i think i shared this before but this music can't be shared often enough. my first encounter with african music.
rockpalast was a very famous german tv and radio show. they always attempted to bring fantastic musicians who were still somewhat unknown in germany. they always had one night with a brodcast of three of these concerts. this evening here was particularly great. i heard joe jackson and band for the first time who left me totally enthused. and then came my first african music ever: king sunny adé. i was stunned. this was a time before internet so foreign music was only availabe if you knew it and could ask for it in the record stores. and you could only know it if it was broadcasted on the radio or on tv; radio gave a bigger chance back then to listen to unknown bands, particularly in the WDR.
i recorded this concert but of course the cassette has given up the ghost during the past 40 years. cassettes are not made to last this long.
but luckily we have internet nowadays. and here i can watch it and listen to it again: king sunny ade and his african beats on the rockpalast night in 1983
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KingSunnyAde - YouTube - Rockpalast 1983. King Sunny Adé and his African Beats 90min
