ROB – Make It Fast Make It Slow (LP)

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Label: Soundway
Format: sealed 180 gram vinyl LP + MP3 download code
Cat: SNDWLP040
Released: 02 Apr 2013
Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

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Description

As part of its ongoing programme of represses, Soundway is delighted to announce the renewed availability of two fantastic titles from its back catalogue. Kicking 2017 off in style Soundway re-issue ROB’s second album which they made available for the first time outside Ghana.

ROB was an enigmatic recording artist from Ghana who cut two albums for the legendary Essiebons label in 1977. Neither of these were big domestic hits at the time and have since become prized amongst collectors in recent years. The title track from this LP was always one of the most popular on the first Soundway release Ghana Soundz and over the years we have been asked many times to re-issue the LP in it’s entirety. A stranger, slower offering than his more dancefloor funk-laden and Spartan first LP, this record sees ROB in similar territory but with the tempo switched down and the introspection turned up.
ROB’s trademark horns dominate and are supplied by the Mag-2, an army band founded by leader Amponsah Rockson, who named it after the army unit the band played for the “magnificent” second battalion. In 1977, Rob traveled to the coastal town of Takoradi in search of Mag-2, which had an entire section of its line-up dedicated to horns, with the intension of laying out his proposal to them. Luckily for Rob, the band took him up on it.

With religious overtones and a broody, slightly off-key atmosphere at points it’s certainly one of the stranger afro-funk records to come out of West Africa but with tracks like Loose up Yourself and Make it Fast, Make it Slow he nails it for sure. Essential.

Additional information

Weight 0.25 kg