Main specs
Title: Living Is Hard (West African Music In Britain 1927-1929)
Performer: Various Artists
Genre: World Music
Sub Genre: West African
Release Date: 05/05/2008
Original Release Year: 2008
Label / Distributor: Honest Jon's / EMI
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Studio
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Collection
EAN: 5099920825423
Additional notes
Album Notes: LIVING IS HARD. is the first in a series of compilations drawing on the exquisitely rare 78s housed in EMI's Hayes Archives. While the archives represent a staggering diversity of music from all corners of the globe, for this outing, the producers at Honest Jon's choose to focus on West African transplants residing in the British Isles during the height of the modern colonial era. Serving as a unique snapshot into the immigrant experience, the music represented is a window into the folk and community-based traditions of the African Diaspora--and a revealing look at the beginnings of modern-day genres such as high-life.
Album Reviews: Uncut (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Most are a cappella call-and-response chants, sung, rather casually, in Wolof and Yoruba....All are utterly fascinating."
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Titles on disc 1
1.: Garse Yer Fido - Johnson, O
2.: Nitsi Koko - Jackson, Isaac
3.: Untitled - Simmons, Ben
4.: Anadwofa - Quashie, Harry E.
5.: Mu Kun - Simmons, Ben
6.: Kuntum - Papafio, Douglas
7.: Ligiligi - Prince Zulamkah
8.: Adersu (part 2) - West African Instrumental Quintet
9.: Abowe - Ga Quartet
10.: Buje - Justus, Domingo
11.: Obu Kofi - Simmons, Ben
12.: Rue Bai Rue Bai - Tucker, James
13.: Bukay - Mugat, John
14.: Asin Asin (part 2) - Kusami Trio
15.: Sakyi - Papafio, Douglas
16.: Jon Jo Ko - Thomas, James
17.: Edna Buchaiku - De Heer, Nicholas
18.: Akuku Nu Bonto - Williams, George
19.: Ewuri Beka - De Heer, Nicholas
20.: Mi Agur Bi - Aingo, George Williams
21.: Mukorin Mantun - Aingo, George Williams
22.: Wasiu Dowu - De Heer, Nicholas
23.: Alahira - Mugat, John
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