{"title":"VINYLS","description":"\u003cp\u003eVINYLS\/CDS\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"my-love-and-music-cd","title":"My Love And Music – Vinyl LP\/CD","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaye Omama \/ My Love And Music \/ Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara \/ My Love And Music\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOriginally released in 1975 on Gapophone Records, George Prah’s label, hailing from Ghana. Only available in very limited quantity (reportedly 500 copies) due to the musical vacuum imposed by the military dictatorship in the country at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eLaid back, lush, highlife vibrations from start to finish, with noticeable reggae influences throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EBOFEST Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48914535055589,"sku":null,"price":228.2,"currency_code":"GHS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/5452\/9765\/files\/my-love-and-music-cd.jpg?v=1777502641"},{"product_id":"mr-bongo-cd","title":"Yen Ara – Vinyl LP\/CD","description":"\u003cdiv itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Product\" itemscope=\"\" class=\"product narrow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details group\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description product-description--wide rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eGhanaian legend Ebo Taylor returns with perhaps his finest album to date. But don't take our word for it. That’s coming straight from the man himself. And he should know after more than 60 years in the business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003eListen to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYen Ara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand you will not only hear the high-energy afrobeat, sweet highlife, jazz and konkoma influences that he’s famous for. There is also a disco pulse and hard-hitting percussive edge to the tracks, which were produced by Justin Adams (Tinariwen, Rachid Taha, Robert Plant) and recorded in the live room at Electric Monkey Studio in Amsterdam. An Ebo Taylor for these times, you might say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHis group, the Saltpond City Band, are all handpicked local musicians featuring two of his sons. An appropriate line-up on an album whose titles means “we”. And they are on fine form, ripping through tracks such as ‘Krumandey’ (a \u003c\/span\u003esurefire party starter) and ‘Mind Your Own Business’ (a simple message delivered over a frenetic drum rhythm).\u003c\/p\u003e\nElsewhere, ‘Aboa Kyirbin’ will please fans of tough afrobeat grooves, while Taylor could well be inciting a riot at his next gig with ‘Mumudey Mumudey’, We hear him calling for ‘preshaaah’ and leading us into a call and response as the trumpet takes us higher. And the lift of those horns on ‘Ankoma'm’ evokes some of his finest work such as ‘Love \u0026amp; Death’ and ‘Come Along’, the latter recorded with the Pelikans and featured on a recent Mr Bongo reissue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRACKLIST – VINYL LP: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eA1. Poverty No Good \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eA2. Mumudey Mumudey \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eA3. Krumandey \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eA4. Aboa Kyirbin \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eA5. Yen Ara \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eB1. Mind Your Own Business \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eB2. Ankoma’m \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eB3. Abenkwan Puchaa \/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eB4. Aba Yaa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRACKLIST – CD:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. \u003c\/span\u003ePoverty No Good \/ 2. Mumudey Mumudey \/ 3. Krumandey \/ 4. Aboa Kyirbin \/ 5. Mind Your Own Business \/ 6. Ankoma'm \/ 7. Abenkwan Puchaa \/ 8. Yen Ara \/ 9. Aba Yaa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EBOFEST Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48914543837413,"sku":null,"price":228.2,"currency_code":"GHS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/5452\/9765\/files\/mrb-cd.jpg?v=1777502734"},{"product_id":"conflict-cd","title":"Ebo Taylor \u0026 Uhuru Yenzu Conflict – Vinyl LP\/CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e1. You Need Love \/ 2. Love And Death \/ 3. What Is Life? \/ 4. Christ Will Come \/ 5. Victory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of Ghana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003es finest producer and arrangers, Ebo Taylor was involved in a lot of the afro-funk to emerge from the country in the 70s working with bands such as Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians such as C.K. Mann and Pat Thomas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConflict was originally released in 1980 and is finally seeing a long overdue reissue on Mr Bongo, following a partial remake as part of Taylor\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es 2009 Love and Death album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe five tracks that make up Conflict are a perfect example of Taylor\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es trademark approach that saw him inject a heavy dose of funk into Ghana\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es traditional highlife grooves in an attempt to move away from what he saw as the music\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es more traditional qualities. The album opens with the highlife of You Need Love, a track with catchy chants, horn riffs and guitar licks, and soon moves into funkier territories starting with Love and Death and then What Is Life?, a song with thicker grooves and a flute offset against the horn section. Christ Will Come is a highlight combining percussion with funky drums, flute and horns to devastating effect for what is essentially a bit of an apocalyptic jam heralding Christ\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es return on judgement day. The album closes with Victory. Based on a traditional song of the Asafo people, the song puts forward the horn section over a rapid groove and calls for the unity of all mankind. Taylor\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es arrangements and funky grooves combined with lyrics that touch on subjects ranging from love to religion make Conflict a stand out opus of Ghanaian afro-funk that\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es ripe for rediscovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe LP features fully reproduced original artwork. Produced on heavyweight vinyl. 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