For the next selection on the highlife turntable, I have chosen the track Nte Nsere by Issac "Superstar" Yeboah off a 1980 Kawawa Sounds International release called Kuul Vis a Vis Special. The liner notes in the Ghana Box Set, released by Soundways Records, says the band was originally from Kumasi and that Yeboah along with Sammy Cropper and Kung-Fu Kwaku formed the nucleus. The notes go on to say the band was very influential in shaping the sound on some of the great K. Frimpong releases.
Even the cover looks like it been through the wars the music shines through. The languid, rootsy vocals at the beginning gradually give way to some super guitar playing towards the end. Check out the guitars after the 3.30 mark. Beautiful stuff. I hope you like it.
Happy Holidays from the highlife cave
vis a vis was formed by a nucleus of people from Dormaa Ahenkro.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful track indeed
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