King Sunny Ade & His Green Spot Band - Sunny Ade: Master Guitarist Volume 4 (1971)
It's been a long time since I posted any Sunny Ade, so here's a treat for all you Juju hounds. These recordings date back to the late sixties and early seventies and they have a rougher edge than much of his later music however, the supple rhythms of the talking drums and the intricate, intertwining guitar lines are all present and correct, as are the gorgeous vocal harmonies which make me feel like I'm floating on golden clouds of angel hair. The songs are shorter too so that's a bonus for all those with attention deficits.
Tracklist:
01 Mr. Adenaike (Olulu) 02 John Ali 03 Egbe Board 04 Chief Lekan Salami 05 Prince Adesanya 06 A Ye Wa 07 Akure Nile 08 Major General Adebaye 09 Akanbi Ogun 10 Constant Star
The music is, of course, for evaluation purposes only. If you like what you hear then go out and try and buy stuff...or something, give money to a down on his luck musician, or sponsor a good busker, it may be the start of something beautiful.
If any of the zips die, then post a comment and i'll try to repost. And leave comments, abuse, name calling, any response is welcome.
I think all of the albums posted are currently unavailable, but if this is not the case we'll remove the offending files.
6 comments:
Brilliant. Thank you very much for this post. Cheers from Los Angeles.
No problem. Hope you enjoy it.
thanks for the highlife. always a great time. this blog is what got me into highlife.
Hope you've had lots of fun digging around on the blogs for highlife gems. Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe is my favourite!
supert tha highlife!! thnxs!!!
Looking for more Sunny Ade, and found this excellent example. Thanks very much!
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