{"product_id":"wede-harer-guzo-vinyl","title":"Wede Harer Guzo (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable on vinyl for the first time, this double LP of smokey and soulful recording of Addis Ababa’s Dahlak Band lead by the imitable keyboard champion Hailu Mergia is one of a kind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHailu Mergia \u0026amp; Dahlak Band’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWede Harer Guzo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the third release on Awesome Tapes From Africa for Ethiopian keyboard and accordion maestro. In the years since Shemonmuanaye, Mergia has revamped his touring career, playing festivals and clubs worldwide, including a recent tour supporting Beirut. By 1978, Addis Ababa’s nightlife was facing challenges. The ruling Derg regime imposed curfews, banning citizens from the streets after midnight until 6:00 am. But that didn’t stop some people from dancing and partying through the night. Bands would play from evening until daybreak and people would stay at the clubs until curfew was lifted in the morning.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne key denizen of Addis’ musical golden age, Hailu Mergia, was preparing a follow-up to his seminal\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTche Belew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLP with the famed Walias Band. It was the band’s only full-length record and it had been a success. But his Hilton house band colleagues were a bit tied up recording cassettes with different vocalists. Still Mergia, amidst recording and gigs with the Walias, was also eager to make another recording of his instrumental-focused arrangements. So he went to the nearby Ghion Hotel, another upmarket outpost with a popular nightclub. Dahlak Band was the house band at Ghion at the time. Together they made this tape\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWede Harer Guzo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eright there in the club during the band’s afternoon rehearsal meetings, with sessions lasting three days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Lasgo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53379695378746,"sku":"751937436218","price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/6449\/4906\/files\/751937436218.jpg?v=1777448797","url":"https:\/\/titlemusicfilmbooks.com\/products\/wede-harer-guzo-vinyl","provider":"TITLE ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}