DOING IT IN LAGOS / VARIOUS
BOOGIE POP & DISCO IN 1980S NIGERIA - LP

SOUNDWAY RECORDS

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UPC: 5056032306622
Label: SOUNDWAY RECORDS
Format: LP
Release Date: December 9, 2016
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Soundway Records present a new compilation of twenty rare and mostly unavailable tracks from the slick and sassy world of Nigerian pop music and club culture of the early 1980s.

Buoyed by an explosive oil boom and a return to democracy after a series of military dictatorships, Nigeria's economy in the years of the early '80's was mirrored by its recording industry as countless young artists and groups hit the airwaves and dancefloors of the capital and beyond.

Soundway Records present a new compilation of twenty rare and mostly unavailable tracks from the slick and sassy world of Nigerian pop music and club culture of the early 1980s.

TRACK LIST:

A1 Hotline– Fellas Doing It In Lagos 5:37

A2 Peter Abdul– Don't You Know 3:23

A3 Steve Monite– Only You 6:28

B1 Oby Onyioha– Enjoy Your Life 6:15

B2 Kio Amachree– Ivory 5:11

B3 Livy Ekemezie– Holiday Action 5:15

C1 Willy Roy– Don't Give Up 6:40

C2 Danny Offia & The Friks*– Funk With Me 5:23

C3 Rick Asikpo & Afro Fusion– Too Hot 5:15

D1 Toby Foyeh– Ore Mi 5:44

D2 Gboyega Adelaja– Colourful Environment 5:25

D3 Mike Umoh– Shake Your Body 6:15

E1 Burnis Moleme– Where Is The Answer 7:02

E2 Sony Enang– Don't Stop That Music 5:10

E3 Nkono Teles– Be My Lady (Mix) 4:29

F1 Veno– Groove I Like 3:39

F2 Godfrey Odili– Let's Do More Music 7:39

F3 Terry Mackson– Distant Lover 5:32

G Ofege– Burning Jungle 3:19

H Lexy Mella– On The Air - Rap Mix (Frankie Francis Edit) 3:46

Buoyed by an explosive oil boom and a return to democracy after a series of military dictatorships, Nigeria's economy in the years of the early '80's was mirrored by its recording industry as countless young artists and groups hit the airwaves and dancefloors of the capital and beyond.