{"product_id":"sidiku-buari-disco-soccer","title":"Sidiku Buari Disco Soccer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eBBE\u003c\/span\u003e Music is delighted to present the first ever reissue of ‘Disco Soccer’, the 1979 album from Ghanaian sportsman turned musician Alhaji Sidiku Buari.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally an athlete, winning silver and gold medals in the Senegal All Africa Games and West African Games in 1963 and a bronze in the All African in Congo Brazzaville in 1965, Buari moved to America on a music scholarship from The York Institute, obtained as a result of his athletic achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuari soon became enthused by baseball, training with the York team and occasionally playing in matches. When one of York’s music teachers heard him singing inspirational team-builder songs and chants for his side – in the Ga language- he suggested putting a rhythm section behind the songs, recording them, and seeing what the American record buying public thought of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt won’t surprise you to hear that said Americans loved the demos- so, in 1975, he recorded his first album – the first of fifteen. Buari went on to collaborate with Bernard Purdie, Sugar Hill’s Steve Jerome and Salsoul’s bassman, Gordon Edwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA switch to Polydor in 1979 produced Disco Soccer, and if you’re into disco or boogie or any hybrid thereof, this is a must-have album. A homage, Ay to Zee, to New York’s late 70s disco scene, filtered through an Accra late-night haze: Ga vocals and West African percussion all the way, all of it composed and produced by the artist himself. A generous eleven tracks of all killer-no-filler boogie business: one of those albums you just put on, and leave on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn essential partner to BBE’s double Buari LP Feelings\/Sidiku Buari \u0026amp; His Jam Busters, Disco Soccer is reissued from the original masters and reproduced on 180-gram vinyl with new liner notes and original artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eFirst reissue of a 1979 Must-Have Album\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eDisco Soccer is reissued from the original masters and reproduced on 180-gram vinyl with new liner notes and original artwork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e BBE587 -Artist-Sidiku Buari\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 11\/25\/19\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal ID: JIT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: 2LP Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandling Note: **Please allow an additional 5 business days for this item's shipment.**\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Disco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sidiku Buari","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53427547963576,"sku":"1J08QK-ZILF-OC","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9222\/8280\/files\/sidiku-buari-disco-soccer_pjcG6.jpg?v=1777662449","url":"https:\/\/musicrecordshop.com\/products\/sidiku-buari-disco-soccer","provider":"Music Record Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}