Title: Baba Mo Tunde
Label: Mesa/Blue Moon (dist. Fontana)
Artist: King Sunny Ade
ISBN: 9786313816118
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UPC: 00899653002147
Prod.#: BECDMSBM2147
Cat.#: 2147
Genre: African
Release type: New (2-discs)
Comments: Those who fell in love with the gently rippling rhythms, richly layered guitar counterpoint and dense vocal harmonies of King Sunny Ade's juju music when it first made an appearance on the American music charts in the 1980s will joyfully welcome his return to a US label. This time out there are no drastically-edited, radio-friendly versions: these tracks range from 11 to 31 minutes in length, and the result is both trance-inducing and fascinating. Let this brilliant (and nicely-priced) two-disc set lead you back to his earlier work, much of which is hard to find but all of which is worth the effort. (RA)