Obuoba J.A. Adofo and the City Boys International
Band – The Living Saint, Medo Wiase,
Agyapa Ye Records
One of the Ghanaian Bands that has the most fans here at
the Global Groove is Obuoba J.A. Adofo and the City Boys
International Band. We had some five of their albums until
now, find them best using our search-bar at your left hand.
The lp we have here today is one you’ll treasure for sure. It
rocks from the first notes entering your earhole, enjoy..
P.S. They used to call him the black Chinese, now I’m not sure
if the term ‘the living saint’ refers to Obuoba Adofo, or not..
tracks;
1 Medo wiase
2 Abrebrese
3 Odomo ayikoo
4 Onyunu adwo
Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel –
Bateria Nota 10, vol. 3, Top Tape 1972
Good morning groovers, this sunday we’ll make another trip
to Brazil. As some of you know, lp’s on Top Tape are not easy
to find. This one was still waiting for it’s turn to get posted.
Some time ago we had this one and now here’s volume
three. Batucada is very hot, rhythms, rhythms and some strings
and cuícas, just the thing to shake up your sunday afternoon.
Listen once more to Padre Miguel and his Mocidade Independente.
Presta atenção galera, temos mais um disco de batucada gostosa.
É uma raridade quente que você não quer que falta na sua coleção.
Pega, escouta e disfruta ese pedaço de música que vão gostar demais.
tracks;
1 Miscelânea de ritmo
2 Choro de cavaquinho
3 Embalando a moçada
4 Curtição de tamborim
5 Requebrando na avenida
6 Esquentando a galera
Alfredo Gutierrez y sus Estrellas –
Alegre Festival, Sonolux
Today’s contribution is a real rarity, Alfredo Gutierrez’ Estrellas
appear among others with Lucho Perez on this slice of vinyl.
Lucho Perez, sometimes also ‘Lucho Argain’, is famous for his
work with la Sonora Dinamita, Los Corraleros de Majagual,
la Sonora Barulera and others. His voice is one every Colombian
recognizes and belongs to the most adored. I have added a few
bonustracks with Lucho for you to remember his great work.
He is to be heard on tracks; 1,4,5,7 and 11 of the album and
bonus, 13, 14, 15 and 16.
Other guest singers here are Edilberto Benitez, Carmelo Barraza
and Danuil y Carmelo. Alfredo himself is not to be forgotten as
well of course, we had a bunch of his records, best use
our search-bar to find them, enjoy..
tracks;
1 Raca mandaca
2 La tataravita
3 Rosa temprana
4 Mosaico 999
5 A gustar la cumbia
6 El sabanero
7 El tao tao
8 El boca pinta
9 El cucarron
10 Muele la caña
11 Ven
12 Vengan mujeres
Bonustracks with Lucho Pérez;
13 La Sonora Dinamita – Cumbia soleada
14 La Sonora Dinamita – La morena encarnación
15 La Sonora Barulera – Cumbia barulera
16 Orquesta Ritmo de Sabanas – Ramita de matimba
Continental Brothers Band of Owerri –
Onye Ije, Polygram 1982
When you don’t look good, at first it seems we have
another album by the famous Oriental Brothers. But
no, it isn’t. These are the Continental Brothers from
Owerri, also Nigerian, from the same area if I’m not
mistaking, comparable style but different guys. I did
not find any useful information on this band, they are
as it’s called ungooglable, not one searching result.
If you know something we would like to, please let
us know by leaving a comment, thanks in advance.
tracks;
1 Ome mere enyia
2 Onye ije
3 I don’t care
4 Okwu akoro onye uwa
5 Agam ekwu
Nicolas “Colacho” Mendoza –
Self Titled, Carrizal
His vallenato belongs to the best I know, Colacho Mendoza
passed by here on various occasions and I’m happy to bring
you another of his works. He appeared with los Inseparables
one time and this is the third album with his own Conjunto.
If you like this sound the way I do you may find the other lp’s
here, here and here.
I know that only a select group of our visitors listen to vallenato,
it is a type of music you must learn to listen to, it took me some
time too but now I am completely sold and crazy about it, give
it another try and pass it to your buddies, enjoy..
tracks;
1 Rosa angelina
2 Terrible gavilan
3 Olas que se lleva el viento
4 Patillalera
5 Caminito verde
6 Los malos años
7 Carmen diaz
8 El tigre
9 Rosita
10 Ni quayabito me da
Discotheque 72 – Various Artists
Editions Syliphone Conakry SLP 40, 1973
When this lp came out in 1973 I was 15 years old and had no
idea of this music existing. I was listening to English and Ame-
rican popmusic, maybe some blues.. It took another five years
before the first African, Caribbean and South American music
came through to us. Fortunately we are looking at a much
broader spectrum of sounds and styles nowadays, the world
wide web is a huge support in that perspective. Listen to this
wonderful slice of Guinée vinyl, which is in great condition,
even after 41 years. It’s got some pops though in the middle of
track #3 and at the end of track #6, a small pressing error.
In this series we already had the 1970 and the 1973 versions.
Check them out, spectacular releases one by one..
tracks;
1 Pivi et les Balladins – Kogno koura
2 Bembéya Jazz National – Mme tolberg
3 Pivi et les Balladins – Samba
4 Kélétigui et ses Tambourini – Donsoké
5 Pivi et les Balladins – Djina mousso
6 Orchestre Les Frères Diabaté – Koumanfé
– Orchestre Les Frères Diabaté – Kéba mirima
7 Orchestre Les Frères Diabaté – N’fa
Saludando a los Salseros
de las Siete Potencias,
Various Artists, ECO / Discos Fuentes 1979
Okay folks, let’s get back to some Colombian hot stuff.
The opening song by Michi Sarmiento is so good, we
get spoiled straight away when listening to this album.
I am not saying that the rest sucks, no sir, it is party
music from beginning to end. Chico Cervantes, Fruko,
all bueno y caliente. I’ll do a bit more salsa futuramente.
tracks;
1 Michi Sarmiento – Hong Kong
2 Chico Cervantes – Recordaras
3 Chico Cervantes – Ocaña
4 Grupo Bayamon – Añoranza de mi pueblo
5 Chico Cervantes – Saludando a los salseros
6 Fruko y sus Tesos – El gozon
7 Grupo Bayamon – Yo si la quiero
8 Chico Cervantes – Fe y esperanza
9 Lisandro Meza y su Conjunto Sabanero – Guantaranure
10 Los Bestiales – Palomita mensajera
Grand Maître Franco – In Memoriam
Volumes 1 to 10, Polygram 1989
Hello world,
this sunday it is 25 years ago that ‘le Grand Maître’
Franco Luambo Makiadi passed away. Untill now I have
been posting practically every album I found by him. When
Franco died in 1989, Polygram Kenya launched this series
of 10 albums. They were compiled by Justus M. Kasoya.
I’m afraid they didn’t do a very good job though, the artwork
on the covers of the lp’s is quite poor, it lacks of any info
about the music, the sound quality leaves us with something
to wish for and many songs are cut off at a certain point.
In short, it does not do a great deal of justice to Franco’s
impressive oeuvre. Few collectors have good words for the
series, however, we can’t deny that it’s part of the inheritance
and therefore I guess it is justified to bring you these ten lp’s
nevertheless. Of course it is not all that bad, it’s a historic
document all together and deserves a place in our collections.
Nowadays we have all the desired information under our
keyboards so with a little homework we’re able to find out
who plays and sings on every recording. Twentyfive years
have passed in an incredible pace, it seems only
yesterday Franco was still among us,
now let’s honour him once more..
I made this collage as an
homage some years ago.
Hey Fried, hier zijn ze
weer, thnx again..
tracks;
1 Lukika
2 Zando ya tipo tipo
3 Nakbala mbwa
4 Lezi pt. 1
5 Lezi pt. 2
6 Assitou pt. 1
7 Assitou pt. 2
tracks;
1 Nakweyi tapis
2 Celita
3 Beya
4 Georgette
5 Mado
tracks;
1 Kinzonzi ki tata mbemba
2 Mambu na miondo
3 Liberté pt. 1
4 Liberté pt. 2
5 Azda pt. 1
6 Azda pt. 2
7 Kinsona
8 Aya la mode
tracks;
1 Claude
2 Tembe na tembe
3 Caisse d’epagne
4 Lola
5 Celina
6 Patience
7 Mokili matata
8 Nakosala nakolota
tracks;
1 Liwa ya wech
2 Na likunga na seli
3 Motema ya fata
4 Amida muziki ya ok
5 Bomboko justin
6 Isaac ombele
7 Florette modele
8 Mpata ezangi mokengeli
9 On a renseignement na bana ok
10 Ba katanga balingi toyokana
11 Mboka nini okende
12 Nani akunsimdila muana
tracks;
1 Ele wa bolingo
2 Miguel canta
3 Jalousie ya mimi nangai
4 Como quere
5 Guitares de c’enfer
6 Mado oboyi simarro
7 Tele mujos
8 Licencie
9 Bulundue na zongwee
10 La vida del un negro
tracks;
1 Ezuivoisin
2 Zenaba
3 Inousa
4 Nzuzi
5 Lufua lua nkadi
6 Nakobala mbwa
tracks;
1 Mosala etindi
2 Lilian
3 Yoka meje
4 Ba masta bonne année
5 Ebale ya zaïre
6 Cedou
tracks;
1 Assitou
2 Zando ya tipo tipo
3 Bano brekete
4 Lukika
5 Todutaka kaka
6 Bodutaka
7 Ledi
tracks;
1 Makambo maneno
2 Cesar aboya yo
3 Matinda
4 Mibali ya kinshasa
5 Marie mado
6 Dix makuta
7 Aime
8 Basi ya makangoo
Pinduca – Carimbó e Sirimbó, volumes 1 & 2
Beverly 1974
Good morning groovers, I am so very happy to be independent,
I found another album that disappeared from the old page. We
copied everything from there to build the new page but now I
find that some albums have simply been removed by Blogger.
I was going to bring you volume two of Pinduca’s ‘Carimbó e
Sirimbó’. I am very sure to have posted volume one about a
year ago but now I find it gone. My regards to Blogger and
here it is again, this time it’s here to stay. So you’re being
lucky today since here are volumes one and two in the
same post. Pinduca is from Brazil’s northern city Belém
that lies at the mouth of the Amazone river and is the
capital of Pará province. His carimbó is a style on it’s
own, nice rhythms, very different from the music you
are used to find in Brazil, it’s no samba, it’s no forró,
it’s carimbó and sirimbó..listen..
tracks volume one;
1 Sirimbó
2 Menina, menina
3 Ariramba
4 Dona maria
5 O caçador
6 Comanchera, comanchera
7 Filha do lavrador
8 Morena eu caio
9 Tucandeira
10 Pot-pourri de carimbós
– Menina, menina
– Tucandeira
– O caçador
– Airamba
tracks volume two;
1 O pinto
2 Vamos farrear
3 Ralador
4 Farinhada
5 Lobisomem no quintal
6 Comathera do amor
7 Sinhá pureza
8 Leão faminto
9 Pisar no milho
10 Mato cheiroso
11 Sirimbó do vovó
12 Carimbó do mato
13 Dormindo e sonhando
Los Corraleros de Majagual – Cumbia Corralera
Discos Fuentes 1976
Los Corraleros de Majagual is a group in which many
talents passed by over the years. Guys like Lisandro
Meza, Calixto Ochoa, Alfredo Gutierrez and even Fruko.
They had a string of hits and released quite a bunch of
swell records. We had this one, and they appear
on almost all my Colombian compilations. Just check
the search option on the left. This 1976 album contains
10 songs that we haven’t heard yet, part from the pieces
on the mosaico perhaps. If you like the lp, I have a pile
of their albums waiting to find their way to you, just yell.
G e t i t & s p r e a d i t . . .
tracks;
1 La bisuaca
2 El cañamilero
3 El titiritero
4 El caballito querebe
5 Pelo liso, pelo duro
6 Mosaico
7 13 mujeres
8 Dulce lamento
9 La bella rinconada
10 El golpe que dan los hombres
l’Empire Bakuba – Adieu Docteur Nico
Mélodie 1986
Pepé Kallé and his Empire Bakuba always find a happy
listener. This lp’s from 1986 and is a tribute to Docteur
Nico Kasanda, the legendary guitarist. You may find his
lp’s here too, just use our search-bar. l’Empire Bakuba
does also not appear here for the first time, listen to the
two and agree this is fabulous music..
tracks;
1 Peri mayel
2 Tout près de toi
3 Essakola ya mawa
4 Adieu Dr. Nico
5 Muambu
6 Égalité au tombeau
“Cumbias” la Pollera Colora –
Various Artists, Otra/RCA 1975
Oh yes, there’s quality and there’s quality. This here slice of
South American vinyl is super hot. Only eight songs but they
are all extremely good. The lp is very well produced, sounds
fresh and is in top condition. It is a Mexican pressing made
by RCA in 1975 but with all Colombian artists. On heavy vinyl
just the way we like it, incredibly well preserved in 39 years.
Better don’t miss this one, get it & spread it..
tracks;
1 Trio Colombia – Salpicon de cumbias
2 Henry Castro y Conjunto de Ivan Uribe – Mi camisa
3 Rómulo Gaycedo y el Combo de Edmundo Arias – Guepa… je
4 Antonio González – Cumbia de ovejas
5 Rossi Valencia – Cumbia internacional
6 José Garibaldi Fuentes y el Grupo de Edmundo Arias – Llorela comae
7 Gladys Viera y Orquesta – Me voy pa’ chiriguana
8 Miguel Ahumada y Conjunto – Cumbia vallenata
Jorge Costa – Samba sem Mentira
Beverly 1975
Only shortly I told you what a pity it is not being able to hunt
for samba, there’s so little available in these parts. This here
lp by Jorge Costa however just appeared without a warning.
It proves we can be lucky sometimes and surprises like this
are the things that make life beautiful, don’t you think ? Okay
now let’s see what we’ve got. The best samba, to my opinion,
was made early seventies, this 1975 disc survives the eartest
without problems. I love the songs in which we hear the organ,
it adds a special flavour to the samba, making it extra sweet.
Jorge Costa’s Samba sem Mentira, a real delight.
You know the drill, get it & spread it..
tracks;
1 Inferno colorido
2 Pode voltar
3 Não me interessa
4 Apaga tua vela
5 Só vai na onda
6 Bandeira da paz
7 Choro junto com você
8 Maria simplicidade
9 Chave do coração
10 Tamborete da vovó
11 Manda chuva na escola
12 Triste madrugada
Alex Konadu’s Band – Fa Odo Mehyia Me
Brobisco 1981
Hello, good morning, are you ready for some weekend
highlife ? I promised more Alex Konadu so here he is.
This here lp on Brobisco is from 1981 and it’s a killer.
Better get it and spice up your day but do not forget
to share it with your buddies. That’s the idea, get the
music to brighten up your friend’s lifes as well.
tracks;
1 K. na oreko
2 Amma agyemang
3 Fa odo behyia me
4 Ata kwame medley