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v/a - nigeria special volume 2 - soundway records - cd

Genre: African

1. Fubura Sekibo - Psychedelic Baby
2. Black Zenith - Shango Oba Omina
3. Twins Seven-Seven and His Golden Cabretas - Totobiroko (Ogbele)
4. The Prof. Dance Band of Port Harcourt - Ibi Awo Iyi
5. The Otarus - Omohupa
6. The Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination - The Lords Prayer
7. James Etamobe and His All Weather Band - Agboyabakpa
8. The People Star - Onwu Dinjo
9. Bola Johnson and His Easy Life Top Beats - Jeka Dubu
10. Emp D. Ojo and His Africana Internationals - Jekoyewa
11. Stephen Osita Osadebe and His Nig. Sound M - Onyebu Chi
12. Paulson Kalu Afrikhanah and His Stars 25 - Ochea Special
13. Fidel Sax Bateke and The Voices of Darkness - Motako
14. Opotopo (Easy Kabaka Brown) - Aghobo
15. Tunji Oyelana and The Benders - Iwo Ko La Dami
16. Etubom Rex Williams and His Nig. Artistes - Isip 2
17. The Peacocks Int. Guitar Band - Onye Aghala Nwanneya
18. The Nkengas - Anyi Bundi Igbo
19. Joy Nwoso and Dan Satch - Egwo Umo Agbogho

The second part to Soundway's best selling Nigeria Special album. The CD is presented with a full colour 24-page booklet. Many of the tracks featured on Nigeria Special 2 have been forgotten or out of print for nearly 35 years but have since been tracked down and documented by Miles Cleret - the fruits of an arduous labour that has taken over ten years of dedication, research and travel to Nigeria culminating in the final part of Soundway's extensive survey of Nigeria's forgotten musical history. Check!

The range of styles vary from highlife to Juju and Nigerian blues in the languages of Yoruba, Igbo, Bini and Ijaw. With a peppering of 'afro' experimentation the same musical stew pervades volume 2 as it's predecessor - some artists appear again alongside some new artists as the emphasis continues to focus on the laid back and mid tempo feel found on volume 1.

It includes, the bluesy guitar band style of the Otarus & the Peacocks sits opposite the more uptempo sound of highlife legends Stephen Osita Osadebe (here bringing his Igbo version of the Cuban standard Peanut Vendor) and Paulson Kalu.

Progressive outfits the Black Zenith, The Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination, Tunji Oyelana, The Nkengas Opotopo and Joy Nwoso remind us that these were indeed experimental times with their fusions of jazz, highlife and in the case of Nwoso - opera!