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01. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Kwame Nkrumah
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02. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Muntum
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03. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Ngele Waewae
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04. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Auntie B
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05. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Makoma
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06. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Yei Ngbewoh
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07. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Hweyie
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08. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Menye Wo Bowu
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09. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Akuafo Cocoa
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10. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Natsui
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11. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - The Tree and the Monkey
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12. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Onua
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13. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Owu Aye Me Adze
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14. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Mr Mouse
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15. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Nimpa Nawie
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16. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Akole Manuma Dibi
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17. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Club Girl
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01. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Nothing But Man's Slave
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02. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Akpanga
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03. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Sanbra
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04. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Onua Pa
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05. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Shemi Ni Oha
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06. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Korle Bu
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07. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Small Boy
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08. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Afi Fro Fro
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09. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Bus Conductor
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10. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Nkebo Baaya
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11. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Donkey Calypso
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12. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Tea Samba
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13. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Adainqua
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14. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - All for You
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15. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - St. Peter's Calypso
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16. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Essie Nana
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17. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - John B Calypso
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01. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Munsuro
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02. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Odofo
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03. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Inflation Calypso
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04. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Nkatie
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05. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Asembon Tie M'ansem
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06. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Wiadzi
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07. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Agriculture
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08. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Fom Fom
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09. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Sunday Mirror
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10. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Don't Mind Your Wife
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11. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Ahongyee
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12. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Mucho Mambo
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13. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Novimye
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14. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Loffoh Bibio
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15. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Bashia
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16. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Because of Money
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17. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - School Girl
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01. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Day By Day
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02. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Calabar O
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03. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Comfort
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04. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Renkyebo
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05. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - 205
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06. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Onipa
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07. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Gbaa Anokwale
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08. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Abele
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09. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Odo Angyina
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10. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Damfo Wo Eni Ewu
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11. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Kaa No Wa
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12. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Senorita
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13. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Daavi Loloto
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14. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - 1914
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15. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Medzi Medzi
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16. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Ghana-Guinea-Mali
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17. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Mee Bei Obada
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18. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Ghana Freedom
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ARTIST
MENSAH & THE TEMPOS, E.T.
TITLE
King of Highlife Anthology
FORMAT
4CD
LABEL
RETROAFRIC
CATALOG #
RETRO 024CD
RETRO 024CD
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
3/3/2015
Restocked; featured on NPR Fresh Air!
E.T. Mensah
was the first King of Highlife, and although he died in 1996, he's still -- and forever will be -- the King of Highlife, the mainly Ghanaian dance music that he made popular around Africa and beyond in the 1950s and '60s. E.T. (as everyone called him) played a variety of instruments but especially saxophones and the trumpet, composed hundreds of songs and dance tunes, and led the best band on the West African Gold Coast,
The Tempos
. Modeled on the great American swing bands of the 1930s and '40s, The Tempos blended re-Africanized jazz, Latin music, and calypso with various local dance styles. With their records and tours over the two decades following their recording debut for Decca in 1952, they spread the highlife dance-band sound throughout West Africa (particularly Nigeria, where the young saxophonist
Fela Kuti
was deeply influenced by E.T. Mensah) and on to the Congo, East Africa, and Southern Africa, everywhere inspiring new dance-band styles. RetroAfric's 4-CD compilation includes all of The Tempos' hits as well as recordings that haven't been available since the days of shellac 78s, all 69 tracks remastered from the best available sources. It is the most comprehensive collection of E.T. Mensah recordings ever released. The 64-page booklet is filled with historical photographs and a biography by
John Collins
, the Ghana-based record producer and highlife scholar, and the package features specially-commissioned art by
Kofi Ankroba
.
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