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DTW 007LP
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It's been a long journey from the day in Nigeria when Dig This Way Records found, inside an Alpha Kuffa - Messiah I (1990) sleeve, a blank test press of the Yangaman Bob LP with a little Top Rank sticker on it to the day the label met the producer, the great and brilliant George Dureke, who gave them the test presses of the remaining unreleased albums from his Top Rank label, till to the complicated audio Restoration handled by Colin Young and Bassi Maestro. After two years of hard and intensive work it's finally arrived the time for this compilation to be ready and see the light. Eight unreleased digital roots tracks made in Nigeria in the late '80s, never released or pressed on vinyl. Surely it includes some of the most interesting reggae music made in the roots land call Nigeria. Now ready to be spread across the world. The harder the battle, sweeter the victory! Features Yangaman Bob, Mysta Wey, and The Force. Audio from original test presses. Cover artwork by Legno. Handwritten printed insert. Edition of 500.
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DTWM 001EP
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Dig This Way Records announce their new maxi 12" series. Side A features Soki Ohale with his I.S.C.A.C. Band project, the track is call "Igbo Nwe Egwu" and is a mix of highlife, boogie, and electronic sound from 1986. It was pressed on a limited and raw LP sponsored by Imo State Council for Art And Culture, and the audio has been restored and remastered at Press Rewind Studio. Side B features La Bruno with "Instant Reaction" and "Instant Rap". The original LP these appeared on are impossible to be find, and Dig This Way Records were lucky to locate a clean copy on their second trip to Nigeria and they were even luckier to meet La Bruno himself just walking around Owerri in the east side of Nigeria! Edition of 350.
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DTW 005LP
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Looking at Dibson & Essody's Justice, one might be surprised to know that a monster boogie track, or even a handful of them, are hidden right beneath those seven bold letters. Dig This Way Records and Sleeve Records have combined forces to make the impossible possible with a reissue of Dibson & Essody's Justice. Originally recorded in 1982 and released by distinguished Nigerian label Wilfilms, this rare, revelation of music was meant for sharing and the two labels will be doing just that. Reworked and remastered, this seven-track dance floor masterpiece follows the 1960 Nigerian liberation from Western colonization, when Nigeria began to use music to move everyone into a place of harmony and community. Like the majority of music emerging from within the Nigerian state at the time, this pairs disco and funk-infused beats with strong, political lyrical statements. Here, the political undertones of "Justice" blend with the smoldering grooves of "Music Lovers" and "Let Your Body Move," classifying this disco as one of the monumental must-haves of Nigeria from the early 1980s.
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DTW 003LP
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Dig This Way Records presents a restored and remastered edition of Mad Man Jaga's Wakabout, originally released in 1978 on Sir Victor Uwaifo's label JOROMI in Nigeria. Musically, the LP is a unique collection of slightly off-killer percussive afrobeat funk; the arrangements are brass friendly, slick on the keys, and framed with rich, resonant, and deep soul vocals. To complement the funk, the record also features a fine example of African reggae roots, "Tell Me Why You Cry."
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DTW 004LP
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Musical Breed's Save The Little Children is deep Nigerian late '80's digi-roots reggae, reissued here by Dig This Way Records. Loaded with dope digital roots rhythms, and filled with mad synths, deep conscious lyrics, and a deep bassline, it's quite unique. The two main tracks come with raw dubs which aren't common on many other African reggae albums, and the last track, "If I'm To Rule The World" is an interesting blend of reggae and boogie. The LP never really saw a commercial issue and was probably pressed only in promotional copies for radio and DJs, making the original nearly impossible to be found nowadays. Fully restored cover art, remastered audio. Includes insert with lyrics, images, a newspaper article from 1990, and an extensive interview by Sharon Escco Wilson.
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DTW 006LP
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Dig This Way Records presents, Best of Jicco Funk Volume 1 , a door to a world of music that is high grade in quality, diverse, and open to interpretation even if the selected tracks are all from the same record label. One's questions might include: When did they start? Why did they start? Who was behind it? Where did the artists come from? What was their inspiration? By the time one reaches the end of the eight tracks included here, there may be more. In the early 1970s through to the '90s, Onitcha was one of Nigeria' most important cities, sitting on the banks of the river Niger about halfway between Benin City and Enugu. Aside from commerce, Onitcha was also an important center for music production; live music thrived and the city had a nightlife which embraced music. It's where labels like Tabansi and many other smaller companies had their headquarters. It's where in the late '60s, the label Jicco was also established, an enterprise which would commercialize Kenyan and Congolese music in Nigeria. By the mid-late '70s Jicco opened itself to new projects, launching a number of sub-labels, from Vox Africa to Guy, more specialized in highlife, native and soukous music, as well as jicco funk which was produced by small, local groups playing reggae, rock, and funk. Features: Jah Children, The Combats, Black Gold, Freedom Family, The Combats, The Sea-Men International, Felix Lebarty, and Jimmy Sky.
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DTW 001LP
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Superb re-issue on Dig This Way Records of Get Down With Me, Peter Abdul's rare electro, afro boogie album from 1984, produced by Odion Iruje.
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