Goodmorning this sundaymorning groovers, do you
know that phenomena ? Some lp’s can hit you instantly
when hearing it for the very first time, you are blown away
and think, this is one of the best I’ve ever heard. Often these
are the ones that get boring after a while. The lp we have here
today is one of the other kind, you like it instantly but it gets
better every time you hear it. These are the ones that remain
for ever and never ever bore. How lucky are we to enjoy
this wonderful disc for the rest of our lives ?
..better don’t miss..

tracks;

1 Kwamy – African club
2 Kwamy – Belinda
3 Kwamy – Kele ya nini saka
4 Kwamy – Faux millionaire
5 Nico – African Fiesta congo
6 Rochereau – Porti caliente
7 Nico – Pablo gonzalez
8 Rochereau – Tuson

On Vega Records comes this incredible collection of
Congolese songs. Recordings from 1966, 1967 and 1968.
Anything I could say to promote it would come short..
I’ll just shut up, so you can go and listen.

tracks;

1 Kalle et l’African Team de Paris – Merengue fontaine
2 Rochereau et l’Orchestre African Fiesta – L’age et l’amour
3 Orchestre Conga Succès – Helena tuna mama bebe
4 Kalle, Essous et l’African Team de Paris – Ebale ya kongo
5 Rochereau et l’Orchestre African Fiesta – Laisse-toi aime
6 Trio Vocal de l’African Jazz – Ilunga zephe
7 Kabaselle et l’African Jazz – Carrefour addis-abeba
8 Pablito et l’Orchestre African Fiesta – Amartes
9 Orchestre African Fiesta – Eh bien mon ami
10 Docteur Nico et l’Orchestre African Fiesta – La palomar
11 Flujos et l’Orchestre Negro Succès – Naleli coco
12 Orchestre Vox Africa – Aladji baba
13 Gospy et l’Orchestre Negro Succès – Albertine mwana ya ndeke
14 Docteur Nico et l’Orchestre African Fiesta – Damela que tu la tiennes
15 African Team – El bantou

tracks;

1 Ile aiye ile ogun
– Oro agba
– Tani won npa kuru mo
– J.O.K.S. Moters
– Dele currency
2 Imoran ota dofo
– Mo wa dupe
– 1000 miles
– Omo la ‘yegbe aiye

Back in the days E.T. Mensah was the first Ghanaian
highlife artist I heard. From the first notes I was convinced,
this is wonderful music. Eversince I keep searching for his
work and shortly got lucky. Check this 10″ on Decca West
Africa, a great find I wanna share with you today. Listen.

tracks;

1 Donkey calypso
2 Tea samba
3 Shemi ni oya
4 Laura
5 Munsuro
6 Sunday mirror
7 St. Peter’s calypso
8 Obaayi fi kumasi
9 Nkebo baaya
10 Stormy ass

Strictly looking at numbers of comments I can say
African music-genres are doing best at the GG. Do
you like a little reggae as well sometimes, then y’re
lucky today. For those who think; “nèè, not for me,..”,
I wanna say, “give this lp a try, nothing to loose but half
an hour of your time..and this is one of my absolute
heroes, with Sly, Robbie, Sky, Skully,
Ossie ans Winston.
..and African vibe..

note; backsleeve
speaks of 12 songs,
10 Dread at the control
11 Children of the ghetto
12 Accused ansd abused
The lp really contains only 9 !
Cheers.

tracks;

01 – Love is the question
02 – My girl
03 – Afrika is for blackman
04 – Dreader than dread
05 – The cheater
06 – Love for peace
07 – My love
08 – Girl you are a cheater
09 – Natty is a righteous man

..and that’s three. With the first album of Master Bob
Akwaboah, I told you I didn’t hear of him before. Meanwhile
this is the third one we have and we are slowly getting
familiar with his sound. I think I’m becoming a fan..

tracks;

1 Yede owuo ka
2 Apetebie gyae nkonten bo

This lp by Orchestre Stukas was waiting to get posted
for quite some time. I was just about to bring it when
‘snap crackle and pops’ posted it. That was almost a
year ago and I think today is the day to re-post so to
speak. I am sorry my copy has a few little pops at the
very beginning of track one. Further than that it is in
fine condition. Lita Bembo and Orchestre Stukas were
extremely popular and the ‘african’ releases
360.130 and 360.131 made
a huge contribution.

“The new music, of which Thu Zahina was a leading
component, was raw and energetic, with emphasis on
spiralling, interactive guitars and rattling snare drums
during the seben, and hardly a horn to be heard. Taking
elements of the animation ( shouting ) from strident forms
of shanty-town music, and also from the wordplay used
at Bakongo funerals, the new bands brought an extra vitality
to the music, adapting traditional dances like the soukous
and inventing new ones such as the ‘cavacha’ to accompany
the extended seben. The groups which capitalised most on
the new wave were Stukas, led by the outrageous showman
Lita Bembo, who played with a frenetic intensity,…”
( World Music, The Rough Guide )
check these Lita Bembo
superb video’s.

tracks;

1 C’est la vie
2 Esta bibisha
3 Colombo
4 Awuti poto

We had several of their lp’s before. Pierre Moutouari,
and his brother Kosmos were part of this great band
through the seventies. This is Orchestre Sinza, the
mordant sound of their electric guitars is brought to
expression in this wonderful frontcover image. See
that vicious looking snake approaching the bass
and suggesting a tension of some kind. Well, just
play it and you’ll understand. You’ll feel a sense
of toxication, stupefying yet not venomous. I dare
say, this lp belongs to the best ever
posted at the Global Groove.

tracks;

1 Mamy giro
2 Samba mirita
3 Basi ba keseni
4 Ba kento
5 Qui vivra verra
6 Wa ba kandi tetoka
7 Doudou No.2
8 Tchy-tchy
9 Loutina
10 Mouboyo

It was my first experience with brass highlife.
Mostly instrumental but somehow infectious,
kind of carnavalesque, parade style
highlife from Ghana, check..

tracks;

1 Wo tese mawu a didi
2 Madamfo pa
3 Maniso kyin me
4 Oda ne baa i
5 Me maame awo me
6 Suro wo dofo
7 Medley

I am sure I know a couple of visitors who’ll like this.
If you are into juju, you will enjoy an old I.K. Dairo.
I sure do, but serious, take care, it may
contain JC blabber.., that’s the flipside
of the coin with juju. If you don’t
understand it’s perfect,
very nice music.
give it a try.

tracks;

1 Polongo-baba
– E gbo ohun alore
– O pupa yemi mi
– Sa ma bo
2 Mama mi
– Ose abiyamo
– Alhaji danjumo bukuru
– Ajagbe toriola oyewo