Artist: Ben Jagga
Album: Hold on Pretty Woman
Genre: Funk, Soul, Disco
Release Date: 2019
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 33:33
Total Tracks: 8
Total Size: 392 MB

Tracklist:

1. Ben Jagga – Hold on Pretty Woman (03:59)
2. Ben Jagga – You’re the Light of My Life (04:24)
3. Ben Jagga – Let’s Vow We’ll Never Part (04:05)
4. Ben Jagga – You’re My Reason for Living (04:07)
5. Ben Jagga – Aliyenju (03:58)
6. Ben Jagga – Just Forgive and Forget (04:03)
7. Ben Jagga – It’s You Forever (04:57)
8. Ben Jagga – Jack and Jill (03:56)

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Ben Jagga’s long-deleted sole solo release is the epitome of Tabansi/Taretone soul-funk-boogie-disco in its prime, and is very much a family affair. This is the first-ever reissue.Producer is Ephraim Nzeka (of Brother To Brother fame, as ‘Ephraim’), and backing vocals come courtesy of artists all with their own solo efforts out on the label: Bummy Olajubu, Judith Ezekoka, Zak Roberts, Eric Kol and Nkem Njoku (see the BBE reissue catalogue for killer LPs from the last two artists, in particular). Instrumentation is a tight, stripped-down unit: bass, guitar, drums and keyboards – and the mixdown man is Martin Ikebuaku, one of the unsung geniuses of the West African boogie sound, with literally hundreds of well-regarded sessions on almost every major Nigerian label under his belt. The album has long been in-demand among outernational boogie fans, and usually changes hands privately for princely sums (as of the date of writing these notes, it’s never been offered for sale on Discogs, probably the world’s leading rare vinyl sales site).