It’s getting harder to find them all the time. I can hardly remember
the last one, it was in july 2010. One way or another, their lp’s
always find a happy listening ear on this guy, this one makes
no exception. Found it shortly and am lucky to share,
..jus’ a bit crispy,
wannit..?

tracks;

1   Hapum mebiri
2   Gi nyem ugwum mu enye gi nke gi

Some requests came in for the music of this fine artist. Prince
Nico Mbarga and his Rocafil Jazz appeared here with over 10
albums. I shall re-up them in the near future, most of the links
are still dead. This is the ‘Best of Nico Mbarga’ which, among
others, contains his biggest worldwide hit, ‘Sweet Mother’. I
never really understood why it was such a huge succes,
it has probably everything to do with the fact Prince
Nico worships his parents and family life. On this
‘best of’ album all titles point in the same direction.
Maybe not my favourite Nico Mbarga tracks but
a fair representative of his oeuvre.

tracks;

1   Sweet mother
2   Good father
3   Family movement
4   Na my choice

I wonder how many albums he made, this is number 21 or
so in my collection alone. Allmost every recordhunt ends
with another one or two of his great lp’s. I am very fond
of Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey’s rhythmsection.
Listen to those subtle beats, zooming bass
and sweet vocal harmony, sure to find
more of them in the future.
with KSA, Nigeria’s
no.1 juju master..

tracks;

1   Oluwa ni olusa agutan mi
–   Oluwa lose ileri fun mi
–   Baiye ngbogun
–   Olu orun wa gbotiwa
–   Iwaju ogun eyin ogun laiye
–   Emi o sin o
2   To be fe lowo laiye
–   Tani ma mole
–   Chief o.b.akinolugbade
–   Iwa eda loluwa nwo
–   Ranti olanrewaju
–   Adebayo kazeem

We had a ‘Syncro System’ lp on the Brittish ‘Island’ label from ’83
and we had an album on ‘Sunny Alade Records’ from 1983 with
the title ‘Syncro Series’. This is the original movement from a couple
of years before them. The bassplayer on a-side really stands out and
catches a lot of attention. Quite different tracks than on the other two
albums, different titles as well. Not being the first to post this one,
it was simply impossible to resist, so if you missed it earlier..

tracks;

1   Syncro system movements
2   Ni’bi lekeleke gbe nfo’so
–   Gbogbo wa l’ope
–   Ori olowo
–   Asiko ni.

The GG has quite a few friends in the Barranquilla area of Northern
Colombia, the’re crazy for Nigerian highlife in that outpack, understandable.
A request was received for this particular lp and it just so happened
it was waiting upfront of my Nigerian record pile. I hope you can
use it and create some phat pico champeta sound with this.
Get to it. In case you forgot,

tracks;

1 Fine country
2 Monique a duala
3 Nobody knows tomorrow
4 Agnes my love

Good afternoon groovers, welcome home at the global. Many of
you are waiting for a certain upload or another. It is very hard to
find the energy to re-upload all my files. I guess the hangover of
Mediafire’s action to delete all our 1197 files is kicking in a little
late. Maybe I didn’t allow it at the time being. Other topics on my
prioritylist are fighting for supremacy right now and for the moment
re-ups’ll have to wait a bit. I reckon you understand and give me a
break. A fresh new post like today’s shall occur as often as usual.
This is the first time they appear at the GG, Tumba Africa from
Nigeria, five songs from 1978, sleevenote; “A collection of talented
musicians has arrived to blow your mind.”,
..signed, Emeka Onuorah.
better judge yourself…

tracks;

1 African people
2 Chop i chop
3 Sister waka waka no good
4 Take time
5 Sweetheart

This week I received a request for some juju, fuji or apala.
It’s been some time but we had her before at the GG.
This is a type of music I enjoy once in a while but know
absolutely nothing about. The rhythms are overwhelming
and I think Queen Salawa Abeni has a huge voice,
why don’t you give it a try ?

tracks;

1 Bi eye oni eye sinu
– Suru lo dara
– Asa pelu adie
– Alhaji Chief Kollington Ayinla je akeweje
– Oro ibanuje ko ni kan wa
– I love you
2 Eku odun eku iyedun
– Eyin iya eba mi re
– Apada saburu ko ni bawa
– Awa ko ni mo orori omo wa
– Ko seye to le fara we igun
– Olorun lo fun wa lorin wa ko

For this fine saturday I’ve got something a whole bunch of
you go crazy about. It is another lp by one of those Ghanaian
groups who recorded in Nigeria. Opambuo International Band
of Ghana brings us this typical sound. Ghanaian highlife with
a Nigerian sauce over it. Being a heretic I regret one title but I
just love the sound of it so it got through anyway. The album
is on Rogers All Stars and from 1982, guaranteed topnotch
production, it’s rare, it sounds beautiful, better take it quick.

I am sorry I didn’t re-up anything during the past few days,
just too damned busy to find the time, today I
did some 20 highlife albums though,
stay tuned and hang on…

tracks;

1 Kiss me and smile
2 Me kuta me korah
3 I pray to god
4 Maye maye anye yie
5 Mo mfa nye me

I am quite sure that when some recordcompany,
big or small, would think of releasing a track from this original,
it is very likely they would cut off the biggest part of the song.
These tracks span a whole lp-side, 16 minutes like on this a-side
is short, often the tracks take 20 to 30 minutes. The chance this
music will reach you through ‘legitimate’ channels is very small.
This hard to find music is now meant to survive
the ages coming because it is spread in it’s original form.
To recordcompany’s I’d like to say, please release this wonderful
music through an official cd, I challenge you.

tracks;

1 Egwundioma
2 Eje-anabu-isi

Good morning, after all that hustle about streaming or not
streaming, let me tell you this. I asked Mr.Scott politely to
give an honest answer to my question. I asked him; tell me
which of the lp’s posted here are in some way or another
causing a conflict with copyrights ? I want to cooperate
and remove every single lp that does. .First he refused to
answer me but kept sending comments to the GG. I told
him; “answer me or your comments will be blocked from
here. Again our nice Mr. Scott kept nagging about how
bad I am, sharing my old lp’s with you, my dear fiends.
He is no longer getting through here, end of story !

Shame that Stern’s label, which I always promoted for
their fantastic work is now contaminated with
Iain Scott’s nasty virus and
awful smell of money.
Shame..

tracks;

1 Elege
2 Ejina uwa nya isi
3 Obialu be onye abiagbunia
4 Okwukwe na nchekwube
5 Mma anyi egbuna anyi
6 Mmefie adiro mgbayalu ama di
7 Uwem ereri mbot emi
8 Ilo abu chi