K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Black Album)
Reissue of a much sought after Ghanaian highlife classic

K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Black Album)

K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas

€ 32,95
  • LP
Label
Soundway Records
Expected release
26 September 2025
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Description

Seminal album from cult Ghanaian musician Alhaji K. Frimpong, recorded in 1977 and considered to be one of the best highlife albums ever recorded.

The Black Album expands the electronic elements and features the equally visionary Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena, although the real gem is hiding on the B side: the extended groove of “Adam Nana”. Sinuously evolving guitar lines, clavinet vamps, harmonised vocal snatches and otherworldly percussion expand and contract over a full quarter of an hour - a Ghanaian repost to the Afro Jazz experiments going on at the same time on the other side of the Atlantic.

Although popular in Ghana at the time of the release, the albums were never distributed internationally and original copies of the album are extremely rare. The albums got a limited reissue in 2011 and have been unavailable since - even reissue copies sell for high prices on the second hand market.

Tracklist

A

  • 1.Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena
  • 2.Asase Yi So
  • 3.Awisia

B

  • 1.Adam Nana (Medley)

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