EBO TAYLOR - Life Stories Vinyl

During Ghana's highlife explosion during the 1950s and '60s following wartime highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Ebo Taylor made his name as a prolific composer, arranger and frontman leading two of Ghana's greatest big bands - Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band. This compilation revisits this heyday of Taylor's work, focusing on his solo albums and some of his lesser known side projects including the dynamite Apagya Show Band and short-lived Taylor-led combos Assase Ase, Super Sounds Namba and The Pelikans. The selection also touches on his writing and production work for C.K. Mann and a collaboration recording with fellow member of early '70s nightclub band Blue Monks, Pat Thomas.

Tracklist:

1.   LP  

Ebo Taylor - Heaven
Ebo Taylor - Atwer Abroba
Ebo Taylor - Victory
Assase Ase - Ohiani Sua Efir
Apagya Show Band - Kwaku Ananse
Ebo Taylor - Peace on Earth
Ebo Taylor - Aba Yaa
Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor - Ene Nyame Nam !a! Mensuro

2.   LP  

Apagya Show Band - Tamfo Nyi Ekyir
Ebo Taylor - Love and Death
Ebo Taylor - Ohye Atar Gyan
Super Sounds Namba - Yes Indeed
Apagya Show Band - Mumude
Ebo Taylor - What is Life?
C.k. Mann Big Band - Etuei
Ebo Taylor & the Pelikans - Egya Edu