Alex Konadu’s One Man Thousand is back at the GG.
We had several of his lp’s, find them using our search-bar.
The one we have today is from 1986 and plays very well,
part from that the music is very enjoyable, check..

tracks;

01 – Wano asem
02 – Manye yiye
03 – Ono na me do no
04 – Pay day
05 – Asaase asa

Les Bantous are here, we had some of their albums
in the past. I can’t seem to find a year of release but
it’s probably from early eighties. One way or the other
this is a very nice lp, look at that line-up, swell stuff..

tracks;

01 – Osala n’gaï nini ?
02 – Bilanda-landa mabé
03 – Querida paola
04 – Dege

To make up for the failing post of this morning, some
son montuno to cheer you up. I saw them around the
time they made this cd. It was in Utrecht and I remember
how Marcos González made a big impression, great band.
Get this Cuban sweetness now..

tracks;

01 – Juana peña
02 – Dundunbanza
03 – No me llores mas
04 – Bururú barara05
05 – Chango ta’ veni
06 – Mi guajira son
07 – Cangrejo fue a estudiar
08 – Kila kike y chocolate
09 – El gago
10 – El reloj de pastora

We’ve got some hot tropical sound for you today.
Los Golden Boys were a happy bunch of youngsters.
They had a very contageous style, mixing traditional
rhythms with twist and rock and roll. I liked it instantly.
Listen and make up your own mind ..

tracks;

01 – El Elevao
02 – Rubiela
03 – La Chichera
04 – Pirulino
05 – La negra celina
06 – Mosaico – Amor De Mi Bohio -Dame Tu Mujer José – El Twist Del Esqueleto
07 – Pikina
08 – Si me quieres
09 – El twist del guayabo
10 – A tu vera
11 – La chismosa
12 – Locutor loco
13 – Sonrieme
14 – Año viejo
15 – El gozón
16 – Mosaico #6 – Amor Del Jibarito – El Brujo De Arjona – Las Colombianas

Good morning groovers, this is the first rip I made with
my new coputer. The old one was getting tired of all the
hard work. Still getting used to some new features.
What do we have today ?

Let’s see, this is Papaíto, one of the finest voices in
our beloved son montuno. Enjoy listening..

tracks;

01 – Oigame mi amigo
02 – Señor por que
03 – Maria luisa
04 – Borombon
05 – Soy del campo
06 – Enamorado
07 – El pobre y el dinero
08 – Donde va chi-chi
09 – Mujer de cabaret
10 – Sebastian

Hello, good morning, it’s time for some more music from Ghana.
The hardest part in collecting Ghanaian lp’s is to find them in
good condition. The one we have today starts out quite good
but gets worse later. Small scratches in track #2 seem to sound
as huge cracks. One way or the other, this album is good enough
to try and forget the noise. It gets better with track #3. Dr. Papaa
Yaw Johnson & his Sunkwa Inter Band of Ghana operated
from Nigeria as so many groups did. Listen to
his first record here at the GG..

tracks;

01 – Friends today
02 – Dinsei
03 – Obi me sume
04 – Awisia mmobro
05 – Yensom amurade

Winner of the sixth festival de la leyenda vallenato was Luis
Enrique Martinez. He was born in 1923 and made his first
record age 25. He joined the festival de Valledupar in 1968,
1971 and won it in 1973. “El Pollo Vallenato” is being
honoured with this ‘Memorias de -‘ an album with 16
of his best songs. Luis E, Martinez died on march
25, 1995. Listen to his great vallenatos..
P.S. unfortunately some tracks sound
better than others, it’s
a matter of age
I guess..

tracks;

01 – El pollo vallenato
02 – El jardin de fundacion
03 – Villa del rosario
04 – La tijera
05 – Linda morena
06 – La dejo el tren
07 – Cumbia fonsequera
08 – No me hagas sufrir
09 – Alegre golondrina
10 – Cereteñita
11 – El cantor de fonseca
12 – La pobreza
13 – Tragedia del destino
14 – Sueño español
15 – La carta
16 – Morenita de ojos negros

Good afternoon, since I am unable to perform my regular
blog activities from home, I am now working from the office.
Next week everything will be normal again. For now we’ll
do some stuff from cd. Mahmoud Ahmed’s Ere Mela Mela
was released on cd in 1986 already. It is a marvelous album
one should not miss, take it and give it a spin..

tracks;

01 – Sidetegnash Negn-Samiraye
02 – Indenesh Gedaow
03 – Bemin Sebeb Litlash
04 – Abay Mado-Imbwa Belew
05 – Atawurulign Lela
06 – Ohoho Gedama
07 – Ere Mela Mela-Meche Neu
08 – Fetsum Dink Lij Nesh
09 – Belomy Benna
10 – Asheweyna

Anibal Velasquez produced a huge pile of records. My
collection contains a bunch but there’s so much more
yet to discover. Today we have an album from 1978 on
which he appears multiple style, paseo, paseaíto,
cumbia, Ritmo cundé, charanga and pasebol.
Anibal still performs, it seems I missed him
when he was touring my country some
time ago. Who knows we’ll get
another chance.
Listen..

tracks;

01 – La sobrina de mi compadre
02 – Ay amor
03 – Bello lucerito
04 – El aguacero
05 – Los primeros dias
06 – La carta
07 – Se acabaron las velas
08 – Llora mi acordeon
09 – La india de la frontera
10 – Madre mia
11 – Leonor
12 – Tu vaiven

Eliana and Booker Pittman were famous for their jazz
renditions. This 1974 album by Eliana solo however is
an ode to samba and such. Songs of Martinho da Vila and
Noel Rosa but also Carlos Lira and Benito di Paula.
On RCA Victor, released in Venezuela but all
Brazillian. ..and how about her looks, very
beautyful, just like the music on this
fine slice of vinyl, enjoy listening..

tracks;

01 – To chegando, já cheguei
02 – Mar calmado
03 – Abandonou
04 – Capital do samba
05 – Deus de barro
06 – Motivação
07 – Carimbo’
08 – Quem dá mais ?
09 – Kalu
10 – Tristeza chama tristeza
11 – Saudade vai saudade vem
12 – Se não for amor