Geraldo Pino - Boogie Fever - Vinyl LP Import - NEW & SEALED
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Gerald Emeka Pine, better known as Geraldo Pino, was a Sierra Leonean musician. He was one of the early pioneers of modern African pop music. Born in 1934 in Freetown, Sierra Leone to a Sierra Leone Creole family, Pino was the son of a Sierra Leonean lawyer, and a mother who died when he was young. Late 70s work from Geraldo Pino -- the artist who was credited as being one of the first musicians to bring the styles of James Brown to play in West Africa -- still grooving hard here at the other end of the decade! The album's got a clubby vibe in parts -- the "boogie" that you'd expect from the title -- but like some of the best Nigerian efforts of this time, there's a very freewheeling interpretation of the style -- so that things are often plenty offbeat, even when you think they're heading into familiar territory -- filled with the criss-crossing of rhythms and cultures we love in Pino's other music, and recorded with a very gritty production style overall! The whole thing's plenty damn funky -- in a way that matches the best energy of some of the more underground New York club 12" singles of the period -- and titles include "Ganja", "Shake Shake Shake", "African Hustle", "Dance For Love", and "Boogie Fever". Tracks A1 Ganja (Ganja) 7:53 A2 5th Bethoven Africana 4:08 A3 Boogie Fever 5:55 B1 Dance For Love 6:50 B2 African Hustle 5:26 B3 Shake Shake Shake 6:48
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