There are two reasons why you would buy this '33 Sea-Sides (Om Te Rock 'n Roll)'.

You are either a fan of Anton Goosen, and there are certainly tens-of-thousands of those, or you would want to take a sneak peek at the life of an Afrikaans music icon.

For the uninformed, Goosen has been active for more than 30 years and has toured internationally. But he's no has-been ? in 2007 he performed at the festivities for the count-down to the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

And this double CD, the third in a series of career retrospectives, looks beyond the big hits to dig deep into his eclectic career.

Although he released his first album, 'Anton Sing', way back in 1972, this digitally remastered compilation only goes as far back as 1979 ? which was when he released the famous 'Boy Van Die Suburbs' album.

Although synonymous with Afrikaans music he does not sing exclusively in the language and the collection includes a number of his English songs, from the 1992 album 'Danzer' and the 1996 release 'Bushrock' (subtitled: 'Of A White Kaffir In Africa').

As with most compilations it takes on the theme of a 'Best of...' collection and CD 1 includes the more harmonious songs from his many albums, while CD 2 takes a look at his 'rock' music.

The latter also includes what must be the longest single-word song title in the world: 'tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein' - said to be the name of a farm about 200km west of Pretoria (literally translated it means: "Two buffaloes shot dead using one shot fountain").

As is the case with most Afrikaans musicians, you either like Goosen or you don't.

But, judged by his army of fans, this will be a hit.