Various - Nigeria 70

Various - Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos
Label: Strut/AfroStrut
Record date: 1970s
Album style: 70s, Afrobeat, Funk, Jazz

Tracklist Disc 1:
1. Ololufe Mi - Koola Lobitos
2. Tire Loma Da Nigbehin - Monomono
3. Chant To Mother Earth - Blo
4. Jeun Ko Ku (Chop 'N' Quench) - Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa 70
5. Ifa - Tunji Oyelana & The Benders
6. Ikon Allah - Bala Miller & The Great Music Pirameeds Of Afrika
7. La La La - Segun Bucknor & His Revolution
8. Shango - Peter King
9. No Discrimination - Tony Allen & His Afro Messengers
10. Akayan Ekassa - Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes
11. Better Change Your Mind - William Onyeabor
12. Woman Made The Devil - Bongos Ikwue

Tracklist Disc 2:
1. Alo Mi Alo (Part 1 & 2) - Orlando Julius & The Afro Sounders
2. Allah Wakbarr - Ofo The Black Company
3. Enjoy Yourself - Sahara All Stars Band Jos.
4. Dancing Time - The Funkees
5. The Quest - Afro Cult Foundation
6. Greetings - Joni Haastrup
7. Kita Kita - Gasper Lawal
8. Orere Elejigbo - Lijadu Sisters
9. Upside Down - Fela Anikulapo Kuti & The Africa 70
10. Agboju Logun - Shina Williams & His African Percussionists
11. Ja Fun Mi (Instrumental) - Sunny Ade & His African Beats

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Various - Club Africa, Vol. 2

Various - Club Africa, Vol. 2: Hard African Funk, Afro-Jazz, & Original Afro-Beat
Label: Strut/AfroStrut
Record date: 1970s
Album style: 70s, Afrobeat, Funk, Jazz

1. Bananaticoco - Max B.
2. New Bell - Manu Dibango
3. Funky Crookie - Exile One
4. Long Ways from Home - Hugh Masekela
5. Jo Jolo - Peter King, Peter King
6. Wuyé Wuy - West African Cosmos
7. Black Family - Roy Ayers
8. Let Your Mind Take the Place of Your Body - Living Funk
9. Precious Mother - Black Egypt, Bukky Leo
10. Ererimbot Ayafung Oko - Rex Williams
11. Takuta - Babatunde Olatunji
12. Simbarer - Antônio Carlos e Jocafi
13. Dyambo - Hugh Masekela, Union Of South Africa
14. Talking Drum - Africa Messengers, Ginger Johnson
15. Mahlalela - Letta Mbulu

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Various - The Shrine Presents Afrobeat

Various - The Shrine Presents Afrobeat
Label: Ocho
Record date: 1970s
Album style: 70s, Afrobeat, Funk, Jazz

1. Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa '70 - Fefe Naa Efe
2. Mulatu Astataque - Yegelle Tezeta
3. Bantous Jazz - Watchi Wara
4. Jimi Solanke - Eje Kajo
5. C.K. Mann & Carousel 7 - Funky Hilife
6. King Sunny Ade - Synchro System
7. Captain Yabaa - Yaba Funk
8. Gyedu Blay Ambulley & Z. Mark Iii - Take Am So
9. Manu Dibango - Wakafrika
10. Kabbala - Ashewo Ara
11. Kapa Dech - Xihlaula Mane
12. Tony Allen With Afrobeat 2000 - Nepa Dance Dub

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Various - Africa Funk Vol. 2

Various - Africa Funk Vol. 2
Label: Harmless
Record date: 1970s
Album style: 70s, Afrobeat, Funk, Jazz

Tracklist:
1. The Rwenzori's - Handsome Boy
2. Buari - Ku Ka Maria
3. Matata - I Feel Funky
4. Ice - Time Will Tell
5. Kongas - Anikana-O
6. Vecchio - Nsambei
7. Wisdom - Nefertiti
8. Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight
9. Tony Allen - Never Expect Power Always (N. E. P. A.)
10. Manu Dibango - Big Blow
11. Antibalas & Jojo Qou - Uprising
12 . Oneness Of Juju - Too Poo [Liberation Dues]

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Various - Afrodeclic

Various - Afrodeclic
Label: KS Music (France)
Record date: 1970s
Album style: 70s, Afrobeat, Funk, Jazz

Tracklist:
1. Obo Addy - Moko N Ye Omo Ni Oba
2. The Vickings - Mama Matotoya
3. Manu DiBango and Hal Singer - The Soukos, part 1 and 2"
4. Boo and The Tru-Tones - Let Me Get Stoned
5. Kolahyah - Leo, part 1 and 2
6. Monomono - Awareness Is What You Need
7. Tony Leveille and Ses Challengers Sound - Hello Black Benny
8. The Ramblers International - Grazing In The Grass
9. George Edoard Nouel - Chanderenagor
10. Marius Cultier - Joe
11. Kalle and L' Africa Team de Paris - Africa Boogaloo
12. Moussa Dumbia - Black Poem
13. Marc Thomas - Afrodelic
14. Madras Express - Age Tendre
15. The Yoruba Singers - Ojinga's Own
16. Hamad Kalkaba - Fouh Sei Allah

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Johnny Pate - Shaft in Africa OST

Johnny Pate - Shaft in Africa OST
Label - ABC Records
Released - 1973
Style - Funk, Soul, Blaxploitation, Soundtrack, r&b, 70s

A1 You Can’t Even Walk In The Park (Opening Theme) (2:30)
A2 Are You Man Enough? (Main Title) (2:10)
*Vocals - Four Tops
A3 Aleme Finds Shaft (1:33)
A4 Shaft In Africa (Addis) (3:04)
A5 Headman (2:14)
A6 El Jardia (3:02)
B1 Are You Man Enough? (3:27)
*Vocals - Four Tops
B2 Jazar’s Theme (1:33)
B3 Truck Stop (2:15)
B4 Aleme’s Theme (2:17)
B5 El Jardia (Reprise) (1:43)
B6 Are You Man Enough? (End Title) (0:43)

(from blaxploitation.com)
One of the undisputed classics of the blaxploitation soundtrack. The weak tracks, of which there are few, are massively outweighed by the sheer exuberance of the great funk material on the album. A guaranteed dancefloor monster, featuring a superb vocal number by The Four Tops at their peak, and simply magnificent keyboard-driven big band funk from Johnny Pate. An essential album.



(from moviegrooves.com)
It was only a matter of time before this beauty got a reissue - it's the classic Shaft in Africa soundtrack by Johnny Pate with a title song by The Four Tops.

Pate does a brilliant job with the Shaft in Africa soundtrack by combining explosive percussion-heavy funk and tender soul songs to give us one of the best blaxploitation soundtracks ever!



(from B1llb0ard)
The "ubiquitous hip-hop sample of the moment" award goes to the horn loop from Johnny Pate's "Shaft in Africa."

The track, from the 1973 soundtrack of the same name, is prominently featured in "Show Me What You Got," the lead single from Jay-Z's new "Kingdom Come" (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam), and "We Gon' Make It," the opening song from Diddy's recently released "Press Play" (Bad Boy).

* not to mention the horn and bongo breakdown in the middle of the track. Heavily sampled break in early hip hop records; the main record that comes to mind is Cookie Crew's 'Born This Way (Let's Dance)' from 1988. - xmp



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The Thing With Two Heads OST

V/A - The Thing With Two Heads OST
Label - Pride
Released - 1972
Style - Funk, Breaks, Soul, Blaxploitation, Soundtrackish, 70s

1. Jerry Butler - A Prayer (03:12)
2. Billy Butler & Infinity - Dip, Dip I Got My Hands Full (03:55)
3. Incredible Bongo Band - Bongolia (02:14)
4. Ollie Nightingale - Here I Am Again (03:08)
5. The Sylvers - Fool's Paradise (02:23)
6. Ollie Nightingale - May The Best Man Win (03:21)
7. The Sylvers - I'm Truly Happy (02:45)
8. The Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock (02:36)
9. Sammy Davis, Jr. - Take My Hand (04:23)
10. The Mike Curb Congregation - Oh Happy Day (02:30)




(from blaxploitation.com)
This LP features music allegedly 'inspired by' one of the most offensive movies of all time. The Thing With Two Heads was a man with one white head and one black head. Needless to say, the movie was released through American International. However, the soundtrack contains tracks culled from the MGM/Pride catalog and appears to be effectively a compilation of tracks from other Pride LPs. It does feature two great instrumentals by The Incredible Bongo Band, 'Bongo Rock 72' and 'Bongolia', very hard to find elsewhere. The rest of the album is a mix of seventies soul and vocal numbers.




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Black Mama, White Mama OST

Black Mama, White Mama OST
Label - Beyond
Released - 1972
Style - Funk, Soul, Blaxploitation, Soundtrack, 70s

Tracklist:
1. Harry Betts - Main Title/Bus Ride [2:10]
2. Harry Betts - Follow Me [0:31]
3. Harry Betts - Day in the Oven [1:06]
4. Harry Betts - Ambush [2:48]
5. Harry Betts - Girls Exit Oven [0:22]
6. Harry Betts - Bus Stop [1:04]
7. Harry Betts - Police Check Point [0:46]
8. Harry Betts - Luis' Work Shed [0:43]
9. Harry Betts - Bloodhounds [1:17]
10. Harry Betts - Challenge and Battle [2:29]
11. Harry Betts - Ambust/Escape and Roundup [5:04]
12. Harry Betts - End Credits [0:57]

Plot:
Lee Daniels (portrayed by Pam Grier), a prostitute doing hard time in an island prison camp for women where the guards have a new way to punish inmates who fight: by cuffing them together. Chained to her bitter rival, white revolutionary Karen Brent (portrayed by Margaret Markov), Lee finds herself literally linked to the revolutionary cause, and on the fly, when Karen's guerilla friends stage a coup. But Lee has a cause of her own in the form of a secret stash of cash and a getaway boat. Brawling with her white counterpart over which way to go, she's got to make her escape, before both mamas' enemies bring them down.




Funky ass soundtrack! Harry Betts' score for Black Mama, White Mama is funky but fraught with dramatic tension. On Black Mama, White Mama, Latin percussion underscores episodic passages of mounting danger ("Police Check Point") and flight ("Bloodhounds").

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Pulsar Music Ltd - Milano Violenta

Pulsar Music Ltd - Milano Violenta
AKA: Bloody Payroll, Commando Terror
Label - Plastic
Released - 70s/1990
Style - Jazz, Funk, Spacefunk, Soundtrack, Library, 70s, Dark/Criminal
Credits: Enrico Pieranunzi & Silvano Chimenti

Notes from Moviegrooves:
Excellent Poliziotteschi (violent Italian cop movie) soundtrack from Enrico Pieranunzi & Silvano Chimenti - full of cool crime-funk, easy listening and pieces to create dramatic tension.

Bit of an interesting one this; the track list reads like a library music LP with descriptions of each track like "Dramatic Tension" and "Dynamic" etc and the CD/LP has "Pulsar Music Ltd" in big letters across the front which suggests that perhaps this is a reissue of a 70s library music LP that was used extensively for the Milano Violenta soundtrack.

Tracklisting:
01. Cat Theme
02. Blue Funk
03. Dreamland
04. Subway
05. Walking At Sunrise
06. Six In
07. Swinging Day
08. High Tension
09. Leyla Theme
10. Running
11. Fixed Idea
12. Cat Theme
13. Obsession

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