23275

    Ebo Taylor Life Stories

    Strut
    • ebo taylor – heaven
    • ebo taylor – atwer abroba
    • ebo taylor & uhuru-yenzu – victory
    • apagya showband – kwaku ananse
    • ebo taylor – peace on earth
    • 1. ebo taylor – heaven
    • 2. ebo taylor – atwer abroba
    • 3. ebo taylor & uhuru-yenzu – victory
    • 4. asasse ase – ohiani sua efir
    • 5. apagya showband – kwaku ananse
    • 6. ebo taylor – peace on earth
    • 7. ebo taylor – aba yaa
    • 8. pat thomas & ebo taylor – ene nyame nam a mensuro
    • 9. apagya showband – tamfo nyi ekyir
    • 10. ebo taylor & uhuru-yenzu – love and death
    • 11. super sounds nambu – yes indeed
    • 12. apagya showband – tamfo nyi ekyi
    • 13. ebo taylor & uhuru-yenzu – what is life
    • 14. ck mann big band – etuei
    • 15. ebo taylor & the pelikans – egya edu

    Following his recent studio album with Afrobeat Academy, ’Love And Death’, his first international release, Ghanaian highlife guitar legend Ebo Taylor teams up again with Strut for a long overdue definitive compilation of his seminal 1970s recordings, ‘Life Stories’.

    This compilation revisits this heyday of Taylor’s work, focusing on his solo albums and some of his lesser known side projects including the dynamite Apagya Show Band and short-lived Taylor-led combos Assase Ase, Super Sounds Namba and The Pelikans. The selection also touches on his writing and production work for C.K. Mann and a collaboration recording with fellow member of early ‘70s nightclub band Blue Monks, Pat Thomas.

    Tracks include the anthemic ’Heaven’, sampled by Usher on his hit with Ludacris, ’She Don’t Know’, the original version of the poignant ’Love And Death’ and the rare 15-minute nugget, ’Aba Yaa’. The package features rare photos, original album artwork and sleeve notes by Soundway Records’ Miles Cleret.

    People also bought

    Future BassSoul Jazz Records
    Future Bass! Post-Dubstep, post-House, post everything! Four Tet, Mala, Untold, Black Chow (Kevin Martin/The Bug’s latest project), Coki and loads...
    • Mala – Don't Let Me Go
    • Four Tet – Nothing To See
    • Untold – Fly Girls
    • Coki – Ransom
    • Ramadanman – Bass Drums
    • Black Chow – Air
    • LD – Mastermind
    • V.I.V.E.K – Talking Shadows
    • Randomer – Puzzled
    • Ginz – Boss
    • Harry Craze – Gone
    • Distal – Grape Donut
    • Sub Version – Free To Funk
    Black Fire! New Spirits! BOOKImages of A Revolution : Radical Jazz in the USA 1960-75Soul Jazz Books
    Sorry. Out of Print. Featuring: John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Roland Kirk, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Alice...
        BurialStreet HaloHyperdub
        Nothing gets us more excited than a spanking brand new Burial 12". Following the huge success of his Four Tet collaboration on Text is his first solo 12"...
        • – Street Halo
        • – NYC
        • – Stolen Dog
        Nitty GrittyGeneral PenitentiaryDug Out
        Another Black Victory classic missing in action, with superb rhythms and killer dubs, a dream combination of Studio One and Bullwackies musicians, and...
        • – general penitentiary
        • – pentitentiary dub
        • – can't test me
        • – test me dub
        • – under the moonlight
        The EthiopiansTrain To SkavilleJJ
        All time classic early reggae tune on a very clean and loud repress with original label, rare instrumental version on the b-side.
        • – Train To Skaville
        • – Version
        Howlin WolfThe Howlin Wolf AlbumGet On Down
        Reissue of seminal Chicago blues album from the legendary Howlin' Wolf originally on Cadet in 1969! Released on Cadet Records, a subsidiary of legendary...
        • – spoonful
        • – tail dragger
        • – smokestack lightning
        • – evil
        • – down in the bottom
        Spirit FreePlays StarshipNumero Group
        Deep, spiritual jazz from the early 70's from Las Vegas-based collective Spirit Free reissued by Numero! Conjuring Egyptian modes and toying with exotic...
        • – isis unveiled
        • – vibrations
        • – starship
        • – dear latin friend
        ConsequenceTest Dream LPExit Records
        Wonderfully deep electronic experimentation from Consquence on the ever-brilliant Exit Records. Downtempo compositions manage to keep the intensity and...
        • – Cant Say
        • – Marlo
        • – Slant
        • – Lovershell
        Tenor SawVictory TrainDug Out
        Special thanks to Freddie McGregor and the Studio One band', it states on the cover, as the up and coming Tenor Saw gets full superstar treatment from...
        • – victory train
        • – victory train version
        Sun RaSingles Volume 2: The Definitive 45s Collection 1962-1991Strut
        Following 2016’s definitive collection of singles released by Sun Ra from across his illustrious career, Strut present the second volume of the vinyl...
          James PantsClouds Over The PacificStones Throw
          Excellent, weird new 4-track 7" from James Pants, channelling Brazillian, pan-asian and psych elements through an impressively heavy fog of fx into something...
          • – clouds over the pacific ft. Lucrecia Dalt
          • – sitting on the couch, turning to stone
          • – the way she looks tonight
          Richard AceSupernatural ThingClocktower
          Wicked funky version of the Ben E.King classic with a superb dubbed up version on the flip.
          • – Supernatural Thing
          Sun RaSleeping BeautyStrut Records
          The holy grail of Sun Ra albums! Utterly essential deep jazz with vocals and Sun Ra on electric piano - this is up there with Lanquidity as one of his...
          • – Door of the Cosmos
          • – Sleeping Beauty
          Horace AndySkylarkingAttack
          The second cut of "Skylarking" this time produced by Bunny Lee in 1973 with killer dub by King Tubby on the flip. clean and loud pressings
          • – Skylarking
          Leonard CohenSongs Of Leonard CohenColombia (1967)
          Classic Leonard Cohen album from 1967