Pat Thomas Introduces Marijata

This is a Record Store Day 2018 item. It will be available to purchase from our stores from 8am on the 21st of April. Remaining stock will be available to purchase from this page at 00.01 on the 28th of April.

Pat Thomas Introduces Marijata is a seminal Ghanaian album that fuses highlife, reggae, folk, funk, and soul. An official Mr Bongo reissue with replica artwork. Licensed from Gapophone Records courtesy of George Prah. Originally released in 1976 on Gapophone Records.

Marijata was a group made up of three members- Ko ‘Electric’ Addison on drums, Bob Fischlan on organ, and Nat Osmanu on guitar, hailing from Ghana. Pat Thomas' career began in 1969 with the ‘Broadway Dance Band’, leaving a year later to join the ‘Uhuru Dance Band’. He then played with Ebo Taylor’s ‘Blue Monks’ and finally formed the ‘Sweet Beans’ in 1973 where he really made his name.