BLO - Chapters and Phases. 1973-1974 Nigeria

I'd only heard Chapter One prior, and it struck me as a somewhat typical US styled funk album. I don't think I was entirely wrong, but for 1) I enjoy funk much more today and 2) The psychedelic elements are more prominent than I'd originally accounted for. Often times we get discouraged as the descriptions we read lead us to believe it's something else. No doubt, BLO got caught up in the "psych dealers hype machine". And that's when I first heard it, some 25 years ago when the first reissues began to surface. Now I have a different perspective. Phase II is new to me, and not surprisingly, it's more geared toward funk and less psych. But it's still in that same kind of zone. It's the lesser of the 2 albums, but not by much.

Ownership: CD: 2009 RPM (UK). Recent online acquisition. Excellent reissue that contains both albums in full, along with an essay covering both the history of BLO and the early to mid 70s Nigerian rock scene in general. RPM is part of the Cherry Red group (Esoteric, Grapefruit).