The Drive - Drive Unlimited
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LINER NOTES

 

Produced by David Thekwane
Front Cover Photography by R. Ground
Back Cover Photography by Creative Photography
Engineer: Nino Rivera
 

THE DRIVE
DRIVE UNLIMITED


recorded 1975
issued 1975
RCA Victor
Teal
made in South Africa
produced by David Thekwane
published by Laetrec
RCL 1200
matrix RCL 1200 A
matrix RCL 1200 B
33 rpm
first issue
cover images by R. Ground
cover design by Creative Photography
cover printed by Artone Press
source: Flatinternational Archive

TRACK LISTING

 

1.1Drive Unlimited

(Bunny Luthuli)

1.2God Bless Your Souls

(Henry Sithole)

1.3Ain't Sittin' Down Doin' Nothin'

(Bunny Luthuli)

1.4Tears of Joy

(Henry Sithole)

2.5Unknown World of Love

(Bheki Mseleku)

2.6Spiritual Prayer

(Stanley Sithole)

2.7Long Walk to Nowhere

(Bheki Mseleku)

2.8I have a Dream

(Bheki Mseleku)

ARTISTS

 

THE DRIVE
HENRY SITHOLE - alto sax, leader
STANLEY SITHOLE - tenor sax, baritone sax
D. SITHOLE - trumpet
ADOLPHUS 'BUNNY' LUTHULI - guitar
BHEKI H. MSELEKU - synthesizer, electric piano, Hammond organ
ANTHONY SAOLI - Fender bass
NELSON MAGWAZA - drums, percussion, congas

NOTES

 

The Drive were formed in 1971 after Bunny Luthuli approached Henry Sithole and his brother Stanley about entering a band competition. Luthuli had performed with the two brothers in Almon's Jazz 8 and the Heshoo Beshoo Group (Eshoo Beshoes) in the late 1960s. View the Heshoo Beshoo's classic album Armitage Road in this archive.

Sadly both Luthuli and Henry Sithole died in a car accident in Tzaneen on May 5th, 1977, about two years after this recording was made.

What is possibly The Drive's debut LP Slow Drive to Soweto is also featured in this archive.

Drive Unlimited could be one of the first albums to feature self-taught pianist, Bheki Mseleku who arrived in Johannesburg from Durban in 1975. Mseleku would also form the group Spirit's Rejoice with bassist Sipho Gumede later that same year.

Read Mseleku's obituary in The Independant, he died in 2008.