Take it back to the mother land

Ebo Taylor Junior & Wuta Wazutu : Mondo Soul Funky
From : Ghana Soundz 2 [Soundway Records, 2004]

There are certain genres of music, that unless you have a six figure income, would be recommended to steer clear of collecting, African vinyl’s most certainly fall into this category. Although most of the music is really great the main reason for the high price tag is the rarity.
Digging up an original afro funk or jazz LP is not very likely, kind of like finding a pack of Jolly Rancher’s in the Sahara desert, that’s all pristine and cube-like and has not melted in to a single, fat sweaty glob, and contains that elusive ‘winning ticket’ inside the wrapper.
Even if you are lucky enough to actually dig up some original Afro vinyl its more than likely it’s condition would have you think the previous owner used the record to play Frisbee with their pet Doberman.

Because of this fact we must all pay our respects to the folks at Soundway Records who have dedicated their time and effort to lovingly reissue all of these impossible to find nuggets through their label. Do yourself a favour and pick up their records while you still can because you is not going to find the originals.

Son of Ebo Taylor, Junior was born into a musically rich family in Ghana. He recorded ‘Mondo Soul Funky’ in the late 70’s, by this time the funk phenomena had well and truly spread the globe and was a big influence on the younger generation of musicians in Ghana. For those that want to know the track was originally released in Ghana on Polydor in 1978 the LP was called ‘Gotta Take It Cool’