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Ghana Special: Highlife
Ghana Special: Highlife
Ghana Special: Highlife

Various Artists

Ghana Special: Highlife

Soundway Records

LP-SNDW-200

LP Black $35
  • Special edition featuring a previously unpublished 1976 photo from the archive of Ghana's most famous photographer
  • Comes with Obi strip
  • Seminal sounds from the golden age of Ghanaian music

Description

Seminal sounds from the golden age of Ghanaian music. Highlife, rock, and soul collide and merge with tradition and culture. New styles meet old styles. A new generation renews old musical customs. New fashions meet old fashions, creating new fusions. Features rare tracks from Hedzoleh Soundz, Ogyatanaa Show Band, Honny & the Bees and early Ebo Taylor (Asaasa Sa).

These tracks were originally available on vanishingly rare 70s pressings, then a highly collectible 5LP box set released in 2009. This special vinyl edition is produced in conjunction with the James Barnor archive, featuring a previously unpublished 1976 photo from the archive of Ghana’s most famous photographer.

Comes with Obi-strip.

Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Ogyatanaa Show Band - You Monopolise Me
  • 2 Honny and the Bees Band - Psychedelic Woman
  • 3 Wellis Band - Bindiga
  • 4 The Uhuru Dance Band - Yahia Mu
  • 5 Sawaaba Soundz - Owuo
  • 6 St. Peter and The Holy Men - Bofoo Beye Abowa Den
  • 7 Asaase Ase & Ebo Taylor - Ohiani Sua Efir
  • 8 Hedzoleh Soundz - Edinya Benya
  • 9 Honny and The Bees Band - Sisi Mbon
  • 10 The Black Star Sound - Nite Safari