The Beta Yama Group

FREE LOVE (LP)

PMG Audio

pmg052lp

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It’s Hard To Get A Handle On Nigerian Musicians Nash Dodoo, Charlie Cuul And Jonas Caulley. In 1980 They Released An Album Of Face-melting Gospel Boogie As The Bml Chapels. And In The Same Year, Calling Themselves The Beta Yama Group, They Put Out Free Love, A Belated Love Letter To San Francisco’s Summer Of Love And An Album Altogether Focused On More Worldly Concerns. Free Love Is A Small Slice Of Haight-ashbury Transported To The Polygram Studios In Lagos. ‘te Revoir’ Is Mamas And Papas Jamming With Sergeant Pepper’s Beatles. ‘free Love’ Offers A Respectful Nod Towards Je T’aime-era Serge Gainsbourg. Sure, ‘revolution’ Gets Hard And Funky And ‘rain’ Flirts Briefly With A Calypso Reggae Sound, But The Majority Of The Album Is Cheesecloth And Flowers In Your Hair. Insanely Rare – And Worth Buying For The Freaky Cover Art Alone – Free Love Is A Funky, Reverb Heavy Call For Love, Peace And Sweet, Sweet Loving. What More Could You Want From An Album?<br />(peter Moore)