Manu Dibango

Limited 180g BLUE VINYL edition

Comes with the original 1985 artworks & obi strip

featuring Herbie Hancock, Mory Kante & Bernie Worrell

Back available as a limited vinyl edition (500 only) for the first time since 1985. Featuring key players like Bernie Worrell, Bill Laswell, Mory Kanté and Herbie Hancock ! Manu Dibango needs little introduction, born in Cameroon in 1933, Manu developed a musical style fusing jazz, funk, and traditional Cameroonian music.

He’s definitely among the best known African artists outside of Africa. Collaborations were numerous and include top acts like Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Sly & Robbie, Don Cherry and Bernie Worrell. In addition to selling hundreds of thousands of copies of the albums he recorded, he played such huge venues as Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Pata Piya
• A2. Electric Africa

• SIDE B
• B1. Echos Beti
• B2. L'arbre A Palabres