The World Ends - Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria - out now on Soundway
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Various - The World Ends - Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
(2CD/3xLP/3xLP) Soundway Records SNDWCD023/SNDWLP023A/SNDWLP023B, 2010-07-12
The World Ends is the latest title from Soundway Records showcasing a wave of guitar driven and psychedelic groups that sprung up in Nigeria during the early 1970s. Featuring 32 electrifying and funk laden grooves, this is the sound of a generation attempting to pick up the pieces after the devastation of the Nigerian civil war.
Spread over 2 CDs and 2 triple gatefold LPs, this bumper collection is brimming with youthful exuberance, fuzzed out guitar and cosmic organ vibes and owes much to the psychedelic sounds of Jim Morrison, Santana, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and James Brown.
Various - The World Ends - Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
(2CD/3xLP/3xLP) Soundway Records SNDWCD023/SNDWLP023A/SNDWLP023B, 2010-07-12
Tracklisting 2xCD :
01. Ify Jerry Krusade - Nwantinti / Die Die
02. The Hygrades - Rough Rider
03. The Hykkers - Deiyo Deiyo (Akpuwunlobi)
04. Wrinkar Experience - Soundway
05. The Funkees - Breakthrough
06. The Mebusas - Mr. Bull Dog (45 version)
07. Foundars 15 - Don’t Take Me For A Ride
08. Ceejebs - Eti Ufok
09. Tony Grey Super - Yem Efe
10. The Identicals - Akwa Kayi Ji Bia Nuwa
11. P.R.O. - Blacky Joe
12. Cicada - Oli Nkwu
13. The Lijadu Sister - Life’s Gone Down Low
14. Eppi Fanio - Ikoko Ti Yio Jata (On Perseverance)
15. Bongos Ikwue - All Night Long
16. The Thermometers - Babalawo
17. Colomach - Ottoto Shamoleda
18. The Black Mirrors - The World Ends
19. The Semi Colon - Isi Agboncha
20. Lawrence Amavi Group - Money That’s What I Want
21. The Hygrades - Somebody’s Gonna Lose Or Win
22. Ofege - In Concert
23. The Elcados - Chokoi & Oreje
24. Sonny Okosuns & Paperback Limited - Ohomi
25. Chuck Barrister & The Voices of Darkness - Be Kind, Be Foolish, Be Happy
26. Tony Grey & The Black 7 - Ugbo Ndoma
27. Reme Izabebo’s Music Research - (Ayamayama) The Same Man
28. Action 13 - Active Action
29. The Actions - Kpokposikposi
30. The Strangers - Onye Ije
31. The Comrades - Bullwalk
32. Ofo The Black Company - Egwu Aja
Tracklisting 2XLP SNDWLP023A (part 1) :
01. Ify Jerry Krusade - Nwantinti / Die Die
02. The Hygrades - Rough Rider
03. The Hykkers - Deiyo Deiyo (Akpuwunlobi)
04. The Mebusas - Mr. Bull Dog (45 version)
05. Foundars 15 - Don’t Take Me For A Ride
06. Ceejebs - Eti Ufok
07. Tony Grey Super 7 - Yem Efe
08. The Identicals - Akwa Kayi Ji Bia Nuwa
09. P.R.O. - Blacky Joe
10. Cicada - Oli Nkwu
11. Eppi Fanio - Ikoko Ti Yio Jata (On Perseverance)
12. Bongos Ikwue - All Night Long
13. The Lijadu Sister - Life’s Gone Down Low
14. The Funkees - Breakthrough
15. Wrinkar Experience - Soundway
16. The Wings - Afam Efuna
17. Big John Oaikhena - Soul Generation
Tracklisting 2XLP SNDWLP023B (part 2) :
01. The Thermometers - Babalawo
02. Colomach - Ottoto Shamoleda
03. The Black Mirrors - The World Ends
04. Reme Izabebo’s Music Research - (Ayamayama) The Same Man
05. Lawrence Amavi Group - Money That’s What I Want
06. The Hygrades - Somebody’s Gonna Lose Or Win
07. Ofege - In Concert
08. The Elcados - Chokoi & Oreje
09. Sonny Okosuns & Paperback Limited - Ohomi
10. Chuck Barrister & The Voices of Darkness - Be Kind, Be Foolish, Be Happy
11. Action 13 - Active Action
12. The Actions - Kpokposikposi
13. The Strangers - Onye Ije
14. The Comrades - Bullwalk
15. Ofo The Black Company - Egwu Aja
16. Egwu Aja - You've Got To Try
17. Tony Grey & The Black 7 - Ugbo Ndoma
18. The Semi Colon - Isi Agboncha
19. Celestine Nyam & The Voices of Darkness - Straight To My Heart
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Press Release :
Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria
The World Ends is the latest title from Soundway Records showcasing a wave of guitar driven and psychedelic groups that sprung up in Nigeria during the early 1970s. Featuring 32 electrifying and funk laden grooves, this is the sound of a generation attempting to pick up the pieces after the devastation of the Nigerian civil war.
Spread over 2 CDs and 2 triple gatefold LPs, this bumper collection is brimming with youthful exuberance, fuzzed out guitar and cosmic organ vibes and owes much to the psychedelic sounds of Jim Morrison, Santana, Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and James Brown.
As the summer of love was blossoming in London and San Francisco, Nigeria was imploding into civil war. Also known as the Biafran war of 1967, it was a grisly conflict taking over three million lives yet at the same time as the country was being pulled apart there was a new world beginning. The tracks featured represent a forgotten chapter in Nigeria’s musical history when the youth threw their varied morsels into the pot from hard rock to psychedelic soul when guitars were cherished instruments, symbolic of a new movement, when highlife and Afrobeat played second fiddle to ‘the beat’.
CD Double Digi Pack with 44 page booklet
Triple Gatefold Vinyl (Version 1 & 2) - BONUS TRACKS INCLUDED
