MIKE NYONI and BORN FREE - My Own Thing (Repress) - LP - Vinyl [JUL 5]

LP - Black Vinyl Repress.   

Anthology of Zamrock musician Mike Nyoni’s funky, psych-rock and folkloric 1970s recordings Zambian guitarist and singer/songwriter Mike Nyoni’s music is Zamrock only because he came of age during the country’s rock revolution. He preferred wah-wah to fuzz guitar, James Brown to Jimi Hendrix. His 70s recordings - often politically charged, and ranging from despondent to exuberant - are amongst the funkiest on the African continent. He was also one of the only Zamrock musicians to see his music contemporaneously issued in Europe.

This anthology collates works from his three 70s LPs - his first, with the Born Free band, and his two solo albums Kawalala and I Can’t Understand You - and presents a singular Zambian musician on par with celebrated artists Rikki Ililonga, Keith Mlevhu and Paul Ngozi. 

Tracklist: 

A1.    Born Free –    I Don't Know
A2.    Born Free –    Come Back To Me
A3.    Born Free –    My Dear Girl
A4.    Born Free –    Messed Day
A5.    Born Free –    Mad Man
A6.    Born Free –    Mwana

B1.    Mike Nyoni –    S.M.
B2.    Mike Nyoni –    My Own Thing (Nyoni's Thing)
B3.    Mike Nyoni –    Coming Home
B4.    Mike Nyoni –    It's Only A Dream
B5.    Mike Nyoni –    Soweto