DJ and cratedigger Frank Gossner has been blessing New York with his deep and extensive record collection through his Voodooo Funk parties and blog.  As you may remember, much of his collection and mixes are compiled from vinyl he discovered while digging through West Africa.  One of his most prized findings was the original 1973 recording of Na Teef Know De Road of Teef from Pax Nicholas and the Nettey Family.  As the press release states, this was a rare release with only a few copies in existence and will now be reissued through Daptone Records.

“Pax Nicholas was a conga player and singer in Fela Kuti’s Africa 70 band, and this, his only proper solo album, was recorded in Ginger Baker’s Lagos studios and put out in very limited release in 1973. According to sources, however, when Fela heard the title cut for the first time, and saw how the crowd responded to it, he told Nic to never play the music again.  The album, ostensibly forgotten, was only rediscovered when celebrated DJ and cratedigger Frank Gossner (who ran the legendary Vampyros Lesbos party in New York in the 90s) discovered it by accident in 2005, shortly before he embarked upon his own trip to West Africa.  Now, Daptone is proud to be re-issuing the full-length, with it’s original cover art and tracklisting, marking the first proper and global release since the initial limited pressing some three decades ago.”

To celebrate the release of Na Teef Know De Road of Teef, Gossner will tie in an official release party on 09.08.09 to the already existing Motherland party which goes down Tuesday at Von.  Expect to hear cuts from the Pax Nicholas record and plenty of Afrobeat, West African Funk, Nigerian Disco and Funky Highlife.  Night gets started at 10:00 PM.

Read Matti Steinitz’s complete story on Pax Nichloas.   Read Frank Gossner’s blog posting on discovering what is believed to be the only copy of the Nichlas record.