It is from 1961 on Decca West Africa, this swell collector
of Nigerian and Ghanaian highlife. It contains hits from
both countries in six languages. Nice vatiation in highlife
playing fairly well part from two small pops. Hope you
like’m, get, listen and pass on..

tracks;

01 – Black Beats Band – Amma mere wu
02 – Black Beats Band – Sore be tie’m
03 – E.T. Mensah & his Tempos Band – Me da wo ase
04 – E.T. Mensah & his Tempos Band – Gbaa anokwale
05 – Stargazers Dance Band – Obi nkabi mma’m
06 – Charles Iwegbue & his Archibogs – Gbamigoro
07 – E.C. Arinze & his Music – Ogbuefi nnamdi
08 – E.T. Mensah & his Tempos Band – Ghana- Guinea-Mali
09 – E.T. Mensah & his Tempos Band – Onipa
10 – Black Beats Band – Telephone lobi
11 – Black Beats Band – Nkome nkomo
12 – E.C. Arinze & his Music – Ozo emena
13 – Charles Iwegbue & his Archibogs – River jordan
14 – Stargazers Dance Band – Obra aye me pasaa

They appear first time at the Groove, we never had any of their
work so far. The white Eagles from Nigeria, fortunately they
sound as black as we hoped for. It’s been some time we had
Nigerian highlife but this one can make up for the hiatus.
A twelve man band with subtle sound, hypnotising
groove with astonishing rhythm, dancing tunes
for your hot summer evening parties,
get it, spread it and play it..

tracks;

01 – Buruindi uyakemedein
02 – Sabagreia ebiama
03 – Bibeti biwenighafiri uruololo
04 – White eagles dance time
05 – Sei-oru

Alex Konadu’s One Man Thousand is back at the GG.
We had several of his lp’s, find them using our search-bar.
The one we have today is from 1986 and plays very well,
part from that the music is very enjoyable, check..

tracks;

01 – Wano asem
02 – Manye yiye
03 – Ono na me do no
04 – Pay day
05 – Asaase asa

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