He used to be a Calypsonian, but when during the 70’s the sound
started to change, Lord Kitchener did not stay behind.
Early 80’s Soca, when it was electronic but kind.

tracks;

1 Carnival time
2 Tourist Elsie
3 Soca corruption
4 Katumba
5 Sweet pan
6 Gee me the ting

When I visited one of my favourite recordstores in old Amsterdam
last week, I found me this Fania Lp. Larry Harlow was one of the loyal
members of the Fania crew, and wrote a lot of fine songs.
Vocals by Ismael Miranda, Felo Brito, Vicky and Larry Harlow himself.
Produced by Jerry Masucci under supervision of Johnny Pacheco.

tracks;

1 La revolucion
2 Guasasa
3 La contraria
4 Guarachita
5 La juventud
6 El malecon
7 Voy para la luna
8 Mi madre
9 Freak off
10 El exigente

If you are a soulmusic lover, you can’t miss this here LP.
‘Otis Redding’, who died far too young, is one of my biggest idols.
With, Andrew Love and Joe Arnold on tenor saxes,
Wayne Jackson on trumpet,
Steve Cropper on guitar,
Booker T Jones and Isaac Hayes on organ & piano,
Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn on bass
and Al Jackson Jr. on drums, this is a fantastic recording.
Produced by Steve Cropper
I LOVE IT !

tracks;

1 Demonstration
2 Tell the truth
3 Out of sight
4 Give away none of my love
5 Wholesale love
6 I got the will
7 Johnny’s heartbreak
8 Snatch a little piece
9 Slippin’ and slidin’
10 The match game
11 A little time
12 Swinging on a string

‘Los Reyes del Merengue’ they call them, ‘The Kings of Merengue’.
I don’t know a year on this LP, if you know, please tell us.
These guys practically invented merengue, check this out.

tracks;

1 La empaliza
2 La maricutana
3 El jarro pichao
4 Compadre Pedro Juan
5 La cruz ( Palo bonito )
6 El marinero
7 Merengue de frac
8 Siña Juanica
9 Chauflin
10 Que siga la fiesta
11 El negrito del Batey
12 Por la buena o por la mala

Originally released in 1982, this is a re-release.
Very nice album with Wayne Jarrett sounding very much like Horace Andy.
Dub heroe Adrian Sherwood must have listened to this ‘version’material too.

tracks;

1 Brimstone & fire
2 Every tongue shall tell
3 Magic in the air
4 Bubble up
5 Darling your eyes
6 Holy mount Zion

If you’ve got nothing to do on your lazy Sunday afternoon, you
put on ‘Django Reinhardt’ and dream away in your window.

tracks;

1 Melodie au crepuscule
2 Place de Broukere
3 Nuages
4 Belleville
5 Viper’s dream
6 Les yeux noirs
7 Minor swing
8 Porto cabello
9 Swing de Paris
10 Sweet chorus
11 Dinette
12 Crepuscule

For these Stars, playing their music is like a routine.
Look at this line-up, what a bunch of experienced musicians this is.
Produced by ‘Johnny Pacheco’, nothing can go wrong here.

tracks;

1 Echale tierra
2 Manzanillo
3 Hijo de Siboney
4 Fuerza de voluntad
5 Jaleo
6 Compay gato
7 A Santa Barbara
8 Ocana sordi

I remember I discovered ‘Dyke & the Blazers’, back in the eighties
when I was going through my ‘Soulrevival’.
It was in a little old recordstore at the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam.
And it struck me !
Back in those days I bought me a re-release, later I found this
Original. Very groovy funky soul from 1967, a killer !

tracks;

1 Funky Broadway pt. 1
2 Funky Broadway pt. 2
3 UHH pt. 1
4 UHH pt. 2
5 Broadway combination
6 City dump
7 The wrong house
8 So sharp
9 Don’t bug me

Okay okay, I get it, that was a bit too dark for y’all,
so I’ll make it up to ya.
Here’s a more sunny record, Lord Jellico makes the sun shine again.
Jamaican Calypso.

tracks;

1 papa Jack
2 Miss tourist
3 Yellow bird
4 Hold on to your man
5 Cuando cuando
6 Chi chi bud
7 Bungo free form
8 Obeah wedding
9 Land of the sea and sun
10 Man piaba

Have you seen the weather today ?
Stormy skys, big raindrops and heavy winds, all together a fine
day for some heavy dub music.
‘Mixed at King Tubby’s by Scientist at midnight Friday 13th June 1981.’
Whooooooooooo, I like the sound of that.
With the ‘Roots Radics’ this is one of Scientists very best.

tracks;

1 The voodoo curse
2 Dance of the vampires
3 Blood on his lips
4 Cy of the werewolf
5 The mummy’s shroud
6 The corpse rises
7 Night of the living dead
8 Your teeth in my neck
9 Plague of zombies
10 Ghost of Frankenstein