Ebo Taylor - Life Stories (Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980) Album

Tracklist

1	–Ebo Taylor	Ohye Atar Gyan Composed By, Arranged By – Ebo Taylor	6:09
2	–Ebo Taylor & The Pelikans	Egya Edu Composed By – Ebo TaylorProducer – Kofi S.O. "Abookyi" Lindsay	10:01
3	–Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor	Ene Nyame Nam 'A' Mensuro Composed By, Arranged By, Directed By – Ebo TaylorProducer – James Kwadwo Kwarteng	6:20
4	–Ebo Taylor	Heaven Composed By, Arranged By – Ebo Taylor	6:06
5	–Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu	What Is Life Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – Ebo Taylor	4:43
6	–Ebo Taylor	Atwer Abroba Composed By, Arranged By – Ebo TaylorProducer – E. Ayansu	8:15
7	–Apagya Showband	Tamfo Nyi Ekyir Composed By, Arranged By – Ebo Taylor	3:57
8	–Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu	Love And Death Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – Ebo Taylor	8:23
9	–Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu	Victory Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – Ebo Taylor	4:23
10	–Ebo Taylor	Aba Yaa Composed By – Ebo TaylorProducer – George Prah	15:01
11	–Asasse Ase	Ohiani Sua Efir Arranged By – Ebo TaylorComposed By – Traditional	4:02
12	–Ebo Taylor	Peace On Earth Composed By, Arranged By – Ebo TaylorProducer – E. Ayansu	7:48

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
STRUT072CD	Ebo Taylor	Life Stories (Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980) ‎(2xCD, Comp)	Strut	STRUT072CD	UK	2011
STRUT072CD	Ebo Taylor	Life Stories (Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980) ‎(2xCD, Comp, Promo)	Strut	STRUT072CD	UK	2011

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
STRUT072CD	Ebo Taylor	Life Stories (Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980) ‎(2xCD, Comp)	Strut	STRUT072CD	UK	2011
STRUT072LP	Ebo Taylor	Life Stories (Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980) ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Strut	STRUT072LP	UK	2011

Credits

• Compiled By – Duncan Brooker, Quinton Scott
• Design [Package Design By] – Matt Thame
• Liner Notes [Sleeve Notes] – Miles Cleret
• Liner Notes [Track Descriptions] – Jon Lusk
• Management [Ebo Taylor] – Eric Trosset
• Management [Product], Coordinator [Release Co-ordination] – Marie Clausen, Quinton Scott
• Mastered By, Engineer [Audio Restoration] – Frankie Francis

• Compiled By – Duncan Brooker, Quinton Scott
• Design [Package Design By] – Matt Thame
• Liner Notes [Sleeve Notes] – Miles Cleret
• Liner Notes [Track Descriptions] – Jon Lusk
• Management [Ebo Taylor] – Eric Trosset
• Management [Product], Coordinator [Release Co-ordination] – Marie Clausen, Quinton Scott
• Mastered By, Engineer [Audio Restoration] – Frankie Francis

Notes

CD Promo in clear plastic sleeve with colour insert

Audio restoration and mastered at Carvery Cuts.

1-1 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Ebo Taylor' (EBLS 6166)
1-2 taken from the Philips LP 'Twer Nyame' (6354 017)
1-3 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Conflict' (INLS 6143)
1-4 taken from the Capeside EP 'Asaase Ase' (TAMA 8137545)
1-6 taken from the Philips LP 'Twer Nyame' (6354 017)
1-7 taken from the Gapophone LP 'Gapophone Various Bands' (GAPO 779)
1-8 taken from the Pan African Records LP 'Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor' (PAR 006)

2-1 taken from the Essiebons 45 'Tamfo Nyi Ekyir b/w Mumude' (EB 422)
2-2 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Conflict' (INLS 6143)
2-3 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Ebo Taylor' (EBLS 6166)
2-6 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Conflict' (INLS 6143)
2-8 taken from the Abookyi LP 'Ebo Taylor & The Pelikans' (ABLS 01)

Strut is part of the !K7 label group.

Manufactured in the E.U.

℗ 2011 Strut
© 2011 StrutComes in gatefold sleeve with liner notes, photographs and original covers inside.
Contains download code for the free MP3 download of the compilation.

Audio restoration and mastered at Carvery Cuts.

A1 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Ebo Taylor' (EBLS 6166)
A2 taken from the Philips LP 'Twer Nyame' (6354 017)
A3 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Conflict' (INLS 6143)
B1 taken from the Essiebons 45 'Tamfo Nyi Ekyir b/w Mumude' (EB 422)
B2 taken from the Philips LP 'Twer Nyame' (6354 017)
B3 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Conflict' (INLS 6143)
B4 taken from the Capeside EP 'Asaase Ase' (TAMA 8137545)
C1 taken from the Gapophone LP 'Gapophone Various Bands' (GAPO 779)
C2 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Ebo Taylor' (EBLS 6166)
D1 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Conflict' (INLS 6143)
D2 taken from the Abookyi LP 'Ebo Taylor & The Pelikans' (ABLS 01)
D3 taken from the Pan African Records LP 'Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor' (PAR 006)

Artist for Track B4 appears as 'Asaase Ase' on the inside of the gatefold sleeve.
Artist for Track B1 appears as 'Apagya Showband, The' on the inside of the gatefold sleeve.
Title for Track A3 appears as 'What Is Life?' on the inside of the gatefold sleeve.

Strut is part of the !K7 label group.

Manufactured in the E.U.

℗ 2011 Strut
© 2011 Strut

Barcodes

• Barcode: 730003 307218
• Label Code: LC 07306
• Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side A): STRUT072LP-A1 The Carvery -22308-
• Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side B): STRUT072LP-B2 The Carvery -22308-
• Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side C): STRUT072LP-C1 -22309-
• Matrix / Runout (Run-out Side D): STRUT072LP-D1 -22309-

Companies

• Mastered At – The Carvery
• Pressed By – Pallas – 22308
• Pressed By – Pallas – 22309

Video

Album

Asaase Ase - Ohiani Sua Efir 4:02. New items. The music here leans most heavily on Taylor's solo albums. The music here leans most heavily on Taylor's solo albums. 1-1 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Ebo Taylor' EBLS 6166 1-2 taken from the Philips LP 'Twer Nyame' 6354. Super Sounds Namba - Yes Indeed 13. During Ghana's highlife explosion during the 1950s and '60s following wartime highlife pioneers like E. Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu - What Is Life 4:51. Mann Big Band - Etuei 16. The success of Love and Death prompted Strut to issue the retrospective Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980, in the spring of 2011. Strut has gone one better with Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980, compiling two discs of Taylor's solo work and that of bands he's led, taken part in, or produced. Featured sellers. Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - What Is Life 15. 1-1 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Ebo Taylor' EBLS 6166 1-2 taken from the Philips LP 'Twer Nyame' 6354. Ohye Atar Gyan 12. This comprehensive set from serial crate-diggers Strut revisits that fertile period, gathering together the best of Taylor's solo, collaborative and production work. 2-1 taken from the Essiebons 45 'Tamfo Nyi Ekyir bw Mumude' EB 422 2-2 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Conflict' INLS 6143 2-3 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Ebo Taylor' EBLS 6166 2-6 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Conflict' INLS 6143 2-8 taken from the Abookyi LP 'Ebo Taylor & The Pelikans' ABLS 01. item 1 Ebo Taylor : Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 Vinyl 12 -Ebo Taylor : Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 Vinyl 12. 2-1 taken from the Essiebons 45 'Tamfo Nyi Ekyir bw Mumude' EB 422 2-2 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Conflict' INLS 6143 2-3 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Ebo Taylor' EBLS 6166 2-6 taken from the Essiebons LP 'Conflict' INLS 6143 2-8 taken from the Abookyi LP 'Ebo Taylor & The Pelikans' ABLS 01. Bands' GAPO 779 1-8 taken from the Pan African Records LP 'Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor' PAR 006. In London, Taylor collaborated with Nigerian afrobeat star Fela Kuti as well as other African musicians in Britain at the time. It kicks off, of course, with the infectious, groove-laden Heaven, but this isn't the high point. Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor - Ene Nyame 'A' Mensuro 9. Audio restoration and mastered at Carvery Cuts. Mint Sellers. In 1962, Taylor took his group, the Black Star Highlife Band, to London. During Ghana's highlife explosion during the 1950s and '60s following wartime highlife pioneers like ET Mensah, Ebo Taylor made his name as a prolific composer, arranger and frontman leading two of Ghana's greatest big bands - stargazers and Broadway dance band. Atwer Abroba 3. Moving to London to study music in 1962 alongside West African luminaries like Fela Kuti and Peter King, Taylor formed the Black Star Highlife Band and began incorporating jazz elements into traditional highlife forms. This album is rated in the top 10 of all albums on . Appia Kwa Bridge showed that at 77 years old, Taylor remained creative, mixing traditional Fante songs and chants with children's rhymes and personal stories into his own sharp vision of highlife. Mensah, Ebo Taylor made his name as a prolific composer, arranger and frontman leading two of Ghana's greatest big bands - Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band. More items related to this product. In afrobeat circles, Ghanaian highlife guitarist Ebo Taylor has long been regarded as one of the scene's most undervalued talents. A year later, in 2012, a third Strut album, Appia Kwa Bridge, was released. Ebo Taylor has been a vital figure on the Ghanaian music scene for over six decades. 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It kicks off, of course, with the infectious, groove-laden Heaven, but this isn't the high point. Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - Victory 4. Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - Love And Death 11. Apagya Showband. Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - What Is Life. Summer sales. All formats Album CD CD Album CD Single CD Maxi Vinyl records LP 7 inchs 7 inchs SP 7 inchs EP 12 inchs 78 rpm 10 inchs DVD VHS Cassette Clothing T-Shirt Others. During his golden period during the 1970s, Taylor was responsible for some landmark recordings - not just as an artist, but composer, arranger and producer. Tamfo Nyi Ekyir. During Ghana's highlife explosion during the 1950s and '60s following. Ghanaian highlife guitar legend Ebo Taylor teams up with Strut for a long overdue definitive compilation of his seminal 1970s recordings, Life Stories. In afrobeat circles, Ghanaian highlife guitarist Ebo Taylor has long been regarded as one of the scene's most undervalued talents. Your feedback for Life Stories Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980. Featured items. This comprehensive set from serial crate-diggers Strut revisits that fertile period, gathering together the best of Taylor's solo, collaborative and production work. Bands' GAPO 779 1-8 taken from the Pan African Records LP 'Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor' PAR 006. Heaven 2. For those with a passing interest in afrobeat and highlife, it's near-essential. Last oneFree postage. The Apagya Showband - Tamfo Nyi Ekyir 10. Aba Yaa 8. 14 tracks 89:27. Strut has gone one better with Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980, compiling two discs of Taylor's solo work and that of bands he's led, taken part in, or produced. Ebo Taylor - Tamfo Nyi Ekyir 3:57