Somehow I feel a strong connection with 1988 tonight.
Therefore I post this ‘Chimurenga’ LP from that year.
The Four Brothers bring a great album, guitar driven
dancematerial from Zimbabwe, I always loved this one.

tracks;

1 makorokoto
2 Rugare
3 Wapenga nayo bonus
4 Ndakatadzeiko
5 Sara tasangana
6 Pamusoroi
7 Nhaka yemusiiranwa
8 Ushandifunga
9 Guhwa uri mwana waani
10 Ndakatambura

‘Up Up Tempo Dance Dynamite from the Dominican Republic’
that’s what the cover says and that’s what it is, a dancer.
Hot Hot Hot,

tracks;

1 La tijera
2 Agua de tu fuente
3 La situacion
4 El beso robao
5 Tongoneata
6 Ramonita
7 Mañana por la mañana
8 Los caballos
9 Lindas mujer
10 Lucas y Radhames
11 La lengua
12 San Francisco
13 Homenaje a Bolo

From the early eighties we have this South-African collector of Zulu
Jive, it was a huge hit when it came out. Recorded between ’81 and
’84. Check the explaning stories on the backcover.

tracks;

1 Udokotela Shange Namajaha – Awungilobolele
2 Nelcy Sibele – Holotelani
3 Umahlathini Nabo – Qhude Manikiniki
4 Amaswazi Emvelo – Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama
5 Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo with Makgona Tshole Band – Emthonjeni Womculo
6 Udokotela Shange Namajaha – Sobabamba
7 Moses Mchunu – Qhwahilahle
8 Amaswazi Emvelo – Thul’ulalele
9 Nganeziyamfisa no Khambalomvaleliso – Sini Lindile
10 Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo with Makgona Tshole Band – Ngicabange Ngaqeda
11 Johnson Mkhalali – Joyce No. 2
12 Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Nansi Imali

If you fancy a tasty chunk of Rub-a-Dub, then this post’s for you.
The ‘Lewis Brothers’ AKA ‘Fat Man Ridim Section’, rock the place.

tracks;

1 Brethren
2 President
3 Dance Hall Style
4 Wagon of Dub
5 Lick chalice
6 Rock all night
7 Sensi
8 Famming on the land

Here we go with another SAR production, from 1980 this is ‘Papaito’,
SAR LP’s often have great covers, like this one by José Exposito.
Roberto Torres produced it, played the ‘Guiro’ and did background
vocals too. Great stuff !

tracks;

1 Sabina Gomez
2 Sonero
3 Porque me siento Cubano
4 Aprietala en el rincon
5 Fuego en los bomberos
6 Sin caña y sin platanal

Yesterday I had a bit of an offday, after that fantastic match, the
Netherlands played monday, I had a few beers, well you know.
This morning I was going to do some ripping but my nextdoor
neighbours started to break out walls with lots of noise so, I have
to get out of here. I had this Pedrinho Rodrigues waiting for a
moment like this. Hope to find some peace later today, we’ll
be back then.

tracks;

01 Só quero um xodó
02 Nao chora meu amor
03 Baianeiro
04 Néga Tijucana
05 Retalhos de Cetim
06 Boa noite
07 Boi da cara preta ( Eneida, amor e fantasia )
08 Cai cai
09 É preciso cantar
10 Casca de coco

Something funny is going on here, the A-side of this LP has 4 numbers
according to the backcover, but the LP has 5 tracks on each side.
When we look at the arrangerscredits we see that we miss track 2.
If I listen closely I can not make out excactly, so for the record
I named that second track; ‘El hulk de la salsa’, after the albumtitle.
I hope you aprove there. By the way, don’t you just love that cover ?
This is an old time personal favorite, especially #’s 9 and 10 I used
to play a lot on party’s. Johnny Zamot beats
his rhythms tide, check it out !

tracks;

1 La musica es mi vida
2 ‘El hulk de la Salsa’
3 Ay corazon
4 La salsa ahora
5 Entre amistad
6 La humanidad
7 Amor tragico
8 Olvidame
9 Yo soy boricua
10 Traidores

Bottom image is ‘Roda de Samba vol. 1

Today is a buisy day for me, tonight we’ll have the first matches
in the group of the Netherlands, we talk about soccer. The European
Championship Soccer. Before that I have my work, so some early
posting today. As you may remember, about a month ago we had ‘Roda
de Samba vol. 1’, Now this here is volume 2, I have been trying to find
the original cover. My copy is a French pressing and I have no idea
how the Brazilian one looks like. If you have it , we would love to see
it, thanks. If we forget about the cover we can check on the music.Really nice Samba compilation with more or less the same artists
as on the first volume. ‘Aparecida’, ‘Sabrina’, ‘Rubens da Mangueira’,
but also the great ‘Nelson Cavaquinho’ appears on this one.
I always had a certain weakness for his voice.

tracks;

1 Aparecida – Proteçao
2 Sabrina – Acalentava
3 Nelso Cavaquinho – Quero alegria
4 Roda de Samba – Cantos Afros
5 Rubens da Mangueira – Por cima da linha
6 Aparecida – Rosas pra Lasa
7 Nelson Cavaquinho – Armas proibidas
8 Rubens da Mangueira – Morro velho
9 Sabrina – Liberdade
10 Dida – Chegou quem faltava chegar

‘Chimurenga’ is what they call this type of music, and it is from Zimbabwe.
Thomas Mapfumo comes in with this superb LP, he is the master in this style.
Originally released on Gramma in 1980, this is a 1986 re-release on
Earthworks. Very subtil guitar pushed African type of groove.
You’d better judge yourself.

tracks;

1 Shumba
2 Hwahwa
3 Mhondoro
4 Tinodanana
5 Nzwananai
6 Rita
7 Chitima Cherusununguko
8 Zimbabwe yevatema

Around 1980 there was a movement going on called ‘Dub Poetry’.
There were types with colourful names like, ‘Oku Onoura’, ‘Benjamin
Zepheniah’ and ‘Muta Baruka’. One of the founders of this movement
was without any doubt, ‘Linton Kwesi Johnson’, on this here record
he was still performing under the name ‘Poet and the Roots’. ‘Dread
Beat an’ Blood’, is a poetic collection of 8 protestsongs.
An LP I played thousands of times !

tracks;

1 Dread beat an’ blood
2 Five nights of bleeding
3 Doun di road
4 Song of blood
5 It dread inna Inglan
6 Come wi goh dung deh
7 Man free
8 All wi doin is defendin