EARTHWORKS
RECORDS
Independent label: Earthworks
Records Former Address: 162 Oxford Gardens London W10. Earthworks was started by
Jumbo Vanrenen started in 1983 and was an independant label distributed by Rough
Trade / The Cartel. A number of Earthworks releases were in conjunction with
Rough Trade. In 1987 Earthworks became part of Virgin and when that deal ran
it's course,part of Stern's. Shortly after Virgin was sold to EMI in 1992,
Earthworks was sold to Stern's Africa because of that label's specialty. The
Four Brothers are perhaps the most internationally successful and recognised
group to come from Zimbabwe. The members are not
literally brothers and at times there have been more than four.
Distributed By Rough Trade.
82
Jazira
Orchestra
Love
(12")
EARTHWORK
DIG
001
83
Four
Brothers
Revolutionary Sound Of
Zimbabwe
EARTHWORK
DIG
002
84
Onike
Bush Woman
(12")
EARTHWORK
DIG
003
84
Kasseya
Souzy
Le Téléphone Sonne
(12")
EARTHWORK
DIG
004