Name: Sweeter Than Honey, Calypso "Mahuno" And High Lifes Celebration
Brand: Pat Thomas and Ebo Taylor

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

PMG 046LP

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Colour

Black

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2017-01-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

710473191579

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Pat Thomas and Ebo Taylor

Genre US

African

Label US

PMG present a reissue of Pat Thomas &amp; Ebo Taylor's Sweeter Than Honey, Calypso "Mahuno" And High Lifes Celebration, originally released in 1980. "Pat Thomas and Ebo Taylor are the Jagger and Richards of Nigerian highlife. Drawn together by a mutual love of the genre - and an equally intense desire to stop it becoming moribund and bereft of ideas - Ghana's two most progressive musicians added a western twist to this traditional form of African music and gave it relevance again. It was by no means a continuous process. Pat Thomas and Ebo Taylor first came together in 1966. Over the decades they'd venture off to play in different bands and even different countries. Periodically they'd get back together and implement the new ideas and skills they'd developed. In 1980, they met up in London and recorded Sweeter Than Honey, Calypso Mahuno. Composed and arranged by Taylor, burnished by Pat Thomas's honeyed vocals, the album is a mix of highlife, calypso, funk, jazz, soul and pop. From the title track to 'Ma Huno', the album's undisputed highlight, the ambition - and musicianship - is breathtaking. Sweeter Than Honey, Calypso Mahuno is arguably the purest example of this extraordinary musical partnership. And what highlife, unshackled, can be.

Sweeter Than Honey, Calypso "Mahuno" And High Lifes Celebration

Music US