VARIOUS - Doing It In Lagos (Boogie, Pop & Disco In 1980s Nigeria)
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VARIOUS
Doing It In Lagos (Boogie, Pop & Disco In 1980s Nigeria)
vinyl 3LP & 7"

£40.00
Condition: EX / EX
Label: Soundway
Catalogue No: SNDWLP087
With so many archival labels putting out compilations of 1970's Nigerian Funk and Disco, Soundway has decided to change tack. Doing It In Lagos is a primer on the country's lesser-celebrated 1980's Boogie scene. According to the superb liner notes, most of the music on show here - and, yes, it's universally brilliant - was created by a younger generation of musicians who wanted to move away from Afrobeat, and further towards an authentically American style Electrofunk sound. As a result, many of the tracks featured on Doing It In Lagos - not least Hotline's brilliant opener, Livy Ekemezie's disco-funk slammer "Holiday Action" and Sonny Enang's superb "Don't Stop That Music" - are every bit as special as the American-produced records they were trying to emulate.
  • A1 Fellas Doing It In Lagos
  • A2 Don't You Know
  • A3 Only You
  • B1 Enjoy Your Life
  • B2 Ivory
  • B3 Holiday Action
  • C1 Don't Give Up
  • C2 Funk With Me
  • C3 Too Hot
  • D1 Ore Mi
  • D2 Colourful Environment
  • D3 Shake Your Body
  • E1 Where Is The Answer
  • E2 Don't Stop That Music
  • E3 Be My Lady (Mix)
  • F1 Groove I Like
  • F2 Let's Do More Music
  • F3 Distant Lover
  • G Burning Jungle
  • H On The Air - Rap Mix (Frankie Francis Edit)