VA - Afro-Rock, Volume One: A Collection of Rare & Unreleased Afrobeat Quarried from Across the Continent (2001/2010)

Originally surfacing on Duncan Brooker’s indie Kona label in early 2001, the album single-handedly kick-started the thirst among jazz, funk and soul fans and ‘diggers’ to rediscover lost music from Africa made during the ‘60s and ‘70s from a time when many countries were gaining independence and celebrating a Pan-African identity within their music. This compilation paved the way for Strut's brilliant Nigeria 70 compilation as well as labels like Soundway and Analog Africa! Out of print for over 8 years, the album has been reissued on Strut in its original form with an extra bonus track, a dynamite unreleased psychedelic cut by Kenya’s Ishmael Jingo.

Tracklist
1. Jingo – Fever (06:43)
2. Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats – Heavy, Heavy, Heavy (06:33)
3. Steele Beauttah – Africa (03:50)
4. Mercury Dance Band – Envy No Good (04:52)
5. Dackin Dackino – Yuda (12:07)
6. K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas – Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'Awu (06:54)
7. Orchestra Lissanga – Okuzua (08:47)
8. Super Mambo 69 – Sweeper Soul (02:43)
9. Fathili & The Yahoos – Mabala (04:09)
10. Bokoor Band – Onupka Swapo (03:15)
11. Nkansah And Yaanom – Pem Dwe (04:43)
12. Jingo – Keep On Holding On (Part 1) (03:58)