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aleke kanonu - meets tolbert, the miracle man - pmg - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: African

1. Happiness
2. Nwanne, Nwanne, Nwanne

Bringing together the undisputed talents of Nigerian percussionist Aleke Kanonu and soul legend from Alabama, O.C. Tolbert, this 12� created quite the buzz when it was released in New York in 1982. Now it's back in all it's glory!

The A-side, �Happiness� is an uptown style Gospel ballad where Tolbert�s gravelly, soulful voice channels years of hurt an pain. The B-side, �Nwanne, Nwanne, Nwanne�, is an Afrobeat disco monster that rattles along on the back of Kananu�s awesome percussion skills. Both tracks were written and produced by Jack Taylor, a producer, songwriter and purported gangster from Harlem and released on his own label.