This one by the great King Sunny Adé is from 1979.
Spaced out juju with very original sound.
the Royal Sound !

tracks;

1 Omo araiye ko feni foro
– Okuta ko se pa f’aiye
– Layiwola omodi ji
2 Ariya is unlimited
– Mo ni ore kan

To support the 1976 Campaign, Operation Feed the Nation, Ebenezer
made this LP. “If Japan, Guyana, Russia, the Philippines, and Ghana
can do it”, Ebenezer said, “Nigeria must not fail.”
These country’s had succes with comparable programs.
Juju as good as ever by the hand of the master, hail
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & his Inter-Reformers Band.

tracks;

1 Operation feed the nation
2 Edumare a dupe
– Ab anije enia
– Babu lukudi
– Ma ba e lo
– O ta won yo
– Ki oloriburuku enia ma ko ba e

This LP by Sam Mangwana is on the Nigerian RAS label, I am
not exactly sure but it seems to be a Nigerian recording.
Either way, it spins just fine. The title of this album
does not come from one of the tracks, does it mean
life goes on?

tracks;

1 Toboyi te
2 Chérie Magy
3 Afrique – Antilles = Un
4 A la Camerounaise

I found someone extremely happy with Prince Nico Mbarga last
week, I like happy. Another Prince Nico finds his way to you
for that reason. On this LP the prince is surprising us with
juju, not very common but very welcome it is. The year on this
one must be somewhere early 80’s I guess, tell us if you know.

tracks;

1 My pickin
2 I, dey wonder
3 Panco juju system
4 Green revolution

Martinho da Vila’s sambas belong to the very best ever.
This LP from 1976 confirms that again. His warm voice,
combined with master musical craftsmanship make this LP
another treasure in samba. RCA contributes superb sound,
What can I say more? I know I’m not the first to post it,
just could not resist to rip it again.

tracks;

1 Claustrofobia
2 João e José
3 Não tenha medo, amigo
4 Invenção de Orfeu
5 História da liberdade no Brasil
6 Coisa louca
7 Chorar não cabe agora
8 Quem me dera
9 Piquenique
10 Choro chorão
11 Ai, que saudade que eu tenho

This LP contains the sweetest highlife from Ghana. Eric Agyeman
is here and I think it’s a late 70’s album, if anyone knows..
The musicians he brought along are not the least, names like
Frimpong and Crentsil are the ones we want to see, great stuff.

tracks;

1 Matutu mirika
2 Abenaa
3 Ao ! Masem yi
4 I don’t care
5 Dee abe beto biara

E.T. Mensah was born in 1919 in Accra, Ghana as Emmanuel
Tettey Mensah. He was the main performer of early Ghana
highlife and took over leadership of the already famous
‘Tempos’ after the war. He semi retired through the 60’s
but had a kind of come back in the 70’s. He recorded several
albums for Afrodisia producer Faisal Helwani and this is one
of them. Although recorded in his late days, a sweet album.
Many of us know the two CD’s that appeared, ‘All for
You’ and ‘Day by Day’. Absolute recommendable, both of them.
Originated in Ghana, highlife was taken over by Nigerians
after seeing E.T. Mensah perform on one of his many tours.

tracks;

1 Bus collector
2 Ebe tatale
3 E.T. nkebo baaya
4 Yoonaabu
5 Sekondi market
6 Dofo san brafie
7 Dzoyilo
8 All for you

In the series l’Afrique danse, this is guitarist Dr. Nico.
A sublime artist who performs on this LP with the Orchestra,
African Fiesta Sukisa. They picked some songs from three
years, 1968,1969 and 1970. Sweet stuff.

tracks;

1 Sadi na boyi masumu
2 Kamunganzi ko
3 Ntumba
4 Mokili ya nzambe
5 Fanta diara
6 Echantillon ya pamba
7 Sizarine
8 Nazali se mobali na yo
9 Tu m’as deçu Chouchou
10 Bolingo ya sens unique

The always exentric Oliver de Coque started out in 1976,
with this LP if I’m correct. He was one of the first to use
Congolese guitarstyle in Nigerian Highlife. I posted a couple
of his albums last year, check the highlife section on this page.
( below on the left ) here‘s one to start with.
Track one starts out a little bumpy, sorry.

tracks;

1 Messiah messiah/Mbanese ayi ekene
2 My cherry
3 Ekeoha fire disaster ( Aba )
4 Kaduna special

One of our visitors asked me to post some more Gasper Lawal,
I had a 12″ by him some time ago. This is the LP where that
track came from. Gasper Lawal’s music is hardly to compare
with any other type of African music. He used to play with
many European and other musicians and when he came back to
England in 1980 after some time in Nigeria, he made this LP.
Very surprising, check for yourself. To you Mike, cheers.

tracks ;

1 Jekajosé
2 Kita-Kita
3 Eronu
4 Ajomasé
5 Awon-Ojise-Oluwa
6 Oromoro
7 Saikoskro