Nigeria Special Volume 2

Chill factor in full effect. May be more appropriate for some time in the hammock, as opposed to behind the wheel. Fantastic remastering. You get a few additional nugs, if you puchase the LP, rather than the CD and that'll help keep you off the road. I'm serious, this music will knock you right out, literaly. The vocals on the last track are grating, to these ears. Other than that, mellow afro-groove obscurity bliss.

excerpt from Dusted Magazine review:Volume 2 lives up to its “everything else” mandate by covering a lot of ground. You’ve got sanctification courtesy of the Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination’s rhythmically seductive setting of “The Lord’s Prayer,” and a much earthier brand of seduction from Fubura Sekibo’s “Psychedelic Baby,” whose lyric is composed of sexual boasts directed at nightclub hookers. There are extended highlife workouts like Opotopo’s hypnotic “Agboho,” with its flowing instrumental solos, and succinct singles, like Bola Johnson’s Afro-Calypso anthem “Jeka Dubu.” The rich-as-loam proliferation of percussion tones on Twins Seven-Seven’s “Totobiroko (Ogbele)” sounds like it is just one newly plugged-in bass guitar removed from pre-European contact traditions, while Joy Nwoso & Dan Satch’s stab at folkloric revival on “Egwo Umu Agbogho” is indelibly marked by the singer’s operatic training.

More sweet rhythms from 70s Nigeria, maintaining the high standard of Volume 1. Highliofe yes, but not really blues but bluesy, funky, jazzy and even some latin grooves including a nod to the Peanut Vendor. Great percussion, fine guitars and horns - this is mostly not high energy party music but soulful sounds for dancing.

The various Nigerian Specials are a treasure trove of W African music - its fun, good to listen to and fresh even after all thsi time