
Tracklist
A1Gimme Some Lovin
A2Get Up & Dance Salsa
A3Jeannie My Love
B1This World Is For No One
B2Rock & Roll Birthday
B3We Need Freedom
Baad John CrossNew Revolution - Chapter One
Vinyl LP | 1984 / EU – Reissue | New
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Baad John Cross’s New Revolution is a Afro-electro-funk-boogie-disco banger that could only come from 1980s Nigeria. Bright, optimistic, with an unrelenting eye on the dance floor, it is regarded by many as a prototype of the electro rhythms that would become the signature sound of Nigerian boogie. A Cameroonian by birth, Cross arrived in Lagos a cheeky smile, a pair of white dungarees and a bag full of songs. After proving his chops with uncredited session work, he signed with the legendary Coconut label, hooked up with producer Modjo Isidore and created a stone cold boogie classic in New Revolution. ’Gimme Some Lovin’ and ‘Get Up And Dance Salsa’ (briefly a dance craze in Lagos, apparently) are dance floor classics, ‘Jeanie My Love’ the obligatory love ballad and ‘We Need Freedom’ a Marleyesque call for peace across the continent. The real surprise is ‘Rock n Roll Birthday’, a rockabilly number straight out of 80’s London. (The cover photo has a similar vibe.) Sadly, New Revolution was to be Baad John Cross’s only album. He was soon back in Cameroon, eking out a career as a session musician, but not before creating one of the freshest Nigerian boogie albums ever made. - Peter Moore
Item Details
Item No: | 573484 |
Artist: | Baad John Cross |
Titel: | New Revolution - Chapter One |
Label: | PMG |
Katalog-Nr: | PMG073LP |
Format: | Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP |
Pressing: | EU – Reissue |
Release Date: | 1984 |
Genre: | Organic Grooves, Reggae / Dancehall |
Style: | Funk / Soul, Disco / Boogie, Roots & Culture |
Available since: | 19.02.2018 |
Condition: | New |
Price: | 19,99 € 16,99 € |
Weight: | 250g (plus 250g Packaging) |