How hot is this cover of Nana Love?? Pure retro fabulousness… I’m truly grateful that Experimental etc Blog shared this -vintage gem…
Look at her hair (I’m guessing 70’s wig), that fab subtle make-up and her just seen Akan tribal mark, -just fabulous me thinks…
I’m going to do some more research on Nana Love, -will keep you posted…
More info to follow -enjoy…
Disco Documentary Full Of Funk (1978)
"If there was ever a female James Brown from Africa, it would be this lady right here, Nana Love from Ghana. She composed, arranged and produced all the songs on this album which features great boogie, funk, spacy and instrumental tunes. Very tight backing players featuring intergalactic keyboard and synth improvisation on several keys, multi horn section, bongos, drums, and the occasional scream by the lady herself... even a flute solo. Chaotic."
"For musical anthropologists and collectors of long-forgotten recorded artefacts, the 1970s singer Nana Love is a textbook case: the practically unknown yet contextually enthralling blank slate. Almost no information about this artist exists, beyond the basic facts that she was an up-and-coming performer on the Lagos, Nigeria-centred West African nightclub circuit, that she never quite achieved stardom there, but that she provided lead vocals on a number of recording sessions featuring many of the talented musicians that populated this scene. If lucky, interested parties can occasionally find copies of her one known album, 1978's Disco Documentary Full of Funk, for sale on various internet vinyl emporia for exorbitant prices." - Piotr Orlov
P’s I pray she's happy, that the music industry didn’t use her up and spit her out, if anyone has more info about Nana Love, do get in touch, I’d love to interview her… Let celebrate this pioneer…
Source:http://experimentaletc.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/nana-love.html
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