It was somewhere in 2008 that our French friend Arnaud told
me about compas from Haïti. Until then I hadn’t heard of it.
In the mean time we are 11 years further in time and I col-
lected hundreds of compas records. This is the fifth album
by les Shleu Shleu from 1971 called 6èeme Anniversaire.
Still very grateful Arnaud, are you still following us ? One
way or the other, hope you’re good. We had a few of their
records over the years, see below for them ..

Het moet halverwege 2008 geweest zijn dat onze Franse
blogvriend Arnaud me introduceerde, tot die tijd had ik nog
nooit van compas uit Haïti gehoord. Ondertussen zijn we 11 jaar
verder en heb ik honderden compas platen verzameld, heerlijk
spul. Dit is de vijfde van les Shleu Shleu genaamd 6ème Anniver-
saire. Nog steeds zeer dankbaar Arnaud, volg je ons nog ? Hoe
dan ook, ik hoop dat het je goed gaat. We hadden reeds enkele
van hun albums, zie hieronder, pak, luister & deel weer ..

A New York from 1973
Les Shleu Shleu 3A
Ce La Ou Ye from 1970
Les Shleu Shleu from 1975
Guêpe Pangnole from 1974
Poté Colé from 1975

tracks ;

01 – Cap grandou
02 – A qui ca ouap pensé
03 – Samedi jou baissé lévé
04 – Immortel 4-3
05 – Sept peches capitaux
06 – Trois bébées
07 – A l’aventure
08 – Quatre saisons
09 – Soleil levé

Weinig Colombiaanse platen gepost de laatste twee maanden.
Daar gaan we weer eens wat aan doen. Om te beginnen heb ik
hier een verzameling Tropical de Colombia en vallenato in ge-
varieerde stijl. Twaalf songs door vier verschillende artiesten.
Prettige verzameling nummers met veel variatie, pompo, pa-
seaito, paseo, guaracha, cumbia, merengue en gaita. Op het
tropical label waarschijnlijk uit de vroege
jaren zeventig. Luister en deel ..

Been posting little Colombian music the past two months, about
time to change the mood a bit in that direction. To start with I
have this cocktail of Tropical de Colombia and vallenato in
various styles. twelve songs by four different artists..Delightful
bunch of songs with lots of variety, pompo, paseaito, paseo,
guaracha, cumbia, merengue and gaita. On the Tropical label,
probably from early seventies, listen and share ..

tracks ;

01 – Morgan Blanco y su Conjunto – El ritmo me esta gustando
02 – Jesus Nuncira Machado y su Orquesta – La tupichi
03 – Manuel Villanueva y su Orquesta – Juanita
04 – Los Tiburones – Las nuevas y las viejas
05 – Morgan Blanco y su Conjunto – Los limites
06 – Manuel Villanueva y su Orquesta – Los tambores
07 – Manuel Villanueva y su Orquesta – Maria
08 – Los Tiburones – Tabaco y mompos
09 – Morgan Blanco y su Conjunto – Ojala la escondan
10 – Nuncira machado y su Orquesta – Aprietala
11 – Manuel Villanueva y su Orquesta – Mi calabazo
12 – Morgan Blanco y su Conjunto – El marinero

Eentje uit Angola’s 1975 is deze met Carlos Lamartine en zijn Conjunto
Merengue. Zij brengen een relaxte vorm van semba, twaalf mellow songs
op ‘Angola Ano 1’. De elpee vertelt het verhaal rond de strijd om onafhan-
kelijkheid. Angola ano 1, Angola jaar 1, alsof de jaartelling opnieuw begon
in 1975. De onafhankelijkheid was een feit maar de onrust duurde door.
Het klinkt cru maar narigheid brengt vaak de mooiste muziek voort ..

Today we have this album from 1975 with Carlos Lamartine and his
Conjunto Merengue. They bring this very relaxed type of semba, twelve
mellow songs on ‘Angola Ano 1’. The record tells the story of the struggle
for independence. Angola ano 1, Angola year 1, the beginning of a new era
in 1975. Independence was a fact but unfortunately instability remained for
a long time. It sounds harsh but trouble often creates beautiful music ..

tracks ;

01 – Etu tuana ngola tua solo kia – Nós de angola já escolhemos
02 – Faço-te este apelo, camarada
03 – Zambi, zambi – Deus, deus
04 – Muiji imoxi, ix’moxi – Um só povo uma só nação
05 – Guia para a libertação de áfrica
06 – Zuatenu milele ia xikelela – Vistam-se de panos pretos
07 – Ngola kiluangi
08 – Ngana ngana (fuma ia diala ngongo) – Senhor, senhor
09 – Acorda lumumba – Balumuka lumumba
10 – Ene ando builée – Eles hão-de cansar-se
11 – Eles querem comer tudo – Ene adio iosso
12 – Uengi bualaié – Não há trabalho

Always hot and jivin’ on your summer night party is the music
of Soweto. This album features Mbaqanga, Shangaan and
Tsonga Jive and keeps you going without a break. Dance
your socks off the Zulu way, get it, spread it & listen ..

Altijd raak, deze hete Soweto klanken die je zomer avond feestje
zeker tot een succes zullen maken. Deze schijf biedt Mbaqanga,
Shangaan en Tsonga Jive, onuitputtelijke swing zoals alleen de
Zulu’s dat kunnen, pak, deel en luister weer ..

P.S.
Sleeve says / Hoes zegt; 1988
label says/zegt; 1987
I believe / Ik geloof; in 1987

tracks ;

01 – Thomas Chauke and the Shinyori Sisters – Nwana wamina
02 – Mlokothwa – Thathezakho
03 – Amaswazi Emvelo – Jubula mfana
04 – Kati Elimhyama – Bummandi utshwala bakho
05 – M.D. Shirinda and Family – Nsati wa wina
06 – Armando Bila Chijumane – Kamakhala wana
07 – Kati Elimhyama – Siyokushaya kusasa
08 – Usuthu – Waqala ngokwendlala
09 – M.D. Shirinda and Family – Ndzi hkensa
10 – Armando Bila Chijumane – Mashamba
11 – Thomas Chauke and the Shinyori Sisters – Xumaxilqvile
12 – Milokothwa – Yithinamhlanje

Have you ever heard of Playback Singing ? Mukesh Chand Mathur,
or in short just Mukesh was one of the most famous playback singers
in the Bollywood Indian Movie industry. It means he recorded the songs
and the actor would playback, or lip-sync the song on camera. Mukesh
himself never appeared on screen. On this EMI / Odeon release we find
14 songs used in 14 different movies. The songs were written by various
composers like, Salil Chowdhury , Shankar Jaikishan , Hansraj Bahal,
Naushad, Madan Mohan , Ravi , Roshan, Ram Ganguli and S.D. Burman .
Behind the songtitles, I give you the movies they were extracted from.
Enjoy listening and reading the story behind it same time ..

P.S.
Some complaints about download problems lately.
Not long ago we moved the complete site and its contents
to another server. Sometimes it looks like this new server
can’t cope with large numbers of simultaneous downloads.
At peak hours it may occur the download fails.
No worries though, just try again on a
later point in time and it will work.
Thank you for understanding ..

tracks ;

01 – Suhana safar – Madhumati
02 – Yeh mera diwana pan – Yahudi
03 – Main rahi bhatakne – Badal
04 – Qismat bigri duniya – Afsana
05 – Gaye ja geet – Mela
06 – Ham aaj kaheen dil – Andaz
07 – Preet laga ke – Ankhen
08 – Hanste bhi rahe – Awara
09 – Mujhe mere hal peh – Kanhaiya
10 – Wafa jin se ki – Pyar Ka Saagar
11 – Tara toote duniya – Malhar
12 – Zinda hoon is tarah – Aag
13 – Bholi howi yado – Sanjog
14 – Chal ri sajni – Bambai Ka Babu

So far we had; / Tot dusver hadden we reeds;

Boya Ye from 1985
Faux Pas from 1983
Bameli Soy from 1987
Keyna from 1984
Ba Gerants Ya Mabala from 1984
Eswi Yo Wapi from 1983
with Pamelo Mounk’a from 1983
La Beauté d’une Femme from 1985
Beyanga from 1986

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tracks ;

01 – Contre ma volonté
02 – Manbu na nge
03 – Frigo f.n.m.a.
04 – Sisi mandela
05 – Emande
06 – Contre ma volonté (reprise)

We already had; / We hadden reeds;

Mani Agyina Wo
Pe Me Seyee from 1983
Sika Ye Pena from 1981
Time Changes
Ewiase from 1982
Girl Bi Nti from 1979
Mmere Dane alias Time Changes from 1982
Nsee Me Din from 1986

Today / Vandaag

tracks ;

01 – Saa na onipa tee
02 – Gyama suro
03 – Saksaka man
04 – Memfa ho
05 – Awo baatan pa

Uit 1979 komt deze elpee van La Sonora Dinamita met de
legendarische Lucho Argain. Zijn volledige naam was Luis
Gullermo Perez Cedron. Soms kortweg Luis Perez, maar
meestal werd hij Lucho Argain genoemd. De groep heeft
een reeks verschillende zangers en zangeressen gehad
waarvan Luis Perez de meest toonaangevende was. Ze
begonnen in 1960 met het album ‘Ritmo!’. Als we afgaan
op de discografie van Discogs is dit nr. 10 van 221 platen.
Ze maakten wereldberoemde cumbias zoals ‘Se Me Perdio
la Cadenita’ , ‘Ay Chave’ en het tevens op deze elpee
voorkomende ‘Maruja’. Luister zelf ..

From 1079 we have this record by La Sonora Dinamita with
the great Lucho Argain. His full name was Luis Guillermo
Perez Cedron. Sometimes just Luis Perez but mostly called
Lucho Argain. The group had a range of different singers,
both male and female of who Luis Perez was the most
influential. They started way back in 1960 with the album
‘Ritmo!’. If we look at their discography on Discogs, this was
number ten out of 221 records. They made some world famous
cumbias like ‘Se Me Perdio la Cadenita’, ‘Ay Chave’ and the
also on this album found ‘Maruja’. Get, spread and listen ..

tracks ;

01 – Virgen de la candelaria
02 – El getsemanisense
03 – Ya la encontre
04 – Jibarita encantadora
05 – La garra del tigre
06 – Maruja
07 – Arroz con pekele
08 – Como barranquilla no hay dos
09 – Callejera
10 – Gaita frenetica
11 – Vengase a cartagena

Vandaag nog zo’n pracht plaat met Panamese cumbia die onze
vriend Gonzalez voor me mee bracht. Lucy Quintero neemt de
vokalen waar samen met Nenito Vargas. Zeldzame registratie
met de groep van Victorio Vergara, luister ..

Today we’ve got another record with Panamenian cumbia which
our friend Gonzalez brought back for me. Lucy Quintero and Ne-
nito Vargas take care of the vocal parts. Quite rare album
with the band of Victorio Vergara, listen ..

tracks ;

01 – Patroncita milagrosa
02 – Leycis dominguez
03 – Dania
04 – Bomba de carnaval
05 – No creas que te engaño
06 – Alejate de mi
07 – Marily
08 – A orilla del rio

Boy Dap was called King for playing and singing his Tumba and Sehu
in his own style. His records sold in Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Colombia,
Suriname and the Netherlands. The first song is a live registration,
people go crazy for his Basilon. track #6 is also live.
Salsa Antiyana sung in papiamento ..

Hij was een van de meest populaire zangers van de Nederlandse Antillen
in zijn dagen. Met releases in Venezuele, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Suriname
en hier in Nederland. Boy Dap werd de ‘King’ genoemd vanwege zijn eigen-
zinnige manier van optreden. Salsa Antiyana in papiamento ..

tracks 1,2,5,6,7,8 with Estrellas del Caribe
track 3,9,10 with Mario Motta y su New Latin Combo
track 4 with Six Dimension

tracks ;

01 – Basilon (live)
02 – Paga mi pica
03 – Cariño y amor
04 – Mi ta stima bo
05 – Nan di
06 – Dale cos (live)
07 – Cruz cu ne
08 – Con cu bo ke
09 – Incomparable
10 – Dushi di mi so