Y.K. Ajao And His Professional Brothers Band - Series One (Vinyl LP)

Name: Y.K. Ajao And His Professional Brothers Band - Series One (Vinyl LP)
Brand: Y.K. Ajao And His Professional Brothers Band
Price: 79.80 EUR
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Description

Y.K. Ajao And His Professional Brothers Band – Series One is a juju album by Nigerian singer and bandleader Professor Y.K. Ajao (Yekini Kolawole Ajao) from Iseyin in Oyo State. Ajao formed his Professional Brothers Band in 1973 and earned the nickname “Professor” on NTA Lagos television in 1974. Juju is Yoruba popular music built on talking drums, guitars and call-and-response vocals, shaped in Nigeria by I.K. Dairo, King Sunny Adé and Ebenezer Obey. This copy is a 1990 Nigerian original pressing on Harvest (cat. no. 1C 064-32 596).

Pressing details

Label / Cat. no.: Harvest 1C 064-32 596
Format: Vinyl LP, Album
Pressing: NG original
Country: Nigeria
Year of this pressing: 1990
Genre: Afrobeat, Juju, World

Condition

Condition: Second hand
Media: VG+
Cover: VG+

Graded to Goldmine standard (see Vinyl Grading). The images are our own scans of the actual copy for sale.

Tracklist

We could not verify the track listing of this edition in a reliable source. It can be seen on the scans of the back cover and label.

Personnel

Professor Y.K. Ajao (vocals, bandleader) with his Professional Brothers Band. Individual musicians are not known to us.

FAQ

Who was Y.K. Ajao?
Yekini Kolawole Ajao from Iseyin was one of Nigeria's well-known juju musicians. Inspired by I.K. Dairo, he formed his Professional Brothers Band in 1973 and released many albums, such as “Oro Nepa” (1982) and “Juju Makosa Calculation” (1991). He died aged 72.

Is this the original pressing?
According to our stock description this is a 1990 Nigerian original pressing. Nigerian juju LPs were usually pressed only locally and in small numbers.

What does Media VG+ / Cover VG+ mean?
VG+ (Very Good Plus) means both record and sleeve show light wear; the record may have faint surface noise that hardly affects playback. All grades are explained on our Vinyl Grading page.

Do you have more Y.K. Ajao records?
This is currently our only Y.K. Ajao record. More African titles are in our Afrobeat and World collections.

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