Tuesday, 11 January 2011

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

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6 comments:

  1. grooVemonzter11 January 2011 at 22:20

    Brilliant. Thank you very much for this post. Cheers from Los Angeles.

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  2. Mr Tear11 January 2011 at 22:33

    No problem. Hope you enjoy it.

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  3. Anonymous12 January 2011 at 17:19

    thanks for the highlife. always a great time. this blog is what got me into highlife.

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  4. Mr Tear12 January 2011 at 20:56

    Hope you've had lots of fun digging around on the blogs for highlife gems. Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe is my favourite!

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  5. Anonymous26 January 2011 at 10:44

    supert tha highlife!! thnxs!!!

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  6. Anonymous19 June 2013 at 05:37

    Looking for more Sunny Ade, and found this excellent example. Thanks very much!

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