Ayinla Omowura & his Apala Group – His Master's Voice Vol. 2 – HNLX 5085, 1971 (LP)
We now share a second rare LP by Ayinla Omowura (1933-1980), the master of a fiery, fast-tempoed Apala, featuring his deep, authoritative voice, powerful backing vocals and spellbinding, multilayered percussions, including iyalu talking drum, agogo bells, sekere rattles, akuba drums, and agidigbo thumb piano.
Nous partageons ici un deuxième album rare d’Ayinla Owomura (1933-1980), le grand maître d'un Apala rapide et fougueux, avec sa voix grave et intense, des chœurs puissants et des percussions polyrythmiques envoûtantes, comprenant des tambours parlants iyalu, des cloches agogo, des hochets sekere, des tambours akuba et un grand piano à pouce agidigbo.
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Our other Ayinla Owomura Apala share, includes a profile of the artist:
Ayinla Owomura - 25 x40 - Africa Song Ltd NEMI 0515 here
Our other Yoruba Apala shares:
Haruna Ishola & His Apala Group - Star Records SRPS 32 here
Haruna Ishola & His Apala Group - RPS 16 here
Our Yoruba Sakara shares:
Yusufu Olatunji & His Group - Vol. 17 - Philips PL 636 1050 here
Yusufu Olatunji & His Group - Vol. 18 - ORSL 1706 here
Our Yoruba Fuji share:
Sikiru Ayinde Barrister - Fuji Exponent Vol. 8 - AS 46-L here
Our modern Yoruba music share:
King Sunny Adé & His African Beats - Check E - SALPS 26 here
Shango priestess, dressed in red, holding double-axe
sceptres (Ose Sango);
photograph by Robert Farris Thompson, Nigeria 1960s.
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Wow! Great find. Thank you!
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ReplyDeleteThis LP I bought in 1987 or 1988 and I have listened to it A LOT!! Nice to find it here, I didn't know it was recorded as early as 1971.
ReplyDeleteRemember Owomura died prematurely in 1980 but he remained very popular in the 1980s when unpublished material was also released.
DeleteThanks, I didn't know that.
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