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Hard Afro pop featuring large percussive rhythm section and front line. One of the best-loved of all the KPM LPs. Afro Rock was recorded at Morgan Studios by John Cameron and Alan Parker in London in 1973 as a collection of stripped-down African rhythms, virtuoso jazz instrumentation, fuzzed-up wah wah guitars, and spaced-out library breaks. The percussion is effortlessly funky, and those flutes so melodic, it's as if the LP was crafted with the beat lovers of the future firmly in mind. As Cameron himself described it in Unusual Sounds, this is \"heavy duty drum-and-bass salsa music\". As with all of Be With Records' KPM reissues, the audio for Afro Rock comes from the original analog tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. Be With have taken the same care with the sleeves, handing the reproduction duties over to Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM's brand identity. 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Early Mdou recordings were contained on cassettes, though the humble tape was soon replaced by the quick and easy facility of cell phone technology.\" - Mdou Moctar bassist, Mikey Coltun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col class=\"pdp-jss-groupTrackList-166\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pdp-jss-listItem-167\"\u003eIblis Amghar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pdp-jss-listItem-167\"\u003eIbitilan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pdp-jss-listItem-167\"\u003eNakane Dish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pdp-jss-listItem-167\"\u003eChimoumounim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pdp-jss-listItem-167\"\u003eAsdikte Akal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"pdp-jss-listItem-167\"\u003eAzawad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MdRemovedH1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFactory Sealed (New).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LimitContentHeightCntntFrm\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pl-info jq_highlight\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ml-ellipsis ml-ellipsis4 mt_med\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Matador Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720099926209,"sku":"","price":38.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1407\/4970\/files\/mdoumoctarniger2.webp?v=1688700936"},{"product_id":"ebo-taylor-my-love-and-music-vinyl-lp","title":"Ebo Taylor - My Love And Music, Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"ui-title-bar__title\"\u003eEbo Taylor - My Love And Music, Vinyl LP\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"ui-title-bar__title\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFactory Sealed (New)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition of this 1976 album. Ebo Taylor is one of Ghana's finest producer\/arrangers. Taylor was heavily influential in the unique sound that emerged from the country in the 70s - a combination of traditional Ghanaian with Afro- beat, jazz, and funk rhythms. He worked with bands including Stargazers Band, Broadway Dance Band, Black Star Highlife Band (with Teddy Osei and Sol Amarfio who later joined Osibisa), Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians C.K. Mann, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and the legendary Pat Thomas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"LPs New","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42826316611777,"sku":null,"price":62.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1407\/4970\/files\/ebotaylor.jpg?v=1694481153"},{"product_id":"ebo-taylor-uhuru-yenzu-conflict-nkru-vinyl-lp-mrblp109","title":"Ebo Taylor \u0026 Uhuru Yenzu - Conflict Nkru!, Vinyl LP MRBLP109","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"ui-title-bar__title\"\u003eEbo Taylor \u0026amp; Uhuru Yenzu - Conflict Nkru!, Vinyl LP MRBLP109\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of Ghana's finest producer and arrangers, Ebo Taylor was involved in a lot of the afro-funk to emerge from the country in the 70s working with bands such as Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians such as C.K. Mann and Pat Thomas. Conflict was originally released in 1980 and is finally seeing a long overdue reissue on Mr Bongo, following a partial remake as part of Taylor's 2009 Love and Death album. The five tracks that make up Conflict are a perfect example of Taylor's trademark approach that saw him inject a heavy dose of funk into Ghana's traditional highlife grooves in an attempt to move away from what he saw as the music's more traditional qualities. The album opens with the highlife of You Need Love, a track with catchy chants, horn riffs and guitar licks, and soon moves into funkier territories starting with Love and Death and then What Is Life?, a song with thicker grooves and a flute offset against the horn section. Christ Will Come is a highlight combining percussion with funky drums, flute and horns to devastating effect for what is essentially a bit of an apocalyptic jam heralding Christ's return on judgement day. The album closes with Victory. Based on a traditional song of the Asafo people, the song puts forward the horn section over a rapid groove and calls for the unity of all mankind. Taylor's arrangements and funky grooves combined with lyrics that touch on subjects ranging from love to religion make Conflict a stand out opus of Ghanaian afro-funk that's ripe for rediscovery. Conflict is being reissued by Mr Bongo as part of their 'Classic African Recordings' series. The LP features fully reproduced original artwork. Produced on heavyweight vinyl.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Mr Bongo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47411003424961,"sku":null,"price":62.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1407\/4970\/files\/ebotaylorconflict.jpg?v=1701129212"},{"product_id":"gyedu-blay-ambolley-ambolley-uk-2019-mr-bongo-mrblp205-vinyl-lp","title":"Gyedu Blay Ambolley ‎– Ambolley, Vinyl LP","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"Polaris-Header-Title_2qj8j\"\u003eGyedu Blay Ambolley ‎– Ambolley, Vinyl LP\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFactory Sealed (New)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMr Bongo ‎– MRBLP205\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eExtremely hard-to-obtain LP from the Ghanaian master composer, producer and musician. Originally released in 1982 by the WEA International label and then again in Germany in 1985 by Ambolley himself; this is one of his finest albums in our opinion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e’Ambolley’ fuses Highlife, disco and boogie sonics perfectly and features the anthemic club cut, ‘Highlife’, that we have spinning for a while – always does the job!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOfficial Mr Bongo reissue. 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Following the planetary success of our \"Edo Funk Explosion Vol.1\" project we have now unearthed \"No Food Without Taste If By Hunger\" by \"The Good Samaritans\", one of the most obscure Nigerian album ever recorded. Originally released in 1982, the bands first album is full of bouncy basslines, raw trance-like grooves and tripped-out psychedelic guitars, a funk experience unlike any other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Good Samaritans\" is Philosopher Okundaye’s own Edo-Funk project, under which name he produced four albums, all recorded at Phonodisk Studio in Ijebu-Igbo east of Lagos with a 24 track. Okundaye who played many instruments, engaged the right musicians for each project and mixed the whole thing himself, is known as the composer of a large part of Benin City’s celebrated hits in the 80s. 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Certain tracks retain the live band flavor of the previous record (“Build Music,” “Popeneh,” “Santa Monica” “Stop Jealous”), while others are culled from Voice Memos recorded on tour from an iPhone (“Game Over,” “Kadiatu,” “Tek Lak la Gben ba Kun”). Some are updated, reimagined versions of old songs Nabay had recorded in the 1990s (“Sabanoh”, “Angbolieh”), while others are vocals sung over original Sierra Leonean “riddims” (“Sabanoh”, “Bubu Dub”) that were created by collaborators back at home (Lanzo on D Beat, the late Tunni Boy, and the late Nfagie Kabeh of the Kabeh Brothers). Nabay typically uses Casios to imitate the sound of bamboo Bubu flutes — and he continues that technique on Build Music — but for a few tracks, Mehlan loaded up samples of Bubu flutes that Wills Glasspiegel had recorded on a 2014 trip to the provinces of Sierra Leone. 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While you are at it, another man walks over to your table and drinks your glass of beer, of course you turn round and find him drinking your beer, your reaction will be: ‘Excuse O!’. Same for the person who goes to withdraw five Naira (equivalent of US $5 at that time) from his bank, takes public transport, in the bus the person finds another man trying to pick his pocket, the obvious reaction is: ‘Excuse O!’. For the man who dates a woman for the first time, the situation is even more serious. Particularly since, on their date, he takes the woman to a swimming pool after which they have lunch, from lunch to cinema, from cinema to dinner. After dinner, the man again invites her to have a dance at the Shrine (Fela’s Club). Sitting at a table, after ordering drinks, another man comes to excuse his partner for a dance, he does not object to the first, the second he consents to grudgingly. A third dance? That is enough Mr! Excuse O! will be the reaction from the man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMr. Grammarticalogylisationalism is the Boss: This is another of Fela’s songs critical of the education system in Africa—which\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe calls a poor imitation of the Western education system. The man who speaks better English gets paid more. Fela sings: ‘…the better oyinbo you talk! The more bread you get!’. School certificate education is rated: ‘…grade four bread!’ Bachelor Of Arts(BA): ‘…grade three bread!’, Master Of Science(MSe): ‘…grade two bread!’, and Doctor Of Science (PhD): ‘…grade one bread!’. This is how we are oriented towards Western values. First thing we are given in the morning? News Papers! The brainwash starts from the ‘Big’ English words used in the News Papers…the oyinbo (English) wey dey inside!, na riddle for labourer man! Inside the paper! Jargonism dey!(meaning there is a lot of jargon). Irrelevant issue that has no bearing towards alleviating the sufferings of the poor man on the street. Then the leaders blame the poor man’s problems on “ignorance” and “delinquency”. Fela asks: ‘…who be delinquent? Na them delinquent! Who be delinquent? The oyinbo talker delinquent…! Meaning who is delinquent? The Mr. English Speaker is the one who is delinquent. 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So did the B-side, “Mattress,” though for different reasons. In the song, Fela likens a woman’s role to that of a mattress, there to support and comfort her man. Fela’s espousal of traditional gender roles, and his approval of polygamy, struck a discordant note with some listeners, who accused him of being “anti women.” Fela was Fela and a man of his time, but he was never hostile to women. As he often acknowledged, his two greatest political influences were women: his mother, who had been an early champion of women’s rights in Nigeria, and Sandra Izsadore, the black-rights activist he began a relationship with in the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eUS in 1969. 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