A good day to you Groovers around the Globe, this last week
has been a little hectic. My old PC was getting slower and slower
by the day. It was going to crash, that much was certain, it was only
a matter of time. So I decided to get another one. I am now working
on a brand new and fast machine, very nice but with all that updated
software I am learning things all over again. I didn’t use winrar on
this file, but winzip, hope it unpacks as usual for you.
If any problem appears, please let me know.

What we have today is another rare old Juju LP. Chief Ebenezer Obey
is back with a splendid album. It’s been played quite a lot so it’s
quality isn’t perfect. During the 70’s, Ebenezer Obey and Sunny Adé
were big rivals. Juju music was changing in high tempo because both
artists wanted to be the first to add new instruments and new styles.
Around 1980 they both released albums for European labels and broke
through internationally. I think both artists are winners and above
all, we are the lucky ones to enjoy such great music.

tracks;

1 Motun gbede
–Ita baba kan
–Ogbon loruko e
–Oluwa fun ni ohun merin
–Owo, suru, omo ati aiku lewe
–Suru lodara
2 Sikisiki mami
–Bi osi temi
–Iru oluwa ni osi
–Chief Henry Fajemirokun
–Chief I. S. Adewale
–Eleganza R. Okoya

King Sunny Adé’s juju is among the very best in Nigeria.
The Golden Mercury of Africa is one of his best albums
and not often to be seen. As usual in juju music, the numbers
are all melted together. Get it now !

tracks;

1 Isu joba lori iyan
—–Abu ni je dehin
—–Ma je koju ti mi
2 Sunny Adé gbe tuntun de
—–Dele adeyemo
—–Baba onigba
—–Ma jaiye ori e

Volume 21 is here to help you choose from our global
fruittree. Whether you like strawberry or papaya,
sweet, salt or spicey. it samples the fruits from
first to twentyfirst of januari. pick your choice.

tracks;

1 Exporta Samba – A taxa
2 Docteur Nico – Angele ozali wapi
3 Sami Kamara and his Black Diamonds – Tete
4 Miguel Aceves Mejia – Ella
5 Miguel Aceves Mejia – El jinete
6 Sugar Belly Combo – Linstead market
7 Empire Bakuba du Grand Kallé – Massassi calculé
8 Franco et le TPOK Jazz – Kinzonzi kitata mbenda
9 Enrique Bofante – Soledad
10 Franco et l’Orchestre OK Jazz – Nganda maboke naboyi
11 Carmen Costa – Amor, pra que nasceu ?
12 Cortijo y su Combo con Ismael Rivera – Volare
13 African All Stars – Les champions
14 Martinho da Vila – Disritmia
15 Abana Ba Nasery – Atisa wangu
16 Ismael Rivera – Soy feliz

José Tamárez Mateo was born in San Isidro in the Dominican Republic
in 1920. I have no idea from what year this LP is. If any one
can tell us, that would be nice. It is an oldie and it’s been
played a lot. The final track has a little damage, you may ask
why post it ? Well, for the simple reason it contains eleven
great tracks, and they sound just fine. Give a fair chance
to the Real King of Merengue; Joseito Mateo.

tracks;

1 Jardinera
2 Asi es la vida
3 Me quiero emborrachar
4 Feliciana
5 Salve sabrosona
6 Mal de amores
7 Candela
8 Ellas
9 Adan y Eva
10 Salve Merecumbé
11 Too much tequila
12 A chin a chin

Benedito Nunes is from Bahia, but he moved to Rio de Janeiro
to record his music. Probably that’s why his forró has a bit of
a samba sound. I kinda like those chorus parts and guitar walks.
Unfortunately the needle jumps one time during track #1, but I
think it’s still worth a spin.

tracks;

1 Ouritimbó
2 Pra fazer bilú-bilú
3 Quando esse cabra morrer
4 Ou casa ou morre
5 Namoro escondido
6 Ai, Tertulina
7 Pensao da Rua Auróra
8 Que felicidade
9 Cabra mentiroso
10 Caititu enjoado
11 Vou fazer sucesso
12 Adeus gereré

Rumba is pure Afro-Cuban music for only voices and percussion.
It began with harber workers singing and dancing in their spare
time in the docks of Havana and Matanzas, playing rhythms on
cargo boxes. It comes in three styles, Guaguancó, Yambú and
Columbia. Carlos Embale is one of the main performers of the
guaguancó style, enjoy this rare LP.

tracks;

1 Timbalaye
2 Mañana te espero, niña
3 Donde estabas anoche
4 El mulato rumbero
5 Oh! Humanidad
6 Llora como llore
7 Tonache
8 Chambeleque
9 Genial compositor
10 Gongorongon

It took a while, but here’s another Théo Blaise. After hearing
him again with Sam Mangwana this week, I thought it was his time.
Chef d’orchestre and solo guitar by Master Mwana Congo, all songs
written, arranged and mixed by Théo Blaise himself.
What can I say ? Just listen.

tracks;

1 Nadia Soleil
2 Viva O.U.A.
3 Mileni
4 Dovi na ngaï

Puerto Rican singer Ismael Rivera used to work with Latin
percussionist Rafael Cortijo for many years. On this solo
project, Rafael joins him again as an invited guest.
Rivera had a great voice, they called him ‘el Sonero Mayor’.
Beautiful 70’s piece of latin, a must have.

tracks;

1 Soy feliz
2 Son son sonero
3 Tonto del amor
4 Yo no quiero que te enamores
5 Las tumbas
6 No soy para ti
7 Parece que le gusta
8 Boriqueneando
9 Si yo pudiera
10 Los apuros de Miguel

From today we’ll have us a brand new American president.
Barack Obama has his roots in Kenya so I thought it would
be appropriate to post some Kenyan music today.
Abana Ba Nasery was a succesful trio from Bunyore, they
made their sweet but primitive sound, using only two
acoustic guitars and a Fanta bottle. The rhythm was created
by scraping the ribs of the bottle with a metal rod. When this
LP was made the recordings were already 30 years old.
I wonder if Obama speaks some Swahili too, in any case
this is great music. Listen to the Roots of Obama.

tracks;

1 Atisa wangu
2 Khwatsia ebunangwe
3 Servanus andai
4 Nilimwacha muke risavu
5 Mapenzi kama karata
6 Noah Libuko
7 Omukhana meri
8 Abasiratsi muhulire
9 Ndakhomela
10 Ebijana bie bubayi
11 Mushalo ebutula|
12 Rosey wangu

We saw quite some of Martinho da Vila’s albums on this page, but
this one was still missing, untill now. Maybe because it gets a
little too sweet for me at the end. It starts out with a couple
of fantastic samba hits though. Topnotch musicians, beautifully
played. For all the fans of Martinho da Vila.

tracks;

1 Canta canta, minha gente
2 Disritmia
3 Dente por dente
4 Tribo dos carajas
5 Malandrinha
6 Renascer das cinzas
7 Patrao, prenda seu gado
8 Nego, vem cantar
9 Calango vascaindo
10 Visgo de jaca
11 Viajando
12 Festa de umbanda