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Ghana Special: Highlife / Various * Ghana Special: Highlife / Various [New LP]

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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 This special vinyl edition is produced in conjunction with the James Barnor archive, featuring a previously unpublished 1976 photo from the archive of Ghana's most famous photographer.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.

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

UPC: 5060571363862
Label: Soundway Records
Release Date: 11.21.25
Format: New Vinyl Record