicked Heart] - Samuel Belay
12. YagŠr‚ DjŠgna - AlŠm-Girma Band/Seyoum GŠbrŠyŠs
13. YŠkŠrmo SŠw [A Man of Experience and Wisdom] - SŠyfu YohannŠs/Se
14. Mariy‚ MarwŠlŠla - Exception Five Band/WubshŠt Fisseha
15. TchŠrŠqa [O Moon] - Menelik WŠsnatchŠw/Ayalew Mesfin
16. H‚dŠtch Gara Zura - Mulatu Astatke/Frank Holder/Niaaza Alsherif/
17. Assiyo B‚ll‚ma - Mulatu Astatke - (featuring Frank Holder/Niaaza
18. NŠfsh NŠsh - Mulatu Astatke/The Ashantis - (featuring Frank Hold
19. Come on and Do It - The Ashantis
20. I Wanna Do My Thing - The Ashantis
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Collection
More Info:
A selection of powerful pieces from the historical Amha Records catalogue : Ayaléw Mèsfin, Gétatchèw Kassa and Sèyfou Yohannes, and other artists as yet unreleased or hardly known in the West. Bonus tracks: two pieces by the young Mulatu Astatqé, recorded in the early 60s and two pieces by The Ashantis, a Kenyan band based in Addis Abeba, which was very influent in the early 70s.'