AHMED FAKROUN - Mots D'amour - LP PMG Disco
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19.32 €
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The Arab world back in the 70s and 80s gave us quite a few very interesting rock and pop acts. Ahmed Fakroun from Libya was THE one of them. Here we have his 1983 album whose title means “Love Words” in English. And in fact his kind of ethno pop seems to go deeper than just to the charts w...
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AIGBE LEBARTY - Unity - CD 1979 PMG Afrobeat
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8.50 €
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In 1979, long-time Highlife veteran Aigbe Lebarty decided to try his hand at high-energy disco funk. Checking the Lebartone Aces at the door, he borrowed the Sex Bombers from Prince Omo Lawal-Osula and created Unity, a sure-fire dance floor stomper that channels 'Ring My Bell' into a clari...
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AIGBE LEBARTY - Unity - LP 1979 PMG Afrobeat
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11.00 €
Aktionspreis: 10.00 €
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In 1979, long-time Highlife veteran Aigbe Lebarty decided to try his hand at high-energy disco funk. Checking the Lebartone Aces at the door, he borrowed the Sex Bombers from Prince Omo Lawal-Osula and created Unity, a sure-fire dance floor stomper that channels 'Ring My Bell' into a clari...
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AKWASSA - La'ila - CD 1975 PMG Funk
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9.00 €
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Akwassa were among the best Afro-Beat bands coming from Nigeria. They released La'ila in 1975 and were one of the early Nigerian Funk bands to get an album out. They were related to the Heads Funk Band and most members were part of both bands. They managed to release two albums as Akwassa....
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ALEKE KANONNU - Aleke - CD 1980 PMG Funk Jazz
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9.00 €
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After spending much of the ‘70s humping his congos around New York as a session musician, Nigerian Aleke Kanonu pulled in some favours to record an album of his own. The result was Aleke, a criminally obscure Afrobeat/Funk/Jazz masterpiece featuring Buddy Williams on drums, George Davis on...
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ALEKE KANONNU - Happiness / Nwanne Nwanne Nwanne - LP PMG Disco
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13.90 €
Aktionspreis: 11.00 €
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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. Shops and leading DJs were clamouring for it, but short supply saw it disappear into obscuri...
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AMAS - Grill - CD PMG Funk Afrobeat
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8.25 €
Aktionspreis: 5.06 €
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Grill by Gbubemi Amas is as smooth as the red cardigan artfully slung around his shoulders on the cover. Whether he is running through the scales on a cover version of ‘Fire and Rain’, or trying on his calypso highlife moves on ‘Ereyon’, you know Amas is a man with a smooth line for every...
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AMAS - Grill - LP PMG Funk Afrobeat
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13.50 €
Aktionspreis: 11.00 €
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Grill by Gbubemi Amas is as smooth as the red cardigan artfully slung around his shoulders on the cover. Whether he is running through the scales on a cover version of ‘Fire and Rain’, or trying on his calypso highlife moves on ‘Ereyon’, you know Amas is a man with a smooth line for every...
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APOSTLES - Apostles - CD 1976 PMG Funk Psychedelic
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9.00 €
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The Apostles were disciples of a heavy kind of psychedelic soul/rock fusion. After The Funkees left for London, they stepped into the breach to become the champions of East Nigeria’s flourishing post-war music scene. Based in Aba, and led by guitarist and charismatic chancer Walton Arungwa...
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APOSTLES - Banko Woman - CD PMG Afrobeat
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10.50 €
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Heaven sent from Nigeria's tumultuous east, The Apostles have been preaching a particular blend of funky psychedelic soul/rock fusion for over forty years. On Banko Woman they threw a little Afrobeat into the mix, creating an Afro-Funk disco bomb that has been energising dance floors ever...
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BAAD JOHN CROSS - NEW REVOLUTION / Chapter One - CD PMG Disco Boogie
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10.50 €
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Baad John Cross's New Revolution is a Afro-electro-funk-boogie-disco banger that could only come from 1980s Nigeria. Bright, optimistic, with an unrelenting eye on the dance floor, it is regarded by many as a prototype of the electro rhythms that would become the signature sound of Nigeria...
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BALA MILLER AND THE GREAT MUSIC PIRAMEEDS OF AFRICA - Pyramids - CD 1977 PMG Jazz Afrobeat
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9.75 €
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Bala Miller was famous for pushing boundaries. His first job was selling beer in the Muslim north. And as a musician he'd always try to sneak in 'local' flourishes while playing trumpet with Bobby Benson and Victor Olaiya. It was with his band, the Pirameeds, however, that he was able to r...
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BENIS CLETIN - Jungle Magic - CD 1978 PMG Boogie
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9.00 €
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Considered an acid boogie classic, Jungle Magic is a cosmic transmission from the early days of Nigerian disco. The bass lines are lethal. The synths are fat and squelchy. And the groove is non-stop and primal. Channeling the jungle gods of funk and introducing them to Donna Summers, the t...
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BENIS CLETIN - Jungle Magic - LP 1978 PMG Boogie
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14.68 €
Aktionspreis: 12.00 €
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Considered an acid boogie classic, Jungle Magic is a cosmic transmission from the early days of Nigerian disco. The bass lines are lethal. The synths are fat and squelchy. And the groove is non-stop and primal. Channeling the jungle gods of funk and introducing them to Donna Summers, the t...
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BERKELY IKE JONES - Nation Building - CD PMG Funk
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9.00 €
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Nation Building is a real forgotten gem from the late '70s and is among the very best Afro-Beat Disco Lps ever. Berkely Ike Jones is one of the icons of the Nigerian scene being the guitarist and founder of BLO (forthcoming on PMG). BLO were one of the very best progressive bands from Nige...
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BERKELY IKE JONES - Nation Building - LP PMG Funk
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15.75 €
Aktionspreis: 12.00 €
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Nation Building is a real forgotten gem from the late '70s and is among the very best Afro-Beat Disco Lps ever. Berkely Ike Jones is one of the icons of the Nigerian scene being the guitarist and founder of BLO (forthcoming on PMG). BLO were one of the very best progressive bands from Nige...
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BLACK CHILDREN SLEDGE FUNK CO. BAND - Vol. 3: Aviation Grand Father - CD PMG Funk Afrobeat
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8.25 €
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In the mid-seventies Nigeria, everybody loved the Black Children Sledge Funk Co. Band. Blasting out of the bustling river port of Onitsha, their infectious, feel-good grooves were the perfect antidote to the dark economic clouds gathering over the country. Nigerians, young and old, lapped...
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BLO - Phase IV - CD 1976 PMG Funk Rock
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9.00 €
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Phase IV is BLO at the height of their not inconsiderable powers. Buzzing after a hugely successful tour of Denmark and Norway, the Afro Funk trio returned to London in 1975 and headed straight into the Orange Studios to get the magic down on tape. BLO had been fixtures on the Nigerian sce...
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BURNIS - Light My Fire - CD PMG Disco Boogie
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10.50 €
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Search the name 'Burnis Moleme' and the returns are sparse. You'll discover that his track 'Where Is The Answer' appeared on Soundway's excellent Nigerian disco compilation, Doin' It In Lagos. And there are a few entries about this PMG re-issue of Light My Fire. But other than that, he see...
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BURNIS - Light My Fire - LP PMG Disco Boogie
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12.35 €
Aktionspreis: 11.00 €
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Search the name 'Burnis Moleme' and the returns are sparse. You'll discover that his track 'Where Is The Answer' appeared on Soundway's excellent Nigerian disco compilation, Doin' It In Lagos. And there are a few entries about this PMG re-issue of Light My Fire. But other than that, he see...
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DANNY OFFIA - Funk With Me - CD PMG Disco
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10.50 €
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Danny Offia's Funk With Me is a prime slab of Nigerian Boogie. Sinewy and urbane, it's the soundtrack of Lagos in the early eighties. The city was awash with oil money, clubs were booming and every night was a party night – the perfect place for a man with a great voice, a white suit and s...
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DANNY OFFIA - Funk With Me - LP PMG Disco
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18.75 €
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Danny Offia's Funk With Me is a prime slab of Nigerian Boogie. Sinewy and urbane, it's the soundtrack of Lagos in the early eighties. The city was awash with oil money, clubs were booming and every night was a party night – the perfect place for a man with a great voice, a white suit and s...
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DR. ADOLF AHANOTU - Sensation - CD PMG Funk Disco
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10.50 €
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At a time when bandleaders in Nigeria used titles as an affectation, Dr. Adolf Ahanotu was the real deal. He had a PhD in music compilation and Master's degrees in education and communication. He also played a mean tenor sax, an instrument he mastered touring Owerri with the Mirabels. Ahan...
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DR. ADOLF AHANOTU - Sensation - LP PMG Funk Disco
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13.50 €
Aktionspreis: 11.00 €
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At a time when bandleaders in Nigeria used titles as an affectation, Dr. Adolf Ahanotu was the real deal. He had a PhD in music compilation and Master's degrees in education and communication. He also played a mean tenor sax, an instrument he mastered touring Owerri with the Mirabels. Ahan...
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EFFI DUKE & THE LOVE FAMILY - Mr. Love - CD 1980 PMG Funk
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9.00 €
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Nigeria had a unique music scene which began spreading rapidly in the 1970s. The era was based on unspoiled use of fuzz pedal, keyboards and indisputable influences of the Psychedelic Blues bands of the West. In 1980 Effi Duke & The Love Family came out with their debut Mr. Love. It was re...
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EJI OYEWOLE - You & Me - CD 1985 PMG Afro-Jazz Funk
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9.00 €
Aktionspreis: 6.75 €
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A bona-fide Nigerian prince and probably the only musician to have ever played with Fela Kuti, Miles Davis and Bob Marley, Eji Oyewole combined African Highlife with western jazz to create a hybrid so that was as smooth as it was funky. His first album, Charity Begins At Home was an angry...
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EJI OYEWOLE - You & Me - LP 1985 PMG Afro-Jazz Funk
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13.50 €
Aktionspreis: 11.00 €
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A bona-fide Nigerian prince and probably the only musician to have ever played with Fela Kuti, Miles Davis and Bob Marley, Eji Oyewole combined African Highlife with western jazz to create a hybrid so that was as smooth as it was funky. His first album, Charity Begins At Home was an angry...
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ELCADOS - What Ever You Need - CD 1979 PMG Afrobeat Reggae
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10.50 €
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By the 1979 release of Whatever You Need, the Elcados were ready to party. 'We got rhythm, we got sound,” they declare on 'Funky Music'. 'You're going to dig it!' Starting out as the Moonrakers in Kanu in 1968, Steve Black, Rocky Mustapha, Tony Nosika and Frank Martins, spent the next deca...
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ELCADOS - What Ever You Need - LP 1979 PMG Afrobeat Reggae
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13.90 €
Aktionspreis: 11.00 €
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By the 1979 release of Whatever You Need, the Elcados were ready to party. 'We got rhythm, we got sound,” they declare on 'Funky Music'. 'You're going to dig it!' Starting out as the Moonrakers in Kanu in 1968, Steve Black, Rocky Mustapha, Tony Nosika and Frank Martins, spent the next deca...
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EMMA DORGU - Roverman - CD 1979 PMG Afrobeat Funk
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9.00 €
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In 1979, Emma Dorgu decided it was time to act. He’d torn up the Lagos live scene with The Thermometers and conquered the airwaves with the single, ‘World People’. But there were injustices afoot, not just in Nigeria, but in South Africa and Zimbabwe and across the continent as well, and h...
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EMMA DORGU - Roverman - LP 1979 PMG Afrobeat Funk
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13.50 €
Aktionspreis: 11.00 €
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In 1979, Emma Dorgu decided it was time to act. He’d torn up the Lagos live scene with The Thermometers and conquered the airwaves with the single, ‘World People’. But there were injustices afoot, not just in Nigeria, but in South Africa and Zimbabwe and across the continent as well, and h...
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EMMA OGOSI - Nobody Knows - CD PMG Pop Disco
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9.00 €
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Emma Ogosi has worn a lot of different hats in his career: former air force officer, guitarist with Benin-based Pogo Limited, and husband and manager of Nigerian reggae superstar, Evi-Edna Ogholi. In 1981, he donned a sequined cowboy hat and released Nobody Knows. Nobody Knows is arguably...
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FELIX LEBARTY - Girls For Sale - CD PMG Funk
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10.50 €
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Before he was Nigeria's self-proclaimed Mr Lover Boy, Felix Lebarty was an upcoming musician in the country's Edo-Delta region. His big brother, Aigbe, was a legendary Highlife bandleader, but Felix paid his dues playing guitar with Thony Shorby Nwenyi and the Collection of Stars, along wi...
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FOUNDARS 15 - Co - Operation CD PMG Afrobeat Funk
 '* Nigerian afro rock with a funk touch
* For fans of Ofege, Witch, Demon Fuzz, Assagai, Osibisa Fela Kuti
* Filled to
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10.50 €
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After years of gigging around the east Nigerian music scene, Foundars 15 finally hit the jackpot when they recruited legendary bass player, Marshall Udo. Charismatic and confident, Udo immediately energised the band, bringing a new funky and psychedelic vibe as well as a bunch of songs he'...
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FRIIMEN MUSIK COMPANY - We Can Get It On - CD PMG Afrobeat Funk
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9.00 €
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By the mid 1970’s in Nigeria, the Biafran War was a distant memory and the music scene in the eastern city of Aba was booming again. Bands like The Funkees, The Wings and The Apostles grabbed the headlines, but the more interesting stuff was coming from smaller groups like the Friimen. The...
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FRIIMEN MUSIK COMPANY - We Can Get It On - LP PMG Afrobeat Funk
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15.75 €
Aktionspreis: 12.00 €
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By the mid 1970’s in Nigeria, the Biafran War was a distant memory and the music scene in the eastern city of Aba was booming again. Bands like The Funkees, The Wings and The Apostles grabbed the headlines, but the more interesting stuff was coming from smaller groups like the Friimen. The...
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GERALDO PINO & THE HEARTBEATS - Let's Have A Party - CD PMG Afrobeat Funk
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10.50 €
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It's no exaggeration to say that Geraldo Pino and his band the Heartbeats kickstarted the whole soul/funk/afrobeat scene in West Africa. Mixing highlife, funk and jazz, and using the latest equipment, they laid waste to all before them. In 1966 Fela Kuti was a jobbing musician, eeking out...
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GERALDO PINO - Boogie Fever - CD 1978 PMG
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9.00 €
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When Geraldo Pino rolled into town from Sierra Leone with his Heartbeats, Nigeria had never seen anything quite like them. Slick, tight and playing the latest James Brown-style funk on the very expensive equipment, they soon had the country in their thrall. ‘Made me fall right on my ass!’...
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GERALDO PINO - Boogie Fever - LP 1978 PMG
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19.32 €
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When Geraldo Pino rolled into town from Sierra Leone with his Heartbeats, Nigeria had never seen anything quite like them. Slick, tight and playing the latest James Brown-style funk on the very expensive equipment, they soon had the country in their thrall. ‘Made me fall right on my ass!’...
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GODDY OKU - One More Chance - CD PMG Funk Disco
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8.25 €
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Goddy Oku was the Eastern Nigerian music scene’s Mr Fixit. Need a new guitar? He’d make you one. Couldn’t afford a fancy new effects pedal? Give him a couple of days and he’d knock up something that would do the job. Oh, and he was also a red-hot guitarist with The Hygrades, one of the hea...
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GODDY OKU - One More Chance - LP PMG Funk Disco
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13.50 €
Aktionspreis: 11.00 €
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Goddy Oku was the Eastern Nigerian music scene’s Mr Fixit. Need a new guitar? He’d make you one. Couldn’t afford a fancy new effects pedal? Give him a couple of days and he’d knock up something that would do the job. Oh, and he was also a red-hot guitarist with The Hygrades, one of the hea...
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GOLDFINGER DOE & B.M.S. - Let's Dance Together - CD PMG Afrobeat Disco
'* Nigerian afro funk with a huge reggae influence
* For fans of Akwassa, Bob Marley, The Wailers, Eddy Grand, Assagai
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10.50 €
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William Onyeabor wasn't the only Nigerian experimenting with synthesizers in the 70s and 80s. Goldfinger Doe was twiddling knobs too, no more so than on Let's Dance Together – a prime slab of cosmic Afro boogie funk, recorded with legendary percussionist, Mike Umoh (a.k.a B.M.S.) Goldfinge...
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GUELEWAR BAND OF BANJUL - Warteef Jigeen - CD PMG Afrobeat
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9.00 €
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The Guelewar Band of Banjul are a band quite unlike any other – an explosive mix of soul and funk with local rhythms like Boogaraboo and Ndaga combined with a defiant insistence on singing in their local language, Wolof. They certainly blew a young Youssou N’dour away. He cites them as his...
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HARRY MOSCO - Country Boy (mr. Funkees) - CD PMG Afrobeat Reggae
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10.50 €
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Don't let the floppy hat and rolling English countryside on the cover fool you. Harry Mosco's Country Boy is a certified floor-filler, bursting with Studio 54 era disco-funk as well as a token reggae monster, complete with its own dub version. Harry Mosco always had swagger. A founding mem...
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HARRY MOSCO - Country Boy (mr. Funkees) - LP PMG Afrobeat Reggae
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13.90 €
Aktionspreis: 11.00 €
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Don't let the floppy hat and rolling English countryside on the cover fool you. Harry Mosco's Country Boy is a certified floor-filler, bursting with Studio 54 era disco-funk as well as a token reggae monster, complete with its own dub version. Harry Mosco always had swagger. A founding mem...
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HEADS FUNK BAND - Cold Fire - CD PMG Afrobeat Psychedelic
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10.50 €
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The self-proclaimed funkiest band on the west coast of Africa, the Heads Funk Band, could arguably make that claim for the whole continent. Featuring the slick guitar of Felix 'Feladey' Odey, the slinky drumming of Eddie Offeyi and the swirling keyboard chops of Kevin 'Fortune' Coburn, nob...
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IGNA IGWEBUIKE (I.G.) - Bomp - CD PMG Afrobeat
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9.00 €
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It takes a lot of swag to wear a hat as big as the hat that I.G. wears on the cover of Bomp. But I.G., a.k.a. Bobby I.G., a.k.a. I.G. New Yorker, had swag by the bucket load. That hat tells you everything you need to know about I.G. and, indeed, about Bomp – it’s a big funky slice of Niger...
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IGNA IGWEBUIKE (I.G.) - Bomp - LP PMG Afrobeat
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13.90 €
Aktionspreis: 11.00 €
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It takes a lot of swag to wear a hat as big as the hat that I.G. wears on the cover of Bomp. But I.G., a.k.a. Bobby I.G., a.k.a. I.G. New Yorker, had swag by the bucket load. That hat tells you everything you need to know about I.G. and, indeed, about Bomp – it’s a big funky slice of Niger...
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JAKE SOLLO - Coming Home - CD 1977 PMG Funk Afrobeat
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9.00 €
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In 1977 Jake Sollo returned to Nigeria to record his first solo album, Coming Home. His long-term band, The Funkees, had imploded in London. And his big break with the Afro super band, Osibisa, was cut short when he went on strike with Kiki Gyan and promptly got sacked. Rather than sit at...
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JAKE SOLLO - Coming Home - LP PMG Funk Afrobeat
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13.50 €
Aktionspreis: 11.00 €
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In 1977 Jake Sollo returned to Nigeria to record his first solo album, Coming Home. His long-term band, The Funkees, had imploded in London. And his big break with the Afro super band, Osibisa, was cut short when he went on strike with Kiki Gyan and promptly got sacked. Rather than sit at...
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