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SABC lyric sheet of 'Snor City' with comments

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Call Number: D02.03.11
Identifier: AL3296_D02.03.11
Title: SABC lyric sheet of 'Snor City' with comments
Date: February 1989
Subject: Bernoldus Niemand;
James Phillips;
Radio control;
Shifty Records;
Snor City;
South African Broadcasting Corporation - SABC
Description: This is a lyric sheet of 'Snor City' transcribed by the SABC from the song by Bernoldus Niemand on the Afrikaans compilation album 'Voëlvry', a Shifty Records release. The lyrics refer to Restricted Records memo no. 273 of 9 February 1989 and is marked by the SABC as 'afgekeur' (rejected), indicating 'swak smaak' (poor taste) as the reason for the rejection. Copy obtained from the SABC Record Library and digitised by the South African History Archive (SAHA) in 2014. Included in the SAHA physical and/or virtual exhibitions 'What you won't hear on the radio', developed to mark the 30th birthday of Shifty Records and the 25th anniversary of the Voëlvry tour.
Creator: South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
Type: Transcript
Format: Access copy - pdf
Preservation copy - tiff
Source: SAHA collection AL3296
Relation: D02.02.05
Language: Afrikaans
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
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