| Various Artists / Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6 |
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| Album: | Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-6 | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Sep 2008 | |
| Label: | Soundway Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-10-19 | Pull Date: | 2008-12-21 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Dec 21 | Dec 14 | Dec 7 | Nov 30 | Nov 23 | Nov 16 | Nov 9 | Nov 2 |
| Airplays: | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
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| 2. | Jan 04, 2020: | Hanging in the Boneyard Ugali, Amalinja | 5. | Dec 27, 2018: | Hanging in the Bone Yard Ugali, Nekwaha Semi Colon, Amalinja | |
| 3. | Jun 22, 2019: | Hanging in the bone yard Ayamma | 6. | Feb 20, 2018: | Waste FM Ayamma |
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2008-10-19 | ||
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Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues 1970-76 Can not go wrong with any track CD #1 ***1: 4:07 mid tempo, smooth groove, throaty male vocal, male chorus. 2: 6:11 mid tempo, great guitar picking, very cool male vocal/wail ****3: 5:17 GREAT chang-a-lang funk guitar groove, cool male vocals/chorus, wailing sax. ***4: 7:31 mid tempo, keyboard percussion locked groove, male vocal/wail 5: 3:43 faster percussion groove, fast male vocal, the percussion is GREAT 6: 2:56 mid tempo, male vocal, clave sticks, wailing sax, e guitar ****7: 3:31 fast percussion and fantastic e guitar, male vocal/chant, Great groove, ramps up faster at end 8: 3:22 slower, guitar, male vocal, big bass ***9: 6:07 mid tempo, lots of percussion, male vocal/chant groove., e guitar 10: 4:10 slower, male vocal/wail with male chorus, vibraphone???, nice chill, mellow sax 11: 6:50 mid tempo, male vocal, nice guitar & percussion, keyboard groove, nice bass towards the end. 12: 2:59 slow & low intro. nice vocal in English, slow to mid, cool percussion & e guitar ****13: 5:23 mid tempo Instrumental, funky groove with percussion, wailing sax & e guitar, Hammond B3 jam CD#2 1: 5:13 mid tempo,keyboard, guitar, percussion male vocal ***2: 3:09 fast male vocal and percussion, keyboard/e guitar groove ****3: 6:15 fast percussion, e guitar groove, male vocal/chorus fast call & response **4: 4:36 mid tempo male vocal with horns, percussion & e guitar, cool groove 5: 3:04 mid tempo male vocal and percussion/e guitar/muted trumpet groove 6: 3:40 mid tempo male vocal and percussion/e guitar groove **7: 4:57 mid tempo male vocal and percussion/e guitar groove, trumpet ****8: 3:03 funky wah wah e guitar/percussion/big bass jam ****9: 4:38 Great fast percussion/e guitar/brass groove, male vocal in English 10: 3:30 BIG Bass, slow male vocal, keyboard & e guitar noodling ****11: 4:56 mid to fast, chang-a-lang funk guitar, male vocal/wail percussion, very cool groove ***12: 4:31 mid tempo mellow percussion, bass, e guitar groove, male vocal/ wail, nice locked groove towards the end. 13: 2:30 mid to fast mellow groove, male vocal. D Farrell 10/2008 | ||
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