If you ask me ?
This is one of the best albums ever !
I am sure all senior blackmusic lovers already have this LP.
Maybe some youngsters don’t have it YET.
I don’t want to say to much, but if you do not have it, you’re
supposed to download it right now !
This album is a very important document in the history of blackmusic.

tracks;

1 Little child runnin wild
2 Pusherman
3 Freddie’s dead
4 Junkie chase
5 Give me your love
6 Eddie you should know better
7 No thing on me
8 Think
9 Superfly

From Congo ( Zaire in those days ) this is Nyboma, who shared his
membership of the African All Stars with Sam Mangwana.
Before that, he participated in groups like ‘Les Kamalés’,
‘L’Orchestre National du Zaire’ and ‘L’Orchestre Lipua Lipua’.
Unfortunately, track 1 and 3 have some ticks, still, a beauty.

tracks;

1 Doublé doublé
2 Papy Sodolo
3 Kabanga
4 Asso M’Bele

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