"FRONTLINERS" 87 Rare National Black United Afro-Beat, Jazz, Hip Hop, Spoken NM
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Description
Undercurrent Records CR-1079 stereo from 1979 with a total of 8 songs in all. A recording project from '87, forming part of the same series which began several volumes earlier with the very rare Black United Frontliners .This particular volume also features a wide variety of group and musicians, such as The New World Percussion Ensemble, an eight piece band coming on like a cross between Leon Thomas, Burning Spear & War, on "Land Of The Drum". Spoken Afro-poetry on "Fancy Footwork" from Phavia Kujichagulia, sweet jazz vocals from The Wobogo Jazz Ensemble and an assortment of musical experiments with proto-rap, spoken word mixed with solo sax etc. This one is a really rare Jazz Compilation. The track B1, "The Times" is a boombastic Hip Hop track. It sounds very homemade, with life sounding Raps and a lot of cuts and scratches; not wannabe Hip Hop, definitely super fresh!!! No melodies....but a fat hard Hip Hop 85-86 style. Not easy to get as they don't pressed many!! Very collectable in any case! The cover is VG+(+) & the vinyl is VG++ to NEAR MINT.
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