If you ask me to give a list of my favourite albums, I
can’t. There is so much wonderful music, it’s impossible
to say, this is the best one. However, I can tell you this
is one of my absolute favourites. It’s not a competition but
if it was, Verckys is a sure winner. Been searching to find
this lp ever since I downloaded it in februari 2010, I don’t
remember from what page but if it was yours I am still grateful.
Lucky me, I found it recently and a quite clean copy as well.
Track 8 opens with a little pop but futher it’s in perfect condition.
‘african’ 360.016 is now another gap filled on the shelf,..yeah !..
Have a very nice weekend..

tracks;

1   Ah mokili
2   Yeba olakaki ngai
3   Annitcho
4   Mfumbwa 1
5   Mfumbwa 2
6   Loboko
7   Nakokoka ata botongi
8   Est-ce que nakobala
9   Naboyi nkasa
10  Linga ngai azua te

In 1983 I was completely captured by reggae music. This
one by Cornell Campbell got played a hell of a lot. Listen
to his wonderful songs and agree, timeless music..

tracks;

1   You’re my lady
2   Mister DJ
3   Your love
4   Stranger in love
5   Oh rastaman
6   You need sympathy
7   Don’t try to break
8   Money

Some requests came in for the music of this fine artist. Prince
Nico Mbarga and his Rocafil Jazz appeared here with over 10
albums. I shall re-up them in the near future, most of the links
are still dead. This is the ‘Best of Nico Mbarga’ which, among
others, contains his biggest worldwide hit, ‘Sweet Mother’. I
never really understood why it was such a huge succes,
it has probably everything to do with the fact Prince
Nico worships his parents and family life. On this
‘best of’ album all titles point in the same direction.
Maybe not my favourite Nico Mbarga tracks but
a fair representative of his oeuvre.

tracks;

1   Sweet mother
2   Good father
3   Family movement
4   Na my choice

I wonder how many albums he made, this is number 21 or
so in my collection alone. Allmost every recordhunt ends
with another one or two of his great lp’s. I am very fond
of Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey’s rhythmsection.
Listen to those subtle beats, zooming bass
and sweet vocal harmony, sure to find
more of them in the future.
with KSA, Nigeria’s
no.1 juju master..

tracks;

1   Oluwa ni olusa agutan mi
–   Oluwa lose ileri fun mi
–   Baiye ngbogun
–   Olu orun wa gbotiwa
–   Iwaju ogun eyin ogun laiye
–   Emi o sin o
2   To be fe lowo laiye
–   Tani ma mole
–   Chief o.b.akinolugbade
–   Iwa eda loluwa nwo
–   Ranti olanrewaju
–   Adebayo kazeem

On this 5th of may, a national day of celebration in the Netherlands,
I want to give you this special lp. I found it at the last recordfair in
Utrecht. The dealer made me pay quite a price and at first I didn’t
want to but after some discussion it did change owners. Produced
in Côte d’Ivoire it is an album one does not get the chance to find
easily. With Asi Kapela – vocals, Lukau Jean Jules – guitar solo,
Ringo Moya Lotula – drums, Mamana Antoine – bass guitar and
Keletingui Papus – bass & vocals. Lokassa – accomp. guitar.
The lp is a bit crackly and has a few pops but it’s not that
disturbing, the b-side has an uncentered middle hole
that makes it sound a bit false towards the end.
Still, I’d say give it a go, rare and wonderful
Lokassa ya M’bongo material,
I’m a huge fan.

tracks;

1   Assitou
2   Angelique
3   Sabina

Many people ask for the re-up of these two lp’s. Robert Johnson’s
famous ‘King of the Delta Blues Singers’. I posted the widely agreed
slower versions which I made with the help of my Technics turntable.

As you can see, everybody seems to like them better than the
original too fast copies, I absolutely do too. Pass them on and
spread the word, the slower versions are the right ones.

tracks volume one;

1   Crossroads blues
2   Terraplane blues
3   Come on in my kitchen
4   Walking blues
5   Last fair deal gone down
6   32-20 blues
7   Kindhearted woman blues
8   If I had posession over judgment day
9   Preaching blues
10  When you got a good friend
11  Rambling on my mind
12  Stones in my passway
13  Traveling riverside blues
14  Mikcow’s calf blues
15  Me and the devil blues
16  Hellhound on my trail

tracks volume two;

1   Kind hearted woman
2   I believe I dust my broom
3   Sweet home Chicago
4   Rambling on my mind
5   Phonograph blues
6   They’re red hot
7   Dead shrimp blues
8   Preachin’blues
9   I’m a steady rollin’ man
10  From four till late
11  Little queen of spades
12  Malted milk
13  Drunken hearted man
14  Stop breakin’ down blues
15  Honeymoon blues
16  Love in vain

We saw them before. The 22 Band from Guinée. I am not the
person to give you a whole lot of background information. All I do
is sharing the stuff I listen to myself. Quite enjoyable listen this
one. If your French is sufficient the backsleeve might tell you
a bit more, if not, I’m quite sure you’ll like
it anyway, get it now.

tracks;

1   Baya
2   Mama
3   Sou
4   Wousse
5   Kouroussy
6   Deny

El Salsero de Brazzaville is here to brighten up your
sunday. It’s a thrill to hear these African musicians play
latin music. On Tchi-Tchi but Eddy’Son also appears
at the back of the sleeve, don’t know what was his role.
It seems the album was released with the celebration
of Brazzaville’s 100th birthday. With Orquesta
Ballet ‘Les Anges’.

tracks;

1   El salsero de brazzaville
2   Dame un papel
3   Eres la que quiero
4   Kwa-kula

Let’s get april next to march and at least bring the score
to a poor 6 posts. A special one for the weekend I’d say.
This is another delightful album by le Grand Maître on the
Edipop label. POP 026 chez Safari Club de Bruxelles,
sweet vocals, simply the best instrumentation, tastefully
produced, I dare say in one word ‘indispensable’.

tracks;

1   Mbanzi ya kamundele
2   Okundji
3   Serment
4   Amour perdu

We had a ‘Syncro System’ lp on the Brittish ‘Island’ label from ’83
and we had an album on ‘Sunny Alade Records’ from 1983 with
the title ‘Syncro Series’. This is the original movement from a couple
of years before them. The bassplayer on a-side really stands out and
catches a lot of attention. Quite different tracks than on the other two
albums, different titles as well. Not being the first to post this one,
it was simply impossible to resist, so if you missed it earlier..

tracks;

1   Syncro system movements
2   Ni’bi lekeleke gbe nfo’so
–   Gbogbo wa l’ope
–   Ori olowo
–   Asiko ni.