BRITISH LIBRARY SOUND ARCHIVE - DECCA WEST AFRICA SERIES 8th March 2022

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THE EARLY BIRD SHOW W/ JACK ROLLO & TROTH

First thing on Fridays - Jack Rollo's here to take care of things.

ZULI w/ vusu

ZULI, experimental club producer and VENT co-founder hailing from Cairo hits the NTS airwaves to showcase his club wares: aggressively left-field.

Field Recordings Jùjú Maringa Highlife

A selection of recordings released on 78 rpm shellac disc by Decca West Africa. The Decca West Africa series was issued on shellac disc between 1947 and 1958 and includes artists from Ghana (WA.101-150, WA.500s-900s), Nigeria (WA.151-213, WA.1500s-1900s), Sierra Leone (WA.2500s-2700s) and Benin (WA.214-218). During those years, the label captured the emergence and evolution of modern popular genres such as highlife, jùjú and maringa, but also documented an incredibly diverse wealth of ‘modern-traditional’ urban genres and styles. Languages, genres and issue numbers below are as printed on the original disc labels. Selection and mix by Michele Banal.

Tracklist

TWUMASI BANDTWUMASI BAND
Abawa Begye Me Letter (Twi, Dance Song), WA.105
OBIBA T.K. BANDOBIBA T.K. BAND
Afi Lala (Ga, Dance Song), WA.137
AIYEKE AND HIS ORCHESTRAAIYEKE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Orin Fãji (Yoruba, Sakara Song), WA.151

IREWOLEDE DENGE AND HIS BANDIREWOLEDE DENGE AND HIS BAND
Desalu Adajo (Yoruba), WA.170
THE PORTO NOVO SINGERSTHE PORTO NOVO SINGERS
Azagbe (Fon), WA.217
BOAMPON KWAHU BANDBOAMPON KWAHU BAND
Bome Dua Ma Menwu (Twi), WA.528
ABEKU’S BANDABEKU’S BAND
Auntie Rosie (Fante, High Life), WA.532
MANIKURE’S BANDMANIKURE’S BAND
Woana Mba (Twi), WA.564
RAFIU BANKOLE AND HIS GROUPRAFIU BANKOLE AND HIS GROUP
Fashanu (Yoruba), WA.1517
LASISI ONIPELE AND HIS APALA BANDLASISI ONIPELE AND HIS APALA BAND
Welewele Ewe Agbon (Yoruba), WA.1543
CALENDER AND HIS MARINGAR BANDCALENDER AND HIS MARINGAR BAND
Fire, Fire, Fire (English, Calypso), WA.2502
TARRANCIS MANDINGO DANCE BANDTARRANCIS MANDINGO DANCE BAND
Fatmata Binta Fudu Bender (Mandingo), WA.2507
APEA’S GUITAR BANDAPEA’S GUITAR BAND
Odo Bi Ye De (Twi), WA.643
KWAME BOAKYI AND HIS BANDKWAME BOAKYI AND HIS BAND
Nkobesie (Twi), WA.648
AYINDE BAKARE AND HIS GROUPAYINDE BAKARE AND HIS GROUP
Sunday Majekodunmi (Yoruba), WA.1622
JOHN EKEKE AND HIS GROUPJOHN EKEKE AND HIS GROUP
Eke Owede Nnam (Ibo), WA.1673
Asaba Youth OrchestraAsaba Youth Orchestra
Nwobelokwu
LAMBOY MENDI QUARTETLAMBOY MENDI QUARTET
Kongombli (Mendi), WA.2619
SPIKE’S RHYTHM ACESSPIKE’S RHYTHM ACES
Kookoo (Non Vocal, Agbagya), WA.852
E. T. MENSAH AND HIS TEMPOS BANDE. T. MENSAH AND HIS TEMPOS BAND
Calabar O (Efik, Highlife), WA.857
CHARLES IWEGBUE AND HIS ARCHIBOGSCHARLES IWEGBUE AND HIS ARCHIBOGS
Sunday Beach Mambo (Non Vocal), WA.1961
E. T. MENSAH AND HIS TEMPOS BAND (VOCAL DAN ACQUAYE)
Kwame Nkrumah (Ga, Fetish), WA.899