Various Artists - Afro Baby: The Evolution of the Afro-Sound in Nigeria 1970-1979
SKU
05-SOUNDWAY002
One of the most significant musical events in my life was when C.W. Vrtacek played me a Fela Kuti album in 1981 or 1982. I had never heard anything like it and I really liked it, thereby opening a big door in my tastes to African pop of the 1970s, an interest that remains to this day. This is a superb collection of rare singles and lp tracks by mostly all unknown artists and there isn't a stinker in the bunch and there's a bunch of unbelievably great stuff too! The majority of the tracks are from the 1st half of the 1970s and they are briming with great hornwork and stupendous grooves. Great sound (not always the case with these sorts of records) and good notes.