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1. Mixed Grill - A Brand New Wayo 2. Kris Okotie - Show Me Your Backside 3. Murphy Williams - Get On Up 4. Joe Moks - Boys and Girls 5. Amas - Slow Down 6. Oby Onyioha - I Want To Feel Your Love 7. Dizzy K. Falola - Excuse Me Baby 8. Chris Mba - Funky Situation 9. Bayo Damazio - Listen to the Music 10. Martha Ulaeto - Music Alone 11. Segun Robert - Big Race 12. Amel Addmore - Jane 13. Honey Machine - Pleasure 14. The Stormmers - Love or Money 15. Emma Baloka - Letís Love Each Other With this release, Comb & Razor Sound launches its exploration of the colorful world of popular music from Nigeria, starting with the post-disco era of the late 1970s and early 80s. The years between 1979 and 1983 were Nigeria’s Second Republic, when democracy finally returned after twenty-three years of uninterrupted military dictatorship. They were also the crest of Nigeria’s oil boom, when surging oil prices made the petroleum-producing country a land of plenty, prosperity and profligacy. The influx of petrodollars meant an expansion in industry and the music industry in particu- lar. Record companies upgraded their technology and cranked out a staggering volume of output to an audience hungry for music to celebrate the country’s prospective rise as global power of the future. While it was a boom time for a wide variety of popular music styles, the predominant commercial sound was a post-afrobeat, slickly modern dance groove that retrofitted the relentless four-on-the- floor bass beat of disco to a more laidback, upbeat-and-downbeat soul shuffle, mixing in jazz-funk, synthesizer pop and afro feeling. At the time, it was still mostly locally referred to as “disco” but has since been recognized as its own unique genre retrospectively dubbed “Nigerian boogie.” A Brand New Wayo: Funk, Fast Times and Nigerian Boogie Badness collects 15 pulsing Nigerian boogie tracks in a lovingly compiled package, featuring over 60 pages of rigorously researched liner notes and photographs chronicling one of the most progressive and creative eras in the history of Afri- can popular music. AVAILABLE ALSO ON LP! Format: CD Cat. No: CRZR 1001-LP UPC: 1 12437 10011 3 Cat. No: CRZR 1001-CD Label: Comb & Razor Sound Available: MAY 17th CD COMB & RAZOR SOUND www.combandrazorsound.com 1. Do You No Wrong Again — Thra Kha Band 2. Khnyom Jah Karake — Tet Somnang & Meas Samon 3. Pros Chang Reiy — Pan Ron 4. Tonight, Dance — Ros Sereysothea 5. Gon Som Merl Kon Mdong (Please Just One More Movie, Daddy) — Ros Sereysothea & Houy Meas 6. Jet Snaeh Theang Nov — Sinn Sisamouth & Ros Sereysothea 7. Pail Loung Rom (Go to Dance) — Pan Ron 8. Oun Chong Rom Leng Ning Bong (I Wanna Dance with You) — Ros Sereysothea 9. Pralkol Sene Eoui Oun Venh — Houy Meas 10. Srolanh Oun Jea Nich (I Love Mean Girls) — Pan Ron & In Yeng 11. Yuvachon Yuvatey Samai Tmai (New Generation Youth) — Sinn Sisamouth & Ros Sereysothea 12. Tgnai Nih Reabka Khnyom (Today My Friends) — Pan Ron 13. Satt Thee Thuy — Sinn Sisamouth 14. Saravan Jun Penh Boromey — Thra Ka Band featuring Keo Sokha 15. Srau'aem Dong Steung Songkae — Sinn Sisamouth 16. Bong Rau Roub Khnyom — Ros Sereysothea 17. Duang Netra — Sinn Sisamouth 18. Jomreang Oun Chreang — Choun Malai 19. Youm Os Tirk Pnake — Pov Vannary PACKAGED IN A DELUXE CASE BOOK WITH A 36 PAGE BOOKLET FILLED WITH RARE PHOTOS AND INFO ON THE KHMER ROCK MOVEMENT Recorded in raw, bare bones conditions, mostly live and with traditional Cambodian instruments finding their place alongside found keyboards or guitars, the music of the Khmer rock musicians transformed the nightlife of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh — and many years later seduced countless listeners around the world with their groovy sound. The rise to power of the anti-Western, fanatical Khmer Rouge in 1975 caused drastic and permanent changes for Cambodia. These years saw social upheaval in the form of massive famines, selective executions and a brutal campaign of genocide responsible for the deaths of an estimated two million Cambodians, many in the notorious “killing fields.” Even the most famous and beloved Khmer musicians could not escape. Sinn Sisamouth (“the Emperor of Khmer Music”), Ros Sereysothea (“The Golden Voice of the Royal Capital”), and Pan Ron met their deaths at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. The music of these honored musicians and others live on in this exclusive collection, assembled with much love and respect for the artists who made the Khmer rock scene as thrilling as we find it to be. The music is wild and anarchic, rhythmic and undulating, sometimes sweet and lyrical, but always moving. Cambodia Rock Spectacular! captures that deep soulfulness ingrained in the best music; and along with its sister album, Cambodia Rock Intensified!, it is perhaps the most definitive collection of classic Cambodian rock music to appear on the scene to date. Available Now on LP: Cat. No: LION 112-LP UPC: 7 785878 31121 6 Format: CD Cat. No: LION 655-CD Label: Lion Productions Available: MAY 17th CD SWEAT BAND Sweat Band 03. Love Munch 01. Hyper Space 06. Body Shop 04. We Do It All Day Long (Reprise) 02. Freak To Freak 07. We Do It All Day Long 05. Jamaica The 1970s saw the rise of Funk as we now know. Nothing fueled the 70s funk revolution quite like George Clinton’s massive musical collective known as Parliament-Funkadelic. One of the main con- tributors to the P-Funk sound was Cincinnati native and former JB’s member Bootsy Collins. Literally, there would be no Mothership without Bootsy, aka Bootzilla, a true monster on the bass. 1980’s “Sweat Band” was originally envisioned to be the 5th release from Bootsy Collin’s funktacular Rubber Band. But somehow Bootsy lost the rights to the Rubber Band name to, of all things, a folk act. But rest assured, though the name may be slightly different, all the funk is intact. For this outing Bootsy’s background with James Brown and as a major contributor to the Parliament Funkadelic family are in full effect. Players on the project include Michael Hampton and Garry Shider on guitar, Bernie Worrell on the keys, as well as a horn line comprising Fred Wesley, Richard Griffith and Maceo Parker. And being that this is a full-fledged P-Funk outing, George Clinton himself is Executive Producer. Anchoring the entire project, the amazing bass work of the one and only Bootsy Collins. FORMAT: CD • CAT NO: GET 51285 • LABEL: Get On Down • STREET DATE: May 17th HUGO MONTENEGRO Moog Power 1. Hair/Aquarius 8. Dizzy 5. More Today Than Yesterday 2. Traces 9. MacArthur Park 6. Don’t Leave Me 3. Touch Me 10. You Showed Me 7. Moog Power 4. The Greatest Love 11. My Way Hugo Montenegro already had a solid and storied career under his belt before his revolutionary 1969 release “Moog Power” was envisioned or the first Moog synthesizer was even built. In the mid-50s he was musical director for the Dragon and Caprice imprints where he worked with Dion. He then moved on to a similar position at the legendary “Hi Fi” imprint Time Records. Relocating to LA in the early 60s lead to a deal with RCA as well as a slew of work for film and TV including scoring two Matt Helm pics and penning the theme music to “I Dream of Jeanie”. By the mid-60s his own work was on the vanguard of Space Age Pop. When the Moog synthesizer was first made available in the late 60s its sound was fresh and very cutting edge. The instrument itself lead to a run of Moog flavored albums that went well into the 70s, Montenegro’s “Moog Power” being one of the first, and best, of the Moog movement. “Moog Power” set the standard, with synth flavored interpretations of current hits like the Doors “Touch Me”, “Aquarius” “Dizzy”, and other hits of the day. In addition to these reinterpretations the Montenegro penned title track “Moog Power” brought the (then) futuristic sound of the synthesizer directly into the homes of millions. Now, lovingly remastered from the original sessions, Get On Down is proud to connect Montenegro’s work with a new generation of fans eager to hear analog synths or those who’d rather just mix up some cocktails and enjoy the power of the granddaddy of Moog records, “Moog Power”. FORMAT: CD • CAT NO: GET 51286 • LABEL: Get On Down • STREET DATE: May 17th BLACK IVORY FEEL IT 1. Will We Ever Come Together 2. Your Eyes Say Goodbye 3. You’re What’s Been Missing In My Life 4. Daily News (Vocal) 5. All In A Day’s Love 6. Feel It 7. Warm Inside 8. Love, Won’t You Stay 9. Daily News (Instrumental) THEIR CLASSIC 1976 BUDDAH ALBUM MAKES ITS CD DEBUT “Leroy Burgess, Stuart Bascombe and Russell Patterson trademark ballads with cuts such as “Your Eyes Say were Black Ivory, an exceptional and occasionally brilliant Goodbye” and “Warm Inside” along with probably one of soul group from Harlem that recorded throughout the ‘70s their best ever songs “Will We Ever Come Together” and returned sporadically during the decades following” -Andy Kellman (All Music Guide) KEY SELLING POINTS: The band first came to prominence in 1972 with their first single “Don’t Turn Around”, released on the indie Today label • Worldwide CD debut and which made #13 on the R&B charts. • Remastered in 24 bit from the After two albums with Today, the band signed to Buddah original analog Buddah masters Records for “Feel It”, an album described by music critic • Specially packaged in old style 5” Andrew Hamilton as “ranking as good or better than the previous two.” “tip on” LP style jacket with inner bag and OBI.