Weekend Special (album)

This article is about the Brenda and the Big Dudes song. For the American children's television series, see ABC Weekend Special.

Weekend Special
Studio album by
Brenda and the Big Dudes
Released1983
Recorded1983
Length30:37
LabelCCP Records
ProducerMally Watson, Blondie Makhene
Brenda and the Big Dudes chronology
Weekend Special
(1983) 		Cool Spot (EP)
(1984)
Singles from Weekend Special
  1. "Weekend Special"
    Released: 1983

Weekend Special is the debut studio album released by Brenda and the Big Dudes on the CCP Records label in 1983. It was produced by Mally Watson and Blondie Makhene. Weekend Special spawned two singles "Weekend Special" and "You Just Need Someone". The album sold over 200 000 copies in South Africa by the end of 1984.

Background

In 1980, one of the singers from the group Joy fell pregnant (Anneline Malebo) went on maternity leave. Fassie who lived with producer Hendrick "Koloi" Lebona at the time, was called by Joy's management to stand in for Malebo.[1][2] Following the return of Malebo, Fassie left the band and joined Blondie and Papa [Makhene] as a backup singer before starting her own band, Brenda and the Big Dudes, which is composed of Desmond Malotana (keyboards), Dumisane Ngubeni (keyboards), Job "Fats" Mlangeni (drums), David Mabaso (bass), Rufus Klaas (guitar) and Fassie (vocals).[3][4][5]

Tracklist

Adapted from Allmusic [6]

Weekend Special – Disc one (Audio)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Weekend Special"
  • Melvyn Matthews
  • Desmond Molotana
  • Dumisani Ngubeni
Mally Watson4:45
2."I Wanna Be Single"
  • D. Mabaso
  • David Mabaso
Mally Watson4:21
3."Gimme Gimme Your Love"
  • R. Klaas
  • Rufus Klass
Mally Watson5:00
4."If I Hurt You Little Boy"Desmond MalotanaMally Watson5:06
5."Bongani"
  • David Ngubeni
  • Dumisani Ngubeni
Mally Watson5:25
6."Touch Somebody"
  • R. Klaas
  • Rufus Klass
Mally Watson4:37
7."Can't Stop This Feeling"Desmond MalotanaMally Watson3:58
8."It's Nice to Be With People"Desmond MalotanaMally Watson5:23
Total length:45:42

Personnel

'Brenda and the Big Dudes'

  • Brenda Fassie - Vocals, Composer
  • Desmond Malotana - (Keyboards) *Dumisane Ngubeni - (Keyboards)
  • Job "Fats" Mlangeni - (Drums),
  • David Mabaso - (Bass)
  • Rufus Klaas - (Guitar)

'Additional personnel'

  • Hugo Dwyer - Engineer, Mixing
  • Wayne Edwards *Executive Producer
  • Van Gibbs - Arranger, Emulator, Producer, Remixing, Synthesizer
  • Franklin Grant - Engineer
  • Blondie Makhene - Producer (track 1)
  • Nicky Marrero - Timbales
  • Billy Miranda - Assistant Engineer
  • Cirland Noel - Assistant Engineer
  • Jerome Najee Rasheed - Sax (Alto)
  • Jose Rodrigues - Mastering
  • Bob Bachman - Edited By
  • V. Jeffrey Smith - Sax (Tenor), Soloist
  • Akili Walker - Engineer
  • Tom Weber - Engineer

References

  1. ^ "Brenda Nokuzola Fassie | South African History Online". Sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Brenda and the forgotten big dudes". Iol.co.za. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Legends Of SA Music: Brenda Fassie". Musicinafrica.net. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ^ "The Dudes remember Nokuzola | South African History Online". Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. ^ "The girl who was everyone's 'weekend special'". Iol.co.za. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Weekend Special - Brenda Fassie | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.