Odion Livingstone was set up to focus on reissuing rare forgotten gems out of Africa and they struck gold with their first release, Livy Ekemezie's 'Friday Night'.
Well, this was back in 2017, long after the world had lost touch with the original from 1982/3 so as we all need more kindness in our lives, they've decided to re-issue it again.
But unlike the BBE / Asona collaboration series that's from the same period, the most recent being Paa Jude's 'Seaman Jolly' (see review HERE), 'Friday Night' is exactly was it says on the tin, funky, disco, boogie outta Lagos that sounds more 70s due to the strength of the keyboards and clavinet; especially on 'Night Party' and 'Delectation'; Livy declares "Music is his delectation" at a time when was just out of school as a teenager!
And every track is a serious chunk of funky even with what might seem to our modern ears 'questionable' vocals, Livy is on vocals and bass, but I think that this makes it even more endearing and even more likely that Larry Levan would have been playing this all night long in Studio 54 if he could have had a copy of the LP.
And talking of vinyl/LPs, the re-issue will be a Limited Edition vinyl release of this "holy grail record" so get ya orders in babs: not to be confused with 'I Wan' My Bab' Back'.
Artist: Livy Ekemezie
Title: Friday Night
Release date: 9th January, 2025
Label : Odion Livingstone
Catalog Number : TBC
Format: Limited LP vinyl / Digital / Bandcamp
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