This Franco album from 1985 is a real classic. Most of you’ll
probably have it long time already, if you don’t, do not hesitate.
Mario was one of ‘Le Grand Maître’s’ biggest hits and should be
part of your Franco collection without any doubt. Just the thing
for your easy sunday afternoon, enjoy once more.

tracks;

1 Mario
2 Likambo na moto te
3 Ekoti ya neube

This is a re-post. I did this album at the very beginning of the GG
experience. Papaito and Roberto Torres are both great singers in
Son-Cubano. On this LP one presents the other but also participates,
Roberto Torres can be heard in the backing vocal section. This is the
type of Latin music I can’t seem to get around, sweet son…azucar..

tracks;

1 Mi chiquita quiere
2 Caramelo a kilo
3 Que no muera el son
4 En mi triste agonía

It is always a great feeling, searching for nice music on a record-fair,
and than finding a whole box full of rarities. This is what happened at
the last fair. A big pile of Pathé Marconi’s and Sonafric’s in top quality,
changed of owner that day. You lucky bastards have no idea how
I was driving home, I can hardly wait for the next fair.
Listen to this treasure by Max Massengo and realize, this is gold.
Some more info on the subject is to be found here.

tracks;

1 Masseke
2 Affairee
3 Na n’dimi mobali
4 Mokono Antoine
5 Louisa to bokolo bana
6 Tokabwana malembe
7 Bongo ya fami
8 Françoise

I received some kind requests for Sunny Adé and it just so happens
I had this one waiting to get posted. It is Vol. 4 from the Master
Guitarist Series which were recorded in the famous London EMI
studio’s at Abbey Road. Sunny Adé, still without ‘King’, performs
these 10 songs with his Green Spot Band, enjoy.

tracks;

1 Mr Adenaike ( Ololu )
2 John Ali
3 Egbe board
4 Chief Lekan Salami
5 Prince Adesanya
6 A ye wa
7 Akure nile
8 Major General Adebayo
9 Akanbi ogun
10 Constant star

Emerged from Les Bantous de la Capitale, le Trio CePaKos ( Celio,
Pamelo and Kosmos ) co-founded this Orchestra, ‘Le Peuple’, the people
in 1973. Three vocalists who needed a new band while the band they left
was in need of new singers and recruited Théo Blaise Kounkou, Pambou
Tchico Tchicaya and Joseph ‘José’ Missamou.
From 1975 to sweeten up your life.

I would like to dedicate this post to those 4 nice French
people who visited my little shop this week. You were so enthousiastic
about finding Congolese music here, enjoy it very much !

tracks;

1 Lettre ouverte
2 Abetty
3 Baza
4 Limbisa ngai Massengo
5 Mama na Claudia
6 Nellya
7 Na poni peuple

In 1963, Paa Steel Kwame Ampadu started the eight piece African
Brothers Band. After scoring a huge hit with ‘Agyanka daberemu’
in 1966, they went professional in 1967. This is the group’s second
LP and must be from about 1973 when they counted 16 members.
Fantastic Ghana highlife from one of it’s main performers. The LP
also contains Pachanga, Cha cha cha and such, check it out.

tracks;

1 Gyae su
2 Maria
3 Mene wo nante bio
4 Ehia wo a enwu
5 Kae wo wu dam
6 Owuo nim me
7 Okunu pa, pt.1
8 Okunu pa, pt.2
9 Biribi betume yen
10 Moma yenhwehwe mu
11 Julie
12 Otan wo anya deen

Classic Nigerian Highlife album by one of the leading bands.
Brothers F.Dansatch, G.Kabaka and Worrior Opara made loads of LP’s
and I never heard a bad one. Sleeve of the album states it’s from
1977 and label says 1976, either way, don’t miss it.

By the way, I re-upped the Sound of the Gypsies,
use the Search option to get there fast.

tracks;

1 Aluta agbogho
2 Aku udo
3 Nnedinobi
4 Oke na olulu

Have you had the chance to listen to the 4 reggae collectors
I posted in 2008 ? They were called Reggae Monster Originals.
Search and listen, you’ll find a couple of tracks by Lee van Cliff
aswell. The early eighties sound of the Radics at Channel One
with Scientist producing was simply unique. The way he put an
echo on voices and drumbeats, I love it. Lee van Cliffs broken
voice to round it all up and you got me smoking..

tracks;

1 It ave fi cork
2 Never call no fowl
3 Sister Fay
4 Rock it to me twice
5 Under you
6 African girl
7 Wiser than Solomon
8 Lost my baby
9 Me just love

Soukous for soukous-lovers. Zaïko Langa-Langa was one of
the leading bands during the eighties. I have no year on this one,
do you ? Tout Choc, Anti Choc, check it out yourself.

tracks;

1 Kabobo
2 Anzele muambu
3 Ize bola
4 Daïd’ano

I like this one very much, splendid guitars, continuous rhythms,
fantastic stuff.

tracks;

1 Dieu merci nabiki
2 Mon coeur fait
3 N’gou-n’gou-n’gou
4 Kilassou
5 Ma vava
6 Reviens cheri Néné