About today’s record, this one is for
you Kwabena. Kyerematen Stars with Kyerematen Atwede’s
sweet voice has pleased me every time,
so grab it and share it,
you know the drill..

P.S. The record begins with a lot of talk in Ghanaian,
can you translate this for us Kwabena ?

tracks;

1 Afenhyiapa
2 Obra ammo
3 Masere m’ano
4 Onua ma yenye adwuma
5 A.k. badu
6 D.k. nyarko

Colombians are lucky people don’t you think ? Living
in a warm tropical country, their mothers gave them
the most beautiful names thinkable. Perhaps I am
just being sentimental but names like Aniceto Molina,
Lisandro Meza, Lucho Bermudez, Guillermo Buitrago,
Calixto Ochoa, Michi Sarmiento, I could go on and on.
Here in my little polderland we have names like Jan,
Henk, ko, Piet en Kees. I know every country it’s own
charm and culture and I am very Dutch so don’t mis-
understand me but I can envy you guys with such great
names. What really completes it of course is the music.
Colombian Tropical is the happiest sound you can
imagine, Aniceto Molina is here at the GG to
make you realize once more..

tracks;

1 El niño ingles
2 La palomilla del brujo
3 La mexicanita
4 El tragon
5 La rolita
6 Van a chivatear
7 Baila mi rumba
8 Cuando sera ese dia
9 En el monte
10 Con quien la vio

Do you know that feeling ? Hunting for records, walking
through piles of vinyl at fairs and in dusty old stores in
hidden boxes and under counters. The moment one
stumbles upon an lp like this one is just what we do
it for. You see the image, read the name and a chill
rolls down your spine..you think, do not react too
enthousiastic now, the price will go up if I do..Then
later when walking out the door with yet another
treasure recovered one feels like an archeologist,
can’t wait to get home and play it. If it is as good
as you imagined upfront, mostly the first spin is
disappointing having expectations far too high.
But playing it again and again, one starts to
realize, this is gold. This is why we love
to collect & hunt vinyl,
total satisfaction!

tracks;

1 Safari ya mangelepa
2 Zoao
3 Harare
4 Odesia

About time I hear you think. I have always loved reggae music
and speaking of reggae and love, Gregory Isaacs with his sweet
voice was famous for his lovers-rock. This here album is not one
of his best known ones but may be all the more welcome for that
same reason. On Trojan records we have this lp from 1976,
“All I have is love”. Now I’m quite sure this one
is not going to stay up for long, so
get it, spread it and do it fast..
Enjoy..

tracks;

1 Give hand
2 Since the other day
3 All I have is love
4 Sinner man
5 Help us get over
6 Hold me tight
7 Promise land
8 Way of life
9 Coming home
10 Lonely lover
11 Hard road to travel

Some time back I met with two Belgians, they frequent
several African countries to find special lp’s. On their last
visit they brought back some rare stuff. Take this juju lp
by Thony Adex, untill now I had never heard of him.
I love them sweeping broomsounds in the beginning
of the album. Get it & spread it..

tracks;

1 Baba wa orun
– Fana han mi
– Atakoro wo nu ado
– Omo onife
2 A tun gbede
– Orere ila
– Omo awo re o

Okay fellow groovers, back to reality. When I first saw
this lp, I was naive and thought it had something to do
with Colombian salsa band ‘Sonora Carruseles’. And
when listening to the first track one continues to feel
a certain link with the group. However after searching
the web for it, I didn’t find anything. Listening to the lp
I got captured by surprise, as pleased as punch, “lo
Primero Conjunto Miramar” found it’s self another fan.
Original songs, no salsa but cumbias, porros, pregon,
Guaracha, son and guajira, pure sweetness to the ear.
Now I have tried to convince you before, so no more
superlatives, just get it and give it a spin..azúcar !..

tracks;

1 Carruseles
2 Reina de cumbias
3 Sufre negra
4 Picale
5 La silenciosa
6 Pregonando
7 Chela
8 Salpicon
9 La pestañita
10 Mar adentro

What have we got for you today ?
I guess the Blacks Unlimited were at the peak of their
performance days when they made this here album in
1983. Maybe it’s just me but it sounds so fresh and
sparkling, almost like it was recorded yesterday.
I must say I am a big fan of Thomas Mapfumo’s
jivin’ chimurenga, it brings one in a type of
sweet trance you want to stay in for ever.
Get it, spread it & enjoy it…

tracks;

1 Nyarara mukadzi
2 Temerina
3 Handina mwana anozochema
4 Nyoka musango
5 Kambiri kaenda
6 Emma

An lp from the seventies, Congolese on Pathé Marconi,
what’s the chance we won’t like it ? Very small indeed.
This one was first released in 1964 and re-released in
1978. Some of the tracks towards the end sound quite
dusty without any traces of being played a whole lot.
It seems they took the tracks from lp instead of from
the mothertapes. One way or the other,
as far as I’m concerned, 17
songs to lick your lips with,
Get it & Spread it.

tracks;

1 Mbanda tolinga tomeka
2 Na zonga na motema
3 Na’ sombela yo eva
4 Tout brazza
5 Evolution merengue
6 Jalousie na nini
7 Destino
8 Na lembi bipale
9 Ah! que pena
10 Yambi cherie
11 Pa’vacillar
12 Brazza mbok’etumba
13 En diable merengue
14 Fatou akamue
15 Padrona de la musica
16 Una noche
17 Luiza

Like many of you groovers out there, I am thrilled
to find another lp by this great artist. It’s on Editions
Syliphone Conakry from Guinée. Keletigui et ses
Tambourinis have loads of followers and I am
certainly one of them. Listen to this lp and
join the club. I am pretty sure you won’t
be able to ignore..

tracks;

1 Bebe
2 Talassa
3 Donsoke
4 I dyoolaro
5 Mande
6 Samakoro
7 Mandjou
8 Bakary-dian
9 Boiro yankadi
10 I kanan n’djanfa

As some of you visitors may know, I am no lover
of instrumentals. Today we have something out of
the ordinary in that perspective. Haitian Compas
is a type of folkmusic in which I can dig it if not
too much. This lp by Les Docteurs du Rythme contains
both songs and instrumentals. It took me some time to
understand the flow in compas, but eventhough it
has a kinda corny side, I start liking it more
and more. I still prefer the songs though,
come and give it a try as well and start
digging Haitian compas.

P.S.
I’m sorry the lp’s a-side is a bit out of centre so
the music gets a little false towards the end.

tracks;

1 Ven pa’ el medio del salon
2 On ne vit pas
3 Helena
4 Ce pas fot moin
5 All in one
6 Mambo de fuego
7 Rose marie
8 Acropolis
9 Les divorces
10 Tu t’en vas