Afrodisia – Elephant Sunrise

Used Vinyl.

VG+ / NM

12”

Label: Cordial Recordings

The second album release on Cordial Recordings is a re-release of Afrodisia’s highly collectible album ‘Elephant Sunrise’ from 1980 on Comma. Top notch funky soul with references to jazz and disco!Afrodisia were combination of US soldiers with local musicians from Worms, Germany that were formed in 1978 and recorded two albums during their years together with ‘Elephant Sunrise’ being the only one that was actually released. ‘Elephant Sunrise’ has become a revered album by collectors because of the high quality of songs featured on the album which cross from soul to funk to disco and jazz with great ease. The band’s leader Darnell Summers is originally from Detroit and is the brother of Headhunter Bill Summers who also features on the album as a player and songwriter. ‘Sugar Free’ is highly regarded by aficionados on the soul scene for it’s glowing summer sounds and is one of the two songs that Bill Summers co-wrote on the album.