TRACKLIST
A1 Ojo
A2 Ipasan
A3 Fiya Jemi
B1 Lisabi Egba
B2 Ifa
B3 Osekere
B4 Panbolanbola
C1 Iwo Ko Lo Dami
C2 Omoba D'eru Ri
C3 Jewele Jewele
D1 Oloti
D2 E Gbe Mi
D3 Lenle
E1 Aiye Nla
E2 Koriko Nde
E3 Irawo Mi
E4 Alaru T' Onje Buredi
F1 Agba Lo De (45 Version)
F2 Omonike
F3 Ogun Adubi
F4 To Whom It May Concern
DESCRIPTION
During the golden age of Nigerian music in the 1970s, Tunji Oyelana elevated the realm of pop music by infusing it with the poetic storytelling of Yoruba folklore, blending the fashionable sounds of highlife, afrobeat, afrorock, funk, calypso, juju and reggae and transforming them into something timelessly unique.
Tunji's first records came out in 1969 but it wasn't until two years later that the first record credited to Tunji Oyelana & The Benders, 'Agba Lo De' b/w 'Koriko Nde', was released. The record turned out to be the smash that put the name Tunji Oyelana & The Benders on the national map. More significantly, the record's unique sound signaled the emergence of a new era and a new genre in Nigerian music.
Tunji eventually signed to EMI Nigeria, his first eponymously-titled release on the label in 1974 yielding the instant classic 'To Whom It May Concern.'