NANA LOVE / ナナ・ラヴ / DISCO DOCUMENTARY - FULL OF FUNK / レコード

■2LP+CD付

ハッ! アフリカの和田アキ子、NANA LOVEの伝説のアフロ・ディスコ・アルバムが遂にリイシュー!!!

アフリカン・ディスコの中でも知る人ぞ知る名作が待望のリイシュー! 御覧くださいこの堂々とした面構え。斜に構えた緩めの体型。吐き捨てるように歌い、バックの演奏もグルーヴの塊。申し分ないとはこのことではないでしょうか。

それもそのはず、BONEY Mのメンバーが6人もバンドに入っており、中にはあのHARRY MOSCOも!!

【スタッフレビュー】
先日初の来日を果たした世界屈指のディガー、ガスマスクでアフリカ各国を駆け回る男フランク・ゴスナーが、アフリカのオブスキュアな70sディスコ、ブギーをコンパイルした『LAGOS DISCO INFERNO』(2010年発表)にも彼女の楽曲が収録された。この堂々たる出で立ちを見よ。少し幼い歌声とは裏腹に魅せるシャウト。アフリカ・ファンが心から求めた幻の1枚が完全版としてBBEより復刻。LPは2枚組。
(ソウル/ブルースWEB 小山雄規)

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As the third instalment of our “Masters We Love” series, our crate-digging journey found the original producer Reindorf Oppong of one of what could possibly be one of the most ‘mysterious’ Afro-Disco records recorded in the late 70s; Nana Love’s “Disco Documentary – Full Of Funk”.

The original master tapes were un-covered [and luckily in great shape], then transferred and re-mastered to digital by legendary mastering house Masterpiece. In the process of going through the tapes, even un-released versions were discovered, which makes this a rather special package.

Afro-Disco is quite often lumped into the same category of infamous cheesiness that characterizes the genre for many and others…

Nana Love’s work, showcased here on this album, is a testament to the music’s most redeeming qualities: great musicianship, funky basslines and killer breaks. As a singer / songwriter in the leading role throughout, Nana Love [with production by Reindorf Oppong] lends a wonderfully balanced approach to the arrangements. The result is a set of tracks that are positioned carefully at the forward thinking crossroads of Disco, Boogie and Soul & Funk…

If the arrangements and tastefulness of a 12-piece studio band are ambitious in their execution, the lyrical content as well as compositions is grounded in the simplicity of having a good, dance-filled time.

Band members include 6 of the original Boney M guys as well as the legendary Harry Moso and was recorded in London in 1978, in the same studio as Boney M recorded alongside David Bowie. The tracks with the infectious grooves that drive them make them all perfectly suited for parties and any space with a dance-floor.

This album makes us think; would there ever have been a Studio 54 in Ghana in late 70s, these would have been the recordings that would have packed the dance floor with their deep root in Disco, Soul & Funk!

- Previously never re-issued album
- Very hard-to-find and sought-after album, now available on CD & Digital for the first time
- Re-mastered from the original master tapes by Masterpiece London
- Original re-stored artwork from high-res scans & high-end retoucher
- Additional archive photos
- Additional liner notes telling the story behind the recordings
- 12 piece studio band containing 6 members from Boney M as well as legendary Harry Mosco
- Limited double LP in gatefold sleeve