Harder Than Nails - new Afro 45s mix

Frank

My main man in Ghana, Dankyi-Appah Safo Kennedy aka Ken has lately been spending some time exploring Northern Nigeria. After I got to talk to Albert Jones from the Freedom Family and Geraldo Pino's Heartbeats about the scene in Kano and Kaduna back in the 1970s, I was certain that there had to be records up there. This turned out to be true as Ken just express-mailed me an amazing box of 45s. Of course I couldn't resist but throw together a quick mix using some of these gems... a few boxes with LPs should arrive in a few weeks from now and once they get here, I'm sure another mix will follow shortly.

I'm not listing all tracks. Sorry for being so squirelly but I'm in the process of sourcing some of these tunes for possible re-issue and I don't want people chopping up my mixes and re-posting these tracks individually on YouTube or on one of those lame torrent sites...

http://traffic.libsyn.com/voodoofunk/KensChoice.mp3


00:00 Artist Unknown

03:03 Stoneface & Life Everlasting -Agawalam Mba

05:55 Segun Bucknor -Baby Get Your Thing

09:17 Artist Unknown

12:17 Artist Unknown

15:12 The Funkees -Onye Mmyaa

21:05 Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats -Shake Hands (45 Version)

29:04 Tony Grey & The Zeinians -Do Your Thing

32:00 Artist Unknown

34:45 Showboy Eric Akaeze -I Will Tell Mama

40:43 Orchestre V??v?? -Talali Talala

44:48 Joni Haastrup & Monomono -Water Pass Gari (Or Gari Pass Water)

Hollafame

This looks awesome, but I can't get the link to work?

Frank

HOLLAFAME said:

This looks awesome, but I can't get the link to work?

Sorry... my mistake, the code didn't work. Let's try it the old fashioned way:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/voodoofunk/KensChoice.mp3

francozola0

I believe the second track is by the Cookie Monster and Geraldo Pino Shake Hands different to the lp though ?

Frank

francozola0 said:

I believe the second track is by the Cookie Monster and Geraldo Pino Shake Hands different to the lp though ?

Bingo!

cookbook

thanks as always frank! the fourth track is a BURNER!

Hollafame

this mix is so tite. Thanks Frank.

Spacecho

Thanks Frank, great stuff!

Strings

This is incredible! Thanks!

El Prez

thanks!!!!

tokyobeats

bangin' mix!

Otis_Funkmeyer

The one at 40:44 is ridiculous. And the next one, well, fuck me, fuck you, and fuck everyone. That's all I have to say about that.

Frank

Otis_Funkmeyer said:

The one at 40:44 is ridiculous. And the next one, well, fuck me, fuck you, and fuck everyone. That's all I have to say about that.

The one at 40:44 is one of the two non-Nigerian tracks, Orchestre V??v?? "Talali Talala" and the next and last one is Monomono "Water Pass Gari (or Gari Pass Water)" Pt.1&2.

the_dL

thanks franks, awesome as usual,
do you know if there was only the two monomono albums?

Frank

the_dL said:

thanks franks, awesome as usual,
do you know if there was only the two monomono albums?

I only know "Give The Beggar A Chance" and "The Dawn Of Awareness" and a handful of 45s.
I once read somethign about an EP but never seen it.

Joni Haastrup recorded an album between The Dawn Of Awareness and his solo LP on Afrodisia that never got released. No idea if he recorded it with/as Monomono. Apparently it recently got lost when he fell behind with payments on his storage unit, alongside all his other master tapes and various memorabilia...what a painful thought...

schoggi

awesome sounds!!! thanks

schoggi

awesome sounds!!! thanks... pissed doublepost...