The Movers - Mr. Moonlight Meets Miss Starlight
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THE MOVERS
MR. MOONLIGHT MEETS MISS STARLIGHT


recorded 1974c
issued 1974
City Special
Teal
made in Mozambique
produced by David Thekwane
published by Laetrec, Clan, Breakaway
CYL 1024
matrix CYL 1024 A
matrix CYL 1024 B
33 rpm
stereo
first issue
cover printed by Globo, LDA
source: Flatinternational Archive

TRACK LISTING

 

1.1Mr. Moonlight

(Lawrence Goreoang)

1.2Guava Jelly

(Nash)

1.3My Pa-Pa

(Sankie Chounyane)

1.4I Can Feel It

(Nash)

1.5A Little Bit of Soap

(Russel)

1.6No Chance

(Sankie Chounyane)

1.7Thiba Ka Maho

(Sankie Chounyane)

2.8Miss Starlight

(Lawrence Goreoang)

2.9Julia

(Lawrence Goreoang)

2.10My Kingdom

(Sankie Chounyane)

2.11Gig Soul Party

(Sankie Chounyane)

2.12Masterpiece

(Whitfield)

ARTISTS

 

THE MOVERS
SANKIE CHOUNYANE - keyboards
RAMMIE MCKENZIE
LAWRENCE GOREOANG

NOTES

 

The liner notes of the Dutch single She Loves You maintains that the The Movers were formed in 1969 (June) by keyboardist Sankie Chounyane and producer David Thekwane. Though Rob Allingham points out that they were discovered and first recorded by producer Hamilton Nzimande. Furthermore the liner notes of their second LP, Greatest Hits Volume 2 actually states that Kenneth Siphayi formed the group in Alexandra. Siphayi's image is featured predominantly on the back cover of their third LP, Greatest Hits Volume 3.

According to Max Mojapelo, the group included Sankie Chounyane, Oupa Hlongwane, Norman Hlongwane and Sam Thabo, though the lineup would shift throughout the seventies. Others that performed with the group included Dinah Mbata, Blondie Makhene, Philip Malela, Jabu Khanyile, Vusi Shange, Rammie McKenzie, Jabu Sibumbe and Lloyd Lelosa.

This particular album features three tracks (including the title tracks) composed by Lawrence Goreoang, the guitarist for Ikageng's The Teenage Lovers and later The Question Marks. The inclusion of Goreoang's tracks lead me to speculate that he may be performing on this album. Similarly two of the tracks are penned by "Nash", leading me to wonder if this may be Neville Nash.

Interestingly the track Thiba Ka Maho composed here by Chounyane is more or less identical to the classic hit Thiba Kamoo by The Beaters which would be issued on their Harari album in 1975. The Movers version predates The Beaters by roughly a year which makes me curious about who the original composer may have been. The Beaters version is penned by Selby Ntuli, Sipho Mabuse and Alec Khaoli.