Various Artists - Nigeria 70 - Sweet Times

Strut announce the return of their pioneering ‘Nigeria 70’ compilation series with an exclusive new third volume: ‘Sweet Times: Afro Funk, Highlife & Juju from 1970s Lagos’ compiled again by series curator Duncan Brooker. Excavating another choice batch of rare grooves from Nigeria’s label archives, the new edition places the spotlight on some of the deeper fusions happening across the country during the 1970s as traditional guitar highlife blended with jazz and funk, hypnotic juju grooves became more progressive and young Nigerian bands came through with their own heavy West African take on U.S. soul, funk, disco and rock.  

Tracklist:

01. MONEYMAN AND THE SUPER 5 INTERNATIONAL – LIFE
02. ALI CHUKWUMAH & HIS PEACE MAKERS INTERNATIONAL – HENRIETTA
03. BOLA JOHNSON & HIS EASY LIFE TOP BEATS – E MA S'EKA
04. DR VICTOR OLAIYA’S INTERNATIONAL ALL-STARS – KINRINGJINGBIN
05. ZEAL ONYIA & HIS MUSIC – IDEGBANI
06. ADMIRAL DELE ABIODUN & HIS TOP HITTERS INTERNATIONAL – IT’S TIME FOR JUJU MUSIC
07. EJI OYEWOLE – UNITY IN AFRICA
08. TUNDE MABADU – VIVA DISCO (Instrumental)
09. SINA BAKARE – INU MIMO
10. SOKI OHALE’S UZZI – BISI’S BEAT
11. THE DON ISAAC EZEKIEL COMBINATION – IRE
12. ETUBOM REX WILLIAMS & HIS NIGERIAN ARTISTES – AMA MBRE EWA
13. CHIEF COMMANDER EBENEZER OBEY & HIS INTERNATIONAL BROTHERS – AJOYIO