!K7 acquires the catalogues of Patrice Rushen, Miriam Makeeba and The Beginning Of The End from Warner

17 October 2017 - Press release

!K7 Music has acquired the back catalogues of Patrice Rushen (her classic Elektra recordings), Miriam Makeba (her Reprise repertoire) and The Beginning Of The End (their recordings for Alston).

The acquisition, part of the Parlophone divestment process agreed between Warner Music Group and Merlin/IMPALA, includes the following studio albums:

PATRICE RUSHEN

Patrice (1978)

Pizzazz (1979)

Posh (1980)

Straight From The Heart (1982)

Including the hits ‘Forget Me Nots’, ‘Haven’t You Heard’ and ‘Remind Me’

MIRIAM MAKEBA

Pata Pata (1967)

Makeba! (1968)

Keep Me In Mind (1970)

Sangoma (1988)

Including the hit ‘Pata Pata’ 

THE BEGINNING OF THE END

Funky Nassau (1971)

Beginning Of The End (1976)

Including the hit and much sampled hip hop break ‘Funky Nassau’

!K7 will be curating a long term series of projects involving these artists’ recordings via its own specialist in-house reissue label, Strut Records. 

“These are major acquisitions for !K7 and Strut and we are hugely looking forward to working with Ray Munnings (from The Beginning Of The End), Patrice Rushen and the estate of Miriam Makeba to create a fresh, strong reissue programme and an enduring legacy for their music.” Quinton Scott, Strut