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v/a - love's a real thing - luaka bop - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: African

1. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - Dahomey Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome
2. Super Eagles - Love's a Real Thing
3. Moussa Doumbia - Keleya
4. Manu Dibango - Ceddo End Title
5. Sorry Bamba - Porry
6. Orchesta Number One de Dakar - Guajira Ven
7. William Onyeabor - Better Change Your Mind
8. Ofo and The Black Company - Allah Wakbarr 3:30 C3. Gasper Lawal - Awon-Ojise-Oluwa
9. Gasper Lawal - Awon-Ojise-Oluwa
10. Bunzu Sounds - Zinabu
11. Tunji Oyelana and The Benders - Ifa
12. Orchestre Régional de Kayes - Sanjina

Luaka Bop pressing if their CD version - previously pressed on vinyl by Stones Throw, but without the Manu Dibango and Gasper Lawal tracks Check!

The twelve tracks on the record explore West Africa�s groove-heavy assimilation of the psychedelic revolution, albeit a few years (and a couple thousand miles) removed from 1967�s Summer of Love. Spanning countries such as Mali, Gambia, Benin, Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon, this collection spotlights a time of incredible creative fermentation, reflecting on colonialism�s more fortunate byproduct: the fascinating and unique intersection of hallucinogenic, distorted Western psychedelia and local, traditional African music. This phenomenon of Afro-Rock is what lies at the heart of Love�s A Real Thing. This was one of the first compilations of Afro Funk and helped introduce William Onyeabor�s music to the world. Luaka Bop�s celebrated World Psychedelic Classics series began in 2000 with Volume 1: Brazil, a compilation of the inimitable genremelding Brazilian band Os Mutantes, entitled Everything Is Possible! Volume 2: California Soul , released in 2001 as the third solo record from multi-instrumentalist Shuggie Otis (Inspiration Information), successfully reintroduced Shuggie to the world at large. Volume 4; Tim Maia: Existential Soul and Volume 5: Who Is William Onyeabor.