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bola johnson - man no die - vampisoul - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: African

1. Baby £1:10
2. Somebody Find My Trouble
3. Iyawo Kokoro Mi Da
4. Money Hard
5. Oh My Baby Josephine
6. Obiriko Aye N Yilo
7. Asewo Ajegunle Yakare
8. Oro Aiye
9. Koto Ye O
10. Buroda Mase
11. Kilode
12. Mimo Mimo Loluwo
13. Ezuku Buzo
14. Hot Pants
15. Mele Latori
16. Lagos Sisi
17. Oyinmomo
18. Lagos Spexial
19. Never (part 1)
20. Edumare Soro
21. Pappa Rebecca Special 1 (She's A Woman)
22. Nigeria Drive On The Right

From the vaults of Philips in Nigeria comes this collection of mysterious trumpeter and bandleader Bola Johnson. Unmissable 60s and early 70s recordings for all highlife and Afrobeat fans. A missing jewel from a golden age of Nigerian music !

Up till now, Bola Johnson only seems to figure in the margins of the high octane Lagos music scene of the late 60s and early 70s. He may have never had the focus, the career longevity or the catalogue of titans like Afrobeat's Fela Kuti, juju's King Sunny Ade or highlife's Victor Olaiya, but his music took its own magnificent route through the popular music of the time. His joyful treasure of a voice embellished every style in his repertoire, from the sweetly melodic heights of highlife and palm wine to the soulful skanking of Afro-blues/funk and Afrobeat; his red hot trumpet scorches its way to your yearning soul; his tunes vibrate with infectious hooks and undulating rhythms; he seems equally at home composing across the stylistic range…