This Samba album by Maria Creuza is a Fantastic spin.
I found it some years ago in an Amsterdam secondhand recordstore.
My copy is a French one as you can see, the bottomcover is the
original one. No matter what cover you like most, this LP sounds
so fresh and clear, and it contains some great songs. Aqui temos
um album muito bom por Maria Creuza, um album que eu sempre
gostei pa caramba, vai escutar com bastante volume.

tracks;

01 – Chega Pra Lá (Élton Medeiros / Joacyr Santana)
02 – Rala Rala (Wilson Moreira / Nei Lopes)
03 – Amor de Mãe (Nelson Cavaquinho / Guilherme de Brito)
04 – Exaltação à Tiradentes (Tiradentes) (Mano Décio da Viola / Penteado /Estanislau Silva)
05 – Pouco Importa (Cartola)
06 – Soldado do Amor (Cartola / Nuno Veloso)
07 – Cordas e Correntes (Martinho da Vila)
08 – Quem Lucrou Fui Eu (Monarco)
09 – O Namorado de Maria (Partido Alto) (Xangô da Mangueira / Aniceto do Império)
10 – Alhos e Bugalhos (Zé do Maranhão)
11 – Madrugada (Zé Keti)
12 – A Timidez Me Devora (Jorginho / Walter Rosa)

A nice piece of samba from 1973.
Pedrinho Rodrigues brings some well known songs on ‘Sambe ou se Mande’.
POVO FELIZ SAMBA !
Espero que vao gostar deste LP !

tracks;

01 Mexe mexe
02 Tem capoeira
03 Lendas do Abaeté
04 Amor amor
05 Zodíaco no samba
06 Se ela quer
07 A dança do Cafuné
08 Se Deus quiser
09 O saber poético da literatura de Cordel
10 Foi assim

Another dancecollector with mixed types of African music.
Soukous and Highlife.
Hope you like it !

tracks;

1 Bibi Den’s Tchibayi – The best ambience
2 Bibi Den’s Tchibayi – Sawambe
3 Bibi Den’s Tchibayi – Elisa Kouadio
4 Super Mazembe Orchestra – Shauri Yako
5 Pat Thomas – Asante Kotoko
6 Tchico – Nostalgie d’Afrique
7 Tchico – Au revoir Adely
8 Tchico – Detty love
9 Tchico – Sané Mamadou
10 Tchico – Veronica linda
11 Super Sweet Talks – Twerno

Gregory Isaacs with his golden voice appears on Vigin Records with
a great line-up, Next to Sly and Robbie we see Leroy Wallace, Santa,
Leroy Sibbles, Bo Peep, Bingy Bunny, Sticky and Skully, Gladstone Anderson,
Winston Wright, Ansil Collins, Nambo, Bobby Ellis, Deadly Headly,
Earl ‘Wire’ Lindo, Junior Delgado and Dennis Brown.

tracks;

1 Universal tribulation
2 Mr. Brown
3 Down the line
4 Lonely girl
5 Bumping and boring
6 My relationship
7 Slave market
8 Black liberation struggle
9 Jah music
10 Soon forward

This one is an old personal favorite, I think I bought it around 1980
and played it very much those days.
Willie Colon comes in with a true beauty, the voice of ‘Hector Lavoe’,
Produced by ‘Jerry Masucci’ and recording director, ‘Johnny Pacheco’.
” Azucar !”

tracks;

1 Che Che Colé
2 No me llores más
3 Ausencia
4 Te conozco
5 Juana Peña
6 Sonero mayor
7 Sangrigorda
8 Tu no puedes conmigo

This is my first African single, I bought it at the latest recordfair
in Utrecht, april this year. French dealers always bring great African stuff.
Only two tracks but two great ones.

tracks;

1 Mose-Konzo
2 Lisa ngomba

What can I say ?
All circumstances were right, SAR, Roberto Torres, a set of fine musicians,
the year 1984, nothing could go wrong on this session.
Just listen and agree.

tracks;

1 El viejo Miguel
2 El presidario
3 Para que aprendas
4 Me matan pero yo gozo
5 Me voy contigo
6 Mi pueblo
7 El guere guere
8 El Popurri
a Vanidad
b Escandalo
c Ay, que tiene ella !

Mbalax they call it back in Senegal and Youssou N’Dour is inventing it
on this LP. Do it like this,
Stand in the middle of your room, turn up the volume, close your
eyes, start # 1 and let the warm flow of Youssou’s sound
come over you, those drums, his voice, that baseline……

tracks;

1 Immigres / Bitim rew
2 Pitche mi
3 Taaw
4 Badou

Do you emember this one Zeca ?
When I visited the Great Zecalouro of
Loronix some time ago,
he gave me this LP, now it’s time to give it back to Zeca and to all
you Global Groovers around the world.
This is Samba from Carnaval 1976 and a real dance album.
I want to recommend this one to all sambalovers, it’s a killer.
Thank you Zecalouro for rocking !

Muito obrigado Brasil, voce abriu os meus olhos, a minha vida mudou
como nunca desde conheço o Samba !

P.S. I called this group Rubens da Mangueira e Amigos, because
Rubens is the only one I am sure of to sing on this LP.
I think to hear some well known musicians but no credits are given
so I’d rather don’t guess !

tracks;

1 Aquarela Brasileirra
2 Gato malandro
3 Na beira do mar
4 O mar serenou
5 A Deusa dos orixas
6 Os Meninos da Mangueira
7 Pandeiro e viola
8 A dona do primeiro andar
9 No reino da mae do ouro
10 Moça
11 A véia debaixo da cama
12 Estrela de madureira
13 Mulher Brasileira
14 Casa cheia
15 Fusao em caxias
16 Qualquer coisa
17 Mexe mexe

Another great Johnny Pacheco LP, from 1973 on Fania.
This copy has been played almost too often, unfortunately it has
a little hiss and track # 7 starts with a crack and a jump, but still
I didn’t want to withhold this beautiful album from you. ’10 Great
Years’, from ’63 to ’73, Johnny Pacheco comes in with a nice
selection of hits from between those years. Singers are, like on
many of Pacheco’s albums, ‘Pete ‘El Conde’ Rodriguez’, and
Chivirico Davila. I quote the backcover;
” For the past 10 years, Johnny Pacheco has been one of the biggest
influences in Latin Music.
A favorite with both the Latino and the
American dancing public since his rise to national fame with the
Pachanga, Johnny keeps you moving and swinging with his
‘tipico’ rhythms. In this collectors album, you will be able
to sample some of the hit tunes which have delighted
people over the past 10 years.”

tracks;

1 La esencia del Guaguanco
2 Pinareño
3 Dulce con dulce
4 Convergencia
5 Soy hijo del Siboney
6 Azucar mami
7 Sonero
8 Sarandonga
9 El pescador
10 Guararey na’ma
11 El champolon ( bacalao )
12 Alto songo