Before the shooting of this photosession, U-Roy stuffed his ‘chalice’
with some Lambsbread Collie. Eric Tello shot some great pics here,
don’t you think ?, Love this cover. Recorded at Joe Gibbs’ and
backed by The Soul Syndicate and Skin, Flesh & Bones Band,
this is a fantastic reggae album,
better check it.

tracks;

1 Runaway girl
2 Chalice in the palace
3 I can’t love another
4 Dread locks dread
5 The great psalms
6 Natty don’t fear
7 African message
8 Silver bird
9 Listen to the teacher
10 Trench town rock

Horace Swaby is his real name but we know him as ‘Augustus Pablo’.
He is the one that made a real grown-up instrument out of the ‘Melodica’.
Before him it was seen by many, being just a children’s toy, but if you
hear what Augustus shakes out of it, it changes your mind. Read the full
back cover story and find out more ! Click on image to enlarge.I don’t
know how many times I played this record, back in the 80’s, but it must
have been a thousand times, to me this is a classic. It is a collector
of ‘Augustus Pablo’s’ work in the seventies. A Killer !
Jah Rastafar I, Haile Selassi I, Irie Irie I.

tracks;

1 Rockers dub
2 Up Warrika hill
3 Cassava piece
4 Tubby’s dub song
5 Jah Dread
6 Brace a boy
7 Thunder clap
8 Park Lane Special
9 New style
10 A P Special

Another very buisy day, so since I won’t have the time later,
an early posting.
It’s been some time ago I posted Congolese Soukous, need to make up.
Belly Steve comes in at Global Groove with a delightful album.
The fragile voices of les Soeurs Mariana added up, a great spin.

tracks;

1 Lu Buya
2 Tulante ya meinu
3 Seni samba
4 Yame yame

Now it gets really hot ! The titlesong of this LP always was an
absolute massive dancehit, I don’t know how often I played
it at party’s. Never could resist it.
Check out the Meters from New Orleans, produced by Allen Toussaint.

tracks;

1 Out in the country
2 Fire on the bayou
3 Love slip upon ya
4 Talkin’ ’bout New Orleans
5 They all ask’d about you
6 Can you do without ?
7 Liar
8 You’re a friend of mine
9 Middle of the road
10 Running fast
11 Mardi Gras Mambo

Temperatures are rising in the Netherlands, everybody searches for
some outdoor coolness, but there isn’t.
After three hot days I finally got myself to posting some music.
African music that is, to adjust to the temperature.
Highlife from Ghana, with the African Brothers Band, very sunny
mellow sound that matches the weather perfectly.

tracks;

1 Me poma
2 Getty
3 Yeme breoo
4 Gye mani
5 Me bisa

COLOMBIA SPECIAL

As a final post for this ‘Sunday Special’, I give you
a compilation of some of my favourite Colombian tracks.
I just love this music, and had a great time making it.
Guepa ! Muchas gracias por su attencion y hasta la próxima.

tracks;

1 Juancho Polo Valencia – Veni veni
2 Los Corraleros de Majagual – El tamarindo
3 Alfredo Gutierrez – Sombrero engolillao
4 Pacho Galán – Ay cosita linda
5 Los Corraleros de Majagual – La manzana
6 Andrés Landero – Maria de los Reyes
7 La Sonora Cordobesa – Roberto Ruiz
8 Aniceto Molina – Que muera el gavilan
9 Bovea y sus Vallenatos – Rosa Maria
10 Lucho Perez – No me busques
11 Climaco Sarmiento – La gaita Marciana
12 Carlos Roman y su Sonora Vallenata – Very very well
13 Peregoyo y su Combo Vacana – Descarga Vacana

COLOMBIA SPECIAL

Today’s special about Colombia would not be the same without this
rare album. Pacho Galán was one of the biggest composers of Porro,
Fandango and the inventor of ‘Merecumbé’. Colombian music would
also not have been the same without Pacho Galán.
‘Ay Cosita Linda’ was maybe his biggest hit and the birth of Merecumbé.
He himself was born on october the 4th in Soledad, Atlántico,and
wanted to be a musician since he was a child. Went to conservatoire
and was a professional musician at the age of 15.
The titlesong of this LP was also a great succes in those days.
Stay tuned…

tracks;

1 Caracoleando
2 Juan de la Cruz
3 Ely
4 Lindo San Marcos
5 Carameleo
6 Bombo y Maracas
7 Rosa blanca
8 Librada
9 Me voy con la gaita
10 La pringamosa
11 Los diablitos
12 A sincelejo

Do Not Mistake !
COLOMBIA SPECIAL

The cover of this LP is just awful !
If you see an album in your secondhand store with a cover like this,
you skip it, but look out.
La Sonora Dinamita is a fantastic band.
This LP starts out with a commercial hit but then it gets more
interesting in my opinion. It’s not a carreeralbum, they’re hard
to find in Europe but it’s a collector that contains some great
songs. ‘Cumbias de Oro’ is it’s title although some tracks have
a certain salsa flavour over them.
All together, a great spin in a cheap coat.

tracks;

1 A mover la colita
2 Del monton
3 Mi son monteadentro
4 Bongo bongo
5 Murio en su ley
6 Chango
7 Mirala como va
8 Te pille pilla
9 Coquetona
10 Cosas que suceden
11 Jibarita encantadora

COLOMBIA SPECIAL

Today’s Sunday Special is about Colombian music.
A country that has brought many interesting styles,
often underestimated abroad.La Sonora de Baru is one of Colombia’s most played Cumbia Bands together with La Sonora Dinamita. Recorded in New York, this is
a fine piece of Cumbia you don’t want to miss.

tracks;

1 Hija de Susana
2 Currucucha
3 La estrenina
4 Yo soy guajiro
5 Maldad
6 Maria Tulia
7 Llora mi guitarra
8 Negra linda

Last wednesday I had a tremendous night, my friend Kai invited me
to see Puerto Candelaria at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam.
It was a surprising gig, very original and entertaining.
I had a great time seeing their guest of the night, Edmar Castaneda,
a harpplayer from Colombia too, whom they had never met before.
It was a spontaneous meeting, that worked out very nice, Edmar
plays that electric harp like no other, what a skillfulness.
After playing their concert, the group joined the crowd in the bar.
My friends brother dj Jairzinho, was playing some nice cumbia’s.
I had the opportunity to meet the band’s members and we had a nice
conversation about Colombian music, Medellin, where they’re from etc.
Thanks so much Juan Diego, for inviting me to visit you in Medellin.
If I’m lucky and find the time, I’ll be there later this year.
It was great talking to you and Juan Guillermo Aguilar, you can
expect my call.

Check the Website of Puerto_Candelaria

That same evening, during the break of the concert, I met some
other very interesting people, Doctor Salsa ( Ira Goldwasser ) and
his lovely wife Harriett Broekman, who used to be dancers at the
New York Palladium in the 50’s.
I had a very nice chat with mrs. Salsa about the Ansonia label and
Latin music in general. Amazing to hear how she tells about all the
famous artists, of who she knows so many. Thank you Harriett for
the fantastic tips you gave me, and for the DVD and CD that you sent
me the day after.
I hope to meet you soon again.

About the music;

The first 2 songs are from ‘Puerto Candelaria’s’ CD, ‘Llegó la Banda’.
I didn’t give you the whole CD because it is available in the
musicstore, go buy you one.
track No. 3 is by ‘Doctor Salsa’ as you can see.
track 4 and 5 are two tracks from the new group of two members of
Puerto Candelaria, Juan Diego Valencia and Juan Guillermo Aguilar.
Another thank you goes out to Johan Leestemaker, Who spent a
great part of his life in Medellin, thanks Johan for being of
big help.

Long story, Great evening, Super Networking, thank you all so much.

tracks;

1 Puerto Candelaria – Para el Doctor
2 Puerto Candelaria – Llegó la banda
3 Doctor Salsa – Doctor Salsa
4 Banda la República – Automático
5 Banda la República – Pa’que no me molesten