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release date: 1982
format: vinyl (Gens 1007)
[single rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,56]
producer: Karsten Sommer and Maui Wowie
label: Genlyd - nationality: Denmark
Tracklist: A) "Kugleskør" - - B) "Sort - Hvid"
Single release by Danish reggae-band Maui Wowie is the band's first and only single. The album back cover reads: "side A: Kugleskør - side B: Sort - Hvid." But on the record, the side featuring "Kugleskør" is labelled "A.side. 1007-1" whilst the other side reads: "1.side. 1007-A" - both indicating a 'side one'. This is further complicated on the matrix etched code, which reads "GENS 1007-Ӂ" [stressed-out letter] and "GENS 1007-A" respectively... Basically, implying they just wanted to release a single with two songs. The band consists of 9 [!] members all credited on the back cover, which depicts a blurred image of nine persons. Although, Maui Wowie didn't release that many albums and singles, they were a quite familiar band in the early '80s, and together with another Danish 'roots reggae'-band, Tredie Tilstand, they represented 'reggae' as inspired by Marley and British UB40, and its original sound.
The band released its first and only album Maui Wowie in '83 without any of these two tracks, and they played at the largest festivals (Roskilde and Midtfyn) in '83 and '84. An inspirational journey to Africa in '84 had them change their style to 'afro-funk', and without releasing any further new material the band split in '88.
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