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

Next in line is sampler number 44, we’re still only covering
albums posted back in 2011. Slowly getting closer to the
present, enjoy this little selection..

tracks;

1 Jair Rodrigues – O carioca
2 Kawere Boys Band – Omolo mzee
3 African Brothers Band Int. of Ghana – Onipa nnse hwe
4 Kalle & l’African Team – Monsieur l’Argent
5 The Bhundu Boys – Hupenyu hwangu
6 Wuta May – Nzoto na mota la ka
7 Franklin Boukaka, ses Sanzas & son Orchestre Congolais – Kue tu kuenda
8 Orchestre Sinza – Julienne na ponton
9 Okukuseku International Band of Ghana – Any trouble
10 Altiery Dorival – Tete yout pa manye coeur moin
11 Joe Turner – Things that I used to do
12 Lucky Boys Internaional Band of Ghana – Afua nyama saman pa
13 Canadoes – Oga sorry
14 Una Mae Carlisle – Oh I’m evil
15 Cesaria Evora – Estanhadinha
16 Scientist – Dark side

Number 1

I was asked to publish our top 10 of downloads,
it contains seven African lp’s, one from Cuba and
two Colombian albums, check this out..

1 John Chibadura – Kurera
2 Quatres Etoiles – Quatres Vedettes
3 Arsenio Rodriguez – Primitivo
4 Tout Puissant OK Jazz – Maby
5 Varieté Africaine vol.6 – Various Artists
6 Super Mazembe – Kaivaska
7 Ases del Ritmo – Costa Brava vol.1
8 Bavon Marie-Marie – Accompagne par Jules Celestin et l’Orchestre Vox-Action
9 Cumbias Solamente Cumbias vol. 2 – Various Artists
10 Mose Se Sengo – Belle Epoque

If you want to get one of these,
just use our search-bar,
on your left.

Good morning groovers, I wasn’t able to see downloadnumbers exactly
as they are since the new page has come active. My engineers have
made it possible now and I must say it brought me some pleasant
surprises. For example, I did not expect Ases del Ritmo in our top 10,
same thing counts for Global Sampler vol. 43. It is on number 14, not
bad at all. The numbers give me an awesome insight on what’s most
popular here at the GG. I always figured that the albums that gained
the most comments were also the most downloaded ones but that
isn’t the case at all. This information is very valuable to me, it
helps me determine what to post.So lovers of Colombian music,
I am happy to see so many downloads in this section.
Enjoy this fine collector which contains
a number of great songs.

tracks;

1 Policarpo Calle – Solo fui el varon
2 Marciano Torres – La visita
3 Policarpo Calle – El tutumbao
4 Diego Espinoza – Que siga el baile
5 Marciano Torres – Bailala mayo
6 Miguel Duran – Pachanguera del sinu
7 Marciano Torres – La verdolaga
8 Policarpo Calle – Mi canoita
9 Diego Espinoza – La coronela
10 Policarpo Calle – Tierra adentro
11 Marciano Torres – El gallito
12 Miguel Duran – Abajo del platanal

You are the lucky one this weekend Thiol, I found it not so
very long ago. Another African Brothers album to get closer
to completion of their list of releases some fine day. How
many do we still have to find ? I wouldn’t know, I do know
the next big recordfair is on my doorstep. November 22 and
23 we’ll have us another opportunity to dig the crates and
boxes of hundreds of recorddealers from various countries.
If you’re interested to go, take a look at their site.
Let’s see what’s cooking for us this time, the novemberfair
is usually the better one of the two so fingers crossed..
I do understand you requested this particular record
Thiol, it is exceptional, true delight..

tracks;

1 Dee onipa asee wo akoduru
2 Osekufuo
3 Anawoma
4 Odo paa ho asem ye den

What can I say ? You know I’m a lover of this type of
music. I could keep annoying you with superlatives
concerning this album but I really think it’s best if you
listen first and make up your own mind about it. Can
you tell us who you see on the frontsleeve ? I am sure
about two or three myself, how many do you know ?
By the way, this is an original old yellow Fuentes
label on a very thick and heavy slice of vinyl, wow..

tracks;

1 Casi nada, Eliseo Herrera
2 Busca tu hueco, Tony Zúñiga
3 Charanga costeña, Calixto Ochoa
4 Baila mi boogaloo, Lisandro Meza
5 La que a ti te gusta, Julio Erazo
6 Compae tomas, instrumental
7 Ritmo de colombia, Manuel Cervantes
8 Pompo manteca, Tony Zúñiga
9 La pintosa, Lisandro Meza
10 Duermete niño, Chico Cervantes
11 Gorrero pechugon, Julio Erazo
12 El espejo del chinito, Calixto Ochoa