Albums like this are hard to find over here
in the Netherlands ? We are so lucky to have the
guys in our network that bring home these rare lp’s from
Colombia. Rufo Garrido and José Pianeta Pitalua are the
guys that lead this Orquesta. It remains a mystery why
Colombians keep using these B-models at the sleeves
of wonderful albums like this one.
I found some footage to help you get an other
impression, watch & listen..

tracks;

1 El colombo americano
2 Agárrate
3 Muchacho galán
4 Dos ma
5 Gózalo mi amor
6 Timba y tambó
7 Yo no quiero perra
8 Catana
9 Brincando el carro
10 Que toque rufo

Holy guacamole, this lp contains only killers, no fillers.
We’ve got the great Andrés Landero with his bloody hot
rhythm section, we’ve got Chico Cervantes, Luis E. Martinez,
Los Guacharacos, Julian Machado, all cooking dance material
you would not want to miss. Get it and spread it the way
you’re used to.. now volumes up, kick a side the
furniture and start moving those lazy
butts around the floor..

tracks;

1 Los Corraleros – La cumbiamberita
2 Andrés Landero – La guia
3 Chico Cervantes – La lavandera
4 Los Corraleros – Para el magdalena
5 Pedro Laza – La picua
6 Los Corraleros – La butifarra
7 Los Corraleros – Guepa je
8 Andrés Landero – Yo amaneci
9 Julian Machado – Las brujas
10 Luis E. Martinez – Mi negrita
11 Los Guacharacos – La negra saramuya
12 Los Teenagers – Fantasia nocturna

Quite some time ago, when I still made ‘Ramdog’s Rough Site’,
I posted this album. Thought I already moved it to the GG but I
guess I didn’t. This is the second lp on the great On-U Sound label
and I have always liked it a lot. Typical 80’s UK sound, experimental
stuff, reggae, punk and popmusic merged into this brandnew sound..

tracks;

1 Afghan farmer driving cattle/Animal animaux
2 Not moving
3 Factory/Teapoint/Factory
4 Please let go
5 Tardis
6 Mothman

We had three albums of K.K’s No.2 Band but this is the first
one by K.K’s Band without the No.2. King Yeboah with his nice
voice leads the group, further there are Yenuah, Nyamekye, Manu,
Safo doing alto and tenor, and there’s Paa Gyimah on lead guitar.
The album starts a bit dusty and I am very sad about a couple of
pops on track # 3 and 4, shame but I still want to share it with
you all. If I find it again, I’ll replace it some day in the future.
Although a bit damaged, the songs are so nice that
you’ll listen to them anyway. Enjoy another
slice of almost forgotten highlife..

tracks;

1 Suro onipa
2 Maame afua
3 Gyae nkontaa buo
4 Begye mani

Groovers, I must compliment you with your good taste. Arsenio
Rodriguez’ lp, ‘Primitivo’ which I posted in august, is on number
three of our downloads. Much earlier we already had this one,
this one, this one and this one.Today we have another album on
Tropical, powered by Seeco, it contains some son, bolero and
son montuno, hope you like it.

tracks;

1 Si me voy
2 No quiero
3 Besarte quisiera
4 Se formo el bochinche
5 Solo fue un sueño
6 El dolorsita de mi china
7 Hipocresia
8 Cambia el paso
9 Vive en el recuerdo
10 Juegame limpio

Not long ago we had an lp by Alfredo Gutierrez on which
Lucho Argain ( Lucho Perez ) was performing. Another group
that Lucho used to sing and compose for is this one. La Sonora
del Caribe was founded in 1951 by Chavistad Cesar Pompeyo.
They had a string of records through the sixties and seventies,
the one we have here is probably from 1962 and contains 12
songs of which the brothers Cesar and Alfredo Pompeyo
said; “We never sounded like this before, the songs on
this lp can set any of our fans on fire on any moment
of the day..” Well, let’s see what happens,
get it & spread it as usual..

tracks;

1 Noche de estrellas
2 Gaita colombiana
3 El gallo canaguey
4 Gregorio el bembon
5 La loteria
6 Barranquillerita
7 El pajaro picon
8 Llambae
9 Eco de tambo
10 Que te pasa

Lucho Campillo is the man behind this group called
Combo Los Marinos. Singers are Juan de la Cruz Piña,
Diochy, Jairo Mercado, Policarpo Calle and off course
Lucho Campillo himself. If any one can tell us from
what year this album comes, please do. I think Lucho’s
songs have something different somehow, they sound
fresh, original and delicious. Forget about the girl on
the sleeve and focus on the music, let’s listen
and maybe do a little dancing too..

tracks;

1 Bella del monte
2 Ramita de cafe
3 Carretilla
4 Morrosquillera
5 Que mala fama
6 Bollo dulce colao
7 Lorito trepa
8 Magdalena
9 Ven
10 Ya te conozco
11 Vilma
12 Que bien se ven

Always a joy to discover another album by these guys.
Operating from Nigeria, Okukuseku Inter Band of Ghana
is back to brighten up your lifes. I know at least one
happy visitor, but I guess there’ll be a few more.
Get it & spread it Josh,
oh ..and who ever
wants it..

tracks;

1 Akokoba
2 Everyday man de tire
3 Monhwe me
4 Sisa mi sebre mami

Hear this ! In a much earlier stage, still in the beginning of the
old page back in 2008, I was asked to remove these here albums.
Greensleeves was re-releasing some of them and didn’t like me
to give them away. Now my buddy who owns a recordstore in
my hometown told me most of them are out of print at the time
being so I thought, “Good, let’s post them all again and see what
happens.” If you have a problem with either one, the way to protest
is using this disclaimer.
So happy reggae listeners, don’t miss out on these classic lp’s.
I love them piece by piece and want to share them with you all.

This afternoon I went to a tiny recordstore in the middle
of Amsterdam’s red-light district. Just in between two
black hookers there’s this gate, you have to know where
it is cause it’s easy to get distracted. When snooping
around in my friend’s shop I stumbled upon this samba
album from back in 1969. It is an lp by Picolino, one of
the frontmen of the Portela samba school. I promised
to post it straight away, so here it is Alex, get it,
spread it, listen and have fun doing so..

tracks;

1 Portela querida
2 Bento que bento é o frade
3 Mulher teimosa
4 O cotidiano
5 Pancada de amor
6 Vai negão
7 Ritmo portela
8 Renunciar
9 Mulato frajola
10 Adeus amigos
11 Samba da garóa
12 Ciranda cirandinha
13 Birimbau som de viola
14 Ritmo portela