Dear Groovers around the Globe, it was a great year, and
I’m sure the next one is going to be magnificent too.
How about that for a little optimism? I wish you all the
very best of luck and health, and lots of beautiful music.

tracks;

1 Olorun oba dawa lohun
– Omo nieeria to nbe lajo
– J.A. Odusanya
– Ope fun egbe West African Friendship Association
– Nigeria adara
– Aiye nyi lo
2 Send-off in Nigeria
– Reception in Britain
– Orlando boys
– Provincial tour of Britain
– A dele bare
– Mo roye yi mo je

tracks;

1 Intro
2 Courougnene
3 Mariama
4 Intermede
5 N’diarabi
6 Bantiero
7 Mariage

Late post tonight, I blew a recording earlier and had to start
all over. What have we got ? This is an album by one of the
greatest juju masters. Sir Shina Peters and Segun Adewale made
their name with the band of Prince Adekunle but reached much
bigger public than their teacher did. Although less known world-
wide, Prince Adekunle’s music belongs to Nigeria’s very best.
Most pages state this LP is from 1975 but this label clearly says ’76.

tracks;

1 Awodi nfo ferere
– Banuso ma beniaso
– Meta meta lore
– Iwaju lao ma lo
– Jossy olatunji shofunwa
– E ma fiwon sepe
2 Omo niyi omo nide
– A ki nromo ra loja
– Ma se’ka iwo ore
– Esan nbo wa

From 1970, in the Merveilles du Passé series, this one by
Orchestre African Fiesta. It has a few minor scratches but
that can’t break the spell, great from beginning to end.

tracks;

1 Mama Egee
2 Angola siempre
3 Merengue President Roger
4 Vivo Africa
5 Contentieux Belgo-Congolais
6 Mobembo eleki tata
7 A.M. Decantonio
8 Imana ya daring
9 Tremendo punto
10 Indicatif African Fiesta

This is a classic album by a group that even Bob Marley had
great admiration for. Justin Hines and the Dominoes made this
’76 album with the Black Disciples, the same group, Winston
Rodney alias Burning Spear made some records with in the same
period. Have you seen the movie ‘Rockers’? It ends with the song,
this LP opens with. What a splendid film, starring some of the
greatest reggae artists as themselves. Gregory Isaacs, Robbie
Shakespeare, Dillinger, Burning Spear and Jacob Miller among others.
I found this fantastic scene at Youtube in which we see Leroy
‘Horsemouth’ Wallace, the famous drummer with Richard ‘Dirty Harry’
Hall entering a typical disco discotheque, check out what happens.
Classic scene from a classic movie you really must have seen.
This one’s for you Gonzalez.

tracks;

1 Natty take over
2 Dip and fall back
3 What you don’t know
4 Other land
5 Precious morning
6 Prophecy
7 Fire
8 Babylon children
9 Spotlight
10 Carry go bring come

Dear visitors,
the year has not passed by completely and I’ll be back to
post us a couple of LP’s before the end of 2009.
For now I want to wish all of you happy holidays.

Especially;

Nauma
Buns O’Plenty
Icastico
Joe
Arnaud
Johnny T
Alexsam
Apurva
Kabuga
Soukousman
Gonzalez on Speed
Akwaboa
Marc
Kostas
Lord Stranger
Groovemonzter
Paska
Mo Fo Ngo Man
Steve Wise
Reservatory
Aduna
DavidN
Provisoire
B2v
Ngoni
Grumpy
Kreismyr
JSE
Timothy
Micky
Chico Alves
Wuod K
Buscón
Daniel
Reebee
Africolombia
John in Floyd
Canalh
Dr. Frank
Sulingman
Goofy
Chris Ward
Waters
JackRamon
Hulaboy
Rick g
Gelliddewi
Poltroon
Abudaiyo
Oro
Karandash
R.
Will
Nerdo
Calumbinho
Kitirato
Gracenotes
Ian
Bermudezyezid
Mambopete
ORL
Lisia
Wrldserv
Mike D.
Dan
Bombshelter Slim
Madrotter
Kaya Errands
Robert
Groove
Uthima Uruora
Tanmoy
TeeBoy
Ngobile
Ewik
Ehijie
Dr. Adoyo
Prato e Faca
John Beadle
Prince Arjen
Thursdayborn
Doom
Rocco
Mente serena
Black Man Land
Toque Musical
Zecalouro
Petr
DJ Ivan
DJ Tick
Stevie P
Ninja B
Bounty J
Baikinange
Musica Pacheca
GM
Juan Angel
Luis
Sono
Greg Fernandes
Jurassico
Spinning
LG
Mr. Tear
Lucio Magano
Mvibra
Porco Rosso
Music from the third floor
Nahavanda
Haji Maji
Abdel
Cacai Nunes
Fortherecord
Radu
Acervo Tambor
Mr. B
Analog Africa
Kahane
Ben the Balladeer
Japonego23
Matsuli
Ary do Baralho
Asculta
Comb & Razor

tracks;

1 Tarjeta de Navidad
2 Amanecer navideño
3 Navidad sin tu
4 Jibara Borincana
5 Vengo por mi aguinaldo
6 Lejos de ti en navidad
7 Aguinaldo en la puerta
8 La luz
9 De parranda en Puerto Rico
10 Porro navideño
11 Quisiera amanecer
12 El niño en Puerto Rico

In 1985 we had this pleasant surprise. I never thought I would
appreciate this type of music before it. ‘Lost in the Stars’ is
the name of this project in which many famous artists do an
interpretation of a Kurt Weill song. Something different for a
change. I used to spin it quite a lot in those days. We’ll round
up this year, posting a mixture of styles, for now, enjoy this.

tracks;

1 Steve Weisberg – Mahagonny Songspiel
2 Sting and Dominic Muldowney – The Ballad of Mack the Knife
3 The Fowler Brothers with Stanard Ridgway – The cannon song
4 Marianne Faithful and Chris Spedding – Ballad of the soldiers wife
5 Van Dyke Parks – Johnny Johnson medley
6 Ralph Shuckett & co. – Alabama song
7 Armadillo String Quartet – Youkali tango
8 John Zorn – Der kleine leutnant des lieben gottes
9 Lou Reed – September song
10 Carla Bley with Phil Woods – Lost in the stars
11 Tom Waits – What keeps mankind alive ?
12 Dagmar Krause – Surabaya Johnny
13 Johnny Adams & Aaron Neville – Oh heavenly salvation
14 Todd Rundgren & Gary Windo – Call from the grave
15 Charlie Haden & Sharon Freeman – Speak low
16 Van Dyke Parks – In no man’s land

…and now for something competely different…

Somehow, when we come to this time of the year, I start to
play old stuff like this one by Al Bowlly. It makes me think
of the Dennis Potter TV series; ‘The Singing Detective’ ? I always
loved it, it is filled with this type of sound and plays back in
the days. Most of these tracks were taken from movies from the
30’s and accompanied by ‘Ray Noble and his Orchestra’ and the
‘Savoy Hotel Orpheans’. It’s the music my parents danced to
when they were dating. Great nostalgic atmosphere.

tracks;

1 All I do is dream of you
2 Guilty
3 Stay on the right side of the road
4 Sweet and lovely
5 Did you ever see a dream walking ?
6 Twentieth century blues
7 When my little Pomeranian met your little Pekenese
8 Hold my hand
9 Pettin’ in the park
10 Wanderer
11 Hang out the stars in Indiana
12 Here lies love
13 Brighter than the sun
14 I’ve got to sing a torch song
15 On a steamer coming over
16 Snuggled on your shoulder

I could not resist posting another album today. This one by the
African All Stars is without Sam Mangwana but with a couple of other
greats. Dizzy Mandjeku, Lokassa ya Mbongo, Kanta Nyboma and on drums
K. Moya Lotula Ringo. What a great band this is, better do not miss !
Made for the Nigerian Albarika Stores label.

tracks;

1 Antaley
2 Zamba leke
3 Cherie Amba
4 Samadou

Second album of Kyerematen Atwedie on this page, first one is here .
This is the type of highlife I like best, original Ghana pressing
on the great Ambassador label. I’m sure it will light up your
sunday as it has done with mine already. Enjoy !
By the way, did you see he shows of the same shoes as the
guys on the cover of S.B.B. du Congo do ? is this also from 1975 ?

tracks;

1 Ketewabiara nsua
2 Abrabo ye bokoo
3 Opete kwaakye
4 Faye me nkoa
5 Ababayere kwasi
6 Woara na wobeko
7 Odasani hwe wo ho yie