{"product_id":"various-artist-highlife-time-cd-43500886182","title":"Various Artists - Highlife Time [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003e2008 two CD release. Highlife, dance music played mostly in Ghana and Nigeria, represents one of the century's first fusions of African roots and western music, and before 1970 it ruled dancefloors across much of West Africa. The story of West African big-band Highlife is the story of West African independence itself. From it's early roots in church music, old African song forms, sea shanties and military brass bands to the orchestra podiums of the slickest nightclubs and concert halls of Lagos and Accra, Highlife has charted the growing confidence of a proud and gifted people casting off the shackles of empire: A people ready to live the High Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrumpet Highlife - E.T. Mensah\/Dr Victor Olaiya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelama - Opotopo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumfinye (Nome Alobo) - Rex Lawson \u0026amp; His Rivers Men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrazing in the Grass - Uhuru Dance Band\/Stan Plange\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJolosho - St. Augustine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYellow Sisi - Rex Lawson \u0026amp; His Rivers Men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDabra Ba - Uhuru Dance Band\/Stan Plange\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWon Bum - Opotopo (Easy Kabaka Brown)\/Fatai Rolling Dollar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMakojo - Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoromi - Sir Victor Uwaifo \u0026amp; His Melody Maestros\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMofe Muyan - Dr Victor Olaiya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOko - Rex Lawson \u0026amp; His Rivers Men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAasem - Uhuru Dance Band\/Stan Plange\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeri Special Mbanga - Rex Lawson \u0026amp; His Rivers Men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIkoro Special - Dan Satch \u0026amp; His Atomic 8 Dance Band Of Aba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEsonta - Chief Inyang Nta Henshaw\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfro Baby - Professional Seagulls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePay Me My Money Now - Rex Lawson \u0026amp; His Rivers Men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEtuk Owo - Opotopo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOkina - Akana Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"79","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50741870985512,"sku":"843500886182","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/1343554.jpg?v=1763989290","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/various-artist-highlife-time-cd-43500886182","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}