“In 1980, Ebo Taylor recorded an album in Lagos, mixing his signature highlife style with afrobeat and a political fervour not always present in his previous recordings. Against a backdrop of Jerry Rawlings’ military rule at home, and an oil boom abroad, the five-track album – titled
Palaver and recorded at Tabansi Records’ studios – spoke of the social and political upheaval Taylor experienced in Ghana. Leaving Nigeria at short notice, he never saw the tapes again.Earlier this year, BBE records embarked on an extensive reissue campaign with Tabansi, among which were the rumoured ‘lost tapes’, discovered at the label’s Lagos warehouse, almost forty years since they were recorded. ...”
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