This album contains some of Arsenio’s finest songs, with the
participation of his cousin Rene Scull and his sister Estella,
both vocals. Also with Joseito Nuñez ( ‘Canta montero’ ).
Cuba’s most famous tres player is back at the GG, his
album ‘Primitivo’ is still on number two of most
downloaded lp’s at the Global Groove.
Recorded in 1947 and 1948, released
in 1976. Get it & spread it..

tracks;

01 – Semilla de caña brava
02 – Aqui como alla
03 – Adivinalo
04 – Mi conviccion
05 – Canta montero
06 – Esa china tiene coimbre
07 – Ta benito eh
08 – El rincon caliente
09 – Soy tu destino
10 – Deuda

Two of the greatest artists in highlife combined their forces
on this here album. Ghana’s ‘King of Highlife’, E.T. Mensah
and Nigeria’s ‘Evil Genius of Highlife’, Dr. Victor Olaiya both
have their impressive career and decided to make a record
together. It is from 1984 and contains 7 wonderful songs.
A must have for every lover of the genre, better get
it and spread it as usual, enjoy..

P.S. Also take a look at our very first post,
seven years ago we started the blog with this lp

tracks;

01 – Trumpet highlife
02 – Anyanko goro
03 – Mr. judge
04 – Odofo nuapa
05 – Omolanke
06 – Essi nana
07 – Yabomisa no.2

Completing series is a goal we all have when collecting music.
Take this series of Les Grands Succes des Editions Vévé, we
had volumes 1,2,5,6,7,8 and 9. You can imagine how it feels
to finally find volume 4. Volume 3 is still on my wishlist but
I’m sure one fine day I’ll walk into that missing volume as well.
There is a whole lot of albums yet to be discovered, the search
never ends in that perspective. Verckys is an artist of which we
can never find enough music but it gets harder to find all the
time. The record we’ve got today contains three tracks by
Orchestre Lipua-Lipua and one by Orchestre Kiam,
from 1978 and a real treasure, listen..

tracks;

01 – Orchestre Lipua-Lipua – Distingue
02 – Orchestre Lipua-Lipua – Nasepelisa nzoto
03 – Orchestre Lipua-Lipua – Zela mobali nayo mpo otuna
04 – Orchestre Kiam – Mbale

It is becoming a pile, the records of Nelson y sus Estrelles.
About time to post some. This is an album from 1987, not
his first so to speak, we’ll go back in time later. After
listening to his records over the weekend I decided
to do right and share some salsa with you folks.

tracks;

01 – Cuando es la boda
02 – Ponte las pilas
03 – El pescadito
04 – Sed de amor
05 – Nuestro son
06 – Salsa con cache
07 – Alardes
08 – El peregrino
09 – Amor mio

One of the Colombian bands that caught my attention from
the first time I heard them is el Combo Vacaná of Peregoyo.
Their sound is different from what we’re used to hear from
that region. Listen to the guitar
based latin sound of Peregoyo.

This is what All Music Guide says about them;
One of the first bands to combine the folk rhythms o
Colombia’s Buenaventura region and the cumbia of Cuba,
Peregoyo Y Su Combo Vacana were known for their unique
electric guitar-dominated sound. Reviewing a reissue of their
early-70s album, Tropicalismo, RootsWorld claimed that
Peregoyo Y Su Combo Vacana “never lets up as it hurls
groove after incessant groove at you, sax and trumpet
blazing from a path cut by fat, no bloated bass licks,
pervasive percussion and searing
solo and group vocals”.

tracks;

01 – La guitarra desbarata
02 – Facunda
03 – Palito cae
04 – Cariñito
05 – Pa’ la loma
06 – Maximina
07 – Marucha
08 – La vaca loca
09 – Caravana
10 – Che’ pa changa
11 – Descarga vacaná

It is from 1961 on Decca West Africa, this swell collector
of Nigerian and Ghanaian highlife. It contains hits from
both countries in six languages. Nice vatiation in highlife
playing fairly well part from two small pops. Hope you
like’m, get, listen and pass on..

tracks;

01 – Black Beats Band – Amma mere wu
02 – Black Beats Band – Sore be tie’m
03 – E.T. Mensah & his Tempos Band – Me da wo ase
04 – E.T. Mensah & his Tempos Band – Gbaa anokwale
05 – Stargazers Dance Band – Obi nkabi mma’m
06 – Charles Iwegbue & his Archibogs – Gbamigoro
07 – E.C. Arinze & his Music – Ogbuefi nnamdi
08 – E.T. Mensah & his Tempos Band – Ghana- Guinea-Mali
09 – E.T. Mensah & his Tempos Band – Onipa
10 – Black Beats Band – Telephone lobi
11 – Black Beats Band – Nkome nkomo
12 – E.C. Arinze & his Music – Ozo emena
13 – Charles Iwegbue & his Archibogs – River jordan
14 – Stargazers Dance Band – Obra aye me pasaa

Always a thrilling experience when walking into an album
like this one. The Pathé Marconi EMI recordings selected
by Fayette Blaise Mikano in the seventies are often very
promising. Take this lp by Orchestre Les Noirs, none of
the members of this group have familiar sounding
names. Not to me that is. They travelled through
Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania for some years
with huge succes. Founded in 1966 in the
Republic of Zaïre. This one is from 1975,
get it and spread it..

P.S.
Track #3 at the end and track #4 at
the beginning sound a bit shrill, it is in
the recording though, we
must take it like it is..

tracks;

01 – Bafola 1
02 – Mai ya tongo
03 – S.G.A.
04 – Longoli 1
05 – Masamuna
06 – Diedo miya
07 – Mokulu mbembe 1
08 – Mokulu mbembe 2
09 – Masunda

It’s strange but somehow our Sampler vol. 10 got lost
in the process over the years. I just received message
telling me so, never realised it.. Okay, one way or the
other, it should be here so I am re-posting it today.
Enjoy listening and happy diggin’…

tracks;

1 Curtis Mayfield – Eddie you should know better
2 Don Carlos and Gold – Ride on Christine
3 Rail Band, Mory Kante – Sinsimba
4 Papaíto – Al romper la aurora
5 The Reds – Joey
6 Martinho da Vila – Calango longo
7 Sugar Minott – The people got to know
8 Israel Vibration – Walk the streets of glory
9 Lee Perry the Upsetter – Favourite dish
10 Barrington Levy – Look girl
11 Pacheco – La yerba brava
12 Mose se Sengo ‘Fan Fan’ – Cheko
13 Orquesta Revé – Ruñidera
14 Orchestre Rail Band de Bamako – Mali cèbalenw
15 Ikenga – Shakara school girl
16 Mahmoud Ahmed – Sedètègnash nègn, Samerayé

It’s becoming quite a series, our global samplers
now cover 50 compilations of global recommendations.
If you hear something you like, use our search-bar
to realise a fast recovery of the concerning post..

tracks;

01 – Les Mangelepa – Safari ya magelepa
02 – Aniceto Molina – El niño ingles
03 – Kyerematen Stars – Masere m’ano
04 – Kevin Coyne – God Bless The Bride
05 – Zaïko Langa-Langa – Mokili echanger
06 – Okukuseku Band of Ghana – Keka ko
07 – Anibal Velasquez y su Conjunto – Mi fosforito
08 – Jean Serge essous – Philosophie
09 – Michel Boyibanda – Nkokila mwana ponton
10 – African Brothers Int. Band of Ghana – Ma anoma nua
11 – Oriental Brothers – Ihe chinyenre
12 – the Latin Brothers – El son del caballo
13 – Dona Ivone Lara – Roda de samba pra salvador
14 – Duke Reid – Last train to expo ’67
15 – Alejandro Duran – Trago gorriao

It was one of our French visitors from the first hour
who introduced me to compas from Haïti. Merci beaucoup
Arnaud. Since then I have been doing my homework and
learned a lot. For instance that I keep my eyes open
for every record on which I find Robert Martino, the
superb guitarist we heared on Tuco’s album recently.
Tuco is the drummer on this record as well by the way.
Les Gypsies de Pétion-Ville are here with wonderful
live registrations. They appear in two different
line-ups, check backsleeve in file for more
information about the matter. The album
is from 1994 but the recordings are from
some 20 years ealier, mid-seventies.
Enjoy listening..

tracks;

01 – Presentation gypsies no.1
02 – Inoublable gypsies
03 – A cote, à cote
04 – Green light
05 – Introduction gypsies no.2
06 – Una muneca
07 – Tristesse