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Bumba Massa – Maria Theresa
Opika Opika Opika ! Pika Pende.
Afro-Rythmes 1988

1 November 2020|Congo|0 Comments

For the lovers of Congolese music we’ve got another
record with Bumba Massa today. We had two albums
earlier, on one he was called Sammy instead of Bumba.
Bumba Massa used to work with the greatest of artists.
Names like Empompo Loway, Bavon Marie Marie, Johnny
Bokelo, Vicky Longomba, Franco Luambo, Pablo Lubudika
and Syran Mbenza are a few that make huge impression.
On this 1988 album, Bumba Massa appears with Lokassa
Ya Mbongo and Dally Kimoko among others. Although
mainly key-based (I am more fond of guitars myself)
Bumba Massa’s sweet voice make this a nice record ..

Voor de liefhebbers van Congolese muziek hebben we
nog een plaat met Bumba Massa vandaag. Eerder zagen
we reeds twee andere elpees, op één van de twee werd
Bumba ‘Sammy’ genoemd. Bumba Massa werkte met de
meest indrukwekkende atiesten in zijn leven. Namen als
Empompo Loway, Bavon Marie Marie, Johnny Bokelo,
Vicky Longomba, Franco Luambo, Pablo Lubudika en
Syran Mbenza zijn natuurlijk niet de minste. Op dit
album uit 1988 verschijnt Bumba met Lokassa Ya
Mbongo en Dally Kimoko o.a. Hoewel op deze
elpee voornamelijk synthesizers soleren (ik hou
zelf meer van gitaren) maakt Bumba Massa’s
mooie stem veel goed ..

with Les Redoutables 1985
Gare a Toi Mon Ami 1981
Kékélé, Congo Life 2003
Bio at Last.fm
Discogs

01 – Opika
02 – Mokili-complique
03 – Maria-theresa
04 – Mobembo

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Los Corraleros de Bogotá – Self Titled
Discos Rex 1971

31 October 2020|Colombia, Tropical de Colombia|8 Comments

Good morning groovers, yesterday a certain commenter
told me to stop posting music from cd and go back to
bringing stuff from rare old elpees. Okay, no problem
if you wish to criticize my work. However, if you do this
anonymous, I shall not publish it. Let’s
see, what do we have today ..

If you want something rare, this is rare.
I can’t seem to find them anywhere on the web.

Over the years we saw several albums with Los Corraleros
de Majagual. They were very famous. Today we find this
record with Los Carraleros de Bogotá. Some of the songs
were written by Efrain González of whom we found some
records before. Other songs were written by Julio Sanjuan
and José Barros. We have an elpee with Pedro Quinto
which also contains songs written by these three. I’m
not sure if any of them took part of Los Corraleros
de Bogotá. If anybody does, please share
your knowledge ..

Efrain González y sus Muchachos, Parranda Costeña
Efrain González y su Tres 1979
Pedro Quinto y su Conjunto, canta Buitraguito

01 – Levantate maria
02 – El niño
03 – Carmen miriam
04 – La cama de toña
05 – La flaca
06 – La mini falda
07 – Me voy al amanecer
08 – El gallo pelao
09 – Por un pelo
10 – Los gotereros
11 – El muerto
12 – Hojita de trinitaria

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Rico’s Creole Band, 1931-1937
Mammy Bong, Harlequin 1993

29 October 2020|Biguine, Bolero, Creole, Cuba, Rumba|0 Comments

On Harlequin we find this lovely cd with the music of Filiberto
Rico and his group Rico’s Creole Band. He was a Cuban clarinet
player and one of the first to bring Cuban music to Europe.
Read more in this Bio.

Blessed in Havana, Cuba, in 1910, Filiberto Rico was one of
the primary wave of music artists to popularize Latin American
music throughout north European countries. An alto saxophonist
who doubled on flute, youthful Rico gigged and documented with
several rings in Paris and Copenhagen through the past due ’20s,
especially Moises Simon’s Orquesta Tipica Cubana. Rico’s Creole
Music group was produced in 1930 and interested the Parisian
open public using the conga, the beguine, as well as the bolero
until a proliferation of Nazis (equipped with a racist Weltan-
schauung that criminalized the cultural variety embodied in
the word “Creole”) managed to get essential for this Afro-Cuban
musician to absent himself from the spot through the years
1941-1946. Rico’s postwar reputation in Paris and along the
France Riviera is renowned, and continues to be related to the
mixing of Western european and Latin American designs. His early
recordings had been reissued in two amounts on compact disk with
the Harlequin label in 1993-1994, and his postwar profession is
documented on the retrospective two-fer released in 2003 by
Fremeaux & Associes. ( MusicianBio)

01 – Viva la conga
02 – A una rosa
03 – Biguine d’amour
04 – Canto caribe
05 – Lagrimas negras
06 – Ce que j’aime
07 – Rumba seductora
08 – Quiero
09 – La complainte de l’esclave
10 – Chaparrita
11 – Alma de mujer
12 – Como una rosa
13 – Mammy bong
14 – Blanca rosa
15 – La conga
16 – Chiquita de cuba
17 – la sitiera
18 – Rumba galopante
19 – Paris soir
20 – 1-2-3 yep

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Rafael Mendoza y su Conjunto – Carrito Viejo
Discos Fuentes LP 300575

28 October 2020|Colombia, Merengue, Pasaje, Pasebol, paseo, Vallenato|7 Comments

From Macondo, the capital of Vallenato, we’ve got this
slice of vinyl with Rafael Mendoza y su Conjunto. Rafael
is accompanied by acordeonist Norberto Ramirez and
the rhythms of Costa Antillana. We found the title song
on a collector I posted in june 2018. Today the full record.
We’ll have to accept a little background noise ..

Uit de hoofdstad van de vallenato, Macondo, vandaag deze
prettige plaat met Rafael Mendoza y su Conjunto. Rafael
wordt vergezeld door accordeonist Norberto Ramirez en
de ritmes van Costa Antillana. De titel song kwaman we
reeds tegen op een verzamelaar die ik in juni 2018 heb
gepost. Vandaag de hele plaat, wèl een beetje ruis ..

Various Artists, Que? Vallenatos 1976

01 – Carrito viejo
02 – Yo no me voy sin ti
03 – Maxima
04 – Decidete
05 – Cicatriz
06 – Negra bonita
07 – Paloma cimarrona
08 – Vortice de amor
09 – Lilia mercedes
10 – Mi primer amor
11 – Mis ilusiones
12 – Mirada melancolica

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Arsenio Rodriguez – El Sentimiento de Arsenio
Cariño 1974

25 October 2020|Bolero, Cuba, Guaguanco, Son Montuno|2 Comments

Al is Arsenio Rodriguez, de blinde meester van de ‘Son
Montuno’ al niet meer onder ons sinds 1970, (bijna 50
jaar geleden) zijn muziek blijft fascineren. Op het album
van vandaag staan enkele songs die we al eerder zagen
langs komen, echter tevens wat andere. Hieronder zie
je hoe de grote Arsenio werd verdreven van de eerste
plaats in onze download Top 20. Hij blijft echter
stevig staan op nummer twee en dat zal
vast en zeker nog lang het geval zijn ..

Eventhough Arsenio Rodriguez, the blind tres player and
master of the son montuno, left us already in 1970, (almost
50 years ago) his music remains fascinating. On today’s
album we find some songs that have been here on earlier
occasions but also a couple unknown ones. Below this
article you can see how the great Arsenio was driven
from his number one position in our download Top 20,
I’m sure however he will remain in number
2 position for quite some time ..

La Pachanga 1963
Arsenio 1957
Arsenio Rodriguez y su Magia 1973
Dundunbanza
El Ciego Maravilloso 1976
Exitos
Primitivo
with Chano Pozo, legendary Sessions 1992
Sabroso y Caliente 1957
Arsenio Rodriguez y su Conjunto, Vol. 2
Arsenio Rodriguez y su Conjunto

01 – No me llores mas
02 – No puedo comer vistagacha
03 – Dundunbanza
04 – Me siento muy solo
05 – Lo que dice usted
06 – Llevatelo todo
07 – Me bote de guaño
08 – Vuelvo a la vida
09 – Kila, quique y chocolate
10 – La vida es un Sueño

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Download Top 20, October 2020

25 October 2020|announcement|5 Comments


Number One

Om de zoveel tijd bereikt mij het verzoek eens de meest
neergeladen plaatjes van de Global Groef te etaleren. Nu,
hier zijn ze dan weer eens. Je begrijpt dat door de jaren de
volgorde wel eens verandert. Ayinla Omowura staat echter
zo ferm voor op de anderen dat deze niet snel van z’n troon
zal worden gestoten. Ook Arsenio Rodriguez’ primitivo is
zo’n winnaar al is deze dus reeds een tijdje terug van
één naar twee verdreven. Loop er nog eens langs ..

Every once in so much time people request to see the list of
Global Groove’s most downloaded records. Well here they are
once again. You will understand the list changes every once in a
while, however, Ayinla Omowura sits on the throne so firmly, it
is not likely he’ll fall off soon. Another sheer winner is Arsenio
Rodriguez’ Primitivo although he went from the number One to
Two quite some time ago now. Give them another shot ..

1 – Ayinla Omowura – Ire Wole De
2 – Arsenio Rodriguez – Primitivo
3 – Alton Ellis – Sunday Coming
4 – King Tubby’s Meets Rockers Uptown
5 – Los Corraleros – Ritmo de Colombia
6 – Scientist – Heavy Weight Dub Champion
7 – Freddy McGregor – Big Ship
8 – Los Ases del Ritmo – Costa Brava vol. 1
9 – Robert Johnson – King of The Delta Blues Singers (slower version)
10 – Quatres Etoiles – Quatres Vedettes
11 – King Floyd – Groove Me
12 – Verckys et l’Orchestre Vévé – Verckys à Paris
13 – Various Artists – Cumbias Solo Cumbias vol. 1
14 – The Latin Brothers – Te Encontre
15 – Baobab à Paris vol. 2
16 – Lacksley Castell – Morning Glory
17 – Jackie Mittoo – Macka Fat
18 – John Chibadura – Kurera
19 – Peregoyo – Mi Buenaventura
20 – Various Artists – Cumbias de Colombia

Download Top 10 November 2014
Download Top 20 November 2018

Gentleman Mike Ejeagha & his Premier Dance Band
Jaa’m Mma Na Ndu, Polydor 1983

24 October 2020|Highlife, Igbo Highlife, Nigeria|6 Comments

Another delightful album with Gentleman Mike Ejeagha.
The man under who’s guidance a great artist like Celestine Ukwu
started his career. Mike’s music is very relaxed, his
Igbo lyrics concern stories about daily matters. He is told
to have contributed over 300 recordings to the National
Archives of Nigeria. Get it & spread it ..

Ugo Mma 1982
Akuko Negwu vol. 3 1985
Onye Mkpesa 1987
Akuko Negwu vol. 2 1984
Akuko Negwu Original vol. 1 1983
V.A. African Music 1983
Celestine Ukwu posts
Last.fm
Wiki
Discogs

01 – Jaa’m mma na ndu
02 – Okwu aburo nni

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Joe Cocker – Sheffield Steel
Island 1982

23 October 2020|80's UK, Pop, UK|1 Comment

From the same year as yesterday’s album, same label and
also with Sly, Robbie, Barry Reynolds, Wally Badarou, Mikey
Chung and Sticky Thompson we’ve got this stunning record
by Joe Cocker. Also starring are Adrian Belew, Jimmy Cliff
and Robert Palmer. What a great line-up and ditto album.
Sly & Robbie guarantee an incredible fatback sound again ..

Uit het zelfde jaar als gisteren’s album, zelfde label en ook
met Sly, Robbie, Barry Reynolds, Wally Badarou, Mikey Chung
en Sticky Thompson hebben we deze pracht plaat met Joe
Cocker. Ook van de partij zijn Adrian Belew, Jimmy Cliff en
Robert Palmer. Wat een Line-up en ditto elpee. Sly & Robbie
staan wederom garant voor een ongelooflijk dikke sound ..

01 – Look what you’ve done
02 – Shocked
—- Sweet little woman
03 – Seven days
04 – Marie
05 – Ruby lee
06 – Many rivers to cross
07 – So good so right
08 – Talking back to the night
09 – Just like always

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Barry Reynolds – I Scare Myself
Island 1982

22 October 2020|80's UK, Pop, UK|1 Comment

Vandaag maar eens een heel andere kant op. In de lange
lijst Sly & Robbie projecten is dit een plaat die hoog staat
op mijn lijstje. In 1982 kwam hij uit en scoorde direct als
geen ander. Barry Reynolds werkte jaren met Marianne
Faithfull met wie hij op deze plaat ook enkele nummers
schreef. 10 strakke tracks die naast Sly & Robbie werden
opgenomen met een aantal artiesten die vooral bekend
staan om hun werk in de reggae. We zien Wally Badarou,
Mikey Chung en Sticky Thompson. Prachtige backing vocals
door Marcia Griffiths en Judy Mowatt. Een
snoepje van de bovenste plank ..

And now for something completely different. In the long list
of Sly & Robbie projects, this is a record that stands in high
position. It appeared in 1982 and immediately scored big time.
Barry Reynolds worked with Marianne Faithful for years. She
co-wrote a number of songs on this album. 10 tight tracks
that, next to Sly & Robbie, were recorded with artists we
mainly know from reggae music. We find Wally Badarou,
Mikey Chung and Sticky Thompson. Great backing vocals by
Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt. A slice of sweets ..

Wiki
Discogs

01 – I scare myself
02 – Irony
03 – Guilt
—- More money
04 – Till the doctor gets back
05 – Broken english
06 – Times square
07 – Over here (no time for justice)
08 – Give me love
09 – The bold fenian men

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Star Band de Dakar – Vol. 7
Sonafric 1980

21 October 2020|Afro-Cuban, Senegal|3 Comments

We had a couple of their records in 2008, 9 and 10. Senegalese
music used to appear here more often in those days. About time
to follow up on them. We hear some different styles on this Vol. 7.
Experimenting with tango is something you don’t expect from the
band that usually did afro-cuban and such. Listen to Dakar’s
Star Band on this 1980 album, get it and spread it ..

In de jaren 2008, 9 en 10 hadden we enkle van hun platen. In die
tijd sowieso veel vaker Senegalese muziek. Hoog tijd dus om hier
eens een vervolg aan te geven. We horen verschillende stijlen op
deze Vol. 7. Er wordt zelfs geëxperimenteerd met tango, iets wat
je van deze groep, die overwegend afro-cuban speelde, niet zou
verwachten. Luister naar de Star Band de Dakar op deze plaat
uit 1980. Haal binnen en geef weer door aan je vrienden ..

( So weird, for days HTD didn’t update at all and got stuck
on october 16. Today I posted the Star Band de Dakar
and I see Jillem Posted this yesterday. Strange things
happen and this is pure coincidence. Sorry Jillem, I really
did not see it. Was already wondering
what happened to you ..
Moos )

Solla
Bamos Pa’al Monte
Sala Bigue
Adioupe Nar
Dexter Johnson vol. 1
Wikipedia
Discogs

01 – Salam alekoum
02 – En el mundo (Quintero Fernandez)
le plus beau tango du monde
03 – Massani cice
04 – Diolina
05 – Yala manegnou
06 – Bicova

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Los Corraleros de Majagual – Self Titled
Discos Fuentes 1962

19 October 2020|Colombia, Cumbia, Fandango, Jalaito, Palenque, Pasaje, Paseaíto, paseo, Porro, Tropical de Colombia|1 Comment

Under direction of the great Michi Sarmiento, the son of
Climaco Sarmiento, Los Corraleros de Majagual made their
second album in 1962. With Eliseo Herrera, Calixto Ochoa,
César Castro, Lucho Argain and Alfredo Gutierrez. Only
wonderful tunes on this old slice of vinyl, do not miss ..

01 – El molinillo
02 – La maluca
03 – Corazon abandonado
04 – Cumbia sambranera
05 – Mirian sofia
06 – Porro sabroso
07 – El pavito
08 – Jajaito cariñoso
09 – La butifarra
10 – Ya cayo
11 – Majaguelera
12 – Palenque candela

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Los Corraleros de Majagual – “Síguela, Síguela”
Discos Fuentes 1967 (1977)

19 October 2020|Bolero, Charanga, Colombia, Pasaje, Paseaíto, Pompo, Son, Tropical de Colombia|0 Comments

click on it

That ‘Los Corraleros de Majagual’ album of yesterday alone
was already downloaded hundreds of times. I guess it is time
to catch up with some of their older records. I’ve got a bunch
of them waiting, let’s see ..
This one is from 1967 and contains some of their greatest
songs ever. A few of them have appeared here on earlier
occasions but we also find songs that we didn’t have yet.
Tropical de Colombia like Paseaíto, Pompo, Pasaje,
Charanga, Son and Bolero, enjoy listening ..

In 1977 the album was re-released. On this re-issue two
songs were replaced. ‘Hay que gozar’ and ‘Mejor que te vayas’
were replaced by ‘Sarita’ and ‘La minifalda’. I have added Sarita
as bonustrack. ( see other picture, also in the file)

With Eliseo Herrera, Lisandro Mesa, Julio Erazo,
Calixto Ochoa, César Castro & Tony Zuñiga ..

Síguela, Síguela (1967)
Síguela, Síguela (1977)

01 – La yerbita
02 – Síguela, síguela
03 – Hace un mes
04 – Ritmo de juventud
05 – El mechón
06 – Estás picao
07 – La burrita de eliseo
08 – Yo no la suelto
09 – El conjunto loco
10 – Hay que gozar
11 – Mejor que te vayas
12 – El arroyito

bonus track;

13 – Sarita

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