Tomorrow I have a meeting scheduled with my buddy
Sanjay who just came back from Colombia. Let’s see
what he brought back this time. One of the artists I got
to know this way is Colacho Mendoza. His vallenatos
now belong to my favourites and I really can’t resist
playing his music anymore. The album we have for
you today must be from the seventies somewhere,
it does not tell us. Volume one was released late
seventies so it will be close. Whenever Colacho
Mendoza came to play somewhere, it sounded;
“Llego Colacho…!!! Entonce vamo a bebé..!!
Colacho’s here, so let’s have a drink !

tracks;

1 La niña esquiva
2 Pajarito
3 La pule
4 No grites corazon
5 La guacamaya verde
6 Pique vallenato
7 Ni tu, ni yo
8 El zorro ( continuación de gota fria )
9 Carmencita
10 Sabanas del diluvio
11 Amores en cine
12 Carmen diaz

I’ve heard somewhere Shleu Shleu was the name of some
mysterious tribe, great. These guys were no part of the tribe
but used their name. Les Shleu Shleu were here before, some
of the songs on this album were also on this album.
Label and sleeve do not agree on what’s a-side and b-side,
I thought I’d better stick to the sleeve’s info so I did.
It does mean the title song of the lp ending up on the b-side
but that’s fine with me. If we listen to these fine songs, we
instantly forget everything else, sweeet Haitian stuff..

tracks;

1 Devin’ pa’ ou
2 Jouroumou pa donin calebasse
3 Desillusion
4 Sept jours de la semaine
5 Cé la ou yé
6 Haiti
7 Je t’aime
8 Haiti & shleu-shleu

Hello groovers, yesterday I received some really nice
feedback from one of our visitors. Obiora Obikwelu from
Minnesota USA is from Nigerian descent and grew up with
the Nigerian Highlife of Oliver de Coque, Oriental Brothers
and such. He started his own little group inspired by the
music of his ancestors and sent us some copies of their
songs to share with you. Let’s see what happens.

To begin with, some more studying material from Nigeria.
Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe is back with an album I did
not post yet. Other blogs have brought it but to complete
our Osadebe discography ( some fine day ) I didn’t want
to keep it from you and today is a good day to do so.
It’s frontsleeve is damaged quite bad but I did not find
a solid replacement. It is what it is. The rhythms
however are just breathtakingly wonderful..

Thank you Obi for your mail and it’s fantastic to hear what
came out of your Nigerian hat. I want to ask you visitors to
check youtube for their other songs, they have a few more
there to listen to. Listen to Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe
and lend an ear to the Okwute Melody Makers of Africa
as well, hope you like’m..

tracks;

1 Nne di mkpa
2 Onye aghana nwanne
3 Chukwu di uso
4 Obiajulu

It may have been because of the scratches, I don’t recall
exactly why I never posted this album. Today I could not
resist, with the great Sam Mangwana and the African All
Stars, this is a nice slice of Congolese music on Ivorian
vinyl. On Edition Disc-Orient from Cote d’Ivoire..
Bonne Année, Happy New Year !

Rhythm guitar – Lokassa Ya Mbongo
Solo guitar – Dizzy Mandjekou
Bass guitar – Antoine Manana
Drums – Ringo Moya
Tumba – R. Moya alias Ayinla
Flute – Yace
Vocals – Sam Mangwana / Nyanga Bell and Chantal

tracks;

1 Issa
2 Dodo
3 Bonne année

Are you one of our visitors interested in vallenato ? Take a look here.
If you look at the schedule of winners of the tournament, you’ll
find Nafer Duran as the winner of 1976. This is the album launched
afterwards and gives us a fine impression of what was considered
the best vallenato in that year. Other winners will pass by later
but today listen to the great Nafer Duran and his winning sound.

Unfortunately the 8th track of the lp was damaged too much to play,
( tracks 8 & 9 were originally 9 & 10 ) I left it and to make
up for the loss, I have added some singles
as bonustracks, they are from 1975.

tracks;

1 El primo
2 Adiós adiós
3 Dos cartas
4 Las mujeres
5 Con sentimiento
6 Vivo pensando
7 Lolita
8 Marina
9 Negrita brava

Bonustracks

10 El Rezo
11 Laberinto
12 La invitación

When I found this lp by the Happy Stars, it was my first
encounter with the group. They started out in 1956 but
only gained succes after their second revival in 1960.
The highlife on this album is played in, as they have
called it, ‘osibi tune’. I do not know what makes it
osibi but think it sounds very nice. On side one
all songs are melted together as one, on side
two they are seperated, enjoy..

tracks;

1 Nakwa ayebi
– Se manware no a mewu
– Onipa ne dabre mu
– Asante kotoko
– Asuo yaa
2 Maame abenaa
3 Senketenkete
4 Dada yi ara
5 Ankonam
6 Wano asem pii

One of my friends gave me a present that made me very
happy. It is volume 2 of “The Afrosound of Colombia” which
appeared on Vampi Soul recently ( small pic ). It contains
songs by various artists of Colombian origin, all great stuff.
Track #4 of the compi is a song that comes from this here
album by Peregoyo y su Combo Vacaná. It’s called ‘Sabor
de Vacaná’. I was quite sure I posted it already quite some
time ago but just maybe I’m mistaking. One way or the
other, it is about time I bring you this absolute treasure
you would not want to miss. Peregoyo’s music is
something different, styles like currulao, abozao
chocoano, aguabajo I never heard anybody else
play. Bomba, porro cumbia, porro, descarga,
guaracha and son montuno are more
familiar to us. Get it, spread it,
listen and enjoy !

tracks;

1 Rio de juaji ( caldo de piangua )
2 La palma de chontaduro
3 Asi es mi tierra
4 Mi buenaventura
5 Descarga vacaná
6 La pluma
7 Ola de agua
8 Chechudino
9 Martha cecilia
10 El canalete
11 Sabor de vacaná

The more I listen to it, the more I love it. Vallenato with
it’s jumpy basslines and sweet accordeons, impossible
to ignore. Lucho Beltran has a good strong voice, his
songs are full of character, with the brightness we hear
in Lisandro Meza’s music, just to make a comparison.
Listening to this lp I was sold straight away, I find
it irresistible, how about you..?

tracks;

1 Sodoma y gomorra
2 El tiempo te cobro
3 Dando y dando
4 El gallo canillon
5 El limpiabotas
6 Donde te metes tu
7 La burra
8 Cumbia sin cadena
9 Me quede sin una
10 15 años

It is from 1974, Rio de Janeiro Brasil, on the Equipe label
and quite something different than one would expect.
Osvaldo Nunes was here before with a straight samba
album but the one we have here today has a much more
poppy sound. It is samba but with more guitar and organ,
mostly we hear a more accoustic sound with violão,
cavaquinho and cuíca and such. Osvaldo Nunes and
the Pop’s really rock ! Give it a spin, listen
and make up your own mind..

tracks;

1 Ta’ tudo aí !
2 Cateretê
3 Outro amor de carnaval
4 Você deixa ?
5 Guerra santa
6 Tamanqueiro
7 Dendeca
8 Dôce canção
9 Cascata
10 Mulher de malandro
11 Chorei, chorei
12 Canto da sereia

I love this record. The band gets the audiance in the right
atmosphere from the first minutes. The group is only still
being introduced when the crowd starts cheering already.
A live registration from 1971 for their 10th anniversary,
one can hear these guys were extremely popular,
with the late and great Aboubacar Demba
Camara. Rumba-Guinée is the word..,
how sweet it is.

tracks;

1 Introduction
– Temtemba
– Wouloukolo
– Lefa
2 Camara mousso
– O.E.R.S.
– Doni doni
– Bembeya
– Festival national