If we speak of Juju, we think of King Sunny Adé or Chief Ebenezer Obey.
Admiral Dele Abiodun is quite famous too but have you heard of Femi
Akinyemi’s Juju Lucky Stars ? I never had untill I found this here album.
I can’t find any information on the web about Femi. He’s from the urban
Yoruba scene in Lagos and it rocks like crazy. The year of release is also
an unknown factor, late 70’s probably, can you tell us ? Listen to this
sweet melt of Afro-Beat, Highlife and Juju.

tracks;

1 Egungun Riot 1976
2 Ki araiye sora

It was when I read the article at Worldservice I realised.
By the way, Welcome back Wrldsrvc.
October 12 it’s been 20 years that the great François Luambo Makiadi
died of AIDS. A huge loss for all lovers of African music.

In 1980, Franco was named a Grand Master of Zairean music by the government,
an honor that linked him with the ruling elite that was responsible for
much of the economic problems beggaring the country. The subject of his
songs shifted dramatically in this period to patriotic songs and praise
songs to wealthy fans. He also began a drastic weight gain, eventually
reaching about 300 pounds (136 kg). However, he retained the ability to
move and excite people with his music. In 1985, Franco released his
biggest hit ever, Mario, an account of a gigolo who lives off of his
older lover. In 1987 rumors began to circulate that Franco was very ill.
The only solo composition he released that year was “Attention Na SIDA”
(“Beware of AIDS”), a warning to avoid catching the disease, leading to
unconfirmed speculation that he had contracted HIV. He began to withdraw
his energies from OK Jazz, causing the band to begin to disintegrate under
internal tensions, and reconverted from Islam to Roman Catholicism. On
12 October 1989 Franco died while in a Belgian clinic. His body was flown
back to Zaire where his coffin was transported on a flag-drapped hearse
with police escort through streets packed with thousands of grieving fans.
The government declared four days of national mourning during which state
radio played nothing but Franco’s songs. On 17 October he was buried.

( Wikipedia )

tracks;

1 Attention na SIDA
2 Mpo na nini kaka ngai ?
3 Na poni kaka yo mayi zo

Docteur Nico, Kasanda wa Mikalay made this LP with Orchestre
Les Redoutables d’Abeti. It’s a 1984 release and the doctor
shows us some of his old guitar skills.

tracks;

1 Mikalay
2 Obandi lisusu
3 La vie est un combat
4 Mamu wa mpoyi

To help you find your way through history on this page, I used to
make Samplers with a track of every LP. The last one was posted in
july of this year. About time I did the next one so here it is.
From this volume and forth I shall skip some LP’s with tracks that
cover a whole LP-side, they spoil the pace, but every track on the
sampler still represents an album on the page. This one covers
posts in april of this year. Find Global Samplers
1 to 25 in the labelsection on your left.

tracks;

1 Os Demônios da Garoa – Trem das onze
2 Rolando La’Serie – Rio Manzanares
3 Pela – Zaïko Wawawa
4 Franco et le T.P. O.K. Jazz – Tikaka kosenga
5 Fruko y sus Tesos – Que pasa, que pasa
6 Tropical Djoli Band de Faranah – Diadina
7 Papa Noel – Bon Samaritain
8 Seu Jair do Cavaquinho – A deus palhaço
9 Sir Victor Uwaifo & his Melody Maestros – Ekassa 24 Kirikisi
10 Oliver de Coque & Expo 76 – My cherry
11 Eric Agyeman – Abenaa
12 Martinho da Vila – Claustrofobia
13 Sam Mangwana – Toboyi te

There are much more male than female singers in Congo. On this LP by
le Grand Maitre however we hear two lady’s with sweet voices. I don’t know
anything about them, first time they show up for me. Volume 2 from the same
session as the previous album, hope you like dem.

P.S. I made a little mistake in the file, I wrote cherie instead of cheri,
(feminin/masculin) can you change it yourself to remain correct ? Well done.

tracks;

1 Cherche une maison a louer pour moi cheri
2 Detruis moi ce dossier la
3 J’ai peur
4 Trahison

Let’s colour this sunday Congolese.
I am not kidding if I say this is one of the best Franco albums ever.
We hear Franco and Lutumba Simaro singing the fantastic ‘La reponse de
Mario’. Don’t you just love that voice of Simaro with it’s vibrato ?
hang on for part two, with Nana and Baniel, pretty faces and pretty voices.

tracks;

1 La reponse de Mario
2 Sadou
3 La bralima et sa brasserie de l’an 2000
4 Mon rival cherche a m’avoir

Listening to Samba is something one has to learn. I always compare
it with eating olives or drinking Belgian beer. The first time you
think; Ooof this is quite different, second time it is already getting
a little better and third time you really start to like it.
One way or another, for me there’s no way back, hooked for life.

This LP is a quite rare one, I never saw it untill I found it
this week. It contains tracks that represent several samba schools
in Rio de Janeiro. We have Martinho and Antônio Grande from Vila Isabel,
Anália from Império Serrano, Mário from Tijuca, Zuzuca from Salgueiro,
Darcy Monteiro from Mangueira and Cabana from Portela. Hope you like it.
This is Samba as pure as it gets.

tracks;

1 Martinho da Vila – Pra que dinheiro ?
2 Mário – De fevereiro a fevereiro
3 Anália – Só deus
4 Martinho da Vila – Deixa serenar
5 Zuzuca – Tristeza de malandro
6 Cabana – Nem todo crioulo é doido
7 Brasil Ritmo 67 – Ritmo
8 Darcy Monteiro – Sou de opinião
9 Martinho da Vila – Se eu errei…
10 Antônio – Sinfonia do mosquito
11 Martinho da Vila – Querer époder
12 Anália – Berço do samba
13 Antônio Grande – Quem lhe disse ?

He was born in Zaïre in a musical family and inherited his talent from
his father. Maïka started his career age 16 playing a guitar he had from
his older brother. He was noticed by Tabu Ley and played with the
great Orchestre Afrisa International for 6 years. This LP was made
under supervision of Abel Lima who rediscovered Maïka.
Dance away with ‘Seben à Gogo’.

tracks

1 Kebisa nzoto
2 Daïna
3 Mwanaume
4 Melia
5 Beta wa maya

This Samba collector on OKeh Records is a project with the artistic
leadership of Zuzuca on 8 out of 12 tracks. He sings on two tracks,
#2 and #10. The sound of 1973, Rio de Janeiro, can you imagine how
different from now it must have been. This LP has been quite
commercial in those days but today it has another value, a nostalgic
one. I am very exited with this find, enjoy Super Samba vol. 1 !

tracks;

1 Samba 4 – Tarde de verão
2 Zuzuca – Assim que é a lua
3 Baianinho – História de um preto velho
4 Os Geniais – O serrote
5 Os Bambas – Deboches
6 5 Só – O pinto piou
7 Os Geniais – Tira meu nome da boca do sapo
8 Baianinho – Mágoa
9 Samba 4 – Foi assim
10 Zuzuca – Reza forte
11 5 Só – Batida de côco não é de limão
12 Os Bambas – Desafio

On the mighty Editions Syliphone Conakry de la République de Guinée,
we’ve got us an LP by Tele-Jazz de Telemele. I really can’t tell you
anything usefull about them, just go listen and enjoy.

tracks;

1 Midho flaama
2 Beere modya
3 Ko tooli
4 Dyarama
5 Dyamaa
6 Mi lumbay dyooni