Smart Nkansah’s Sweet Talks
Friday February 22nd 2008, 2:36 pm

Sweet Talks

Sweet Talks – Osode Medley (Drum Break) 1976

A bunch of great African LPs came in the shop this week, so you know I had to take half of them home with me. Sir Shina Peters, Super 5 International, Sonora Gentil, Tony Grey and the Black Kings etc.

Many of the LPs are end-to-end listeners, top quality duelling guitar and grooving polyrhythms but the highlight of the whole pile is this two minute drum break in the middle of an eighteen minute medley. It appears on Sweet Talks‘ ‘Spiritual Ghana’ LP and its everything that is good in percussion. All at once.

The credits list the hitters as J.Y. Thorty (Drums), Yaw Samuel (Conga), Max Cozy (Percussion) and Pope Flynn (Percussion). I salute them.


Blogged by Beezer B
Filed under: African, Goodlookin', Other Music, Vinyl

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Crispy.

Cheers Beezer!

Comment by MistaJam 26.02.08 @ 8:26 am

nice piece
how do i get the whole,spiritual ghana, music album

Comment by alex sarkodie 09.09.08 @ 8:10 pm

i want to listen to the whole music album
how do i get it?

Comment by alex sarkodie 09.09.08 @ 8:37 pm

This group had a musical identity. In most of their recordings, this style of percussion interlude was pronounced. Ghanaians love it especially during party times. The drummers, Thorty and Ekow Tuyee were the masters of their time.

Comment by Prekese Media 26.04.10 @ 4:58 am

Nice beats.
Hei Listen to more of Ghanaian music on Akwaaba Radio.

Comment by Akwaaba Radio 26.04.10 @ 5:00 am



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