TOTO AFRICA LONG VERSION RARE DUTCH ONLY MAXI SINGLE 12

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Artist TOTO Title AFRICA Format Official original factory pressed 3-track 12" vinyl single Year 1982 Country Holland Catalog CBSA 12.2510 Label Code LC 0149 Label CBS Condition EX/M (picture sleeve has some wear and is in excellent condition; vinyl is in mint condition) Info MEGA RARE Dutch-only 12" Maxi-Single featuring both long and short versions of Toto's classic track! Tracklisting: A AFRICA (LONG VERSION) B1 AFRICA (SHORT VERSION) B2 WE MADE IT Payment and Shipping PayPal is the preferred method of payment. Payment is appreciated within three (3) days from the close of this auction. All items are packed with individual care in sturdy protective mailers and shipped promptly upon receipt of payment. 100% positive feedback rated seller since 1998. With ManhattanMusic , you can ! Be sure to check out ManhattanMusic 's other items ! Bio Toto is an American rock band founded in 1977 by some of the most popular and experienced session musicians of the era. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the 1980s, beginning with the band's self-titled debut released during 1978. Continuing with 1982's critically acclaimed and commercially successful Toto IV, Toto became one of the best selling music groups of their era. They are known for such hit singles as "Hold the Line," "Rosanna," "Africa" and "Stranger in Town." Although their popularity in the United States diminished in the 1990s and 2000s, they continued to tour and sell out theaters and arenas internationally. Toto were known for their technical skill in the studio as well as a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard rock, R&B and jazz. Although they were regularly associated with the soft rock genre, this broad array of musical styles helped them appeal to a variety of musicians and non-musician listeners. The band released 17 albums and have sold over 30 million records to date. Their 18th album, Falling In Between Live, was released in August 2007. It was recorded in March 2007 in Paris. As a result of guitarist Steve Lukather's departure from the band, which he agreed to with the other members, Toto broke up after the last leg of their 2008 tour. The band will be reforming during the summer of 2010 for a tour of Europe to benefit Mike Porcaro, who is living with the fatal ALS (Lou Gehrig's) disease. Toto formed as a group of six studio musicians in 1977. Before the band formed, the members of Toto were regulars on albums by Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, Boz Scaggs, Sonny and Cher, and many others, contributing to many of the most popular records of the 1970s. Keyboardist David Paich, son of famed musician and sessions player/arranger Marty Paich, rose to fame after having co-written Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album. Having played on many sessions with drummer Jeff Porcaro (the son of noted session percussionist Joe Porcaro, who he met while attending Grant High School in North Hollywood, California where they formed the band Rural Still Life), the two began to seriously discuss the possibility of forming their own band. They brought in bassist and fellow session vet David Hungate, having played with him on the road with Boz Scaggs. In addition, the duo asked guitarist Steve Lukather (who also played in Scaggs's band as a replacement for Les Dudek) and Jeff Porcaro's brother Steve Porcaro (keyboards) to join the team. Luke and Steve Porcaro also attended Grant High and in fact continued the band Rural Still Life (the name shortened to Still Life) after Paich & Jeff graduated. With the addition of former S.S. Fools singer Bobby Kimball, the group began to work on their first album in 1977 after signing with Columbia Records. Once all of the songs were written, the band came together in the studio to record the album. According to popular myth, in order to distinguish their own dem... read more

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