After opening West Africa's first record pressing plant in 1967, Essilfie-Bondzie's Dix and Essiebons labels were synonymous - for most of the 1970s - with the best in modern highlife, and his roster was a who's-who of highlife legends. C.K. Mann, Gyedu Blay Ambolley, Kofi Papa Yankson, Ernest Honny, Rob ‘Roy' Raindorf and Ebo Taylor all released some of their greatest music under the Essiebons banner.
Essiebons Special features a selection of obscure workouts from some of the label's heaviest hitters. But in the course of digitising his vast archive of master tapes, Essilfie-Bondzie found a number of Afrobeat and Inst- rumental masterpieces tracks from the label's mid-70s golden age that, for one reason or another, had never been released. Those songs are included here for the first time.
Sadly Essilfie-Bondzie passed away shortly before the compilation was finished. But his legacy lives on in the extraordinary music that he gave to the world in his lifetime.
A1. Kofi Psych - Ernest Honny 4:28 A2. Dee Mmaa Pe - Joe Meah 6:13 A3. Yeaba - CK Mann & His Carousel 7 4:28 B1. Shakabula - Santrofi-Ansa 4:13 B2. Tinitini - Seaboy & Nyame Bekyere 4:16 B3. Ahwene Pa Nkasa - Joe Meah 6:59 B4. Ernest Special - Ernest Honny 4:00 C1. Africa - Seaboy 6:27 C2. Medley (Broken Heart, Aunty Yaa, Omo Yaba (Nzema)) - Nyame Bekyere 10:41 C3. Say The Truth - Ernest Honny 6:11 D1. Wonnim A Bisa - Black Masters Band 5:33 D2. Egye Tu Gbe - Sawaaba Sound 3:45 D3. Fa W'Akoma Ma Me - CK Mann Big Band 4:12 D4. Odo Mframa - Ernest Honny 6:11
- Format Detail: 2LP 140g vinyl with Gatefold cover and 12-pages booklet [w/ download card]
- Released: 12/3/21
- Genre: World Music
- Format: Vinyl
