REMI KABAKA Kabaka Son Of Africa (This is probably the rarest of the rare. Take a look on any Island discography you care to choose & you will find this catalogue number listed as 'not issued' but here it is! In 1977 a 10-track LP was issued with handwritten white 'Island Manufacturing Limited' labels in a mock up sleeve with pasted artwork on the front & a press release on the back ILPS9394)
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REEBOP KWAKU BAAH Reebop (Monster Afrobeat 1972 US first press 7-track LP on the pink rim Island label, recorded at Island's London Studios that year & guest starring Steve Winwood. Reebop was a merciless conga player & joined Winwood's Traffic after a meeting on tour in Sweden the previous year [Brian Eno once described the percussionist & all-out hedonist as Traffic's "direct-inject anti-jazz ray gun"!?]. The pasted picture sleeve is still in hype stickered open shrink with the company inner & the vinyl is Excellent, with little evidence of play SW-9304) more...
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'REEBOP' KWAKU BAAH & GANOUA Trance (1977 UK Island first press 5-track LP on the orange sunrise label, documenting for the first time on record the music of Ganoua (or G'noua), a mystical sect of North Africa. Island at this point were more than happy to pilot 'Reebop', formerly Traffic's secret percussive weapon, in a Land Rover across Africa in search of their music & its so-called healing power. This unique meeting took place in a rambling old palace in Tangier. With exotic instruments like the Gimbri (a three-stringed lute made from wood & leather), Cocobars (iron castanets) & the Bindir (a tambourine drum) all put to stunning use, this is one magical record, indeed. Both the picture sleeve & vinyl are near mint ILPS9491) more...
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