THERE'S MUSIC IN THE AIR (BLUE VINYL)

TRACKLIST SIDE ONE MUSIC MAN TRIST­ZA (REUNI—O DE TRIST­ZA) LET™S GO DANCING / YOU™VE LOST THAT LOVIN™ FEELING SACRED DRUM AIN™T NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY SIDE TWO MARU A PULA (CLOUDS OF RAIN) FEELINGS RAINY DAY MUSIC THERE™S MUSIC IN THE AIR INFO Letta Mbulu was lucky when she emigrated from South Africa, where blacks were troubled and ridiculed by the Apartheid system. She was lucky to rescue a recording deal with A&M records, and even the label's founder, Herb Albert, produced the record, Johnny Mandel did the orchestrations, and Quincy Jones wrote the liner notes. However, it wasn't only luck - Letta Mbulu's talents as a singer are such that they couldn't be overheard. Her husband, Caiphus Semenya, also from South Africa and a musician, helped her throughout. There's Music in the Air from 1976 features songs varying in tempos and moods and languages, and there's a mellow aura of purity and peace, almost innocence, that captures the listener.