On this album from 1977 Lanrewaju Adepoju shows his
admiration for Sunny Adé. It is in juju and ewi style. We
see him at the back sleeve with Sunny Adé, not sure if
Sunny participates. Side one sounds like him, if you
can tell us, please do ..

Op dit album uit 1977 uit Lanrewaju Adepoju zijn bewondering
voor Sunny Adé. Het is in juju en ewi stijl. We zien hem achterop
de plaat met Sunny Adé, ik weet niet zeker of Sunny ook werkelijk
meespeelt. Kant 1 klinkt wel als hem, als jij het weet, vertel het
ons dan ook alsjeblieft ..

Bio
Discogs, this album
Discogs
Likembe

Ijamba Moto 1978
Itumo Ayé 1977

01 – Sunny adé
—- Festac ’77
—- Alhaji r.a. lawal (ede)
02 – Ile oluwa
—-Ile oba to jona
—- Elenini ibi ise

When looking at Etsakor highlife and the field of artists
one person stands out like no other. Alhaji Waziri Oshomah
is here with this 1986 album on Shanu Olu Records. Waziri’s
wife Hassanah is present like on most of his records, sweet.

Als we de highlife uit Etsakor onder de loep nemen valt één
man het meest op. Alhaji Waziri Oshomah is hier met zijn
album ‘Message to My people’ op Shanu Olu Records uit
1986. Waziri’s vrouw Hassanah is ook weer van de partij.

Discogs
All Titles

01 – Imhonigwemie (chief p.d. righi)
02 – Message to my people
03 – Amiakanya nosomhi (chief alh.a.umaru)
04 – Etsako waronayemare

Today I want to introduce an Islamic type of Nigerian
music we haven’t heard here before. It appears to be
some kind of apala or fuji, only voices over drums. We
find Baba Eyin Oke and his Dadakuada Group. You can
read the wiki-page on ‘Dadakuada’ below. Listen ..

Vandaag wil ik je een Islamitische muziekstijl uit Nigeria
laten horen die we hier nog niet eerder hadden. Het lijkt
op apala of fuji in mijn oren, slechts gezang en drums. We
vinden baba Eyin Oke and his Dadakuada Group. Je kunt
de wiki-pagina over ‘Dadakuada’ hieronder lezen, luister ..

Wikipedia

01 – Alihamudu lilahi
—- Irohin mecca
—- Alhaji mojeogbare
02 – Orelope
—- Asiko yi l’ e o mo wa ni baba orin
—- Ise oluwa kosi ninu boya

Today’s album concerns a rare Aibor Bello and his Aloagbaye.
The two records we had so far are to be found in Discogs’
discography, this one is not. It is from 1980 and appears
on DES Records. An awesome piece of Etsakor Highlife
for your weekend. Funny thing is that the ‘A’ and the
‘O’ are swithed in the title.
Enjoy listening ..

Vandaag hebben we een zeldzame plaat met Aibor Bello and
his Aloagbaye. De twee albums die tot nu toe zagen staan in
de discografie van Discogs, deze niet. Hij komt uit 1980 en
verscheen op DES Records. Een mooi stuk Etsakor highlife
voor je weekend. Vreemd dat de ‘A’ en de ‘O’ zijn
omgekeerd in de titel. Luister en huiver ..

Discogs

Vol. 5
Vol. 7

01 – Alhaji Azukoremoroye
02 – Agbodhe keogeoya
03 – Baba yeremere
04 – Agbora uke erimi ruakere

Some mellow Nigerian highlife today with Bestman Doupere.
Two sides, two tracks, short but sweet. Just the thing for your
quiet Sunday afternoon. Listen and enjoy ..

Discogs

.. and his Coastal Pioneer Dance Band of Nigeria
Enama La-Yepa 1988

01 – Yeitubo
02 – Alhaji union of ogbriagbene

From 1984 and on Pat-Tam Records we find this quite obscure
album with the Top Stars Band of Rivers State, led by A.S. Esedue.
Part from the music itself there’s no interesting information I can
give you about this band. If you can tell us something,
please be my guest ..

Discogs

kemeweri Kon Senma

01 – Moroyei
02 – Pereotu
03 – Late rose

Take a look at this page ;
Ugabi Dance Band

Discogs

Looking at Vincent Ugabi’s discography on Discogs we find only
a few records. Discogs clearly has some catching up to do. We
were lucky enough to find some earlier and recently we found
this here elpee. I could not discover a year of release but okay,
listening to it makes up for that hiatus. Get it and spread it ..

Ikpacka Tha…
Vbanogbomeh no.1
Weppa Wanno Sound vol. 5 1981
Agenebode 1982
Weppa Wanno Sound vol. 2 1980
Weppa Wanno Sound 1979
All Etsakor Highlife

01 – Iyuhemhe akpachi
02 – Etsomi ne, ine etsomi
03 – Osimhele lumhe
04 – Okpa mhenokhe bi

This is Waida Ayinla Yusuf Gbogbolowo, better known as
Ayinla Omowura. Ayinla’s apala is hot here at the GG. His
album ‘Ire Wole De’ from 1974 is the download champion
with 3138 times. Over a thousand more than the number
two which is Arsenio Rodriguez’ album ‘Primitivo’. Ayinla
Omowura has five records here, no idea why ‘Ire Wole De’
has so much more downloads than his other records. The
second one is ‘Omi Tuntun Tiru with 1499 downloads.
One way or the other, this is great apala, deep talking
drum sound, don’t miss it ..

Dit is Waida Ayinla Yusuf Gbogbolowo, beter bekend als
Ayinla Omowura. Ayinla’s apala is populair hier bij de GG.
Zijn album ‘Ire Wole De’ uit 1974 is de meest gedownloade
plaat hier met 3138 keer. Meer dan duizend maal vaker dan
de nummer twee, Arsenio Rodriguez’ ‘Primitivo’. Ayinla
Omowura heeft hier vijf, nu zes albums, geen idee waarom
‘Ire Wole De’ zo veel meer is gedownload dan de anderen.
De tweede is ‘Omi Tuntun Tiru’ met 1499 downloads. Hoe
dan ook, dit is heerlijke apala, diep zoemende
talking drum sound, niet te missen ..

Wikipedia
Discogs

Memorial Band led by Dauda Omowura, Nigeria Koni Baje
Ati d’Ariyo 1979
Omi Tuntun Tiru 1979
Volume 2 1971
Ire Wole De 1974
I.K. Dairo, Ayinla Omowura Remembered 1980
All Apala Posts

01 – Eyin ose’lu wa
—- Egbe omo bori-owo itoko
—- Oni songo lomo wo oseun
—- Alhaji ayinla ko’mo lade
02 – Obirin koyi kuro nie oko
—- Egbe ifelodun inisha
—- Orin nyi bi owo ago
—- Nwon se orisa kara o rowon
—- Ko si alaru ti o ru olumo

Good morning, “What Chief I.I. Ayeni is trying to do is take
that basic African thing, twist it, refine it and change it into
something new. A traditional musician from Ora in Bendel
State, he composes and arranges all the material for his
albums. Whilst Chief Ayeni may feel his music is changing
only ‘step by step, bit by bit’ the contrast between his 1st
two albums is remarkable. The first traditional sound
musician in Afenmai in Bendel State. This new one
‘Ebako Alie’ is something else again, harder, hotter,
funkier, altogether more aggressive and very
personal blend of many West African styles,
with an added nod in the direction
of Africanism. ” (liner notes)

We are very lucky to have this rare Etsakor highlife album.
First, it is super rare and hard to find, Discogs doesn’t know
it as far as I could find. Second, yesterday I was on Utrecht’s
Mega Record and CD fair. For the first time after two years of
canceled fairs we were finally allowed to dig some crates again.
It was build up day for the traders and today the whole thing
is canceled due to Covid numbers again. A very sad day for all
traders and visitors. Everything ready to go and then a no go.
It feels unfair that I came home with a bag full of records,
one way or the other, let us listen with extra pleasure ..

We hebben enorm veel mazzel dat we deze zeldzame Etsakor highlife
plaat vandaag hebben. Ten 1e, hij is echt heel zeldzaam en zelfs
Discogs kent hem niet. 2e ding is, gisteren was ik op de opbouwdag
van de Platen en cd beurs in Utrecht. Voor het eerst in twee jaar
mochten we weer eens lekker ‘crate diggen’. ‘s Avonds nog besloot
de organisatie de beurs alsnog af te blazen wegens de hoog oplopende
Covid cijfers. Een heel trieste dag voor alle platendealers en bezoekers.
Alles klaar om te gaan en dan alsnog gecanceled. Het voelt oneerlijk
dat ik met een tas vol platen thuis kwam, maar ja, hoe dan ook,
laten we maar met extra veel plezier luisteren dan ..

Record Fair Canceled !

Discogs

Ohua-Nugbese 1981

01 – Imi eken reuvba emi
—- Ikeke bogbi ‘keke evie
02 – Alake lovbi ozalla/Ebako alie

Discogs

01 – Ewain edo
—- Iyro irimi
02 – Otakho
03 – Oyano