801647200118

Ghana Soundz: Afrobeat, Funk And Fusion In The 70's

Various Artists

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Format: 2LP

Cat No: SNDWLP001

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Release Date:  27 January 2017

Label:  Soundway

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  801647200118

Genres:  World Music  Africa  

  • Description

    Ghana Soundz was the first ever Soundway compilation and became recognised worldwide due to the licensing of the Oscar Sulley track, 'Bukom Mashie' to the soundtrack of Hollywood blockbuster, 'Last King of Scotland'.

    Pounding rhythms, blaring horns and pumping vocals – the music is a document of a time forgotten when flares and Cuban heels strutted the streets and night-spots of Accra, the sizzlingly hot and humid capital of Ghana. Influenced as much by traditional rhythms and local highlife as by the music of Fela Kuti, James Brown and Santana, these tunes had almost become extinct – until now!

    Ghana Soundz was the first of three collections of rare afro-beat, afro-funk and afro-fusion that Miles Cleret painstakingly travelled the length and breadth of Ghana to assemble.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The 3rd Generation Band- Because Of Money
      • 2. Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Bands - Bukom Mashie
      • 3. Marijata - Mother Africa
      • 4. Ebo Taylor - Heaven
      • 5. Gyedu Blay Ambolley & The Steneboofs - Simigwa-Do
      • 6. The Sweet Talks - Eyi Su Ngaangaa
      • 7. The Ogyatanaa Show Band - Ageisheka
      • 8. Honny & The Bees Band - Psychedelic Woman
      • 9. K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas - Hwehwe Mu Ya Yi Wo Mpena
      • 10. The Apagya Show Band - Kwaku Ananse
      • 11. The African Brothers - Self Reliance
      • 12. Rob - Make It Fast, Make It Slow
      • 13. Alex Konadu - W'awu Do Ho No
      • 14. The Black Star Sound - Nite Safarie.