The three fat men, Jacob Miller and the Lewis Brothers are here with
a piece of sentiment. ‘Wanted for singing Jah Jah’s song’.
What can I say, I really don’t know how much I’ve played
this here record, but it was a hell of a lot.
And I still love it, this LP is truly ‘Wanted’ for being a ‘Killer’.

tracks;

1 Silver & gold
2 I’ve got the handle
3 Standing firm
4 Healing of the nation
5 Wanted
6 Sinners
7 Ital light
8 Peace treaty special
9 Bionic skank

‘Jelimusolu’ is what they call Mali’s women singers.
Tata ‘Bembo'(or Bambo) Kouyate is from Bamako. She’s got a voice so
strong, wow ! It’s not exactly clear on what label this LP is brought
out, if you know..?
Check this,

tracks:

1 Hommage a Baba Cissoko
2 Ainana Bah
3 Mama Batchily
4 Ahourou Bocoum
5 Goundo Tandja
6 Amadou Traore

Hello, goodevening, another late post today.
This is the champion of several national contests in Mali.
Famous throughout West Africa this group deserves a few listens.

tracks;

1 Dongari
2 Bua – baro
3 Tcha – tcho
4 Recoma
5 Bara musso
6 Niénema miné

Last sunday we had an LP by Syl Johnson on Hi records, now we’re
back with Ann Peebles. If you compare the backcovers of these two
LP’s, we see exactly the same line-up. Both LP’s are produced and
engineered by Willie Mitchell and they both have that fantastic
Hi-sound of the early 70’s. When I play this music, I’m still
impressed like I was first time I heard it. Great soul.

tracks;

1 Come to mama
2 I don’t lend my man
3 I needed somebody
4 Stand by woman
5 It was jealousy
6 Doctor love power
7 You can’t hold a man
8 Beware
9 Put yourself in my place
10 Love played a game

This week we had such great response on Senegalese music, I
decided to spoil you Groovers a bit more.
After ‘People’ by Super Diamono de Dakar, this is ‘Mam”,a live
registration, recorded at ‘Flight Mobile Studio’ in Paris, in 1984.
Mostly I’m not such fan of ‘Live’ records, but again it was that
superb titletrack that pulled me in. Omar Pene’s sweet voice
is undeniable and touches you at heart.
So, from Reggae we moved on to Samba and via some Soul music
back to Africa, I rest my case !

tracks;

1 Rewu taax
2 Yoon wi
3 Dou wey
4 Ngem
5 Mam’

To increase the variety today, we’ll have us a soul album.
This is Syl Johnson, one of the biggest stars at the ‘Hi-stable’.
Like most albums at ‘Hi’, it is produced by Willie Mitchell,
the man who made Al Green sign up at Hi. He produced Green’s
best work. The sound of this album is typical for Hi records
of this era. Another big star at Hi was ofcourse ‘Ann Peebles’,
we’ll see her back later. Now it’s time for the raw soul of
our man Syl Johnson, get down to it !

tracks;

1 Let yourself go
2 Don’t do it
3 I want to take you home ( to see mama )
4 Could I be falling in love
5 Stuck in Chicago
6 Diamond in the rough
7 Keeping down confusion
8 Please, don’t give up on me
9 Music to my ears
10 I hear the love chimes

This Samba LP is from 1968, now I didn’t buy this one then,
I was only 10. No this LP I found in Brazil some years ago.
It’s the group Adoniran Barbosa worked with for many years.
They know how to kick some samba-ass.
Carlos Cezar’s way of singing sounds a bit old fashon but
the samba is strong enough to pull it through to my opinion.
What do you think ?
Listen.

tracks;

1 Palhaço
2 Favela
3 A Lapa
4 Helena Helena
5 Meu consolo é você
6 Falta um zero no meu ordenado
7 Laurindo
8 Nao me diga Adeus
9 A corôa do rei
10 Praça onze
11 Cabelos brancos
12 O orvalho vem caindo

Today’s Sunday is about Variety.
It’s so essential to have some, it keeps us sharp.
This LP is one of the first reggae-albums I bought in my life.
It’s from 1978, I was 20 in those days.
I always loved it and still do today, if you click on the backcover
you can easily see why, a huge personal favourite.

tracks;

1 Man of the ghetto
2 Jungle collie
3 Sheriff and his deputy
4 Fear not almighty dread
5 Sleepers
6 Chucky hark and shark
7 Kaya
8 My sheep
9 Cry to me
10 Born to be loved

To make you pick some more fruits from the Global Groove Tree.
This is Sampler no. 4, it takes you through the posts between
May 27 and June 4. Hope you find some of your liking !

tracks;

1 johnny Pacheco – Fania
2 Jacob Miller – Don’t let money fool you
3 Beth Carvalho – Goiabada-cascao
4 Sam Mangwana – Zewa idée
5 Byron Lee – Jamaica Jump-Up
6 Alfredo Valdes – La mulata Cubana
7 Climaco Sarmiento – Cumbia Sabrosa
8 Johnny Pacheco – Soy hijo del Siboney
9 Scientist – Under surveilance
10 Rubens da Mangueira e amigos – Casa cheia
11 Youssou N’Dour et le Super Etoile de Dakar – Immigres-Bitim rew
12 Roberto Torres – Me matan pero yo gozo
13 Willie Colon – Juana Peña
14 Gregory Isaacs – Black liberation struggle
15 Pat Thomas – Asante kotoko
16 Pedrinho Rodrigues e os Nacionais – Mexe mexe
17 Maria Creuza – Pouco importa
18 Israel Vibration – Survive

Here’s one more requested post, but remember I don’t have much of
this stuff. My copy of this rare LP looks so brand new, and still
I can’t seem to find any signs of it being re-released. It must
be a collectors-item in mint condition. Or I’m just being plane
stupid, that happens sometimes.
This sweet album was recorded in 1976.
It takes you on a West-African trip, you won’t forget !

tracks;

1 Maxi mirimagni
2 Maderi
3 Dembati
4 Sökhö
5 Kassimagni
6 Kebakele