As I promised, here is the first l’Afrique Danse.
A great compilation of 60’s Congolese music, enjoy.

tracks;

1 Orchestre OK Jazz – Quatre boutons ( Franco )
2 Orchestre OK Jazz – Savon reward chez Marsavco ( Franco )
3 Jean Bokelo – Bana conga baleli liwa ya Sinatra ( Bokelo )
4 Jean Bokelo – Mawa na biso basi ( Bokelo )
5 Orchestre OK Jazz ( Mujos ) – Finga mama munu
6 Orchestre OK Jazz ( Mujos ) – Revolver
7 Orchestre OK Jazz ( Vicky ) – Tonton
8 Orchestre OK Jazz ( Vicky ) – Quand le film est triste
9 Alberto & Orchestre Conga Succes – Semeki nde ndeko
10 Alberto & Orchestre Conga Succes – Alberto siempre conga
11 Orchestre OK Jazz ( Franco ) – Timothee abangi makambo
12 Orchestre OK Jazz ( Franco ) – Oyo mobali tapale

Here’s another Ramito on Ansonia, I found several Ramito’s and a
couple of them are without title. Let’s just call them by their
Ansonia number. This is SALP 1277 and it doubles two tracks of the
previous Ramito I posted. Juana de Arcos and El ultimo adios a mi
madre. The other tracks were not yet posted here. Fans of Ramito are
very lucky, we still got a few to come in the near future.

tracks;

1 Romances y flores
2 Huerfano de madre
3 Juana de Arcos
4 Puerto Rico y yo
5 Mujer traidora
6 Estampas Puertorriqueñas
7 El ultimo adios a mi madre
8 La venganza del muerto
9 El Borinqueño ausente
10 La paloma
11 El precio de un beso
12 De tan alto a tan bajo

Ghana highlife at it’s best, Kyeremateng Atwede is here with
his Stars. The cover unfortunately has some dammage, the music
however sounds just fine. Give it a go.

tracks;

1 Su su ka
2 Omama ho ye ahi
3 I go die for you
4 Never follow woman

I have read the most funny story, recorded in Kinshasa in 1973,
the song ‘A.Z.DA’ was released without much notice in Zaire. After
some time it spread across Africa and Europe. Most people thought
it was a love song but in fact it was an advertisement. A.Z.DA was
the name of a Volkswagendealer with outlets in some 6 Zairian cities.
The song goes; Vay-way Vay-Way Vay-Way, and bought all 24 members of
the band a brandnew Volkswagen.

tracks;

1 A.Z.DA No. 1 & 2
2 Assitu 1 & 2
3 Minuit eleki lezi 1 & 2
4 Zando ya tipo-tipo
5 Lukika

My first contact with Lautari was when I bought the CD
‘Suburban Bucharest’. It contains a mixture of old and new
Romanian music. Through that CD I got to know artists like
Romica Puceanu, of which I found this LP last year.
From one artist you come to the next, and that’s how
I discovered Maria Tanase.
It can’t be a coincident that I found part 2 of Maria Tanase’s
CD releases recently, and last week this LP.
Some listener asked for a little pause between all that dancing
music, well this is an album to sit down with and listen.
I hope you can appreciate this rare piece of Lautari.

tracks;

From the Dominican Republic is this trio, I know absolutely
nothing about them but I just liked the cover. I bought it and
when I got home and played it, I instantly liked the music too.
Listen.

tracks;

1 Ellos cantan asi
2 El diablon
3 El dolor de Micaela
4 Porque no me das tu amor
5 Quiereme
6 Que humanidad
7 Tu no hace de na
8 Baila conmigo
9 Suavecito
10 Que lengua
11 El son del fuego
12 Ponte en la cosa

When I find another Oliver de Coque I always get exited, if
it’s his exentric way of dressing, the covers are always great.
Or the uncomplicated highlife, interlarded with Congolese style
guitars, it thrills me playing this stuff time after time.
Listen to this gentleman, listen to Oliver de Coque !

tracks;

1 Anyi cholu uwa silili welele
– Ozo emezinam
2 Egwu bu ife chi nyelanyi
– Ngozi si naka ndi okenye abia

Ever since I first heard the voice of Celina Gonzalez, I am
under her spell. She’s got such power in her singing, superb.
Just get this album and it shall convince you.

tracks;

1 Quiero bailar con Celina
2 Romance guajiro
3 Oracion a la caridad
4 A un presidiario
5 Yo soy el punto Cubano
6 Mi conga por Santiago
7 A Francisco
8 Celina canta a Puerto Rico
9 Papa candelo
10 Su laud
11 Anda
12 Son guajiro del monte

Maybe we ain’t got no pie, but taste this slice of sweet vinyl.
A rare album by Orchestre du Bawobab specially selected for you,
our loyal visitors, without whom the Global Groove wouldn’t be
the same. Comments are coming in from China, Colombia, South-Africa
New York City, Japan, thank you all for your kind words, it’s so
good to see the globe is really coming together here, check this!

tracks;

1 Papa njaay
2 Bawobab-Guy gi
3 Sutukum
4 Am saxul
5 Mansa
6 Senegaal sunuaal
7 Saf mana dem

When I was running through the records in that Paris
recordstore, I found this jewel by Raphy Leavitt. Listening
to it, another customer wanted it too. Shame, but hey, I gave
him this URL and promised to post it this week. So here it is.
It’s got that great salsa brava sound of the early seventies.
An LP that makes the hair stand up on your arms.

In the meantime our new year at the Global Groove is starting.
I would love to give you all a big piece of birthday cake, but
instead we’ll go into the new year posting music as we use to.
You can expect some special selected treats, waiting for you
on the postingpile, stay tuned..

tracks;

1 Jibaro soy
2 Perdoname cariño
3 Cafe colao
4 Señorita tentacion
5 La cuna blanca
6 Consentida
7 Ecos de danzon
8 En memoria a un hermano