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v/a - the world ends: afro rock & psychedelica in 1970s nigeria - soundway records - cd

Genre: African

1. The Ify Jerry Krusade - Nwantinti/Die Die
2. The Hygrades - Rough Rider
3. The Hykkers - Deiyo Deiyo
4. Wrinkars Experience - Soundway
5. The Funkees - Breakthrough
6. The Mebusas - Mr Bull Dog (original 45 version)
7. The Founders 15 - Dont Take Me For A Ride
8. The Ceejebs - Eti Ufok
9. Tony Grey Super 7 - Yem Efe
10. The Identicals - Akwa Kayi Ji Bia Nuwa
11. PRO (People Rock Outfit) - Blacky Joe
12. Cicada - Oli Nkwu
13. The Lijadu Sisters - Lifes Gone Down Low
14. Eppio Fanio - Ikoko
15. Bongos Ikwue - All Night Long
16. The Thermometers - Babalawo
17. Colomach - Ottoto Shamoleda
18. The Black Mirrors - The World Ends
19. The Semi Colon - Isi Agboncha
20. The Lawrence Amavi Group - Money Thats What I Want
21. The Hygrades - Somebodys Gotta Lose Or Win
22. Ofege - In Concert
23. The Elcados - Chokoi and Oreje
24. Sonny Okosuns
25. Chuck Barrister and The Voices Of Darkness - Be Kind, Be Foolish, Be Happy
26. Tony Grey and The Magnificent Zeinians - Ugbo Ndoma
27. Reme Izabos Music Research - The Same Man
28. The Action 13 - Active Action
29. The Actions - Kpokposikposi
30. The Strangers - Onye Ije
31. The Comrades - Bullwalk
32. Ofo The Black Company - Egwu Aja

The World Ends is showcasing a wave of guitar driven and psychedelic groups that sprung up in Nigeria during the early 1970s. Featuring 32 electrifying and funk laden grooves, this is the sound of a generation attempting to pick up the pieces after the devastation of the Nigerian civil war.

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Spread over 2 CDs and 2 triple gatefold LPs, this bumper collection is brimming with youthful exuberance, fuzzed out guitar and cosmic organ vibes and owes much to the psychedelic sounds of Jim Morrison, Santana, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and James Brown.

As the summer of love was blossoming in London and San Francisco, Nigeria was imploding into civil war. Also known as the Biafran war of 1967, it was a grisly conflict taking over three million lives yet at the same time as the country was being pulled apart there was a new world beginning. The tracks featured represent a forgotten chapter in Nigeria�s musical history when the youth threw their varied morsels into the pot from hard rock to psychedelic soul when guitars were cherished instruments, symbolic of a new movement, when highlife and Afrobeat played second fiddle to �the beat�.