An Uncle Roddus Album Review
Back to Nigeria again as I take a breather from the Rugby World Cup, being held here, with another quick review of yet another African compilation, this being the 2nd to last of my recent CD purchases of these excellent 70s Afro music collections.
This set is one I didn't have on my hard drive, but I picked it up at a local music store last Christmas, along with the "Ghana Special" and "World Ends" comps which I posted about earlier.There are several volumes to the Nigeria Special Series which are compiled and released on the wonderful Soundways Label.
As the title suggests, this set is more rooted in Rock than the usual Funk that we normally groove to with these comps, but that don't mean that this stuff don't make ya want to shake ya bootie. The Hygrades "In The Jungle" is a magnificent Afro-Psych extravaganza with some truly awesome Psychedelic sounding guitar pyrotechnics and there are plenty of other class groups here like Ofo The Black Company, Mono Mono and the Funkees, which have been featured on the Voodoo funk Playlists.
After a very enjoyable set with plenty of wonderful guitaring, this disc closes with the monumental Afro-Psych Classic "Chant To Mother Earth", which must be heard to be believed.
A great collection keeping up the very high standards of the Soundways catalogue, gets a rating of 4.5/5.
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