Nearly all the tracks assembled here come from recordings made for the Melodisc label and originally released as 10-inch 78rpm singles. People who bought these records at the time can still recall how it was when the percussion team — among them Ade Bashorun, Salustiano Dos Anjos, Manny Myers and 'Lati' Pedro — built their polyrhythms in Ola Dosunmu's kingdom. With the melodic guitars of Brewster and Ambrose coming together behind Campbell's soothing voice, the musicians contrived to paint an evocative, enduring picture of palmwine Lagos nights.
For English people, emerging from the shadow of wartime deprivation, this fresh 'sunshine' music was just what the doctor ordered. The atmosphere at the clubs, and the warmth of their African clientele, contrasted favourably with the restraint and stiff upper-lip which might have got the country through the war, but which — for some people — left something missing.
This music and the startling taste of hot West African food were for many white people the keys to learning about a new way of being.

TRACKLISTING:

Side A:
West African Rhythm Brothers - We Have It In Africa
West African Rhythm Brothers - Oba Adele
Nigerian Union Rhythm Group - The Wind In A Frolic
West African Rhythm Brothers - Iku Koni Payin
Ayinda Bakare And His Meranda Orchestra - Ibikunle Alakija

Side B:
West African Rhythm Brothers - Omo Laso
West African Rhythm Brothers - Calabar-O
West African Rhythm Brothers - Emi Wa Wa Lowo Re
West African Rhythm Brothers - Iwa D'Arekere
West African Rhythm Brothers - Ominira

Side C:
Nigerian Union Rhythm Group - The Memorial Of Chief J.K. Randle
West African Rhythm Brothers - Mofi Ajobi Seyin
Nigerian Union Rhythm Group - Unity
Nigerian Union Rhythm Group - Oratido Soso
West African Rhythm Brothers - Ayami
West African Rhythm Brothers - Oba Ademola II

Side D:
West African Rhythm Stars - Late Ojo Davies
West African Rhythm Stars - Geneva Conference
West African Rhythm Brothers - Ele Da Awa
West African Rhythm Brothers - Aye Wa Adara
West African Rhythm Brothers - Lagos Mambo
West African Rhythm Brothers - Odudua
West African Rhythm Brothers - I Am A Stranger