Hello, good morning, it’s time for some more music from Ghana.
The hardest part in collecting Ghanaian lp’s is to find them in
good condition. The one we have today starts out quite good
but gets worse later. Small scratches in track #2 seem to sound
as huge cracks. One way or the other, this album is good enough
to try and forget the noise. It gets better with track #3. Dr. Papaa
Yaw Johnson & his Sunkwa Inter Band of Ghana operated
from Nigeria as so many groups did. Listen to
his first record here at the GG..

tracks;

01 – Friends today
02 – Dinsei
03 – Obi me sume
04 – Awisia mmobro
05 – Yensom amurade

Hello, good morning. Today we’ve got something quite
rare, an album on the Ride Away label, don’t know from
what year. I better leave the information to those who
wrote the backsleeve lines. E.K. Nyame and his E.K’s
Band bring some of their oldest songs, re-recorded in
better sound quality, enjoy listening to them..

tracks;

01 – Small boy nye me bia
02 – Onipa a oyee me mahu wo
03 – Maye maye minni aye
04 – To menna mu awurade
05 – Minni agya minni nna
06 – Amane a mahu
07 – Awurade iesu beba
08 – Boafo yena
09 – Onipa a ode nade
10 – Nokware asa
11 – Agya nyame ni wakyi
12 – Owuo busuoni

We had a couple of his records, Dan Amakye Dede
and his Apllo International Band of Ghana. He started
as composer and treble singer with the Kumapim Royals.
In 1980 he began forming his own group. The first record
they made was “To be a man na wah !”, I have it waiting
for another occasion, it is scratched a little. Today we’ve
got their second album which was a huge succes in 1984.
Recorded in Onitsha, Nigeria. Listen..

tracks;

01 – Jealousy
02 – Yaba
03 – Abusua
04 – Ife anyi chukwu
05 – Mensuro

The album I intended to post last sunday was this one Kwabena.
When going through them I picked the one with more or less
similar front sleeve. Anyway, here is another of their lp’s from
the same year 1978. It is a little bit noisy but I think it’s one
of their better records, Yellow Sisi and Okponku Special
are straight hits and at least worth a couple of
spins, enjoy doing so..

tracks;

01 – Awisaah
02 – Yellow sisi
03 – Okwan da ma mini
04 – Okponku special

A very popular highlife group in our little music community
is without doubt this one. Sammy Kofi and his Okukuseku
International Band of Ghana worked from Lagos Nigeria.
It’s on Muomaife Records and from 1978. Recorded in a
christian radio studio I do not wish to know what the
lyrics mean. I do know I like it very much musically.
Great rhythms, Sammy Kofi’s wonderful voice,
more sweet highlife, don’t miss..
p.s.
Track #3 has two small pops,
I’m sorry about that.

tracks;

01 – Bz mi dua nie sae
02 – Abua zni dua nyane na pra no tio
03 – Sanka me wo adekye bi sen obia
04 – Mede meho aba munye mami

Hello good morning, Obeeyie should be meaning something
like, All will be okay, if I’m not mistaking. Even if I do, all will
be just fine. This is a record by Kwadwo Donkoh of whom we
never had any work yet. Backsleeve says, “Diplomat turned
Musician”, okay, very nice career move I’d say. Kwadwo
should have made it much sooner cuz his music is
very cool, with prominent bass guitar and awesome
rhythms, I’m an instant fan..listen..

tracks;

01 – Obeeyie / E go good
02 – Enti yede saa / Na so ego be
03 – Obiara wo ne office / Everybody get him office
04 – Ahooya / Skin pain
05 – Honey / Honey

Hello groovers, it is nice to see so many happy reactions
on Ghanaian music. I decided to post this one by the African
Brothers, it has been waiting for the opportunity to find it’s way
to you for some time now. Nana Ampadu I and his African
Brothers made a big pile of records and I’m glad we have a
bunch of them already. This one on Philips is a very nice
album, great music, great cover, enjoy it..

p.s. the centre hole is not in the middle
at the b-side of the lp, so it gets a tiny
bit false towards the end of the album.

tracks;

01 – Obiara wo nea otumi no
02 – Ankore hunu
03 – Onyame wo m’afa

This Ramblers album from 1971 contains both covers and
songs by Jerry Hansen himself. A sweet mixture of their
own and international hits. The Ramblers were here on 4
other occasions, this is their fifth contribution to the GG.
I love every record I heard untill now and this one forms
no exception, Jerry Hansen is the man that never
disappoints. Get it and spread it,
you know the drill..

tracks;

01 – Obaa ahoofe
02 – Me nim beebi a wewu mada
03 – Owu adaada me
04 – Nine miles high
05 – Dzi dzo
06 – Grazing in the grass
07 – Vete pa’ la luna
08 – Muntie
09 – Caramelo a kilo
10 – Womma yen whe yie
11 – Se eye mi do
12 – Wo gya me a me ye mobo

It’s sleeve is quite worn out, I took the liberty to repair the
name which was almost gone on the frontside. Lovely lp
by the Shining Star, Akwasi Ampofo Adjei, or Mr. AAA
and his Kumapim Royals International Band. I like the
sound very much but already know it’s a good thing not
to understand the lyrics on this one. You know why.
The record itself fortunately doesn’t have to many
scratches and plays reasonably well. I’m happy to
bring you another of their albums, we had three
of them so far, go find them using our
search-bar and have fun playing..

tracks;

01 – Anomaa antua
02 – Gyama wosuro
03 – Time changes

King Kwabina Onyina is back at the GG, we had one of his
albums in the past. The highlife he brings is so very relaxed,
delightful laid back sound. I can’t really tell you a lot about
him. The post we had has a link to more info, go check.
For now, sit back and listen to King Kwabina Onyina..

tracks;

01 – Dabi na meka m’asem
02 – Obi de aba
03 – Agona dwuma ho ye fe
04 – Me mere beba
05 – Afenhyia pa aba
06 – Medofo pa nante yie
07 – Taxi driver
08 – Efie mu asem
09 – Onipa ho asem
10 – Me beyee denwo wiase
11 – Dabi wo bekae me