Riot
1969 · Uni 55102 · Witbank, South Africa
- Artist
- Hugh Masekela
- Title
- Riot
- Release
- Riot / Mace and Grenades
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Uni # 55102
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Instrumental
- Country
- Witbank, South Africa
- Songwriter
- H. Masekela
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Afro-Jazz · Soul Jazz
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Mace and Grenades (Masekela, Hugh) Jazz, anti-war. Napalm, bombs, atomic weapon, machine guns. B-side: "Riots" instrumental
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Uni 55102, multicoloured swirl label, Chisa Productions logo; "Mace and Grenades" (H. Masekela), vocal, (.211), 2:57, and "Riot" (H. Masekela), instrumental, (.210), both Llee Corporation, BMI; "Directed by Stewart Levine", "From UNI album 73041, 'Masekela'"; "Universal City Records, A Division of MCA Inc., 8255 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. 90046 U.S.A." [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 4 April 1939, Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Died 23 January 2018, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Themes
In collections
Jazz Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs