Name: African Dances
Brand: Shina Williams and His African Percussionists

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

mrbcd168

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-06-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

7119691252827

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

mrblp168

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7119691252711

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Shina Williams and His African Percussionists

Genre GB

African

Label GB

Mr Bongo

First official reissue of the extremely rare full-length album by Lagos-based bandleader Shina Williams. Clean copies of the original currently sell for up to £500. The record was born in 1979 when Shina put Biddy Wright, Fred Fisher, Saliu Alabi, Prince Bola, Tutu Shoronmu, Tunde Willimas and several other decorated Nigerian musicians - who played with the likes of Fela Kuti, SJOB Movement, Sonny Okoson, King Bucknor amongst others - together to record. The result is <i>African Dances</i>, a timeless fusion of afrobeat, electronics, boogie and disco. Includes his most well-known song, <i>Agboju Logun</i> that Williams knew was ground breaking - “I want to show the whole wide world that Africa is alive with modern musicians to reckon with anywhere,”. This album version is a different mix to the two-track 12” that came out under on Earthworks, Rough Trade in 1984.

African Dances

Music GB