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Life Stories (Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980)

Ebo Taylor

2011 · Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country

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Life Stories (Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980) by Ebo Taylor

Life Stories (Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980) is a Soul & Funk album by Ebo Taylor, originally released in 2011. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.

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There’s no better introduction to Ebo Taylor’s distinct West African funk than <i>Life Stories</i>. The two-disc set compiles material recorded solo and with various bands throughout the ‘70s, as the composer mixes daring brass riffs and jazz harmonies with highlife guitar and African rhythms. The epic “Peace On Earth” has horn shredders trading solos over twinkly electric piano. The Super Sounds Namba band holds it down on “Yes Indeed” with hard-hitting hand percussion. There’s also “Heaven,” the freewheeling Afrobeat jam later sampled by Usher.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Atwer Abroba8:12
  2. 2Victory4:18
  3. 3Ohiani Sua Efir4:02
  4. 4Kwaku Ananse3:12
  5. 5Peace on Earth7:43
  6. 6Aba Yaa14:57
  7. 7Ene Nyame 'a' Mensuro6:16
  8. 8Tamfo Nyi Ekyir3:56
  9. 9Love and Death8:17
  10. 10Ohye Atar Gyan6:05
  11. 11Yes Indeed4:54
  12. 12Mumude3:02
  13. 13What Is Life?4:37
  14. 14Etuei6:26
  15. 15Egya Edu6:51

Sound DNA

  • Soul & Funk
  • Afrobeat
  • raw
  • hypnotic
  • funky

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Audio restoration and mastered at Carvery Cuts.
1-1 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Ebo Taylor' (EBLS 6166)
1-2 taken from the Philips LP 'Twer Nyame' (6354 017)
1-3 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Conflict' (INLS 6143)
1-4 taken from the Capeside EP 'Asaase Ase' (TAMA 8137545)
1-6 taken from the Philips LP 'Twer Nyame' (6354 017)
1-7 taken from the Gapophone LP 'Gapophone Various Bands' (GAPO 779)
1-8 taken from the Pan African Records LP 'Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor' (PAR 006)
2-1 taken from the Essie

Credits

The people behind it.

Production & Engineering

  • E. AyansuPRODUCER
  • Ebo TaylorCOMPOSED BY, ARRANGED BY, PRODUCER
  • George A. PrahPRODUCER
  • James Kwadwo KwartengPRODUCER
  • Kofi S.O. "Abookyi" LindsayPRODUCER

Songwriting

  • Traditional

4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 3 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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