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01. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Kwame Nkrumah
02. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Muntum
03. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Ngele Waewae
04. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Auntie B
05. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Makoma
06. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Yei Ngbewoh
07. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Hweyie
08. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Menye Wo Bowu
09. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Akuafo Cocoa
10. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Natsui
11. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - The Tree and the Monkey
12. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Onua
13. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Owu Aye Me Adze
14. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Mr Mouse
15. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Nimpa Nawie
16. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Akole Manuma Dibi
17. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Club Girl
01. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Nothing But Man's Slave
02. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Akpanga
03. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Sanbra
04. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Onua Pa
05. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Shemi Ni Oha
06. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Korle Bu
07. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Small Boy
08. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Afi Fro Fro
09. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Bus Conductor
10. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Nkebo Baaya
11. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Donkey Calypso
12. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Tea Samba
13. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Adainqua
14. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - All for You
15. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - St. Peter's Calypso
16. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Essie Nana
17. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - John B Calypso
01. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Munsuro
02. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Odofo
03. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Inflation Calypso
04. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Nkatie
05. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Asembon Tie M'ansem
06. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Wiadzi
07. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Agriculture
08. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Fom Fom
09. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Sunday Mirror
10. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Don't Mind Your Wife
11. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Ahongyee
12. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Mucho Mambo
13. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Novimye
14. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Loffoh Bibio
15. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Bashia
16. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Because of Money
17. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - School Girl
01. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Day By Day
02. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Calabar O
03. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Comfort
04. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Renkyebo
05. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - 205
06. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Onipa
07. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Gbaa Anokwale
08. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Abele
09. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Odo Angyina
10. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Damfo Wo Eni Ewu
11. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Kaa No Wa
12. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Senorita
13. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Daavi Loloto
14. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - 1914
15. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Medzi Medzi
16. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Ghana-Guinea-Mali
17. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Mee Bei Obada
18. E.T. MENSAH & THE TEMPOS - Ghana Freedom
ARTIST
TITLE
King of Highlife Anthology
FORMAT
4CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
RETRO 024CD RETRO 024CD
GENRE
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.