{"product_id":"ebo-taylor-uhuru-yenzu-conflict","title":"Conflict – Vinyl LP\/CD","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eOfficial Mr Bongo reissue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e1. You Need Love \/ 2. Love And Death \/ 3. What Is Life? \/ 4. Christ Will Come \/ 5. Victory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eOne of Ghana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003es finest producer and arrangers, Ebo Taylor was involved in a lot of the afro-funk to emerge from the country in the 70s working with bands such as Apagya Show Band and fellow musicians such as C.K. Mann and Pat Thomas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConflict was originally released in 1980 and is finally seeing a long overdue reissue on Mr Bongo, following a partial remake as part of Taylor\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es 2009 Love and Death album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe five tracks that make up Conflict are a perfect example of Taylor\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es trademark approach that saw him inject a heavy dose of funk into Ghana\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es traditional highlife grooves in an attempt to move away from what he saw as the music\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es more traditional qualities. The album opens with the highlife of You Need Love, a track with catchy chants, horn riffs and guitar licks, and soon moves into funkier territories starting with Love and Death and then What Is Life?, a song with thicker grooves and a flute offset against the horn section. Christ Will Come is a highlight combining percussion with funky drums, flute and horns to devastating effect for what is essentially a bit of an apocalyptic jam heralding Christ\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es return on judgement day. The album closes with Victory. Based on a traditional song of the Asafo people, the song puts forward the horn section over a rapid groove and calls for the unity of all mankind. Taylor\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es arrangements and funky grooves combined with lyrics that touch on subjects ranging from love to religion make Conflict a stand out opus of Ghanaian afro-funk that\u003cb\u003eʼ\u003c\/b\u003es ripe for rediscovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe LP features fully reproduced original artwork. Produced on heavyweight vinyl. CD in digipack format with Obi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/2861638\u0026amp;color=0066cc\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ebo Taylor \u0026 Uhuru Yenzu","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":58738522554752,"sku":"MRBLP109","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58738522587520,"sku":"MRBCD109","price":3.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/1384\/1792\/files\/MRLP109-CONFLICT-FRONT-SQ.jpg?v=1787215211","url":"https:\/\/vinylvers.com\/products\/ebo-taylor-uhuru-yenzu-conflict","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}