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Available here: Tracklist: 00:00 1) Ifetayo 05:48 2) You People 10:17 3) Save D Musician 15:14 4) Kilimanjaro 19:26 5) Aspire 23:13 6) Umbala 31:18 7) Imo Soundway return once more to the Caribbean and are proud to present Ifetayo by Black Truth Rhythm Band originally released in 1976. Led by the charismatic Oluko Imo, Ifetayo was the only release from the Afrocentric, Trinidadian band and is reissued here for the first time on CD, vinyl and digital. Whereas most of their peers at the time were looking to the funk of the USA James Brown for inspiration, Black Truth Rhythm Band looked to Africa, fusing rhythms from Africa the West Indies with elements of jazz, funk, calypso and soul. From an early stage in their career it was the African influence that set Black Truth Rhythm Band apart from other West Indian bands. Formed in 1971, the group looked further a field than the USA for their influences, more specifically to Africa, even