Alex Konadu – Odo Meko Ama Obiaba
Ambassador Records 1977
Good morning, on special request we’ve got Alex Konadu
today. So here we go Kwabena, I have a couple of others
waiting but let’s start with the oldest. This lp is from 1977
and still in very good condition, mostly Ghanaian records
of that age look and sound quite worn out but we’re lucky
I guess. We had three of his albums before, just
search on Alex and find them easily..enjoy..
tracks;
1 Adamfo pa
2 Ye gu nsa
3 Agya kwakye
4 Nsa nie
5 Odo me ko
6 Kae dabi
7 Opo nso me adware
Global Sampler vol. 43
Various Artists
Good morning groovers, do you remember our samplers?
We used to make them to suggest listening to the lp’s
the numbers come from. Every track refers to an album
posted here in the past. I stopped making them when
webhosters started to throw away our precious files but
from now they are back, you can count on that. The
numbers on this one come from lp’s posted halfway
2011 so there’s a whole lot of catching up to do.
For now, here’s volume 43, enjoy..
tracks;
1 le Prince Youlou Mabiala & Kamikaze Longisa – Loufoulakari
2 The Lone Ranger – Every thing she want
3 Orchestre Masano – Mikala
4 Prince Youlou Mabiala – Carte postale
5 Willie Colon – Calle luna, calle sol
6 Trio Madjesi – Deuxième mi-temps
7 Orchestre Afro-Succes – Libreville
8 Bembeya Jazz National – Dagna
9 Gnonnas Pedro & his Dadjes Band International – Adigbedoto
10 Beni de Cadiz – Bulería de cazaora
11 Passi-Jo & Kichar – Vengi
12 Samay – Anaba samy na cathy no.3
13 Chano Pozo – Rumba en swing
14 l’Orchestre Empire Bakuba – Muinto
15 Jolly Matata Band – Jaber e boma no.2
African brothers International
Nea Medofo Aye Me
Happy Bird / Ambassador
Nana Kwame Ampadu I and his African Brothers are
back at the GG today. They made a whole lot of swell
records of which we had a bunch already. Often hard
to find a year of release, with this one I’ve got no idea.
The highlife we get to hear is very groovy but the lp’s
quality is not the best I’m affraid. Quite some crackles
especially at the b-side of the album. I’m still happy
to bring it though, such lovely music..listen..
tracks;
1 Nea medofo aye me
2 Beye dek ne wonsere me
3 Nkabea
4 Mekae me nyame
5 Mmre dane
6 Awisia mmobro
7 Odo, hwe na wanyi me ama
8 Me ne wo mianu asetsena
Bovea y sus Vallenatos
Discomoda 1973
If I try to find this in the Rough Guide on latin and such,
there’s not any information. ‘Parranda’ music from Colombia
seems absent in the guide. They speak of parranda from
Venezuela and other countries but no Colombia. Bovea
and his Vallenatos are well known for their acoustic
interpretations of cumbias, merengues, paseos and
parranda. This lp from 1973 on ‘Discomoda’ gives
us some fine examples of their work. Guillermo
Buitrago, Hermanos Bedoya and Gildardo
Montoya, all soon to come..
tracks;
1 La media luna
2 La desobediente
3 Tu no vales nada
4 Mi pollito colorao
5 La hamaca grande
6 Consuelito
7 La basurita
8 Mi amor de claudia
9 El pajarito de mi novia
10 La muerte de abel antonio
11 Nely
12 Mi ligia amada
Clifton Chenier and his
Red Hot Louisiana Band
Arhoolie 1977
It is not blues, born in the late twenties, squeezebox,
rubboard and French lyrics, we’re talking of Zydeco. The
king of zydeco is Clifton Chenier, he shaped the sound
into this great party music, very happy and irresistible.
Check out this 1977 album on Arhoolie Records, Clifton
Chenier and his Red Hot Louisiana Band..
tracks;
1 Grand prix
2 Hungry man blues
3 Parti de paris
4 Take off your dress
5 Paty down ( at the blue angel club )
6 Falksy girl
7 Easy, easy baby
8 Tante na na
9 Do right sometime
10 Highway blues
Bezerra da Silva – Justiça Social
RCA Victor 1987
Such a shame I’m not in the opportunity to hunt for samba,
my country does not offer much and Brazil is not around the
corner. Every now and then I go through my collection and
check on items I haven’t posted yet, this Bezerra da Silva
for instance was waiting for it’s turn to get digitized and
today that finally happened. Bezerra’s music is always
critical of the social structure and full of funny lyrics.
Check his other lp’s we posted by using our
search-bar, there’s a bunch of them
waiting if you like..
tracks;
1 Fofoqueiro é a imagem do cão
2 Partideiro indigesto
3 São murungar
4 O dr. está na sua capturação
5 Meu pai é genral de umbanda
6 Justiça social
7 Na hora da dura
8 Ilha grande
9 A semente
10 As favelas que não exaltei
11 Preconceito de cor
12 Um comédia nas paradas
TP OK Jazz – Héritage de Luambo Franco
Eau Bénite… Hommage a Luambo Makiadi
Tamaris 1990
I was in doubt for a while, the quality of this lp is not that
good, but untill I find a better specimen we’ll have to settle
with this one. It has some pops and sh*t but still.. the songs
about Franco send shivers down my spine. The group he
left behind didn’t vanish with ‘le grand maître’ but kept
making the music that used to be his life..
Madilu, Djo M’poy, N’dombe Opetum,
Josky and Simaro, all present
with the TP OK Jazz.
tracks;
1 Eau bénite
2 Hommage a luambo-makiadi
3 Ladji-mundele
4 Jacquina
5 Pot pourri
6 Franco luambo
Mose Se ‘Fan Fan’ – Belle Epoque
Quite some time ago, when still working with the old page,
I already posted this one. I don’t remember exactly why it
was removed in a later stage. Anyway, I thought it would
be good to make it available again. Such wonderful music
should be accessible so here it is once more, enjoy…
tracks;
1 Julie la petite
2 Serge
3 Ciska
4 Molema
5 Venus
6 Chama cha mapinduzi
7 Pele odidja
8 Amba
9 Jolie Africa
10 Suki pembe somo somo
4 Etoiles – 4 Grandes Vedettes de la
Musique Africaine, Afro-Rythmes 1983
On popular demand we’ve got us a classic album by
four of the most prominent Congolese artists. It wasn’t
posted here yet so good idea Mouhamadou. Singers
Nyboma and Wuta-May formed this group with guitar
greats Syran Mbenza and Bopol Mansiamina. delicious
Congolese sounds and voices you don’t want to miss.
tracks;
1 Mayi
2 Mama-iye-ye
3 Zouzou
4 Maquereau
Les Stars des Années 50, Roitelet, Victor,
Roger, Franco, Marcelle Fylla,
Les Trois Caballeros & Salvador
Merveilles du Passé, african 360.164, 1986
I received a message saying, this lp also disappeared
from the global groove. I dived into it and found it’s true.
So, no problem, we’ll bring it again, and this time it’s
here to stay. Some of the sweetest Congolese songs
from the fifties, Enjoy them once again..
..if anyone finds any other lp missing,
leave me a message and I’ll restore it..
thanks,
tracks;
1 Roitelet et Roger – Banga imana
2 Roitelet et Roger – Imana ya daring
3 Victor et Roger – Bolingo esuki
4 Marcelle Fylla – Pusana moke
5 Victor et Roger – Kobanga te
6 Victor, Roger & Franco – Josephine
7 Les Trois Caballeros – Antoinette
8 Roitelet et les coeurs CEFA – Tozo na Bozo
9 Salvador – E ya yo nlala
10 Salvador – E ndumba sakuba wata
Los Inseparables con Colacho Mendoza
Sensacional !! Tropical
Hello good evening, are you somewhere close ?
Come to Amsterdam and do some dancing tonight.
Scroll back and see where…. for this moment I’ve
got Colombian candy waiting for ya. Colacho Mendoza
appears with Los Inseparables today, vallenato with
strings and squeezebox this time, enjoy..
tracks;
1 La divina pastora
2 Alma bohemia
3 Romance campesino
4 Que te dijo el rio
5 Canitas al aire
6 Muchachita vallenata
7 Lo que soy por amor
8 Tierra sanjuanera
9 Tina villason
10 Beatriz elena
Ikenga Super Stars of Africa –
Late Celestine Ukwu Special,
Rogers All Stars / Sonodisc 1981
Hello, welcome back at the GG, today we’re catching up
with the music of Nigeria. We haven’t seen any since the
launch of the new page yet. On this particular album,
Ikenga Super Stars of Africa bring a tribute to the late and
great Celestine Ukwu. I think it sounds fresh and clean
and it makes a swell contribution to our Nigerian archive.
The album was originally released in 1977 but this one
is a re-release from 1981. Only two tracks but they’re
not to be missed, give’m a spin or two and agree..
Get it and spread it as usual.
tracks;
1 Late celestine ukwu special
2 Ego di nogwu
City Boys International Band – Merefre No
Diram Recordings 1982
Here’s another lp by the black chinese. Obuoba J.A. Adofo
and his City boys were here a few times before and gained
quite an audiance. They are one of the most popular guitar
driven highlife groups of the era together with among others,
Nana Ampadu and the African Brothers, the Ashanti Bros.
and Alex Konadu’s band. The lp’s got a couple of scratches
but not too serious, it’s a recommender all together..
tracks;
1 Sikyi Medley;
– Merefre no
– Na mese odo mmra
– Yee naa
– Kesewa
– Yaw donko owora
– So wo tuo mu
2 Adenkum Medley
– Nnonko odede
– Mene wo beko man bi
– Babi a mewu
– Bonini abena
– Mede ama onyame
Last night’s closing party of the Amsterdam World Cinema
event was real nice. In a causy small cinema bar we had
a world dance evening with great atmosphere. I was happy
to meet with some of our blog’s loyal visitors and party
together. If you can make it to next saturday’s party would
be very nice. We’ll have an evening with lots of African,
Brazillian, Cuban, Colombian and several caribbean styles.
”Movimento Tropicano”
It is at the Amstelveenseweg 23, Bar São Paulo..
in Amsterdam. If you can, drop by and dance
with us all evening from about 22.00 till 3.00
hours, be there Saturday August the 30th..
dj guide
Pedro Quinto y su Conjunto
Canta: Buitraguito, Fabuloso
It is a little confusing; Buitraguito sounds as ‘small Buitrago’.
In this case we are speaking of two musicians, the career of
Buitraguito started when Buitrago died. Guillermo Buitrago
of who we had his most famous work here,
already died age 29. He managed to win the hearts of all
Colombians however and hits like ‘Compae Heliodoro’ and ‘Ron
de Vinola’ were originated by him. Buitrago’s ‘Diciembre y Año
Nuevo’ was an album everybody played at the end of the year
and is considered typical new years music. Now Buitraguito
is a man who’s real name is Julio César SanJuán, and because
he was working in the same type of music and had a somehow
similar voice as the old master, he was asked to perform with
Los 50 de Joselito. Buitraguito, who had just left the Vallenato
group of Bovea, made a great impression and they started calling
him ‘Buitraguito’. Warner Bros. wanted to record an album with
all the old Buitrago songs with him but that never happened.
Copying an other’s family name and his music too was subject
of discussions, it was too much and finally he dumped the name.
One way or the other, what we have for you today is an album of
Pedro Quinto on which Buitraguito is the singer. His voice does
sound a lot like the old Buitrago’s and I am thrilled by it..
Musica Parrandera of the highest quality to my opinion.
tracks;
1 El brujo ( Julio SanJuán )
2 Que tienen las mujeres ( Fontanilla y González )
3 Mis tristezas ( Efraín González )
4 Maria morales ( Julio SanJuán )
5 Potrerillo ( Julio Bovea )
6 Lamento provinciano ( Julio SanJuán )
7 Rosa perfumada ( Julio SanJuán )
8 Carmen miryam ( Julio SanJuán )
9 Oyeme rosita ( Gustavo Rada )
10 Caballito melao ( José Barros )
11 Malibu ( Gustavo Rada )
12 Bonita luna ( Efraín González )