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Snr Eddie Donkor – Eye Banker
Perfect Ghanaian highlife from a legendary guitarist-bandleader. This is the best highlife album in my life right now. Synths and brotherly advice about money, women and gossip. Exactly.
Side A
Eye Banker
Kwaku Anase
Ka Na Wu
Side B
Asem Yi
Emmaabeku Mmarima
Jeje Kule
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I love you. I just found your blog just now. I love you. The synth on this tape is beautiful.
Good work.
Wow — thank you so much for posting this. Really, really cool. Tracks 2 and 3 have been running through my head since I downloaded this yesterday, and I just had to come back and express my gratitude. If not for your blog, I’d never have heard this. Right on!
This stuff is great! I just recently discovered this blog, and i am addicted already. you should upload some malagasy stuff if you have any.
This guy was a Ghana highlife giant–he was one of the founders of the African Brothers Band. He’s gone now, but it’s cool to hear some of his later work.
Thank you for your blog, I really appreciate what you are doin.
Does anyone know what year or time period this is from?
1980s, i believe.
interessant: le track Jeje Kule est un cover de Che Che Cole, le hit salsa de Willie Colon et Hector Lavoe ! abrazos desde Colombia !!
IF “SNR EDDIE DONKO” IS STEEL HERE, LET HIM CALL “STRUT RECORDS”
http://www.strut-records.com/.
To Etienne Sevet: No, it’s the other way round, “Che che cole” is originally a Ghanaian children’s song, so Willie Colon took it from Ghana.
This is the real deal – beautiful stuff. Thanks for opening my ears to it!
Awesome tape from Africa!
Thank you so much for uploding this on your blof, i looked for these songs for hours on the net but thank God i found it on here!!!! thanks : )
merci dr frank ! oui, on m’a meme dit depuis que c’est a l’origine un chant pour enfants – c’est vrai?
that introduction from eye banker is killer! simply Eleggua: open the path to whatever you wanna play, be it slow or fast!
Upon discovery of your blog, I clicked a random “Rewind” month and this post came up. Must have been “destiny” (lol), because this is the first thing I downloaded from you and it remains my favorite. Super thank you forever plus.
I love this record. I assume that’s Joe Dee on bass? Who is the drummer? This sounds like the “Agatha” band, which may be my favorite rhythm section ever.
There is an Eddie Donkor album, “No Contribution, No Chop,” available on Amazon. Anyone know if he recorded much more under his own name?
I had forgotten about this album, and stumbled upon a corrupted mp3 on an old cd backup. Thanks so much for bringing Eddie Donkor into my life. What a wonderful album.
The King of Rhythm sang the truth and at the same time made them sound humourous.
pls where can I get de CDs to buy