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Tracklist A1Abangoma (The Healers) Written-By –  4:59A2Languta Written-By –  8:04B1Grazin' In The Grass Written-By –  3:27B2Nomali Written-By –  8:55C1Marketplace Written-By –  5:28C2Ntyilo Ntyilo (The Love Bird) Written-By –  5:55DStimela (The Coal Train) Written-By –  10:00
200-gram 45 RPM double LP reissue from Analogue Productions!
Remastered by Kevin Gray
"…Hope is one of those intensely visceral, large as life, and immediately present recordings that will make pretty much any system sound at least very good, and will cause better ones to raise goose bumps." – Wayne Garcia, The Absolute Sound, August 2008

"A stunning demo disc to test or show off any stereo system." – Playback, June 2008

"Here's another masterpiece from Chad Kassem and Kevin Gray…you would swear that you are listening to a master tape in your living room…this one is great for showing off what your stereo system can do." – Jeff Dorgay, Tone Audio, No. 15, 2008

"…Believe me, this double 45 makes the CD sound like digital dog crap. It you thought the CD version sounded good, you ain't heard nuttin' yet."  - Michael Fremer, www.musicangle.com

"Wow! Hugh Masekela never sounded more real – the BEST Masekela album, a definitive must have!" – Danny Kaey, Positive-Feedback Online

A longtime audiophile demonstration disc. Hope will show off your system's dynamic range as well as any record ever released. Hugh Masekela, the outstanding South African trumpeter, assembled a seven-piece group and recorded this great set live at Washington, D.C.'s Blues Alley. The songs stretch over a period of nearly five decades and serve as an informal guided tour of Masekela's life. The songs are honest and bare, and as for the sound – WOW!

PLEASE NOTE:  This is the out-of-print 7 song 45 RPM audiophile version of this record.  It is NOT the newer 33 1/3 RPM version.