Various Artists: Love's A Real Thing - The Funky Fuzzy Sounds Of West Africa (Vinyl LP)
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These twelve astonishing tracks are drawn from a broad spectrum of early 70s West African psychedelic classics. Yet the fact that they scarcely registered on the Richter scale of contemporary underground music must surely be one of the greatest ironies of modern popular music, given that western counterculture drew so heavily on the musical, aesthetic and visual traditions of Africa.
Musically, the transatlantic links are strong and obvious; from the urban black American soul and funk of James Brown, through the West Coast sounds of Hendrix, to the deeper grooves of Cuban rumba and Latin percussion
- Minsato Le Mi Dayihome - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Dahomey
- Love's a Real Thing - Super Eagles
- Keleya - Moussa Doumbia
- Ceddo End Title - Manu Dibango
- Porry - Sorry Bamba Sorry Bamba
- Guajira Van - No. 1 de No. 1
- Better Change Your Mind - William Onyeabor
- Allah Wakbarr - Ben Ofoedu Ofo & The Black Company
- Awon-Ojise-Oluwa - Gaspar Lawal
- Zinabu - Bunzu Sounds
- Ifa - Tunji Oyelana & The Blenders
- Sanjina - Orchestre Regional de Kayes