Tighten Up (Vinyl LP) Afrobeat & African

Tighten Up (Vinyl LP) Afrobeat & AfricanBy the time 'Tighten Up' was released in early 1969 (and only operating since July of 1968), Trojan Records of the UK had released a staggering 108 singles and 25 albums to a voracious cosmopolitan British public. But Trojan knew that they needed a way to expand the nation's knowledge of their excellent catalogue, so they hastily put together this 12 track ragbag of 7" singles as a compilation, priced it cheap (14 schillings and 6 old pence), put a

The result is a remarkable suite of tracks that sparkle with superb musicianship

Peter Gabriel and Owen Pallett

drums) and Laurie Vincent (guitar) recorded this follow up at Jackson Browne's studio in Santa Monica

Veteran Earl Coleman also appears as a singer on the Ellington tune "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream

who plays weird flatted notes all over the horn against the changes

England and features contributions from The Balanescu Quartet

but was more adventurous and twice as interesting

piercing tonal skree and subtly tweaked bass modulations - as the track ploughs relentlessly forwards

the Beatles began writing music that pointed to a future which they would

and 8-track (the drum sounds are all unbelievably created with his vocals)

includes download code

CD with booklet