| Various Artists / Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 |
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| Album: | Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Aug 2011 | |
| Label: | Strut | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-12-18 | Pull Date: | 2012-02-19 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Feb 12 | Feb 5 | Jan 29 | Jan 22 | Jan 8 | Jan 1 | Dec 25 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 11, 2012: | At the Cafe Bohemian Heaven | 4. | Jan 30, 2012: | Afro Beats Ene Nyame 'a' Mensuro, Heaven, Heaven | |
| 2. | Feb 11, 2012: | New World Disorder Atwer Abroba | 5. | Jan 28, 2012: | At the Cafe Bohemian Heaven | |
| 3. | Feb 06, 2012: | Afro Beats Tamfo Nyi Ekyir | 6. | Jan 28, 2012: | New World Disorder Victory |
| Album Review |
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| Don Farrell Reviewed 2011-12-18 | ||
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Afro beat/Funk/Highlife/Afro Jazz, the music is from Ebo Taylor, singer, composer, guitarist, producer & bandleader from Ghana either solo, as a bandleader, a member of a band or producer . [Disc 1] ****1: 6:04 mid to faster great Afro funk trance groove, percussion, e guitar, brass & minimal male vocals. " Heaven" sampled by Usher on "She Don't Know" 2: 8:14 horn charged trance groove, great e guitar ****3: 4:21 horn charged trance groove, great e guitar/bass riff. Female chorus 4: 4:03 recorded live, faster locked percussion, male voc/wail, e guitar ****5: 3:12 faster percussion keyboard, horn groove 6: 7:46 more of a cool Jazz number, Grant Green guitar sound with Afro beat percussion, brass & chorus ****7: 15:00 Afro funk/Afro Jazz/Latin locked trance groove 8: 6:17 Afro funk/Afro Jazz/Latin locked trance groove, nice call & response with chorus. [Disc 2] All tracks are great 1: 3:57 nice fast groove, organ, e guitar, percussion & bass groove. 2: 8:20 faster horn charged groove with female chorus. 3: 6:07 nice sax, locked running groove 4: 4:56 big drum/percussion locked groove 5: 3:04 fast vocal call with fem chorus response, keyboard/organ e guitar groove 6: 4:38 flute, fem chorus with cool e guitar riff 7: 6:29 big horns/keyboard/percussion groove 8: 6:52 horn/big bass/wah wah guitar groove, male voc D Farrell 12/2011 | ||
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