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anyone out there can help a vinyl record collector find Original Afrobeat and afrorock afrojazz records from Ghana ,nigeria, ivory coast ,kenya Lps and 45s any help appreciated , i live in North America so trades on America funk is good !
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Welcome aboard to our fantastic music ballroom and I do hope you will enjoy the place and share your musical experience with us as well.
60s and 70s afrorock and afrobeat is what you are looking for, right? 6os afrorock, let me see, Africans were never in afrorock in the 60s save for one Ghanaian band called Ramblers International who popularized the hit single "Knock On Wood" way back in the 60s.
First of all, what is afrobeat and how did it come about? The term Afrobeat was coined by Baba, the Chief Priest himself, Fela Anikulapo Kuti who was born under humble circumstances but decided to play the horns. Upon arrival from abroad, he formed his musical ensemble called the Koola Labitos whose unique musical compositions created fusing elements of Yoruba music, pigeon English lyrics with jazz. The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo Kuti runs through the end of September in New York City.
70s afrobeat cuts is possible but the 60s I do not know. Also, check out the new afrobeat sensation called Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, a fourteen-plus piece band. Antibalas is Spanish for bullet proof literally meaning "anti-bullets." They've got an upcoming gig at New York City's SOB's on 9/11/03. If you are in the New York area, check them out with their latest single "Che Che Cole" originally sang by the Funkees and Osibisa, though titled "Che Che Kule" by these 70s musical maestros.
The 70s had many of them doing their own thing in afrobeat. There was Independence Matata (had some funk in them), Segun Bucknor, Geraldo Pino (had some soul in him), Peter King and you name it.
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Your name reminds me of the heydays, in the 80s when boxing was a real entertaining sport. When the hard-punching Japanese Ejiro Murata took boxing to another level. When the likes of Jeff Chandler, Alexis Arguelo, Aaron Pryor, Saol Mamby, Sugar Ray Leonard, John "The Beast" Mugabi, Thomas "Hitman-Motor City Cobra" Hearns, Roberto Duran, Mathew Said Muhammed, Eddy Mustafa Mohammed, Michael Spinks, Mustafa Hamsho, Dwight Braxton, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Cornelius Boza Edwards, Larry Holmes, Gerry Cooney, Greg Page, Tim Whiterspoon, Eddie Ndukwu, Obisis Nwankpa, Peter Konyegwachi (1984 Olympic Silver Medalist), Salvador Sanchez, Azumah Nelson, Joe Lasisi, Tony Tucker, Mike Tyson, James "Bonecrusher" Smith, Wilfredo Gomez, Wilfred Benitez, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Trevor Berbick and so on were fun to watch and very entertaining.
Manu Di Bango, what about him? The "Makossa" man was born Emmanuel Di Bango. He made it to superstardom with the album "Soul Makossa" released in the Summer of 1973. After World War II, his parents sent him to France to study for a profession. Beginning his music career, he started with the violin, then the piano, and then the sax, blending African rhythms and funk inventing Afrosouljazz. Check out his best songs compiled by Manteca, remastered, waxed and digitally produced on CD. Dance floor tracks "Soul Makossa," "Africadelic," "Sun Explosion," and "Oh Koh" are at its very best in a career spanning nearly half a century.
The group OSIBISA was formed in 1969 in London led by Teddy Osei and Mac Tontoh. Their first commercial success came with the album "Osibisa Heads" relesed in 1972. Listen to "Che Che Kule," "Sweet America," "Kokorokoo," "Yetiewo" and you will find out they were well ahead of their time.
Yes, the fabulous 60s/70s group still play gigs. Earlier this year, Sanctuary Records, a U.K.-based recording company remastered an anthology containing threee album--"Welcome Home," Ojah Awake," and "Mystic Energy"--recorded during the group's Pye and Bronze years. The dance tracks "Densu-trad," "The Coffee Song," "Keep on Trying," "Do It," "The Warrior," "Celebration," "Ojah Awake," "Africa We Gogo," and "I Feel Pata Pata" are superb and maintains its originality.
Also, now available on a 2-CD set as a sequel is "Black Magic Night-Live At The Royal Festival Hall." Listen to "Woyaya."
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You may not know the swamps of the petroleum-rich Niger-Delta is occupied by Urhobo people which constitutes the fifth largest ethnic group in the abomination called Nigeria. Put it this way: I am Urhobo!
Well, somehow, its too sad that Ghanaian-born Teddy Osei and his Osibisa's contribution to world music is not sufficiently recognized. But life is what it is, sometimes you get recognized for doing nothing, and sometimes it doesn't always allow you to get what you want.
The 2-CD set "Black Magic Night-Live At The Royal Festival Hall can be purchased at anywhere records are sold or ordered from Sanctuary Records
The album is a masterpiece and you better get your own copy. The tracks "Welcome Home," "Fire," "Music For Gong Gong," "Bassa-Bassa," and "Sunshine Day" is the best remastered live footage I've listened to in a long time. Teddy Osei, Mac Tontoh, Sol Amarfio, Kofi Ayivor, Mike Odumosu et al. were awesome. In fact, they were the first African recording artists to entertain guests in Queen Elizabeth's Ballroom at The Royal Festival Hall.
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Sorry to sound like an ITK. But 1. Afro-beat was not coined by Fela or Baba Ani. Afro-beat was coined by British Journalists to describe the Fusion between African Music and 60's Funk Rock and Jazz. Fela and Tony Allen did not invent Afro-beat but merely developed it from itd rough and scrappy origins to the Art Form we know today. If you want to hear early Afro-Beat listen to Inyang Henshaw's "Iyayo" (1961) or Rex Lawson's Osima Toru Korote 1963. Deep Basslines akin to Funk Basslines, catchy Drum Beats. If you go down to Kenya there was the Great Air Fiesta Matata packing the Montreux Jazz Festival in the mid to late 60's- This Band was responsible for most of the Jingles heard on TV and Radio adverts emanating from East Africa and played on Nigerian TV in the late 60's and early 70's.
Afro-Rock and Funk can be gotten from most Good record Shops. However contact a young DJ Duncan Brooker who has the most powerful collection of Afro-Funk and Rock LP's- probably in the World. Here's a link to some info on him http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4228456,00.html.
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Duncan Brooker's 2001 article for the Guardian was quite fascinating with the Air Fiesta Matata story and his experience trying to flush out the East African entertainers of that era.
That's news to me, but I do know Anwar Richards led a group called Independence Matata way back in the early and mid-seventies with "local folklore" hits like "I Believe Her."
However, there was no contact information to locate Brooker's "most powerful collection of Afro-Funk and Rock Lp's." Any clue?
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