funny there's just been an edit of a south african cover from klein & mbo - wonderfull on H.I.T.D records

This player previews the 80s Italo disco /proto-house classic  Klein & MBO - The MBO Theme with a heavy South African version on the flip. 
Out now!

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“The MBO Theme” (1983) has been a dance floor favorite since decades, created by Mario Boncaldo and Tony Carrasco - the legendary Italian/US duo Klein & MBO. The track got support in NYC and Chicago by greats as Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy. 

The rare version on the flip is created by a South-African band called Warrior. Rush Hour explain how the track came across: “We bumped into this version on a South African record digging trip. It took us a few months to realize the scarcity of this version. Ian Osrin, a well respected engineer in South-Africa who was involved in many 80ties and 90ties Bubblegum, Kwaito and South African disco records, explained us about music distribution in South Africa during apartheid. Because the country was culturally banned at the time, a lot of releases weren’t imported or exported. Even when a track was huge, like “The Klein & MBO Theme”. So South African musicians would create their own versions which were sold locally. 

We got in contact with Tony Carrasco from Klein & MBO. He also hadn’t heard Warrior’s version before, but he liked it. And so do we!!”

TRACKLIST
1. Klein & Mbo - The MBO Theme
2. Warrior - The MBO Theme

KLEIN & MBO - THE MBO THEME (RH RSS 24)

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