Les Bantous – La Renaissance
Editions Music-Press
Les Bantous are here, we had some of their albums
in the past. I can’t seem to find a year of release but
it’s probably from early eighties. One way or the other
this is a very nice lp, look at that line-up, swell stuff..
tracks;
01 – Osala n’gaï nini ?
02 – Bilanda-landa mabé
03 – Querida paola
04 – Dege
Sierra Maestra – Dundunbanza
World Circuit 1994
To make up for the failing post of this morning, some
son montuno to cheer you up. I saw them around the
time they made this cd. It was in Utrecht and I remember
how Marcos González made a big impression, great band.
Get this Cuban sweetness now..
tracks;
01 – Juana peña
02 – Dundunbanza
03 – No me llores mas
04 – Bururú barara05
05 – Chango ta’ veni
06 – Mi guajira son
07 – Cangrejo fue a estudiar
08 – Kila kike y chocolate
09 – El gago
10 – El reloj de pastora
Los Golden Boys – 16 Grandes Exitos
Discos Fuentes D10105
We’ve got some hot tropical sound for you today.
Los Golden Boys were a happy bunch of youngsters.
They had a very contageous style, mixing traditional
rhythms with twist and rock and roll. I liked it instantly.
Listen and make up your own mind ..
tracks;
01 – El Elevao
02 – Rubiela
03 – La Chichera
04 – Pirulino
05 – La negra celina
06 – Mosaico – Amor De Mi Bohio -Dame Tu Mujer José – El Twist Del Esqueleto
07 – Pikina
08 – Si me quieres
09 – El twist del guayabo
10 – A tu vera
11 – La chismosa
12 – Locutor loco
13 – Sonrieme
14 – Año viejo
15 – El gozón
16 – Mosaico #6 – Amor Del Jibarito – El Brujo De Arjona – Las Colombianas
Papaíto – De Buenavista el Otro Sonero
Cobo Music
Good morning groovers, this is the first rip I made with
my new coputer. The old one was getting tired of all the
hard work. Still getting used to some new features.
What do we have today ?
Let’s see, this is Papaíto, one of the finest voices in
our beloved son montuno. Enjoy listening..
tracks;
01 – Oigame mi amigo
02 – Señor por que
03 – Maria luisa
04 – Borombon
05 – Soy del campo
06 – Enamorado
07 – El pobre y el dinero
08 – Donde va chi-chi
09 – Mujer de cabaret
10 – Sebastian
Dr. Papaa Yaw Johnson & his Sunkwa
Inter Band of Ghana – Friends Today
Tobu Records 1983
Hello, good morning, it’s time for some more music from Ghana.
The hardest part in collecting Ghanaian lp’s is to find them in
good condition. The one we have today starts out quite good
but gets worse later. Small scratches in track #2 seem to sound
as huge cracks. One way or the other, this album is good enough
to try and forget the noise. It gets better with track #3. Dr. Papaa
Yaw Johnson & his Sunkwa Inter Band of Ghana operated
from Nigeria as so many groups did. Listen to
his first record here at the GG..
tracks;
01 – Friends today
02 – Dinsei
03 – Obi me sume
04 – Awisia mmobro
05 – Yensom amurade
Memorias de Luis Enrique Martinez,
el pollo vallenato, Discos Fuentes 1997
Winner of the sixth festival de la leyenda vallenato was Luis
Enrique Martinez. He was born in 1923 and made his first
record age 25. He joined the festival de Valledupar in 1968,
1971 and won it in 1973. “El Pollo Vallenato” is being
honoured with this ‘Memorias de -‘ an album with 16
of his best songs. Luis E, Martinez died on march
25, 1995. Listen to his great vallenatos..
P.S. unfortunately some tracks sound
better than others, it’s
a matter of age
I guess..
tracks;
01 – El pollo vallenato
02 – El jardin de fundacion
03 – Villa del rosario
04 – La tijera
05 – Linda morena
06 – La dejo el tren
07 – Cumbia fonsequera
08 – No me hagas sufrir
09 – Alegre golondrina
10 – Cereteñita
11 – El cantor de fonseca
12 – La pobreza
13 – Tragedia del destino
14 – Sueño español
15 – La carta
16 – Morenita de ojos negros
Mahmoud Ahmed – Ere Mela Mela,
Crammed Discs 1986
Good afternoon, since I am unable to perform my regular
blog activities from home, I am now working from the office.
Next week everything will be normal again. For now we’ll
do some stuff from cd. Mahmoud Ahmed’s Ere Mela Mela
was released on cd in 1986 already. It is a marvelous album
one should not miss, take it and give it a spin..
tracks;
01 – Sidetegnash Negn-Samiraye
02 – Indenesh Gedaow
03 – Bemin Sebeb Litlash
04 – Abay Mado-Imbwa Belew
05 – Atawurulign Lela
06 – Ohoho Gedama
07 – Ere Mela Mela-Meche Neu
08 – Fetsum Dink Lij Nesh
09 – Belomy Benna
10 – Asheweyna
Anibal Velásquez y su Conjunto
El Ritmo y el Sabor,
Discomoda de Colombia 1978
Anibal Velasquez produced a huge pile of records. My
collection contains a bunch but there’s so much more
yet to discover. Today we have an album from 1978 on
which he appears multiple style, paseo, paseaíto,
cumbia, Ritmo cundé, charanga and pasebol.
Anibal still performs, it seems I missed him
when he was touring my country some
time ago. Who knows we’ll get
another chance.
Listen..
tracks;
01 – La sobrina de mi compadre
02 – Ay amor
03 – Bello lucerito
04 – El aguacero
05 – Los primeros dias
06 – La carta
07 – Se acabaron las velas
08 – Llora mi acordeon
09 – La india de la frontera
10 – Madre mia
11 – Leonor
12 – Tu vaiven
Eliana Pittman – Carimbo’
RCA Victor 1974
Eliana and Booker Pittman were famous for their jazz
renditions. This 1974 album by Eliana solo however is
an ode to samba and such. Songs of Martinho da Vila and
Noel Rosa but also Carlos Lira and Benito di Paula.
On RCA Victor, released in Venezuela but all
Brazillian. ..and how about her looks, very
beautyful, just like the music on this
fine slice of vinyl, enjoy listening..
tracks;
01 – To chegando, já cheguei
02 – Mar calmado
03 – Abandonou
04 – Capital do samba
05 – Deus de barro
06 – Motivação
07 – Carimbo’
08 – Quem dá mais ?
09 – Kalu
10 – Tristeza chama tristeza
11 – Saudade vai saudade vem
12 – Se não for amor
E.K’s Band – Sankofa with ek’s
Ride Away
Hello, good morning. Today we’ve got something quite
rare, an album on the Ride Away label, don’t know from
what year. I better leave the information to those who
wrote the backsleeve lines. E.K. Nyame and his E.K’s
Band bring some of their oldest songs, re-recorded in
better sound quality, enjoy listening to them..
tracks;
01 – Small boy nye me bia
02 – Onipa a oyee me mahu wo
03 – Maye maye minni aye
04 – To menna mu awurade
05 – Minni agya minni nna
06 – Amane a mahu
07 – Awurade iesu beba
08 – Boafo yena
09 – Onipa a ode nade
10 – Nokware asa
11 – Agya nyame ni wakyi
12 – Owuo busuoni
Franco et le T.P. O.K. Jazz – En Colere vol. 2
V.I.S.A. 1980
Good morning, it’s been some time since we’ve seen
him pass by, le Grand Maître however keeps coming
back every once in a while. This 1980 lp on VISA is
one we didn’t have yet. The album sounds fairly good
it has one small pop in track one but that’s it. Another
sweet piece of Franco’s huge legacy, enjoy it..
p.s. I’ve got some software problems so
I could not rescale to cd sized front.
tracks;
01 – Peuch del sol
02 – Na bali misere
03 – Mbawu na ko recuperer yo
04 – Bolingo ya moitie moitie
Apollo International Band of Ghana
Jealousy, Onye Oma Cy Records 1984
We had a couple of his records, Dan Amakye Dede
and his Apllo International Band of Ghana. He started
as composer and treble singer with the Kumapim Royals.
In 1980 he began forming his own group. The first record
they made was “To be a man na wah !”, I have it waiting
for another occasion, it is scratched a little. Today we’ve
got their second album which was a huge succes in 1984.
Recorded in Onitsha, Nigeria. Listen..
tracks;
01 – Jealousy
02 – Yaba
03 – Abusua
04 – Ife anyi chukwu
05 – Mensuro
Los Cañaguateros y Otros Éxitos Vallenatos
Various Artists, Caliente 1976
During the past week I’ve been very busy redecorating and
adding new interior to my little shop. No time for anything
else. Now we have weekend and finally find some
time to post another record. Let’s see..
A group we haven’t seen here earlier is this great vallenato
band. Los Cañaguateros have a solid sound, jumpy bass,
singer Pedro Garcia with his strong voice, I like it a lot.
Then turning the vinyl, we find some other hot vallenato
bands like Isaac Carrillo and his Conjunto with Colacho
Mendoza on accordeon, Alberto Fernandez’ with Gustavo
Gutiérrez and Alfredo Gutierrez with Los del Cesar.
A must have for lovers of good vallenato. Enjoy..
tracks;
01 – Los Cañaguateros – Sielva maria
02 – Los Cañaguateros – Potrerillo
03 – Los Cañaguateros – Candela
04 – Los Cañaguateros – Campo alegre
05 – Los Cañaguateros – El montañero
06 – Los Cañaguateros – El bachiller
07 – Isaac Carrillo con Colacho Mendoza y Conjunto – De flor en flor
08 – Los Saporritos – Bus metrpolitano
09 – Isaac Carrillo con Colacho Mendoza y Conjunto – La sal de frutas
10 – Alberto Fernandez y Gustavo Gutiérrez – Collar de perlas
11 – Los del Cesar – El pajonal
12 – Alfredo Gutierrez con Los del Cesar – Bendito vicio
Okukuseku International Band of Ghana
Okponku Special, Muomaife Records 1978
The album I intended to post last sunday was this one Kwabena.
When going through them I picked the one with more or less
similar front sleeve. Anyway, here is another of their lp’s from
the same year 1978. It is a little bit noisy but I think it’s one
of their better records, Yellow Sisi and Okponku Special
are straight hits and at least worth a couple of
spins, enjoy doing so..
tracks;
01 – Awisaah
02 – Yellow sisi
03 – Okwan da ma mini
04 – Okponku special