Originally released in 1976, Ubok Aka Inua is the fifth album by legendary Nigerian saxophonist and band leader, Etubom Rex Williams.
The album features Psychedelic Shoes and One Woman Is Enough Trouble, both heard on countless funk and soul compilations.
The album was restored from the original tapes by Noah Mintz and artwork restored and recreated by Steve Lewin.
"Etubom Rex Williams occupies the genuine space of legend of Nigerian Highlife. His incredible professionalism, vast body of work and huge personality, established him as a veritable force of the genre quite early in his career. A case quite similar to another teenage prodigy of Highlife Music, Sir Victor Uwaifo. However any accolades he earned were well deserved and based on a platform of hard graft and genuine love for his art. He like Uwaifo, straddles the Inter-generational gap between the old masters of Highlife such as Bobby Benson, E.C.Arinze, Inyang Henshaw, Dr Victor Olaiya etc and the latter generation of Eddy Okweddy, Orlando Owoh, Tunji Oyelana, Eric Akaeze, Osayomore Joseph et al." - Ed Keazor, Music in Africa
Label: We Are Busy Bodies – WABB-114
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Country: Canada
Released: 2022
Genre: Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Afrobeat, Highlife
Tracklist
A1 Ubok Aka Inua
A2 Nwa Anwanwa
A3 Psychedelic Shoes
B1 One Woman Is Enough Trouble
B2 Uwa Idem Mi (Part Two)
B3 Ama Mbre Ewa