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Masekela: The Boy’s Doin’ It

In June 1975, “Casablanca” label released “The Boy’s Doin’ It”, album by Masekela (the 18th Hugh Masekela album overall). It was recorded in 1975, in Lagos, Nigeria, and was produced by Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine.

Personnel:

  • Hugh Masekela – vocals, horns
  • O. J. Ekemode – vocals, horns
  • Stanley Todd Kwesi – vocals, guitar
  • Gboyega Adelaja – electric piano
  • Yaw Opoku – vocals, electric bass
  • Papa Frankie Todd – drums
  • Kwasi “Rocki” Dzidzornu – congas
  • Odinga “Guy” Warren – vocals, shekere, bells
  • Asante – vocals, talking drum
  • Hadzoleh Soundz – backing band
  • Stewart Levine – director
  • Rik Pekkonen – engineer
  • Doug Sax – mastering

Track listing:

  1. The Boy’s Doin’ It – Gboyega Adelaja, Hugh Masekela, Odinga Warren, O.J. Ekemode, Todd Kwesi, Yaw Opoku
  2. Mama – Hugh Masekela
  3. Excuse Me Please – Hugh Masekela
  4. Ashiko – O.J. Ekemode
  5. In the Jungle – Hugh Masekela
  6. A Person Is a Sometime Thing – Hugh Masekela

Paul McCartney & Wings: Band On The Run

On November 30, 1973, “Apple” label released “Band on the Run”, the third Paul McCartney and Wings studio album, It was recorded August – October 1973, at “EMI” and “ARC” in Lagos, Nigeria, “AIR” and “Kingsway Recorders” in London, and was produced by Paul McCartney. In 2000, “Q magazine placed “Band on the Run” at number 75 in its list of the “100 Greatest British Albums Ever”. In 2012, it was voted 418th on Rolling Stone’s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.In 2013, it was inducted into the “Grammy Hall of Fame”.

Personnel:

  • Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards, drums, percussion
  • Linda McCartney – harmony and backing vocals, organ, keyboards, percussion
  • Denny Laine – harmony and backing vocals, co-lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
  • Howie Casey – saxophone
  • Ginger Baker – percussion
  • Remi Kabaka – percussion
  • Ian Horne, Trevor Jones – backing vocals
  • 3 uncredited session musicians – saxophones
  • Tony Visconti – orchestrations
  • Geoff Emerick – engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Paul and Linda McCartney, except where noted.

  1. Band on the Run
  2. Jet
  3. Bluebird
  4. Mrs. Vandebilt
  5. Let Me Roll It
  6. Mamunia
  7. No Words – Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
  8. Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
  9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five