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SABC lyric sheet of 'Ou, Ou Lied van Afrika' with comments

Theme: Radio Silence


Call Number: D02.03.08
Identifier: AL3296_D02.03.08
Title: SABC lyric sheet of 'Ou, Ou Lied van Afrika' with comments
Date: April 1989
Subject: Eet Kreef;
Gereformeerde Blues Band - GBB;
Johannes Kerkorrel;
Ou, Ou Lied van Afrika;
Radio control;
Shifty Records;
South African Broadcasting Corporation - SABC
Description: This is a lyric sheet of 'Ou, Ou Lied van Afrika' transcribed by the SABC from the song by Johannes Kerkorrel en die Gereformeerde Blues Band (GBB) on the album 'Eet Kreef!', a Shifty Records release. The lyrics refer to Restricted Records memo no. 279 of 20 April 1989 and comments indicate 'swak smaak' (poor taste) and 'polit' (political) as reasons for rejection. Copy obtained from the SABC Record Library and digitised by the South African History Archive (SAHA) in 2014. Included in the SAHA physical and/or virtual exhibitions 'What you won't hear on the radio', developed to mark the 30th birthday of Shifty Records and the 25th anniversary of the Voƫlvry tour.
Creator: South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
Type: Transcript
Format: Access copy - pdf
Preservation copy - tiff
Source: SAHA collection AL3296
Relation: AL3296_D02.02.06
Language: Afrikaans
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
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