{"product_id":"aderemi-kabaka-roots-funkadelia","title":"Aderemi Kabaka - Roots Funkadelia","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the great success of BBE’s 2023 reissue of Remi Kabaka’s 1976 lost masterpiece ‘Son of Africa’ comes yet another neglected and hitherto-hidden slice of pure Kabaka goodness: 1980’s ‘Roots Funkadelia’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the 1976 album was recorded at Island Studios London, roots was recorded and mixed in L.A. in the midst of a golden period for the Motown studios, and the sheer quality of the mix shows in spades. An unexpected but welcome bonus is the appearance throughout of the ‘mean machine’- Motown artists the commodores’ brass section alter-ego.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1980 on Polygram Nigeria with no international distribution deal, and lurking almost unnoticed in a handful of dedicated afro vinyl collections, this is the first-ever reissue outside Africa of an album that regularly fetches £500 plus on the ‘those who know’ market’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"kingslandrecords","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60194757935438,"sku":null,"price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1058\/3474\/2094\/files\/e1ea5f_a73f2d6a88a04a038692ddd06edac432_mv2.jpg?v=1784738265","url":"https:\/\/www.kingslandrecords.com\/products\/aderemi-kabaka-roots-funkadelia","provider":"Kingsland Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}