Various Artists: Love's A Real Thing - The Funky Fuzzy Sounds Of West Africa (Vinyl 2xLP)

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.

1. Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou Dahomey
2. Love's a Real Thing - Super Eagles
3. Keleya - Moussa Doumbia
4. Ceddo End Title - Manu Dibango
5. Porry - Sorry Bamba
6. Guajira Ven - Orchestra Number One de Dakar
7. Better Change Your Mind - William Onyeabor
8. Allah Wakbarr - Ofo & The Black Company
9. Awon-Ojise-Oluwa - Gasper Lawal
10. Zinabu - Bunzu Sounds
11. Ifa - Tunji Oyelana & The Benders
12. Sanjina - Orchestre Régional de Kayes