Sparrow – Calypso Carnival, La 1968
73 year old ‘Mighty Sparrow’ played at the Amsterdam Paradiso
tonight, and I went to see him with a friend. Our legend played
with a band from Surinam and I must say, he can still sing
with strong voice, I didn’t expect. At some points the band
didn’t quite know how to play what Slinger Francisco ( his
real name ) wanted to hear but in general they did their
medly’s not too bad. The old Sparrow is still a lady killer,
from the moment he got on stage he was flirting with some of
the women in front. When he got carried away, wiggeling his
hips, he forgot his lines and just mumbled; ” banana nana
Banana nana.” In despite of his being a dirty old man, he
is still a living legend, and it was great to see him.
This is an album of 40 years ago, Sparrow must have been 33.
Hope you like it, enjoy Mighty Sparrow’s Calypso Carnival.
tracks;
1 Mr. Walker
2 Wood in the fire
3 Carnival in ’68
4 Duncan
5 Jook for Jook
6 Jane
7 One hand man
8 Macco man
9 Crazy John
10 Calypso Boogaloo
the World of Coupé Cloué, Mini Records 1979
December 10th already, this year runs to it’s end. It’s getting
colder outside but inside we are nice and warm. Especially when
we listen to tropical musicstyles like ‘Compas’. “Coupé Cloué
was the nickname of professional footballplayer Jean Gesner
Henri ( 1925 – 1998 ) and became the name of his compas-direct
dance orchestra.” ( Rough Guide )
tracks;
1 l’International / Colé colé
2 Kiliboi
3 Louloune
4 Imploration
Oliver de Coque and his Expo ’76
Ife Chi Kwalu Geme (Sound Ogene)
Olumo 1978
Oliver de Coque was a prolific guitarist who popularised the
‘Ogene’ dance, an inspiring style of Nigerian High Life.
Oliver Sunday Akanite was born in 1947 and started his music
career at the age of 11. He played on the Prince Nico Mbarga’s
evergreen album “Sweet Mother” and recorded himself more than 70
albums that have next to great music, the funniest picture
covers around. King Chief Oliver de Coque died on june 20, 2008
in a hospital in Gbagada, Lagos, after struck by heart failure.
May he rest in peace. On this album ‘de Coque’ really makes true
his great name, on ‘Baby don’t cry’ he seems to be calling chickens
with his guitar. For the occasion Oliver put on his most
special dress. Don’t you just love that tigerprint ?
tracks;
1 Ife chi kwulu geme ( Sound Ogene )
–Onye zogbulu nwambe ?
2 Baby don’t cry
3 Go call police
the Fantastic Pambou Tchicaya Tchico & his Waka Waka Band of Nigeria – Josintha, Namaco 1978
These guys don’t like short names, ‘the Fantastic Pambou Tchicaya
Tchico & his Waka Waka Band of Nigeria’, quite a mouthful.
On the other hand, in this case I think they can afford it.
What a fantastic album this is indeed, to my opinion the
best Tchico on this page untill now.
” aon aon aon ”
tracks;
1 Mamy Rosa
2 Agatha – Agathy
3 Josintha, a Nigerian girl
4 Business before pleasure
Lord Creator – Jamaica Time, Studio One, mid 60’s
When it comes to handling smooth ballads, Lord Creator always
was a class of his own. In the 60’s he recorded Calypso
and also Ska, but his style was quite different from what
others were doing those days. Lord Creator was born Kentrick
Patrick in San Fernando, Trinidad, but spent a lot of years in
Jamaica. “When UB40 honoured the quality of his ‘Kingston Town’,
and included it on their ‘Labour of Love’ cover version album,
Creator was able to buy a house in Jamaica from the Royalties.”
( Rough Guide )
tracks;
1 Jamaica farewell
2 Big bamboo
3 Archie
4 Bad lucky
5 Blowing in the wind
6 Don’t go away
7 End of the world
8 Independent Jamaica
9 Sweet Jamaica
10 Island woman
11 Yellow bird
12 The queen’s canary
13 Ma and pa
14 John B.
Global Sampler vol. 16
Sampling the albums from between 10/19 and 11/5,
this is volume 16.
tracks;
1 Pamelo Mounk’a – Ce n’est pas ma secretaire
2 The Upsetters – Underground
3 Alfredo Gutierrez y su Conjunto – Ojos verdes
4 Thomas Mapfumo – Tozvireva kupiko
5 Super Etoile 2 de Dakar – Ndeetel weer wi
6 Super Etoile de Dakar – Alboury
7 Youssou N’dour et le Super Etoile – Gainde
8 Vongo Aye – Bolingo mobesu
9 Monguito – Chimbombo
10 The Upsetters – Dyon anaswa
11 Melcochita – Son de los viejitos
12 Rochereau Tabu Ley – Nin’zi
13 Rochereau Tabu Ley – Leki ya mongali… tosuki wapi
14 Theo Blaise Kounkou – Cherie Sylla
15 Miguel Quintana – El plato roto
Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz International
Family Movement, Rogers All Stars 1981
“If Sunny Ade carries the flag for Juju and Fela’s Afrobeat
will, in time become a global source sound, then the late
Prince Nico will forever be Igbo Highlife.” ( Rough Guide )
Always sharp looking Prince Nico Mbarga rocks once more !
tracks;
1 Family movement
2 Home is home
3 Le pere de notre pays
4 Lost love
Global Sampler vol. 15
To keep up the pace, this Sampler number 15.
It shows you posts from October 14 to October 19.
tracks;
1 Le T.P.O.K. Jazz – Testament ya bowule
2 Le Poete Lutumba Simaro et le TPOK Jazz – Maclebert
3 Orchestre Régional de Mopti – Manden po
4 Canario y su Grupo – Cuando las mujeres quieren a los hombres
5 Zé Di – Quando meu Salgueiro desce
6 Johnnie Jordaan – De parel van de Jordaan
7 Roberto Rivas y Gente Morena – Arroz con concolon
8 Théo Blaise Kounkou – Bella Amicha
9 Angelo y su Conjunto Modelo – Maria Belen
10 Les Ambassadeurs – Mana mana
11 Pablo Lubadika Porthos – Osuki wapi
12 Théo Blaise Kounkou – Massy
13 Guillermo Portabales – Canto a la Vueltabajera
Fania All Stars – Several Hits
I had a request for a Salsa Compilation and it just so happens
this one was waiting on the shelf. It’s a compilation I once made
for an old friend. We used to listen to these songs way back
early eighties. Only Fania All Stars here, for now.
I hope it answers to your expectations.
tracks;
1 Pacheco y Monguito – Acere Cipriano
2 Celia, Ray y Adalberto – Nadie se salva de la rumba
3 Willie Colon – Te conozco
4 Pacheco y el Conde – Ponle punto
5 Fania All Stars – Por eso yo canto salsa
6 Pacheco y Monguito – Yo soy Cagueyrán
7 Fania All Stars – Dime que te pasa
8 Celia, Ray y Adalberto – Debes callar
9 Willie Colon – Juana Peña
10 Pacheco y el Conde – Primoroso cantar
11 Pacheco y Monguito – Ven y ven
12 Pacheco y el Conde – Cositas buenas
13 Fania All Stars – Quitate tu
Global Sampler vol. 14
To guide you along and through our posts between
October 4, 2008 and October 15, 2008, here’s
Global Sampler vol. 14.
Hope you to find what you like !
tracks;
1 Van Dyke Parks – G-Man Hoover
2 Luambo Makiadi – Belela authenticité na congres ya mpr 1er
3 Lui Lepke – Sharron
4 Oliver Mtukudzi – Mukombe
5 Kambou Clement – Dounougnan
6 The Super Railband – Konowale
7 Johnny Ringo – Don’t know much
8 Muddy Ibe & his Nkwa Brothers System – Kwuo ka ira
9 Ramito – En el monte del olvido
10 Alton Ellis – These eyes
11 Romica Puceanu – Geaba mai ma duc acasa
12 David ‘Fefe’ Diambouana – Nikeumbu kuaya-bika
13 Orchestre Afrisa International – Aon-aon
14 Sam Mangwana – Tchimurenga Zimbabwe
Beth Carvalho – Nos Botequins da Vida, RCA Victor 1977
Absolutely crazy for some good samba, we’ve got us this 1977
record of Beth Carvalho. She’s always in for some old fashion
stuff. With numbers of Nelson Cavaquinho, Cartola, Aniceto
and Carlos Cachaça, this can’t go wrong. Listen to that
7-string Brazilian guitar, great sound.
Great cover too, lots of beerbottles, in the bars of life.
tracks;
1 Saco de feijao
2 Olho por olho
3 Lá vem ela chorando
4 Deus nao castiga ninguém
5 Vingança
6 As moças
7 Se você me ouvisse
8 Carro de boi
9 Cuidado com a minha viola
10 Desengano
11 Sempre só
12 O mundo é um moinho
Prince Nico Mbarga & Rocafil Jazz International
Lucky Marriage !, Roger’s All Stars 1981
The album presented tonight was reguested by one of our visitors.
Prince Nico Mbarga was luckily married, as you can hear in track
one of this LP. Who knows another African artist with a Mercedes
almost like this one ?
tracks;
1 Lucky marriage
2 Nnwa di mma
3 Welcome
4 Aye yi mole
Oliver de Coque and his Expo ’76
Ogene Sound Super of Africa
Oje Mba Ewilo, Olumo 1977
Second LP by the great Oliver de Coque at this page is this one.
The title is more or less the same but this one is from 1977.
First side contains two tracks although they appear to be one. I
didn’t try to devide them, chanceless if I would.
Don’t you just love that outfit ?
tracks;
1 Oje mba ewilo / Odi ili eri aku special
2 The tragedy journey of two friends
3 Oma obi dia
Les Super Shleu – Les Super Shleu, Universal Music Productions 1977
It’s been 4 days since I found the time for some posts.
Been busy doing other things, but today we’re back with
something we didn’t see yet at the GG. Some time ago, one
of our loyal visitors, who lives in Paris asked me if I had
music from Haiti. At the time I was not familiar with it, so
I decided to dive into the matter. Compas is the name of this
style and it’s a happy sound. “The overall sound is sweet and
smooth and the melodies are carried on flowing guitar lines,
regulated by a characteristic rocking beat that pivots between
the hi-hat and a bass drum on the floor.”(Rough Guide)
I found this album on that fair last week. This weekend
I had to visit Paris for other matters and searched a little
for records too. I brought home some old LP’s by groups like
Shleu-Shleu and Coupé Cloué. You can expect some of those later.
For now, listen to this fine LP by Les Super Shleu.
tracks;
1 Marie-Annick
2 Carnaval marché presse
3 Vacances 77
4 Marie-Chantal
5 Pas feté cadence
6 Viré rond
7 Chouboulé
8 Ti mam’zelle
9 Nicole