Anthony Roberts-Frempong, who had passed away in 2011, was the founder of one of the most significant Ghanaian record and music companies anywhere in the world: Asona Records. Asona was founded in the mid-80s, with little fanfare, in Peckham, South East London. It was a label with a firm mission: Burger Highlife. No, not a swanky fast-food chain, nor a 5-star German hotel chain, but a record label devoted to the new African dance music genre that was sweeping Europe, North America and West Africa at the time – Electric Highlife.
A couple of years back, UK-based House music DJ Jerry Frempong's wife Katie was doing a Spring-clean at the family home. At the bottom of the garden, in among a pile of rusty garden tools and so on, she discovered a couple of mysterious bin-bags. She was about to assign them to the skip with everything else, but a sixth sense persuaded her to check the contents. It was a huge pile of rare soul, funk, disco, boogie and, YES! - Ghana Highlife records from Jerry's father's label, Asona Records. Jerry was then subsequently approached by fellow Uk-based Ghanaian record label owner Peter Adarkwah, who saw the significance of this serendipitous discovery. Before long, a reissue deal was hammered out, and here you have it!