Nigeria Soul Power 70: Afro-Funk, Afro-Rock, Afro-Disco (2LP Vinyl)

Soul Jazz Records’ Nigeria Soul Power 70 album showcases the influence of funk, rock and disco on Nigerian music during the 1970s. Originally released as a now-long-out-of-print collectors’ 7′ RSD box, this fully expanded album release now also includes extra tracks from Sonny Okosuns, Wings, Chief Kollington Ayinla and more. While for many people the fusion of funk and jazz music with Nigerian rhythms and aesthetics began with Fela Kuti and his afro-beat sound, in fact this can be traced further back to the phenomena of the 1960s Nigerian artists and house bands in nightclubs and hotels who interpreted US soul and pop music with a local flavour and none more so than Geraldo Pino, the ‘African James Brown’ who features heavily in this collection. Other similarly inspired Nigerian funk and soul artists featured here included Tony Grey and his Ozimba Messengers and Don Bruce and The Angels.

Tracklisting:

LP1:

1. Geraldo Pino - Shake Hands
2. Sonny Okosuns Ozziddi - Dance Of The Elephants
3. The Wings - We'll Get Home
4. Alhaji (Chief) Prof. Kollington Ayinla - E Ye Ika Se
5. Colomach - Kassa Kpa Sama Kpa
6. Geraldo Pino - Heavy Heavy Heavy
7. MFB - Beware
8. Tony Grey & The Ozimba Messengers - You Are The One

LP2:

1. Sonny Okosuns - Oba Erediauwa I
2. The Wings - Single Boy
3. Geraldo Pino - Power To The People
4. Original Wings - Igba Alusi
5. Don Bruce & The Angels - Sugar Baby
6. Geraldo Pino - Africa Must Unite