King Of Highlife Anthology (4cd Set)
Label | RetroAfric – RETRO24CD |
Format | 4 x CD, Compilation |
Barcode | 5017742302977 |
Country | Europe |
Released | 2015 |
Genre | Folk, World, & Country |
Style | Highlife, African, Calypso, Cha-Cha |
E.T. Mensah 'The King Of Highlife' is the founding father of dance band Highlife, the first Pan-African pop music, which is the basis for contempary genres like Afrobeats, afropop, hiplife, and a seminal influence on Cono rumba, soukous, mbalax and the original Afrobeat. During the 150s and 60s E.T. and the Tempos re-Africanised American swing, blending it with Caribbean melodies, Latin rhythms and indigenous elements from the musically rich culture of Ghana (The Gold Coast). Highlife spread like a bushfire across Africa and Beyond. Now, with the cooperationof the Mensah family and estate, RetrofAfric release this collection of 69 tracks which show that highlife has never died and why it lives on, consistently inspiring new generations of musicians and listeners.
Disc A | |||
1-1 | Kwame Nkrumah | ||
1-2 | Muntum | ||
1-3 | Ngele Waewae | ||
1-4 | Auntie B | ||
1-5 | Makoma | ||
1-6 | Yei Ngbewoh | ||
1-7 | Hweyie | ||
1-8 | Menye Wo Bowu | ||
1-9 | Akuafo Cocoa | ||
1-10 | Natsui | ||
1-11 | The Tree And The Monkey | ||
1-12 | Onua | ||
1-13 | Owu Aye Me Adze | ||
1-14 | Mr Mouse | ||
1-15 | Nimpa Nawie | ||
1-16 | Akole Manuma Dibi | ||
1-17 | Club Girl | ||
Disc B | |||
2-1 | Nothing But Man's Slave | ||
2-2 | Akpanga (Vulture) | ||
2-3 | Sanbra | ||
2-4 | Onua Pa | ||
2-5 | Shemi Ni Oha | ||
2-6 | Korle Bu | ||
2-7 | Small Boy | ||
2-8 | Afi Fro Fro | ||
2-9 | Bus Conductor | ||
2-10 | Nkebo Baaya | ||
2-11 | Donkey Calypso | ||
2-12 | Tea Samba | ||
2-13 | Adainqua | ||
2-14 | All For You | ||
2-15 | St. Peter's Calypso | ||
2-16 | Essie Nana | ||
2-17 | John B Calypso | ||
Disc C | |||
3-1 | Munsuro | ||
3-2 | Odofo | ||
3-3 | Inflation Calypso | ||
3-4 | Nkatie | ||
3-5 | Asembon Tie M'ansem | ||
3-6 | Wiadzi | ||
3-7 | Agriculture | ||
3-8 | Fom Fom | ||
3-9 | Sunday Mirror | ||
3-10 | Don't Mind Your Wife | ||
3-11 | Ahongyee | ||
3-12 | Mucho Mambo | ||
3-13 | Novimye | ||
3-14 | Loffoh Bibio | ||
3-15 | Bashia | ||
3-16 | Because Of Money | ||
3-17 | School Girl | ||
Disc D | |||
4-1 | Day By Day | ||
4-2 | Calabar O | ||
4-3 | Comfort | ||
4-4 | Renkyebo | ||
4-5 | 205 | ||
4-6 | Onipa | ||
4-7 | Gbaa Anokwale | ||
4-8 | Abele | ||
4-9 | Odo Angyina | ||
4-10 | Damfo Wo Eni Ewu | ||
4-11 | Kaa No Wa | ||
4-12 | Senorita | ||
4-13 | Daavi Loloto | ||
4-14 | 1914 | ||
4-15 | Medzi Medzi | ||
4-16 | Ghana-Guinea-Mali | ||
4-17 | Mee Bei Obada | ||
4-18 | Ghana Freedom |