Various Artists - Essiebons Special 1973-1984 - 2x LP Vinyl

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SKU:
c0025802
UPC:
4260126061507

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Artist:
V/A
Album:
Essiebons Special 1973-1984
Format:
12" Vinyl
UPC:
4260126061507

Description

After opening West Africa’s first record pressing plant in 1967, Essilfie-Bondzie’s Dix and Essiebons labels were synonymous - for most of the 1970s - with the best in modern highlife, and his roster was a who’s-who of highlife legends. C.K. Mann, Gyedu Blay Ambolley, Kofi Papa Yankson, Ernest Honny, Rob ‘Roy’ Raindorf and Ebo Taylor all released some of their greatest music under the Essiebons banner.

Essiebons Special features a selection of obscure workouts from some of the label’s heaviest hitters. But in the course of digitising his vast archive of master tapes, Essilfie-Bondzie found a number of Afrobeat and Inst- rumental masterpieces tracks from the label’s mid-70s golden age that, for one reason or another, had never been released. Those songs are included here for the first time.

Sadly Essilfie-Bondzie passed away shortly before the compilation was finished. But his legacy lives on in the extraordinary music that he gave to the world in his lifetime.
A1Ernest Aubrey Honny - Kofi Psych
A2Joe Meah - Dee Mmaa Pe
A3C.K. Mann - Yeaba
B1Santrofi-Ansa - Shakabula
B2Sea Boy, Nyame Bekyere Guitar Band - Tinitini
B3Joe Meah - Ahwene Pa Nkasa
B4Ernest Aubrey Honny - Ernest Special
C1Sea Boy - Africa
Nyame Bekyere Guitar Band - Medley
C3Ernest Aubrey Honny - Say The Truth
D1The Black Master's Band - Wonnim A Bisa
D2Sawaaba Soundz - Egye Tu Gbe
D3CK Mann Big Band - Fa W'akoma Ma Me
D4Ernest Aubrey Honny - Odo Mframa