"According to Comb & Razor's Uchenna Ikonne, the years between 1979 & 1983 were Nigeria's Second Republic - when democracy finally returned after twenty-three years of uninterrupted military dictatorship. They were also the crest of Nigeria's oil boom, when surging oil prices made the petroleum-producing country a land of plenty. The influx of petrodollars meant an expansion in industry and the music industry in particular.
While it was a boom time for a wide variety of popular music styles, the predominant commercial sound was a post-afrobeat, modern dance groove that retrofitted the relentless four-on-the-floor bass beat of disco to a more laid back soul shuffle, mixing in jazz-funk, synthesizer pop and afro feeling. At the time, it was locally referred to as "disco" but has since been recognized as its own unique genre retrospectively dubbed "Nigerian boogie."
Moi, cette histoire de livret dingo je la connaissais pas, j'avais raqué la version vinyl (vendue sans le livret, donc), mais voilà, belle nouvelle : on peut tout de même lire cette chose désormais mise en ligne (c'est mieux que rien) ici-même.La résolution n'est pas toujours à tomber par terre (ou alors ce qui me sert de connexion internet ici est encore plus pourrie que je ne le pense) mais ça vaut le coup d'œil.
Thanks for the link Bobby D. SMith !
ps : cette compilation est formidable, il va sans dire.
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