NIGERIA 70: NO WAHALA HIGHLIFE, AFRO FUNK & JUJU 1973 -1987

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SKU	107949
Artist	VARIOUS ARTISTS
Title	NIGERIA 70: NO WAHALA HIGHLIFE, AFRO FUNK & JUJU 1973 -1987
Label	STRUT
Catalog #	STRUT 197LP
Tag	African Nigeria
Release	W 14 - 2019
Format	Vinyl - EU2LP
EAN Barcode	730003319716
	Import
€ 28,50	incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

Odeyemi - Oni Suru
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-01-01.mp3
Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz - Sickness
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-01-02.mp3
Osayomore Joseph & The Creative 7 - Obonogbozu
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-01-03.mp3
Felixson Ngasia & The Survivals - Black Precious Colour(
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-02-01.mp3
Sina Bakare - Africa
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-02-02.mp3
Saxon Lee & The Shadows International - Special Secret Of Baby
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-02-03.mp3
International Brothers Band - Onuma Dimnobi
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-03-01.mp3
Don Bruce & The Angels - Kinuye
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-03-02.mp3
Etubom Rex Williams & His Nigerian Artistes - Psychedelic Shoes
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-03-03.mp3
Rogana Ottah & His Black Heroes Int - Let Them Say
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-04-01.mp3
Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Titibitis - Iziegbe (Ekassa No 70)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-04-02.mp3
MA Jaiyesimi & His Crescent Bros Band - Mundiya Loju
VARIOUS ARTISTS
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/strut_197lp/sf721281-01-04-03.mp3

Description

New volume by Strut in their pioneering ‘Nigeria 70’ series., here bringing together rare highlife, Afro-funk and juju from the ‘70s and early ‘80s - Compiled by collector and DJ Duncan Brooker..

The compilation returns to a fertile heyday in Nigerian music when established styles like highlife and juju became infused with elements of Western jazz, soul and funk and musicians brought a proud new message post-independence. Brooker places the spotlight particularly on some of the incredible Ukwuani musicians from the Delta State region as guitarist Rogana Ottah and Steady Arobby’s International Brothers Band forged their own fluid brand of highlife and soulman Don Bruce drew on the US R&B greats for a series of great albums and explosive stage shows at his residency at Hilton Hotel in Abuja.
Elsewhere, the album explores the close connection between Nigeria and Benin’s music, most famously through Sir Victor Uwaifo, appearing here with a killer mid-‘80s ekassa jam, as well as highlife hitmaker Osayamore Joseph on ‘Obonogbozu’

Other tracks include ‘Sickness’ a 1979 lament on how all countries share troubles by Prince Nico Mbarga, the Nigerian / Camerounian star behind the smash hit ‘Sweet Mother’; reggae singer Felixson Ngasia switches to funk and disco for a heavy workout with potent lyrics around black identity; another major highlife great Etubom Rex Williams unleashes a punchy psych funk gem with ‘Psychedelic Shoes’ and Africa 70 member Pax Nicholas vocals a simmering Afrobeat groove from Jacob Lee’s Saxon Lee & The Shadows International Band.