Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - MadjafalaoThe album follows the release of Cotonou Club in 2011 on Strut Records, their first new recorded music since the early 80s. Founded in Benin in 1968 by bandleader Mlom Clment, the band were hugely popular across West Africa throughout the 1970s recording hundreds of tracks and over 50 albums and playing alongside the likes of Fela Kuti during the decade. A combination of the deaths of original members guitarist Papillon and drummer Leopold and the

and ‰ÛÏStill Shining‰۝ all rise above as The Coming‰۪s stand out tracks but it‰۪s really ‰ÛÏill Vibe‰۝ that is the albums crown jewel moment

Erickson was struggling to survive on a $200 monthly Social Security stipend

this reissue for record store day comes backed with original b-side keep moving and with reproduction original fontana label and sleeve

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stray idea and 90-second song fragment to tape

in early 1965

bass and vocals running through Clive's array of synthesizers

as The Fresh and Onlys returned to Lucky Cat Studios in San Francisco with Phil Manley (Trans Am) to recast the textures

At the time The Pop Group were playing multiple rallies and benefits across Europe from Scrap SUS to Aid for Cambodia to our final blow out at the 500

Billy Boy Arnold and Junior Wells in the 1950s before recording with Jimmy Reed for Vee- Jay in 1959

had everything but one elusive factor: success

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