Various Artists: Nigeria Soul Fever - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Nigeria Soul Fever
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Soul Jazz
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5026328103440
Genre: Soul/R & B
Release Date: 2016-09-16
Number of Discs: 1

Soul Jazz Records' new Nigeria Soul Fever is their first release to explore the vast wealth of Nigerian music recorded in the 1970s. The new album comes with introductory sleeve-notes by Bill Brewster (author of Last Night A DJ Saved My Life). Packed-full with Afro-Funk, Disco and Boogie all from Nigeria, this triple album/double CD set brings together a stunning collection of diverse West African sounds. Whilst a small handful of the artists featured (Joni Haastrup, Tee Mac, Christy Essien) have seen the light of day outside Africa, this is essentially a collection of killer tracks by an array of artists completely unknown outside of Nigeria. Artists such as Don Bruce & The Angels, Akin Richards & The Executives, Angela Starr, Jimmy Sherry & The Music Agents. It's no surprise that these records are extremely rare and expensive to buy individually so this album will save you going broke trying to find them. These recordings were made at a time when Nigeria's trade restrictions banned imported records. Whilst new musical trends (such as American soul, funk, disco etc) entered and influenced the country, the local music scene remained just that - local. Consequently, these recordings remain practically unknown to anyone outside of the country. Nigeria Soul Fever is released as triple-album vinyl + download, double-CD digi-pack and digital download. This album follows on from Soul Jazz Records' 1960s collection Nigeria Freedom Sounds, released last month, and will be followed by the reissue of the incredibly rare and groovy Nigerian 1980 disco boogie funk album Tee Mac's Night Illusion.

Tracks:
1.1 Joni Haastrup - Free My People
1.2 Christy Essien - You Can't Change a Man
1.3 Akin Richards ; the Executives - Afrikana Disco
1.4 Tee Mac - Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
1.5 Joni Haastrup - Greetings
1.6 Don Bruce and the Angels - Ocheche (Happy Song)
1.7 Benis Cletin - Get Up and Dance
1.8 Colomach - Enoviyin
1.9 Joni Haastrup - Do the Funkro
1.10 Tee Mac Featuring Marjorie Barnes - Living Everyday
1.11 Arakatula - Mr Been to
1.12 Angela Starr - Disco Dancing
1.13 Joni Haastrup - Wake Up Your Mind
1.14 Jimmy Sherry ; the Musik Agents - Nwaeze
1.15 Benis Cletin - Soul Fever
1.16 Arakatula - Wake Up Africa