I made this compilation some years ago for a friend’s birthday,
let’s say that it’s all you Groovers around the Globe’s birthday today,
This gift’s for you, hope you enjoy it. ‘Baila la Cumbia Sabrosa’!

tracks;

1 Alfredo Gutierrez – La Cañaguatera
2 Orchestra Edmundo Arias – El Mecanico
3 Corraleros de Majagual – Caballo viejo
4 Armando Hernandez – La Zenaida
5 Alfredo Gutierrez – Aguardiente con leche
6 Jimmy Pedrozo – Sirvientes modernas
7 Orchestra Edmundo Arias – Atlantico
8 Chico Cervantes – La Fiesta in Corraleja
9 Lisandro Meza – Cumbia p’a oriente
10 La Sonora Cienaguera – La piojosa
11 Alfredo Gutierrez – La banda borracha
12 Los Tupamaros – El viejito parrandero
13 Romulo Caicedo – Guepa je
14 Lucho Bermudez – Colombia tierra querida
15 Lisandro Meza – Y de plata que
16 Orchestra Edmundo Arias -Juanita bonita
17 Alfredo Gutierrez – Cumbia serrana
18 Jimmy Pedrozo – Lo mas sabroso
19 Diomedes Dias – Herencia
20 La Sonora de Baru – Negra linda
21 Guillermo Gonzalez – Lupita
22 Los Satelites – Ocaso Marino
23 Climaco Sarmiento – Cumbia Sabrosa
24 Alfredo Gutierrez – Festival in Guarare

From 1987 this is a compilation that was received gratefully.
I remember we used to spin this jewel again and again.
A must have for every Latinlover.

tracks;

1 Linda Leida y la Bahia – Defiendeme Santa Barbara
2 Bobby Rodriguez – Olvidame
3 Alfredo Valdes – la Mulata Cubana
4 Monguito ‘El Unico’ – Con cariño a Panama
5 La Sonora de Baru – Festival in Guarare
6 Rolando la Serie – Ay ! se paso la Serie
7 Linda Leida y la Bahia – Arroz co manteca
8 Los Guaracheros de Oriente – Ocana Sordi
9 La India de Oriente – Como se baila el son

Ever since I found this LP, I was a youngster, I fel in love
with it’s cover, what a gorgeous drawing by Abigail Maucotel.
And then that sound, ‘Jump Up’ is Trinidad music, the happiest sound
you’ve ever heard. This is serious Party material,
Jump UP !

tracks;

1 Riverbank Jump Up
2 Benwood Dick
3 El negrito
4 The road march
5 Jamaica Jump Up
6 Happy wanderer
7 Elaine, Harry and mama
8 Second hand piano
9 St. Thomas
10 Village ram
11 Surprise merengue
12 Laziest man

Yesterday at work a guy walked in with this here single, he visited
Global Groove and thought,” there’s a good place for that old single”,
and here it is, ” never heard it”, he said, ” I bought it for it’s cover”.
Well, it’s quite nice actually, thank you for supporting, check it out.

tracks;

1 Ay Che camino
2 Zamba del Commandante

Temperature is rising again, summer is breaking through.
A good moment for another fine piece of Soukous, Sam
Mangwana guarantees just that.

tracks;

1 Georgette Eckins
2 Zewa idée
3 Zela ngai nasala
4 Timithe

One of Beth Carvalho’s finest recordings to my opinion,
it sounds clear and warm, an RCA Victor that deserves to be.
A real treasure for samba lovers.

tracks;

1 Vou festejar
2 Visual
3 O Isaura
4 Marcando bobeira
5 Meu caminho
6 Goiabada-cascao
7 Você, eu e a orgia
8 Lenço
9 Passarinho
10 Linda borboleta
11 Que sejam bem-vindos
12 Agoniza mas nao morre

I don’t know how many times I’ve been playing this here LP.
It was one of my first reggae albums and it was on the turntable
a whole lot more then many others around that time. Jacob Miller
( like always with the Lewis brothers), Inner Circle, Fat Man
Ridim Section, many names, same group of guys. ‘Suzie
Wong, she’s my baby, and don’t think I’m crazy’, Look
at the size of these men and you understand.

tracks;

1 Don’t let money fool you
2 Suzie Wong
3 Tenement yard
4 Every day with you girl
5 Dock of the bay
6 Tired felick weed in a bush
7 Truth has come again
8 All night till daylight
9 Forward Jah Jah children
10 Why can’t we be friends
11 Roman soldiers of Babylon

Until now we saw two great latinlabels at Global Groove.
the Colombian label, “discos Fuentes’ and New York label ‘SAR’.
It’s about time to post some latin of the great ‘Fania’, a New
York label that started early 70’s, correct me if I’m wrong.
One of Fania’s biggest stars through the years is without any
doubt, ‘Johnny Pacheco’. I quote the backcover of this LP;
Sound, rhythm, and change…..three words that seem to go
well with Johnny Pacheco. The sound was Charanga, the
rhythm was Pachanga,and the change was welcomed by
dancers around the world; but this is a restless world of
innovations, and the most restless of all is JOHNNY !
Change the sound, change the rhythm, charge the air with
musical energy……the flute become drums, the violins
become trumpets, blend in voices, and the metamorphosis
is complete. Fania Records is proud to launch this new
sound which is being presented to you,
the listener, by Johnny Pacheco.

tracks;

1 Cañonazo
2 Como mango
3 Pinareño
4 Cabio sile
5 Campeon
6 El kikiriki
7 Labrando la tierra
8 Fania
9 Yo soy guajiro
10 El pregonero
11 Dakar, punto final

The 14 Canonazos Bailables series always show pretty girls on their
covers, this is volume 20 from 1980 which contains some huge hits.
Musica Muy Alegre de Colombia ! Guepa je !

tracks;

1 Pastor López y su Combo – Nuestro Anillito
2 Rodolfo y su Típica RA7 – Vagabundo soy
3 Alfredo Gutiérrez – Dos mujeres
4 Pastor López y su Combo – Donde estas
5 The Latin Brothers – Valluna
6 Rodolfo con los Hispanos – Cariñito
7 Los Návidos – El canchis canchis
8 Rodolfo y su Típica RA7 – Colegiala
9 La Sonora Dinamita – Ay chave
10 Billo’s Caracas Boys – En que parara la cosa
11 Los Hijos de la Niña Luz – Las Tapas
12 Gabriel Romero – La subienda
13 Pastor López y su Combo – Lloro mi corazon
14 Calixto y Eliécer Ochoa – Te estan matando los años

When early eighties the first Youssou N’Dour LP, ‘Immigrès/Bitim
rew’ reached me, I was astonished. What a different sound. After
some digging I found the LP he worked on before that, ‘Absa Gueye’.
Listen and find out what a treasure this is. Years later I went to a
Youssou N’Dour concert in ‘Nighttown’ Rotterdam, It was great
and as I left the building, some of the band’s people were selling
‘tama’s’ ( talking drums )at the corridor. 200 Dutch Guilders they
asked( in those days ), quite some money I thought. They were
friendly pushing me to buy the drum and told me they were made
by ‘Assane Thiam’, Youssou’s Tamaplayer. Wow, now I got really
interested, these were fine pieces of handicraft by the great ‘Assane’.
I said ;” okay, I’ll buy one if you have it signed by Youssou N’Dour”,
and so it went. LUCKY BASTARD I AM !The guy went away
with the talking drum and within 3 or 4 minutes he was back with
it, signed on one side by Youssou N’Dour, and on the other side
by ‘Assane Thiam’. To our surprise the whole group was sitting at
the nextdoor snackbar later, having fun and in a very relaxed
atmosphere, they were giving autographs
to everybody, supernice.

tracks;

1 Dom sou nare bakh
2 Jalo
3 Absa gueye
4 Mane kouma khol thi yao
5 N’guiro na
6 Baye wali
7 Esta China
8 Tu veras