Ryco-Jazz was founded by Henri Bowane in 1958. The name was
composed from Rythme Congolais, Ry-Co in short. From 1960 to
1964 they toured west Africa and later moved to Martinique where
they were very popular. Their styles varied from tumbele, biguine,
bolero and rumba. Back in Paris in 1971 the group splits up and
spreads. Jean Serge Essous for instance went back to join Les
Bantous de la Capitale..enjoy..

tracks;

1 Mimi
2 Bana biafra
3 Nabenga yo nani
4 An drole di chance
5 Blue sugar
6 Basi na angola
7 Desarmement
8 N’doto kitoko
9 M’puli mua munie
10 Ivecia

About this one, recently I had to play a reggae
set at a friends party and decided to make it the number five
in our ‘Reggae Monster Originals’ series. It contains tracks
from various artists that I found on lp and cd. Let’s see if
Zippyshare leaves them untouched. Have fun listening..

tracks;

1 Lee Perry & the Upsetters – Run for cover
2 Horace Andy – Mammie blue
3 Junior Byles – Demonstration
4 Larry Mashall – Run babylon
5 Max Romeo – Tacko
6 Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – Favorite dish
7 Errol Dunkley – The prodigal returns
8 Junior Dread – A wah dat
9 Lone Ranger – Everything she want
10 Dennis Brown – Sitting and watching
11 Dennis Alcapone – Fever teaser
12 Burning Spear – Rocking time
13 Al Campbell – Take a ride
14 Lui Lepke – Sharron
15 Bob Marley – Hammer
16 Burning Spear – It’s good
17 Zoot Sims – Small garden
18 Tappa Zukie – Oh lord
19 Culture – Two sevens clash
20 Jacob Miller – Suzie wong
21 Augustus Pablo – Rockers dub
22 Jah Stitch – Black harmony killer
23 Jackie Bernard – Jah jah way
24 African Dub Almighty – Chapter three
25 Slim Smith – Everybody needs love

When you take this lp in your hands and look for any scratches,
you won’t find them. Listening to it however I’m affraid we have
to accept some noises towards the end of side-b. Especially
track 11. side-a is clean but is slightly off centre so getting
closer to track 6 it is starting to sound false a bit. Now about
the quality of the music, that’s another story. Take the second
number, ‘El aguacero’ by Anibal Velasquez, I fell in love with
that song straight away, the backing drums are somehow
quite different, I love’m, simply irresistible..
Overall, wonderful release, awesome
cover, some great tunes,
small disturbing
errors..

tracks;

1 Los Corraleros – Juana patiño
2 Anibal Velasquez – El aguacero
3 Luis E. Martinez – Cumbia sampuesana
4 Climaco Sarmiento – La cigarra
5 Los Hispanos – Cumbia marinera
6 Banda y Corors de Bocachica – Si mañana muero
7 Julio Erazo – Cumbia de margarita
8 Los Alegres del Sinu – Cumbia cereteana
9 Luis E. Martinez – Cumbia cienaguera
10 Los Corraleros – Cumbia campesina
11 Alejandro Duran – Me quede llorando
12 Andres Landero – La pollera rosada

From 1986 we’ve got us this fine piece of highlife.
It just so happened I found this lp some two weeks
ago, coincidence that Paa Bobo died last week,
I received the news via two visitors. Thank you
Frank and Kwabena for keeping me informed.
How nice that we can still listen to him whenever
we want to, check this album and remember
Paa Bobo, Happy New Year y’all..

tracks;

1 Ehye wo bo
2 Odo nni ho
3 Odo na me ware no
4 Aba no sa

If you are going to have a newyear’s party, may I suggest
some hot 1989 dance material ? Diblo’s soukous jives like
no other, sparkling guitar work and bubbling basses, tight
rhythms, what else do you need ? His supergroup’s name,
‘Loketo’, means ‘move your hips’ in lingala and I promise,
that is something you won’t be able to avoid.
Get it and spread it …

tracks;

1 Super K
2 Etoula
3 Amour et souvenir
4 Bolinga
5 Kelele

Wow, now I come to realise, it is almost a year and a half
since I posted us some music from Mali. This one by the
great Super Rail Band will surely make up for that long
hiatus. It is a bit worn out and some noise is inevitable.
..dusty tracks, still, I really love to listen to it, it has
great atmosphere, with Mory Kante from 1977.
Hope you enjoy, get it
& spread it..

tracks;

1 Sinsimba
2 Balakononifing
3 Wale numa lombaliya
4 Tie diu guya

On Discos Fuentes we find this swell collector. It’s from
1974 and it has the traditional Fuentes pretty girls sleeve.
You may say, kinda cheap but I like’em a lot. Other than
that it contains some real jewels, another Angel Vásquez
song amongst others. Don’t miss it, Colombian gold..

tracks;

1 Andrés Landero – Muchachas cumbiamberas
2 A.M. Mejía – Lindo magdalena
3 César Castro – La cachuchona
4 Andrés Landero – La cigarrona
5 A. Lenes – Dos puntas
6 Eliseo Herrera – Cumbia saramuya
7 Don Fabián – Cumbia que te vas de ronda
8 Eliseo Herrera – La bonga
9 Pablo Flórez – Palo prieto
10 Angel Vásquez – Uuey ja
11 Ramón Vargas – La motilona
12 Duque Palomino – Cumbia de amores

Today’s contribution starts out a bit crackly but the noise
doesn’t bother much. Canadoes appear on RAS
from Nigeria, it is one of those Ghanaian highlife groups
that went there to get their stuff to sound different.
Two things, always nice to have a little puzzling to do,
label says it’s from 1981 and backsleeve says from 1982.
And then, front cover states it should be LIVE, but
it absolutely does not give me that impression,
what do you think ..?

tracks;

1 Enowaa ko hene
– Ayikoo dum
– Konsuo nanaa
2 Fine woman
3 Me nyame bra

1 Verckys – Seliba
2 Sparrow – Benwood dick
3 Yamoah’s Band – Asem sebe
4 Abelardo Barroso y la Sensación – Bruca maniguá
5 Orchestre du Bawobab – Senegaal sunugaal
6 Nguashi Ntimbo & l’Orchestre Sentima – Trop bon pt.1
7 Nguashi Ntimbo & l’Orchestre Sentima – Trop bon pt.2
8 Orchestre Conga Succes – Helena tuna mama bebe
9 Empire Bakuba – Mwana-gabon
10 African Brothers Band Int. – Me nye osansani
11 Le Peuple – Massavi fololo y’ africa
12 Duo Los Compadres – El gato y la gata

..know something, I’m getting tired of my own writing,..
it really sucks..I can’t tell you anything useful, don’t know
anything about the band,..just know what my ears tell me
..azucar, this vallenato is pure Colombian treasure..
..nothing else..I’ll shut up now, go listen..

tracks;

1 El picaflor
2 Corazon adolorido
3 El pobre no se endereza
4 Lluvia de amor
5 Zenaida
6 Enamorao con pena
7 Recuerdos
8 Pajaro sorprendido
9 Petronita
10 El regaño