Monguito el Unico and his All Star Band
Alto Songo, Sacodis
His name is ‘Monguito el Único’ and that’s exactly what he is.
I do’nt know a second singer with a voice like his. Look who
Monguito braught with him here; piano – Alfredo Valdez, bass-
Edy Gugua, trumpet – Bomberito Zarzuela, sax & flute – Mario
Rivera, trombone – Billy Hojasi, drums – Manny Ramos, trez –
José Garcia, conga – Marcelino Valdez, violin – Pupi Lagarreta,
Produced by Aboudou Lassissi for Sacodis, Cote d’Ivoire.
tracks;
1 Alto songo
2 Guajira something
3 Leevalo pal ring
4 En el monte
5 Echale candela
6 La pasion
Holiday in Afrika – Various Artists
EMI / Columbia C048-15106
An absolut magnificent find is this rare collector. It contains
a fine example of a Pierre Moutouari song from the seventies.
Track no.6 was from his hand. The album is filled with songs
that make my heart beat faster, make up your own mind.
It also appeared as Pathé Marconi / EMI 2 ( C054-15106 )
tracks;
1 Franco et l’Orchestre OK Jazz – Nazangi muana
2 Orchestre Mando-Negro – Voiture ya occasion
3 Orchestre Sinza – Julienne na ponton
4 Orchestre Hi-Fives – Mwana wa mraka
5 Orchestre Les Bantous – Pitié
6 Orchestre Sinza – Ma loukoula
7 Orchestre Hi-Fives – l’Amour est aveugle
8 Orchestre Sinza – Teti bolingo
9 Orchestre Hi-Fives – Nichukuwe twende kwako
10 Orchestre Hi-Fives – Ba kibushi batano na kenya
Alex Konadu’s International Band – Akwadaa Wesewa
bhm 1983
The African Brothers had a song with the same title,
‘Owuo aye me bi’. If it’s written by them or by the great
Alex Konadu, I do not know. One way or the other, nice
song. I am very happy to be able to present you another
LP by this wonderful Ghanaian artist, listen to Alex Konadu.
lead vocal – Alex Konadu ( One man thousand )
vocals – Collins Marfo, Barfo Kyei
lead guitar – Collins Marfo
guitar – Elder Osei Bonsu
bass guitar – Maringe
organ – Kwadwo Akwaboa Junior
maracas – Kadido
drums – Yaw Donkor
conga – K. Tawia
tracks;
1 Owuo aye me bi
2 Wanim asaman wo
3 Akwadaa wesewa ( medley )
Re-PostLuambo Makiadi & son Orchestre OK Jazz
Editions Populaires 10e Anniversaire 1965-1975
african 360.081, 1982
Last friday we had us another recordfair here in Utrecht.
I went out there and found quite some wonderful LP’s you’re
gonna see passing by in the near future. Now I found out
something I want to share with you groovers. Do you
remember this great Franco LP, ‘Editions Populaires 10e
Anniversaire 1965-1975’ ? From the very beginning I tried
to remove the two annoying little jumps in the first song; ‘Cinq
ans ekoki’. For years I had been thinking that the two disturbing
jumps were from my copy only. I went out searching on the world
wide web but found only copy’s with the same disturbing two tics.
It may sound silly but because of this I thought the whole world
was listening to my copy, every time I found it somewhere, it had
the same two jumps again. Last friday at the fair, I found the album
again and bought it for 15 euro’s thinking I now finally had a clean copy
of the song I like so much. What the heck, it has the same two little
annoying jumps. So, my fellow collectors, it’s now finally clear,
‘african 360.081’ contains a recording of which probably is NO
clean version available. I ask you, is there anybody out there who
has a clean version of ‘Cinq ans ekoki’ without a jump in the brrrrrr-part
and in the bla bla bla-part ? I like the song so much, I wanted to use it
in some compilation long time already but never did it because of the
disturbance.( oh, I did, sorry ) Please somebody, give us a clean copy…!
tracks;
1 Cinq ans Ekoki
2 Salongo alinga mosala
3 Votez vert
4 Epublique du Zaire
5 Tolanda nzela moko
6 Ba depute mbilinga-mbilinga toboyi
7 Belela authenticite na congres ya mpr 1er
8 Belela authenticite na congres ya mpr 2e
Kenya Hit-Parade – Various Artists,A.I.T. / Soul Posters
By the look at it’s sleeve one would say it’s the cover
of a children’s book. Don’t be misled however, the music
on this LP is for the whole family. Wonderful mid-seventies
stuff I wish we had in our hitparade in those days. Succes
guaranteed on your dance-floor. Listen to Kenya Hit-Parade !
…damn,..I jus’ love dis.., volumes up !
tracks;
1 Orchestre Sega Sega – Dala ber moloyo No.11
2 Kawere Boys – William ogembo No.3
3 Gem Dudi Band – Barack ayieye
4 Victoria Jazz Band “B” – Patrick ochieng
5 Orchestre Mandalala – Tika kotongo-1
6 Mori River Jazz Band – Ben maseke
7 Owila Lakeside Band – Margaret atieno
8 Shirati Luo Voice Jazz Band – Okoro kalila
9 Orchestre C.-K. Jazz – Pamela awino-pt.1
10 Orchestre Saka-Yonsa – Nabangi makambo-1
le Grand Retour de Pierre Moutouari
Eddy’Son Consortium Mondial 1980
We heard him with Orchestre Sossa and with Orchestre
Sinza Kotoko. Pierre Moutouari and his brothers Michel
and Kosmos participated in quite some bands. It appears
he had been away for a while, well that’s history now.
This is ‘Le Grand Retour de Pierre Moutouari’.
tracks;
1 Missengue
2 Vévé
3 Kibangou
4 Julienne
Eddie Palmieri – Palo pá Rumba
Musica Latina Int. Inc. 1984
In 1984, this was the first LP on which Eddie Palmieri
worked with only Puerto Rican musicians. A little salsa
for a change can’t hurt. It will make your lazy asses move
around like crazy, better be sure before you download …
tracks;
1 Palo pá rumba
2 1983
3 Bomba de corazon
4 Bajo con tumbao
5 Prohibicion de salida
6 Pensando en ti
7 Venezuela
Youlou Mabiala – 100% de Pourcentage
Eddy’Son Consortium Mondial
On Eddy Gustave’s great label, Eddy’Son Consortium
Mondial, we’ve seen quite some albums passing by.
Mostly wonderful productions with a great feel. Today’s
post is no exception, four songs by Youlou Mabiala
with his sandy ebony voice giving the full 100 % !
tracks;
1 Mofutela N’dako
2 100% de pourcentage
3 Zua ebimi maseke
4 Confiance
Bopol Mansiamina – Innovation BM 05
Get ready for some powerful soukous. Bopol is back
with this album of heavy dance material. Volumes up !
tracks;
1 Dienaba
2 Misere
3 Aida (instr.)
4 Aida
5 Yembele yembele
6 Djeneba
Oliver de Coque and his Expo ’76
Ogene King of Africa
Olumo Records Limited 1984
Want another LP of Nigerian highlife ? Oliver de Coque
is not the world’s greatest singer but his music has
a groove I absolutely dig. That much said, it would
deserve at least a couple of spins, two Mp3’s
of a tiny 20 minutes each, give it a go..
tracks;
1 Atutu gepu mpi ekwe gesiya ike
– Chukwu ekwena kifififele meayi
2 Klub nationale
– Egwu omenani
Afrique Varietes – Various Artists
Afrique Riviera 1972
Gilles Sala was the man who compiled this LP for the Afrique Riviera
label. Tasteful and rich in variety as the title already suggests. I am
particularly fascinated by the likembe songs like tracks 2,7 and 16,
heavenly atmosheric sounds from the Congo with Jean Essous
on saxophone, but also the music of the Mingole brothers is a
discovery. My guess would be this stuff is from about 1972..what
would you say ? Get it and listen to this rare collector.
tracks;
1 Franklin Boukaka, ses Sanzas & son Orchestre Congolais – Les Brazzavilloises
2 Franklin Boukaka, ses Sanzas & son Orchestre Congolais – Yambi na bana poto
3 Tobbo Eitel – Mes trois femmes
4 Tobbo Eitel – Broda
5 Mondo Mingole – I like Africa
6 Mondo Mingole – Diboa lango na wolo
7 Franklin Boukaka, ses Sanzas & son Orchestre Congolais – Ba yemba Congo
8 Franklin Boukaka, ses Sanzas & son Orchestre Congolais – Pasi na komona
9 Gnonnas Pedro y sus Panchos de Cotonou – Faux temoin
10 Gnonnas Pedro y sus Panchos de Cotonou – Azian-vignin
11 Gnonnas Pedro y sus Panchos de Cotonou – Dadje von o von non
12 Gnonnas Pedro y sus Panchos de Cotonou – Sode lon lon yin
13 La Ferlo-Jazz de Dakar – Ninguem
14 Mondo et Claude Mingole – Londo lasu
15 Tobbo Eitel – Le pays de l’amour
16 Franklin Boukaka, ses Sanzas & son Orchestre Congolais – Kue tu kuenda
Nguashi Ntimbo & le T.P. O.K. Jazz -Manguta, Shakara Music
This album could not remain absent here, although
posted on other blogs before I could not resist. With
the T.P. O.K. Jazz, Nguashi Ntimbo shines bright
like a star. Listen to sweet Manguta..
tracks;
1 Manguta
2 Mzazi
3 Bolingo ya sens unique
4 Cheri ago (Ntimbo)
Franco joue avec Sam Mangwana,Rythmes et Musique
Tonight, my fellow groovers, I am asking for your help on
a matter. While recording this LP I discovered a mistake.
Track 4 is obviously ‘Aziza’ instead of track 3. I am assuming
the titles on side-b have been switched around but I’m not 100 %
sure. Track 1 is titled correctly to my opinion, I think to hear the
name in the music. Maybe track 2 and track 3 are still wrong.
Can you give us your view on the case ? Good,
than we can sit and enjoy these four
jiving songs, check…
tracks;
1 Lukoli
2 Awela-awela
3 Decca
4 Aziza
Wuta May – Wuta May,Kina-Rama
After having music from Zimbabwe, Zambia and Nigeria,
we’ll close the month with a Congolese post. Wuta
May comes in at the GG accompanied by l’Ensemble
Bongo-Rama, the album doesn’t give any further information.
Just take it from me, you don’t wanna miss this one, get
to it. Turn up the volume, kick aside funiture and let go…
tracks;
1 Tshitsha ya mama
2 Adieu mes parents
3 Nzoto na mota la ka
4 Tikaba coin