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01. Julie Coker - Ere Yon
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02. Julie Coker - Re Hese
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03. Julie Coker - It's All For You
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04. Julie Coker - Sogio
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05. Julie Coker - Gossiper Scandal Monger
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06. Julie Coker - Iyo-Re
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07. Julie Coker - Elelemi
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ARTIST
COKER, JULIE
TITLE
A Life In The Limelight: Lagos Disco & Itsekiri Highlife, 1976-1981
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
KALITA RECORDS
CATALOG #
KALITA 004CD
KALITA 004CD
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
6/7/2019
Kalita Records release the first ever compilation focusing on the musical career of
Julie Coker
, the queen of Nigerian television. Here the label collates seven of Julie's most sought-after Afro disco and hauntingly-beautiful Itsekiri highlife recordings, accompanied by extensive interview-based liner notes and never-before seen photos. After gaining fame as Miss Western Nigeria 1957, Julie began her career in the Nigerian entertainment industry as the country's first ever (and Africa's second) female television presenter, as well as a popular national radio host. In 1976, having been surrounded by close musical friends, including
Fela Kuti
and
Kris Okotie
, Julie entered the Nigerian music scene with the now-invisible psychedelic highlife album
Ere Yon (Sweet Songs)
(1976), followed in 1981 by the highly sought-after disco-centric
Tomorrow
to great acclaim. Both now fetch eye-watering prices on the rare occasion that they become available for sale. Kalita Records select four recordings from
Ere Yon (Sweet Songs)
and three from
Tomorrow
, all as contemporary-sounding today as they were when first released forty years ago. These include Julie's "Ere Yon", which was recently re-interpreted by
Anderson .Paak
on
Oxnard
released on
Dr. Dre
's Aftermath imprint in 2018, and the lost Afro disco classic "Gossiper Scandal Monger". In partnership with Julie, Kalita Records believe the time is right to share Julie's phenomenal story and music with the world once more. CD version comes in a digipack; includes booklet.
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