Over 150 ultra-rare, original recordings from 1964 - 1972
Full-colour 88 page, perfect bound booklet with detailed group biographies and rare images
“Demented Sounds from the 60s Teen Scenes of Jo’Burg, Cape Town, Durban and Beyond!”
Isolated and shunned by the western world, South Africa’s rock music scene was buried under the ugly weight of politics and the brutality of the Apartheid system in place at the time. Nearly 60 years later, in a country still struggling to find its identity, we can look back and examine the small, but flourishing music scene of South Africa. Operating under the harsh iron grip of the regime, young groups emerged, driven by the sounds of rock ‘n’ roll and freedom. Back in 1971, Clive Calder, one of rock's premier custodians, reflected on his journey to success through the 1960s: "A handful of bands produced highly creative music and young South Africa welcomed them with open arms. Gullible powers retaliated by banning or restricting their artistic influence and radio stations ignored them!"
RETURN OF THE TOKOLOSHE MEN smashes preconceptions and breaks through the shackles of political divide and hypocrisy. Featuring over 150 ultra-rare, original recordings FROM 1964-1972 with detailed liners that reveal the behind the scenes stories with a plethora of original memorabilia, RETURN OF THE TOKOLOSHE MEN is a precious insight into another world, still unknown to many.
Track Listing:
Disc 1
THEM One Time Too Many
THE A-CADS Watch Your Step
THE UPSETTERS Daddy Rolling Stone
BILL KIMBER & THE COURIERS I Wanna Know
THE INVADERS Chief Bull
JOHN E. SHARPE & THE SQUIRES Lsd
THE INVADERS No Money, No Honey
TALL EMMA & HIS SKIPPERS Hammatan
THE 004s I’ve Got News For You
THE MAD MUNKS Lucille
BILL KIMBER & THE COURIERS Life Without You
THE SHAKE SPEARS I Can Tell
JOHNNY KONGOS & THE G-MEN It’s All Over Now
DANNY RIVERS & THE SAVAGES Rhythm and Green
THE NAVARONES Blue, Blue Feeling
BILL KIMBER & THE COURIERS When You Gonna Say
THE A-CADS Down The Road Apiece
JOHN E. SHARPE & THE SQUIRES She’s Fine, She’s Mine
THE END They Talk About You
THE ZOMBIES Let’s Have A Party
HANK SQUIRES I’ll Never Get Over You
THE NEWS Wild Face
THEM I Want To Be Rich Again
THE GONKS You Can’t Stop Me Loving You
BILL KIMBER & THE COURIERS I’m A Hog For You baby
THE SHANGAANS Yeh Girl
THE ETONIANS Gates Of Eden
THE KYND Dimples
Disc 2
THE GONKS Woman Yeah
THEM It’s A Day
JOHN E SHARPE & THE SQUIRES Bo Diddley
THE A-CADS Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
JOHNNY KONGOS & THE G-MEN 900 Miles
BILL KIMBER & THE COURIERS Come On, Come On, Come On
THE A-CADS Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble
RIGAR 5 A Flying Start
JOHN E SHARPE & THE SQUIRES Yours For The Picking
THE DOMINOS Bye Bye Johnny
THE BATS That’s Us
JOHN E SHARPE & THE SQUIRES Monkey Shine
THE FLAMES Don’t Ask Me What I Say
THE STACCATOS The One To Lose
THE KYND Talking ‘bout You
THE UPSETTERS Pain In My Heart
THE KYND Shy Girl
MICKIE MOST & HIS PLAYBOYS Boney Maroney
THE FIVE Come Back
THE NEWS Why Do
THE KYND Hideaway
THE HOBOS Hasie (Bunny)
THE 004s It’s As Easy As That
THE KYND I’ve Been Wrong
JOHNNY KONGOS & THE G-MEN Money
JOHN E SHARPE & THE SQUIRES I Gave My Love A Diamond
THE A-CADS Sha-La-La-La-Lee
THE SHAKE SPEARS Give It To Me
THE 004s Parchman Farm
Disc 3
JOHN E. SHARPE & THE SQUIRES Take It Easy
BILL KIMBER & THE COURIERS That’s What I Want
THE BATS Get Your Baggies On
THE ANCHOR BEAT GROUP What A Day
BILL KIMBER & THE COURIERS Be Mine
THE BATS The Chicken and The Hawk
JOHN E. SHARPE & THE SQUIRES Back Door Man
THE A-CADS In The Midnight Hour
THE INVADERS Thinking About You
THE BATS All I Got
THE CHEQUERS Bundu Beat
JOHN E. SHARPE & THE SQUIRES Walking The Dog
THE ZEROES Work All Day
THE 004s I’ve Found Her
THE HOOCHIE COOCHIES I’m A Boy
JOHN E. SHARPE & THE SQUIRES I’m A Man
HANK SQUIRES Sick and Tired
THE DIFFERENCE I Wonder Why
THE VEDETTES Please Don’t Feel Too Bad
THE INVADERS Painter Man
THE SHAKE SPEARS What Happened
THE ETONIANS Mr Spaceman
THE BATS Lean On Me
THE KYND Too Much Monkey Business
JOHNNY DEAN & THE APACHES Deep Feeling
BO STREET RUNNERS One Girl To Love
THE CRESCENDOES Oh! What A Fool
THE 004’s Beverley
JOHNNY KONGOS & THE G-MEN Tobacco Road
THE SHANGAANS Taboo
Disc 4
THE SHAKE SPEARS How Does She Look
THE 004s She’s Going Back Home Today
DUNNY & THE SHOWMEN You Ain’t Got Enough Love
THE BATS That’s How I Feel
THE SHAKE SPEARS Mah-Pah
THE FIREFLIES Cathy Come Home
THE LEEMEN LTD Under My Thumb
THE DRIFTERS Ode To An Undertaker
FINDERS KEEPERS Orient Green
THE BATS Stop Exchange
THE STACCATOS New York Mining Disaster 1941
DAVE ANTHONY QUARTET Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James
THE BATS Listen To My Heart
THE RISING SONS I Wanna Take You Home
UNA VALLI Stop Thief!
FREEDOM’S CHILDREN Satisfaction
THE ATTRACTION Tax Man
McCULLY WORKSHOP Fast Car
QUENTIN E KLOPJAEGER Lovers Lane - Wednesday
THE STACCATOS Spicks and Specks
THE DOMINOS Tabatha Twitchet
FREEDOM’S CHILDREN Little Games
THE FLAMES Purple Haze
FINDERS KEEPERS Reflections
THE LUNAR 5 feat: BERNIE BROWN Stone Free
McCULLY WORKSHOP Four Walls
BIRDS OF A FEATHER Love Is a Beautiful Thing
RAY COUSSINS Uptight
UNA VALLI Yum Yum
BIRDS OF A FEATHER Come On Up
Disc 5
FLORIBUNDA ROSE One Way Street
THE BATS It’s So Hard To Get Up In The Morning
THE OUTLET Lazy Life
McCULLY WORKSHOP Séance
THE SQUARE SET Night Then Comes The Morning
THE ATTRACTION A Day In The Life
QUENTIN E. KLOPJAEGER & THE GONKS Long Way Home
THE FLAMES Streamliner
SCRUGG I Wish I Was Five
ALLAN GOLD Topsy Turvy
THE BATS Waiting For You
QUENTIN E KLOPJAEGER Not Going To Mersey Square
JOHN & PHILIPA COOPER The Mad Professor
THE FLAMES Useless Illusions
HUMPHREY Down Down
QUENTIN E KLOPJAEGER Weatherman
EMIL DEAN Lonely Boy
WILLIAM E. Crazy How Love Slips Away
LEEMEN LIMITED Heartaches
THE ATTRACTION Moving Underground
THE STACCATOS Butchers and Bakers
SCRUGG Sandwichboard Man
THE THIRD EYE Valley Of Sadness
JOHN PHILLIPS Permutation Child
RONNIE CLINE’S EXPRESSIONS Jumbo
THE INFLUENCE Dream Woman
McCULLY WORKSHOP Head For The Moon
UNA VALLI & THE PEANUT BUTTER CONSPIRACY Nowhere To Run
Disc 6
THE FLAMES Solitude
QUENTIN E. KLOPJAEGER Chimes of Ages Lost in Time
THE STACCATOS Imitations Of Love
SCRUGG Lavender Popcorn
JOHN & PHILIPA COOPER Gypsy Spell
THE FLAMES You Keep Me Hangin’ On
THE THIRD EYE Snow Child
CANDID CAMERA Michaelangelo
SCRUGG Only George
BRYAN MILLER’S DESTRUCTION Blue Machines and Dreams
HUMPHREY Time To Change
THE OMEGA LIMITED The Boy and The Bee
DICKIE LOADER The Wind Keeps Howling
JOHN PHILLIPS The Bird With The Plastic Feathers
COLORED RAIN Planes of Afterlife
THE BATS Race With The Devil
AEROPHONE Of Tomorrow
TIDAL WAVE Spider Spider
DICKIE LOADER feat: FREEDOM’S CHILDREN The Eagle Has Landed
