Various Artists / Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980
Album: Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980   Collection:World
Artist:Various Artists   Added:Aug 2011
Label:Strut  

A-File Activity
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. Jun 29, 2024: Music Casserole
Love And Death
4. Feb 06, 2012: Afro Beats
Tamfo Nyi Ekyir
2. Feb 11, 2012: At the Cafe Bohemian
Heaven
5. Jan 30, 2012: Afro Beats
Ene Nyame 'a' Mensuro, Heaven, Heaven
3. Feb 11, 2012: New World Disorder
Atwer Abroba
6. Jan 28, 2012: At the Cafe Bohemian
Heaven

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2011-12-18
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

Track Listing
 ArtistTrack Name
1. Taylor, Ebo Heaven
2. Taylor, Ebo Atwer Abroba
3. Taylor, Ebo & Uhuru-Yenzu Victory
4. Ase, Asaase Ohiani Sua Efir
5. Apagya Showband, The Kwaku Ananse
6. Taylor, Ebo Peace On Earth
7. Taylor, Ebo Aba Yaa
8. Thomas, Pat & Ebo Taylor Ene Nyame 'a' Mensuro
9. Apagya Showband, The Tamfo Nyi Ekyir
10. Taylor, Ebo & Uhuru-Yenzu Love And Death
11. Taylor, Ebo Ohye Atar Gyan
12. Super Sounds Namba Yes Indeed
13. Apagya Showband, The Mumude
14. Taylor, Ebo & Uhuru-Yenzu What Is Life?
15. Ck Mann Big Band Etui
16. Taylor, Ebo & The Pelikans Egya Edu