Various Artists – Carribean Carnival, Mace
It took me a couple of days again to get back to you Groovers,
we all need to work now and then. Here’s another Calypso collector
from somewhere down the cabinet. Again there’s no year stated here.
Ripping this one turned a big smile on my face, check out ‘the Mighty
Duke’s Woop Wap, fantastic lyrics.
tracks;
1 The Mighty Sparrow – Old man and the donkey
2 Lord Nelson – I’ve got the itch
3 Starlift – The outcast
4 The Mighty Beaver – Rose
5 The Mighty Duke – Woop Wap
6 The Mighty Sparrow – Calypso twist
7 The Mighty Duke – Racial segregation
8 The Mighty Beaver – Book of love
9 Starlift – I feel pretty
10 Lord Nelson – Problems on my mind
Beny Moré y su Orquesta – Y sus Amigos, Cubitas
Global Groove’s Sunday Special is all about Cuban Music today.
I had a special friend in Cuban music. As I have friends in every
type of music. If I want to find out something concerning Reggae or
Popmusic, I turn to my buddy Gerard. If it concerns Samba, I turn to
Zeca or Justin, for questions about Cuban music I always went to my
late friend Dirk. On an occasion, Dirk was in some kind of financial
trouble, he sold me his complete collection of Cuban music. He knew
that I would keep it all together, waiting for better times. I am so
sorry he left us.
Now I am just wishfully assuming that the here-after is somehow
connected to the World Wide Web. This is my chance to give him
back some of the music that he loved so much ! To you Dirk !
Beny Moré y su Orquesta – Y sus Amigos
This is one of Dirk’s albums,
Beny Moré with his sharp voice, a national hero in Cuba.
I quote the backcover;
“These recordings focus on different stages of Beny’s carreer.
From the early days of the mambos recorded with Perez Prado in
Mexico, to Mariano Merceron, Ernesto Duarte and eventually his own
big band in Cuba. Also included here are two of the classical duos
with Pedro Vargas and Beny’s own giant band recorded in the
mid 50’s in Cuba.”
tracks;
1 Fiesta de tambores
2 Salomon
3 Maria Cristina
4 Demasiado Santa
5 No me vayas a engañar
6 Tu veras Margot
7 Dulce desengaño
8 La vida es un sueño
9 Solamente una vez
10 Bombon de pollo
Sonora Matancera – Una Caja de Exitos, Tropical
Sonora Matancera is the type of band that keeps existing no matter
what, if an older member leaves the group, a young one comes in.
It’s like they have always been there. Recording with lots of stars,
this ‘Box of Songs’ is one with 4 tracks by Nelson Pineda, 4 by
Carlos Argentino and 4 by Celia Cruz. A fine example of Cuban music.
My favourite track; ‘Apambichao’.
1 Carlos Argentino – Tu rica boca
2 Celia Cruz – Gozando
3 Nelson Pinedo – Sabrosito asi
4 Carlos Argentino – Apambichao
5 Celia Cruz – La merenguita
6 Nelson Pinedo – Mi chica y yo
7 Nelson Pinedo – El Gavilan
8 Carlos Argentino – Cha cha cha de los feos
9 Celia Cruz – No encuentro palabras
10 Nelson Pinedo – Recordando mi cuartito
11 Carlos Argentino – De ti enamorado
12 Celia Cruz – Contentosa
Miguelito Valdes – Inolvidables, Verve Records
Ochestral LP, with several styles of latin, a very happy sounding
album. Original arrangements by Chico O’Farrill, strong voice.
1 El limpiabotas
2 Negra Leono
3 Ariñañara – nague
4 Zarabanda
5 Los componedores
6 Quimbamba
7 No, negrita, no
8 Tambó
9 Guaguancó Africano
10 Se acabo la fiesta
Abelardo Barroso con la Orquesta Sensación
Joyas de Siempre vol. 2
Areito / EGREM
This LP was originally released on EGREM, Empresa de Grabaciones y
Ediciones Musicales La Habana. I love the voices on this fine piece
of Cuban music. And these photos, don’t you just wish you were there ?
tracks;
01 – La sitiera
02 – Changuí monte adentro
03 – Tiene sabor
04 – Yo ta’cansá
05 – Bruca maniguá
06 – Ea! Llegó el guajiro de cunaguá
07 – Ensalada sensación
08 – La paella
09 – Los carnavales de oriente
10 – La reina del guaguancó
11 – Guapo fantoma
12 – El brujo de guanabacoa
Olatunji and his Drums of Passion – High Life !, Columbia 1963
I got lucky, just as I finished making the previous post, the sun
broke through, and I managed to take my pics.
So here’s Olatunji from Nigeria with some nice Highlife.
Get that party going !
“I am the drum,
you are the drum,
and we are the drum.
Because the whole world
revolves in rhythm, and
rhythm is the soul of life,
for everything that we do in
life is in rhythm.”
Babatunde Olatunji
tracks;
1 Saturday Night Limbo
2 Ojo Davis
3 Ashafa
4 Bo-Su-Aye
5 Someday
6 Lady Kennedy
7 Dye ko dide
8 Eyo – sese
9 African waltz
10 Totofioko
Ed Lincoln – Seu Piano e seu Orgao Espetacular, Musidisc 1963
Good afternoon, It has been a crazy week, lots of work and little time
to rip LP’s. Now I finally find some time, the weather is so bad, I
can’t photograph any albums, I use to do it outside with daylight.
It’s a shame because I had some really nice African stuff waiting,
aswell as some Colombian material.
For now I’ve got to post something else, when I was in Rio,
february 2007, I went out shopping for old records with our great
friend ‘Zecalouro’ from Loronix. He took me to this tiny recordshack
somewhere in a Copacabana shoppingcentre, when searching I found
this ‘Ed Lincoln’. I felt a little uncomfortable buying quite some LP’s
there, a friend takes you to see his special source, I almost felt
like I was stealing something. Later I ripped some of the LP’s I found
and sent them to Zeca, among others this one was posted at Loronix
already over a year ago. I think it is appropriate to post it
oncemore today. Hope you like it.
tracks;
1 Miss Balanço
2 Só danço samba
3 Vou rir de você
4 Influência do jazz
5 Um samba gostoso
6 Vamos balançar
7 O samba é bom assim
8 P’ra que
9 É um estouro
10 Balansamba # 1
11 Tristeza
12 Olhou p’ra mim
The Impressions
The Young Mods’ Forgotten Story
Curtom 1969
From 1969, this is one of the last albums of ‘The Impressions’.
In 1970, Curtis Mayfield was to leave the Impressions and on the album’s
last track, he gives an example of what he’s about to go doing.
This is one of the first records to appear on Curtis’ label ‘Curtom’.
tracks;
1 The Young Mods’ forgotten story
2 Choice of colors
3 The girl I find
4 Wherever you leadeth me
5 My deceiving heart
6 Seven years
7 Love’s miracle
8 Jealous man
9 Soulful love
10 Mighty mighty ( Space & Whitey )
Ray Barretto – the Message, Fania 1972
Another very lucky find on my last recordhunt was this Ray Barretto.
It’s cover was in vey bad condition but the LP was still in
surprisingly well state. One spin was enough to know, topmaterial
from the Fania Family. Check it.
tracks;
1 Se traba
2 Con el cimarron
3 Alma con alma
4 Flor de los lindos campos
5 Arrepientete
6 Te traigo mi Son
7 O elefante
8 Seguire sin soñar
Historia da Música Popular Brasileira
Adoniran Barbosa, Paulo Vanzolini
RCA 1972
Photos; middle – young Adoniran Barbosa, bottom – Demonios da Garoa
Barbosa and Vanzolini are both from Sao Paulo, both made very nice Samba,
that must be the reason of this release.
The A-Side contains 4 songs, written by Paulo Vanzolini, the B-side,
4 songs written by Adoniran Barbosa. All 8 worth this post.
tracks;
1 Chico Buarque de Hollanda – Praça Clovis
2 Carlos Paraná – Capoeira do Arnaldo
3 Cláudia Morena – Ronda
4 Adauto Santos – Volta por cima
5 Demonios da Garoa – Trem das onze
6 Adoniran Barbosa e os Titulares do Ritmo – Samba do Arnesto
7 Demonios da Garoa – Saudosa Maloca
8 Adoniran Barbosa e os Titulares do Ritmo – Tocar na banda
Noel Rosa – Nova História da Música Popular Brasileira,
Abril Cultural 1977
We’re Back on the World Music Track !
One of the Biggest names, if we speak about Brazilian composers, is
without any doubt, ‘Noël Rosa’.
This little album, with only 8 tracks, is from the famous series
‘Nova História de la Música Popular Brasileira’.
It contains various interpretations of Noël Rosa’s work.
On track #6, we hear the master himself, together with Marília Batista.
Very nice is also Maria Bethania’s version of ‘Trés Apitos’.
tracks;
01 Beth Carvalho – Onde esta a honestidade
02 Mario Reis – Quando o samba acabou
03 Maria Bethania – Trés apitos
04 Aracy de Almeida – Ultimo desejo
05 Aracy de Almeida – Palpite infeliz
06 Noel Rosa e Marilia Batista – Você vai se quiser
07 Francisco Alves – Feitio de oraçao
08 Moreira da Silva – Conversa de botequim
Reggie Knighton – Reggie Knighton, CBS inc. 1977
Today I want to introduce something new at Global Groove.
Global Groove’s Sunday Special, every week I’ll do something else.
This week I want to show you three pop albums from the 70’s, that
I used to play a lot, and of which I like the covers extremely much.
All 3 make me have nostalgic feelings hearing them again
after quite some time.
This is an old personal favourite, my friends and I played it a hell of
a lot those days. I always loved this cover.
tracks;
1 Every night
2 Fidelity
3 Girl from Pluto
4 Drug dealer
5 VD got to Idi
6 Public servant
7 Tricentennial woman
8 Glows in the dark / Jenny
9 All night long
The Peter Peter Ivers Band – Terminal Love, Warner Bros. Records 1974
Ever since I heard this album for the very first time, I loved it !
Everything about this LP is ‘art’. It’s poetic, subtle and played
fantasticly well. And how about that Cover ? A number One !
tracks;
1 Alpha Centauri
2 Sweet enemy
3 Terminal love
4 My grandmother’s funeral
5 Modern times
6 Deborah
7 oo girl
8 Audience of one
9 Felladaddio
10 Holding the cobra
11 Even Stephen Foster
Paulinho da Viola – Nervos de Aço, Odeon 1973
To close off this productive day, a sweet piece of Samba.
I had a great day, ripping all this nice music, I hope you did
too, listening to it. ‘Paulinho da Viola’ delivers an album
like no other. A bit sentimental but very decent I ‘d say.
Que saudade que eu tenho que o meu amor esta no Rio agora.
tracks;
1 Sentimentos
2 Comprimido
3 Nao leve a mal
4 Nervos de aço
5 Roendo as unhas
6 Nao quero mais amar ninguém
7 Néga Luzia
8 Cidade submersa
9 Sonho de um Carnaval
10 Chóro negro