O! What should have been. Freedom's Children was the best 1960'/70's rock band to come out of Africa, but was prevented from making inroads on the international stage because of politics. Being from Apartheid South Africa, they were refused a work permit and kicked out of Britain in the late 1960's. On their return, they recorded the brilliant "Astra" album for the small local audience. "The Home coming" was the second cut and describes how "Our astral ways have begun". This video is, as far as can be ascertained, the first real attempt that has been made to lend some visual imagery to this highly evocative soundscape. Look, listen and imagine what the world of music could have been like today if politics did not get in the way -- perhaps we would still have been "grooving" on astral rock. Definitely some of the best lost rock ever. To Ramsay Mackay, Julian Laxton, Colin Pratly, Gerard Nel, Nicolas Martens & Brian Davidson: we salute you! Mike W.