Goodmorning people, yesterday I received a request. It was
Caleb who reminded me Alex Konadu hadn’t passed by here
for quite some time and that last january 18th was his death
anniversary. It just so happens I have the lp he requested
and here it is. So lets all play this record and pay Alex
Konadu the honour that is due to him, sweet highlife..

tracks;

1 Yewo ato mu
2 Odo nti
3 Nsuo amuna
4 Onipa dee saa

About today’s record, this one is for
you Kwabena. Kyerematen Stars with Kyerematen Atwede’s
sweet voice has pleased me every time,
so grab it and share it,
you know the drill..

P.S. The record begins with a lot of talk in Ghanaian,
can you translate this for us Kwabena ?

tracks;

1 Afenhyiapa
2 Obra ammo
3 Masere m’ano
4 Onua ma yenye adwuma
5 A.k. badu
6 D.k. nyarko

They call him the black Chinese, it is Obooba J.A. Adofo and
he leads the City Boys Band of Ghana. I am sorry the b-side
is a bit noisy but we can’t ask too much of an old lp. African
records come like this quite often, dusty and dirty, it has
been cleaned as good as possible but still.. The music
however is the winning factor here, even with some
noise, I still love to listen to it. I think it is justly
the Black Chinese has so many fans,
this is Ghanaian highlife like we
love it best..enjoy.

tracks;

1 Obiara te se onoa
2 Kwae anoma
3 Eyea mane me
4 Meko odo fie
5 W’ama aboroso
6 Awisia wode nnim

From 1986 we’ve got us this fine piece of highlife.
It just so happened I found this lp some two weeks
ago, coincidence that Paa Bobo died last week,
I received the news via two visitors. Thank you
Frank and Kwabena for keeping me informed.
How nice that we can still listen to him whenever
we want to, check this album and remember
Paa Bobo, Happy New Year y’all..

tracks;

1 Ehye wo bo
2 Odo nni ho
3 Odo na me ware no
4 Aba no sa

Today’s contribution starts out a bit crackly but the noise
doesn’t bother much. Canadoes appear on RAS
from Nigeria, it is one of those Ghanaian highlife groups
that went there to get their stuff to sound different.
Two things, always nice to have a little puzzling to do,
label says it’s from 1981 and backsleeve says from 1982.
And then, front cover states it should be LIVE, but
it absolutely does not give me that impression,
what do you think ..?

tracks;

1 Enowaa ko hene
– Ayikoo dum
– Konsuo nanaa
2 Fine woman
3 Me nyame bra

tracks;

1 Bz mi dua na nie sae
2 Abua zni dua nyane na pra no tio
3 Sanka me wo adekye bi sen obia
4 Mede meho aba munye mami

We had some from Kenya and from Colombia and Congo,
today it is Ghana’s turn to get a ‘Seven 7″ singles’ compilation.
I recently found some so here they are. ET Mensah’s tracks are
a bit noisy but the rest sounds fairly okay. Hope you like them,
enjoy listening…

tracks;

1 Ramblers Dance Band – Oburoni woewu
2 Ramblers Dance Band – Antie christie
3 Dr. K. Gyasi’s Noble Kings – Sama awo deme
4 Dr. K. Gyasi’s Noble Kings – Sei na’zo
5 Ashanti Brothers – Me yonko awisia
6 Ashanti Brothers – Kae owuo
7 E.T. Mensah & his Tempos Band – Odo anigyina
8 E.T. Mensah & his Tempos Band – Abele
9 Yamoah’s Band – Atemmuda
10 Yamoah’s Band – Oyefo
11 Abongo Boys led by Sammy Kwampoh – Anka meye bi
12 Abongo Boys led by Sammy Kwampoh – Menko ofie ho
13 EK’s no.1 Band – Efa woho ben ?
14 EK’s no.1 Band – Ma agyanka nesu nye wosu

Today I got this sad news, Thomas Frempong who sang lead
vocals for Dr. K. Gyasi and the Noble Kings Band died after being
sick in the hospital for some time. It just so happens I had this
album waiting to get posted so here it is now. Let’s play him
again and remember his great vocal skills. Rest in peace
Thomas, we’ll get out all records you sang on and listen
to them again and again..

tracks;

1 Aye yi
2 Odo pa
3 Mada meho so
4 Okwan bi

Good afternoon, I have found us another album by the great
Opambuo International Band of Ghana. The previous lp’s got
to find plenty happy listeners and I guess this one also will.
The title sounds familiar doesn’t it ? Kyeremateng Atwede
brought an album with almost the same title, “I go die for you”.
Although Ghanaian highlife as well, this concerns a different
song. I really like the sound of the keys in the titlesong,
Fender Rhodes if I am not mistaking. For this one time
I freshed up the sleeve, it was really dirty..
Sweet Ghanaian highlife,
get it & spread it now..

tracks;

1 I go die
2 Owuo ayemebi
3 Wagye aboso
4 Nsona moa yafunu
5 Mani so tan, Madi ama

The last post with C.K. Mann told us he started out with
K.K.’s No. 2. I thought it would be appropriate to post one
of their lp’s. This one is from 1979 and probably without C.K.
Nevertheless, this is a very enjoyable album. Listen to
Heavy Mama and make up your own mind, great stuff.

tracks;

1   Heavy mama
2   Tua na woho nkom
3   Odo ye wu fie
4   Mete ase manya ade