

WHAT EXACTLY IS AN 'ORIGINAL MASTER TAPE'? You, the valued listener, willīe transported back into the sound engineer's chair at the time of recording. The original analogue recordings from 1961/62 form the basis of Christoph Stickel's unobtrusive "refurbishing" which aims to avoid any artistic intervention. The recordings are now available in unprecedented sound quality. It was a very unusual challenge for his musicians! (a musical style influenced by American swing and enjoyed by youths in townships) and transferred it onto the piccolo. "Sound fetishist" Bert Kaempfert based it on the uniquely blown penny-whistles of South African kwela music The sound of the flute section is considered to be particularly remarkable on this album. The LP remain perennial favorites on US radio stations. The two Kaempfert compositions "A Swingin' Safari" and "Afrikaan Beat" quickly became international hits and have since become true evergreens, while other titles from The Album A Swingin' Safari was recorded in the Polydor Studio, Hamburg in 1961/62. This item not eligible for any further discount offers! Release Date To Be Announced pre-order your copy today! Orders with both pre-order and in stock items will have all in stock items shipped immediately! Typical order times are located within the product description. It is not guaranteed.Ī Special Order item is an item that we do not stock but can order from the manufacturer. When an item is Out Of Stock and we have an estimated date when our stock should arrive, we list that date on our website in the part's description. We do not have a specific date when it will be coming.Īwaiting repress titles are in the process of being repressed by the label. The Preorder can be released anywhere between weeks, months or years from its initial announcement.Īn Out Of Stock item is an item that we normally have available to ship but we are temporarily out of. Other Preorders are set to release 'TBA.' This means that release date is yet 'To Be Announced'. If a projected release date is known, we will include this in the description in red. Typically the label will set a projected release date (that is subject to change). An In Stock item is available to ship normally within 24 business hours.Ī Preorder is an item that has not yet been released.
