Lapho sizwa igama elithi reggae, umculi wokuqala ofika engqondweni, yiqiniso, uBob Marley. Kodwa nalo gogo wesitayela awukafinyeleli ezingeni lempumelelo iqembu laseBrithani i-UB 40 elinalo.
Lokhu kufakazelwa ngokusobala ukuthengiswa kwamarekhodi (amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-70), nezikhundla emashadini, nenani elimangalisayo lokuvakasha. Phakathi nomsebenzi wabo omude, abaculi kwakudingeka badlale emahholo ekhonsathi aminyene kuwo wonke umhlaba, kuhlanganise ne-USSR.
Phela, uma unemibuzo mayelana negama le-ensemble, khona-ke siyakucacisa: akuyona into engaphezu kwesifinyezo esinamathiselwe ekhadini lokubhalisa ukuze uthole izinzuzo zokungasebenzi. NgesiNgisi, kubukeka kanje: Inzuzo Yokungasebenzi, Ifomu 40.
Umlando wokudalwa kweqembu le-UB 40
Bonke abafana beqembu bazana esikoleni. Umsunguli wokwakhiwa kwayo, u-Brian Travers, wonge imali ye-saxophone, esebenza njengomfundi osebenza ngogesi. Ngemva kokufinyelela umgomo wakhe, umfana wayeka umsebenzi wakhe, wabe esemema abangani bakhe uJimmy Brown, Earl Faulconer no-Eli Campbell ukuba badlale umculo ndawonye. Njengoba bengakakwazi ngempela ukudlala izinsimbi zomculo, abafana bazulazula edolobheni lakubo futhi banamathisele izingqwembe zokukhangisa zeqembu yonke indawo.
Ngokushesha, ngemva kokuzilolonga okunezithelo, iqembu lathola ukwakheka okuzinzile nengxenye yethusi. Kwazwakala kunamandla, okuphilayo futhi kancane kancane kutholwe umsindo ngamunye. Ukusebenza kokuqala kwenkampani ethembekile kwenzeka ekuqaleni kuka-1979 kwenye yezindawo zokushicilela zedolobha, futhi izethameli zendawo zasabela ngaphezu kokuvuma emizamweni yabafana.
Ngolunye usuku, uChrissie Hynde ovela ku-The Pretenders wafika kuseshini yabo elandelayo. Le ntombazane yayiwuthanda kakhulu umdlalo wabaculi abavusa inkanuko kangangokuthi yaze yacela ukucula nabo endaweni eyodwa. Vele, i-UB 40 bekufanele "ifudumale" izethameli.
Amandla aqinile "abantu abangasebenzi" awazange acatshangelwe nguChrissy kuphela, abalaleli nabo babanjwe yindlela yabo epholile yokusebenza. Eyokuqala engamashumi amane nanhlanu, ekhishwe kuma-Graduate Records, yafinyelela endaweni yesine eshadini.
Ngo-1980, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yokuqala ye-UB 40, ethi Signing Off. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi indaba ayizange irekhodwe esitudiyo, kodwa ngaphakathi kwefulethi elincane eBirmingham. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwezinye izimo kwakudingeka ukurekhoda umculo efilimu engadini, ngakho-ke kwamanye amathrekhi ungezwa izinyoni zicula.
Irekhodi lifinyelele endaweni yesibili ohlwini lwama-albhamu futhi lazuza isimo seplatinum. Abafana bedolobha abalula bavele baceba. Kodwa isikhathi eside “bakhala begqoke ivesti” ngokudalelwa kwabo ngokubhala izingoma zabo.
Ngokomculo, ama-albhamu amathathu okuqala ayi-reggae "yangaphambi kwemvula", isici somsindo wama-orchestra amadala esifundeni saseCaribbean. Hhayi-ke, imibhalo kuvele ukuthi igcwele izihloko ezibucayi zenhlalo nokugxekwa kwezinqubomgomo zekhabhinethi kaMargaret Thatcher.
UB 40 ekusukeni
Abafana babefuna ukuthuthukisa isiqalo esiyimpumelelo e-England naphesheya kwezilwandle. I-disc enamakhava ezingoma zeqembu eziyintandokazi yaqoshwa ngokukhethekile i-States. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi Umsebenzi Wothando (“Umsebenzi Wothando”). Yakhululwa ngo-1983 futhi yaba inguquko mayelana nokudayiswa komsindo.
Ekupheleni kwehlobo lika-1986, kwakhululwa i-albhamu ethi Rat In The Kitchen. Yaphakamisa izingqinamba zobumpofu nokuntuleka kwemisebenzi (igama elithi "Igundane Ekhishini" liyazikhulumela). I-albhamu ifinyelele kumashadi angu-10 aphezulu e-albhamu.
Kucatshangelwa ngokufanelekile, uma kungenjalo okungcono kakhulu, khona-ke enye yezinto ezihamba phambili ku-discography yeqembu. Ingoma ethi Sing Our Own Song (“Vumani ingoma yethu nathi”) yayibhekiswe kubaculi abamnyama baseNingizimu Afrika abaphila futhi besebenza ngaphansi kobandlululo. Leli qembu laya eYurophu namakhonsathi laze lavakashela naseSoviet Union.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ekusekeleni ukusebenza, i-disc yakhululwa yinkampani ye-Melodiya ngaphansi kwelayisensi ye-DEP International. Okulandelayo kuyaphawuleka: ekhonsathini e-Luzhniki, izethameli zavunyelwa ukudansa kumculo nezigqi zezikhulumi esiteji, okwakuyinto entsha ezilalelini zaseSoviet. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iningi lababehambele lo mdlalo bekungamasosha, futhi bekungafanele badanse ngokwesimo sabo.
Uhambo lomhlaba webhendi
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, i-UB 40 ensemble yathatha uhambo olubanzi lomhlaba, inandisa e-Australia, Japan kanye naseLatin America.
Ehlobo lika-1988, "abangasebenzi" bamenywa embukisweni omkhulu we-Free Nelson Mandela ("Inkululeko kuNelson Mandela"), owawusenkundleni yezemidlalo yaseLondon iWembley. Ikhonsathi yayinabadlali abaningi bamazwe ngamazwe ababedumile ngaleso sikhathi, yabukwa bukhoma ababukeli abayizigidi ezimbalwa emhlabeni wonke, kuhlanganise nase-USSR.
Ngo-1990, u-UB 40 wahlanganyela nomculi u-Robert Palmer engomeni ethi I'll Be Your Baby Tonight ("I'll be your baby tonight"). Ingoma ihambe isikhathi eside ku-MTV top ten.
I-albhamu ethi Izithembiso Namanga (1993) ("Izithembiso Namanga") yaphumelela kakhulu. Nokho, kancane kancane i-UB 40 yehlisa isivinini sokuvakasha nokunye ukuqina. Ngokushesha abafana bafika esinqumweni sokuthatha ikhefu komunye nomunye, futhi ngokubuyisela ukwenza umsebenzi we-solo.
Umculi u-Eli Campbell uqophe i-albhamu ethi Big Love (“Big Love”) ngqo eJamaica, kwathi ngemuva kwesikhashana, ngokwesekwa umfowabo uRobin, wabamba iqhaza ekuqophelweni kwengoma kaPat Benton ethi Baby Come Back (“Baby Come Back” ). Ngaso leso sikhathi, umculi webhesi u-Earl Faulconer waqala ukukhiqiza amabhendi amasha.
Umlando wakamuva weqembu le-UB 40
Ekuqaleni kwawo-XNUMX, i-Virgin yakhipha iqoqo lamahithi ka-Young Gifted & Black. Iqoqo liphelele ngendatshana eyisingeniso yomdlali wesigingci uRobin Campbell.
Lokhu kwalandelwa i-albhamu ethi Homegrown (2003) (“Homegrown”). Yayinengoma ethi Swing Low, eyaba yiculo leNdebe Yomhlaba Yebhola lombhoxo.
I-albhamu ka-2005 ethi Who You Fighting For? ("Ulwela Ubani?") uthole ukuqokwa kwe-Grammy kwe-Best Reggae. Kulo mdwebo, abaculi baphinde bangena kwezombusazwe, njengasekuqaleni komsebenzi wabo.
Ngo-2008, kwaba namahemuhemu okuthi i-UB 40 ihlose ukuvala isikhala somculi wangaphambili. Nokho, ukuphikiswa kwatholwa ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho.
Kanye no-Eli, i-disc ka-2008 yaqoshwa, kwabe sekukhishwa elinye iqoqo, futhi kuphela ku-albhamu yekhava ka-2009, esikhundleni se-Campbell evamile, umculi omusha wavela endaweni yombhobho - uDuncan ngesibongo esifanayo (noma kunjalo ) ...
Ekwindla ka-2018, abaseBrithani abadumile bamemezele ukuqala kohambo lwesikhumbuzo se-England endala.
