From Nigeria 1977 comes this album by Oliver de Coque.
The Rough Guide on World Music calls him a classic Highlifer.
I quote; “..the colourful de Coque occupies a unique position
in the highlife pantheon, syncretising classic Congo guitar
into laidback highlife rhythms.”

tracks;

1 Ten commandments
2 Igwe bu ike
3 Anazo eze azo ?
4 Olumo Records Special

Another score from the Recordfair, Juju at it’s best.
Because the artists have melted all songs together, I could
only devide it in two, A-side and B-side.
to know about this album, click on the backsleeve
and read the story underneath the photo.

tracks;

01 – Owuro lawa
—- Juju funky blues
—- Eda T’oluwa ba gbadura fun
—- Awa la l’Eko
—- Mo ni iyawo kan
—- Iyen ma lagbaraju
02 – Ba mi na omo mi
—- E tewo ola
—- Igbekele olorun dun
—- Eyin logo
—- Professor peller

From ’79, our friend Tchico is back.
This is one of the three LP’s I’ve got with the same covers.
Maybe it was hard to get a photographer, either way, it’s a
record worth playing, listen!

tracks;

1 Alexandra – Nwurai
2 l’Heure a sonne
3 Reviens Chouchou

After his huge succes in 1976 with ‘Sweet Mother’, Prince Nico
Mbarga had become indestructible throughout most West African
countrys. I found this LP together with two others, also from ’81.
Family Movement and Lucky Marriage, I’ll post those later.
Poppy kind of Highlife from Nigeria.

tracks;

1 Cool money
2 Another woman’s husband
3 Impossible
4 Afufu uwa

I was in the mood for some Juju tonight so I decided to rip us
this sweet album by Chief Ebenezer Obey. Being an English release,
I have the feeling it is adapted to European standards a bit, the
songs are shorter and have pauses in between. Still, nothing can go
wrong, Juju is simply sweet. I find it irresistible.

tracks;

1 Miliki
2 Ojeje
3 Je ka jo
4 Don’t say no
5 Abente
6 Poto poto
7 Paga
8 Alo mi

A few weeks ago, I was looking for news in some Amsterdam
recordstores, and found this album by Muddy Ibe.
I couldn’t find out much about Muddy, anybody who can
fill us in on some details ? He’s been called Captain
Muddy Ibe later and is from Nigeria, is all I know.
I blew the recording of this LP two times, but today I
finally made it. Would you think it’s got anything to do
with a spell Muddy put on it ? He’s waving with some powerful
tool there, you never know.

tracks;

1 Ndi aghogho erike
2 Ezi omlime amaka
3 Kwuo ka ira

Did you like Prince Nico Mbarga ?
This is a special album, the song ‘Sweet Mother’, how strange
this may seem, is the biggest African song of all time.
Not one other African song sold so many copies throughout
the world. It’s not that special on first hearing.
Prince Nico’s music in general however is great, I love it.
And how about you ?

tracks;

1 Sweet mother
2 Wayo inlaw
3 Aki special
4 Christiana

Prince Nico Mbarga scored his first huge hit in 1976 with the song
‘Sweet Mother’, this album was originally released one year later,
in 1977. The copy we have here is a ‘Rounder’ re-release from 1982.
I quote a line from the backcover; “…if you don’t start dancing
five minutes into the first song, check your pulse to ascertain
whether you’re still alive…”
This is African music with stunning guitarwork and great rhythm.

tracks;

1 Free education in Nigeria
2 Onye ori obi
3 Simplicity
4 Nature

Being a blogger you keep learning things all the time.
Today we found out that very long titles sometimes frustrate
the process. I now understand why I was unable to rip this LP
before. It has all titles at the A-side glued together and at
the B-side, same story. So I wrote all titles in a row but
Winamp-Pro that I use to rip with, could also not handle this.
Now I found out what caused it I can finally post this LP.

Here’s another great album of Juju music from Nigeria.
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & his Inter-Reformers Band,
( Africans don’t like short names ) comes in at Global Groove.
Track 1 contains 6 songs in one, track 2 same thing, enjoy this.
Juju is sweet !

tracks;

1 – Igba owuro lawa
– – Agogo ti nka wakati
– – Ma jeki a pade agbako
– – E se amin ko se
– – Ai so aba
– – Alhaji fatai irawo
2 – Eiye to ba fara wegun
– – E jeki a se adura
– – Ori mi ma gbagbe
– – Keregbe to fo
– – Alhaji azeez arisekola
– – Alhaji agboola alausa

I remember very well when this album came out in 1982.
For most of us West Europeans it must have been the first
encounter with Juju. For me it was. I fel in love with this
music straight away. Have you heard it ?

tracks;

1 Ja funmi
2 Eje nlo gba ara mi
3 Mo beru agba
4 Sunny ti de ariya
5 Ma jaiye oni
6 365 is my number / the message
7 Samba / e falabe lewe