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Aster Aweke
Aster Aweke! What a revelation this tape is for fans of her early years. Ethiopian Amharic language popular music from one of the undisputed legends.
So smooth, such a rainy night vibe. Aweke’s voice soaring. Mid- or late-1970s, I believe. The backing band I suspect is Roha Band (nee Ibex Band)… mellow af. Reminds me of the recent Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band reissue.
Side A
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
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beautiful
Thank you very much! So warm and familiar sound. Looking forward to more Ethiopian nuggets.
I am not sure if the image you posted corresponds to the tracks you shared.
thank you for sharing. have not visited for some time due to tapes not being posted as often. one of my favorite aweke tapes.
my friend transliterated everything from his tape. there might be some errors. i think you have side a and b switched.
side a (your side b)
1) ቢቀር ሰውነትህ ጅንዬው
2) ወንፈት ሙሉ ሎሚ
3) ገና ለገና
4) ጠይም ዘለግ ያለ
5) ካቡ ተንዶብኝ
side b (your side a)
1) አመለኛው ቤቴ
2) ባይኔ ሙሉ
3) አይገኝ ከመንደር
4) አይራ እላለሁ
5) ይቅር ብዬሃለሁ
bonus “live” vids:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2YMlSV1BGM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5sOYkzEsmY
this site has a few great aweke tapes (some really not so great one’s as well. just have to skip around to find the older tapes) i’ve downloaded the good tracks here:
http://www.zefen.com/listen.php?artist=aster-aweke&album=collection
https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=kZLRebZC5ItJoHLxcS2E5iuUuU9A7IzCjsk
my favorite tape is labeled “ASTER AWEKE 2”
Here’s a track from the “ASTER AWEKE 2” tape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdDHGWhRBRc
this seems to be tape 3 of the possible 5 tapes she released on kaifa:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ethcovers/4910262575/
1st was grey acoustic: https://awesometapes.com/aster-aweke/
2 tapes with wubishet fiessha
http://mitmitta.tumblr.com/post/6535958744/aster-aweke-wubishet-fisseha-did-two-albums
“ASTER AWEKE 2” from the zefen site and one other one? or at least this is what a friend and myself have been able to find on the web.
i think her other good tapes were released on electra.
btw, have you seen Cultural Ethiopian Music youtube channel?
https://www.youtube.com/user/noweh100/videos
they’re one of my all time favorite youtube channels. they share a ton of great older tapes (including some incredible aweke tapes. better quality than the link i sent earlier as well. not featured in the link i sent earlier is an incredible tape with walias band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4rE9vfhG_Y ) . i get almost all of my music exclusively from people sharing their collections on youtube these days.
sorry for the long winded comment. very happy to see you’re back, and i hope you have more gems to share.
i’ve been especially interested in tapes from east africa….
Thanks for the great links! I’m a fellow Aster Aweke fan… especially her early stuff. I recently bought a copy of her album with Wubishet Fisseha and digitized it. The last two tracks were unlistenable and there was some warping… but overall it was a good purchase. I’m happy to share it if anyone is interested.
Hello Brendan: I would like very much to listen the album you mentioned of Aster Aweke with Fisseha. My email address is errol.montes@upr.edu. I have a radio program in Puerto Rico and Aster Aweke is one of my favorites of all times…. Thanks.
Hi Errol, I sent these last night… hope you enjoy them!
Thanks Brendan…..
Hi Brendan,
I would like to hear your tape. My email is clasguitar564@gmail.com . Does it feature this song?
http://mitmitta.tumblr.com/post/6535958744/aster-aweke-wubishet-fisseha-did-two-albums
The other tape they did together (forgot to link it in my previous comment) was posted by Youtube user Getu Negash (they have a ton of other great songs as well)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJCZrdGYy8k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlmPVmeYt-E
Also, be sure to check out this link (see my comment above for more info)
https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=kZLRebZC5ItJoHLxcS2E5iuUuU9A7IzCjsk
“ASTER AWEKE 2” is one of my all time favorite tapes.
Hi, I just sent it to you. Yes, “Gum Gum” is track 6. I tried to find Aster Aweke 2 but couldn’t figure out which one you were referencing!
for me ..too
to please brendan,
amyjemal@gmail.com
Brendan! I’m a bit late to the party here, but I’d love to hear your Aster Aweke tape. My email is blackee.likes.maps@gmail.com
Hello Brendan, sorry I’m also very late to this but I’d love a copy of that tape. I have the song gum gum but that’s the only track I have from that album.
Thank you very much!
Will will.newsome@gmail.com
Beautiful beautiful. Thanks for sharing this music!
Hi Brendan-
I would also love a copy! My email is:
artunderthelid@gmail.com
THANK YOU for this kind offer!
Scott
Hi Brendan I would love to hear that tape! My email is jakaboski@gmail.com, love Jack x
Hi Brendan – is too late to get a copy? Just in case, my email is
finvarra2534@gmail.com
Thanks and take care!
Hi Brendan, I would also love to hear this Aweke tape if you are still sending links, I just discovered her on Awesome tapes and LOVE.
Many thanks to you,
Mathew
What a great album! Is it possible to buy a copy? I’ve just found your site and don’t quite get it yet :-)
this one we haven’t licensed so therefore we aren’t selling it but you can dl here