TUNJI OYELANA A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79 3xLP/Nigeria/Highlife/Afrobeat
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TUNJI OYELANA 'A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79' Triple LP (UK, Soundway, Catalogue #SNDWLP043) Brand new/unplayed copy of Triple LP version of Soundway lable collection of rare late 1960's - 1970's era Afrobeat/Highlife recordings by Nigerian musician Tunji Oyelana.
'During the golden age of Nigerian music in the 1970s, thousands of records were produced in a wide spectrum of styles and marketed to an immense audience of ardent consumers. Very few people though (including the producers of the music themselves) seriously entertained the possibility that any of these popular entertainments could be considered as 'art'. Enter the multifaceted artist Tunji Oyelana (a theatrical student of the Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka). Equal parts singer-songwriter, actor, bandleader, dramatist, comedian and academic, Oyelana elevated the realm of pop music by infusing it with poetic storytelling of Yoruba folklore. Backed by his crack backing group. The Benders (named for their ability to traverse and blend a variety of styles) Oyelana blended the fashionable sounds of highlife, afrobeat, afrorock, funk, calypso, juju and reggae and transformed them into something timeless and utterly unique.'
(NOTE: INCLUDES DETAILED LINER NOTES PLUS FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD FEATURING 3 BONUS TRACKS!)
Tracks on this Triple LP are as follows:
- Ojo
- Ipasan
- Fiya Jemi
- Lisabi Egba
- Ifa
- Osekere
- Panbolanbola
- Iwo Ko Lo Dami
- Omoba D'eru Ri
- Jewele Jewele
- Oloti
- E Gbe Mi
- Lenle
- Aiye Nla
- Koriko Nde
- Irawo Mi
- Alaru T' Onje Buredi
- Agba Lo De (45 Version)
- Omonike
- Ogun Adubi
- To Whom It May Concern
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Record shipped in professional, superior rectangular shaped, corner-protecting corrugated cardboard record mailer with filler pads. Satisfaction guaranteed!
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