Oh yes, hier hebben we weer zo’n benga pareltje uit het jaar 1977.
Wederom op het Nigeriaanse Jicco label vinden we deze met de
Winam Jazz Band uit Kenya. We hadden reeds eerder twee van
hun albums, hier en hier, uit 1976 en 1977. Die van vandaag klinkt
gelukkig stukken beter. Hoera voor benga ..

Oh yes, here we’ve got another little benga pearl from the year 1977.
Once more on the Nigerian Jicco label we find this one with the Winam
Jazz Band from Kenya. We had us two of their records on earlier occa-
sions, here and here, from 1976 and 1977. Today’s album fortunately
sound s alot better. Hip hip hooray for benga music ..

Jicco Records

tracks ;

01 – Leni miss rhodesia part 1
02 – Sigand nyiri masani
03 – Pim sembe gi nyamin
04 – Samy
05 – Leni miss rhodesia part 2
06 – Omolo radin’g
07 – Jenifa a.k.
08 – Albert otieno

In de categorie oude popplaten vandaag het debuutalbum
van de Sparks. In den beginne noemden ze zich nog Halfnelson,
de naam die al snel om commerciele redenen werd veranderd
in Sparks. Alleen dit eerste album is onder deze naam. Gepro-
duceerd door Todd Rundgren en een elpee die de broertjes
Russell en Ron Mael weinig tot geen succes bracht. Verder
met Earle en Jim Mankey en Harley Feinstein. Zelf heb ik
er altijd met plezier naar geluisterd ..

In our popmusic category today the debut album of the Sparks.
Back in 1971 they called themselves Halfnelson, a name they
changed in Sparks very quickly for commercial reasons. Only
the first album was released under this name. Produced by
Todd Rundgren and an elpee that didn’t bring fortune and
fame to the brothers Russell and Ron Mael. Also with Earle
and Jim Mankey and Harley Feinstein. Personally
I have always enjoyed it ..

Wikipedia
Discogs

tracks ;

01 – Wondergirl
02 – Fa la fa lee
03 – Roger
04 – High C
05 – Fletcher honorama
06 – Simple ballet
07 – Slowboat
08 – Biology 2
09 – Saccharin and the war
10 – Big bands
—- (No more) mr. nice guys

On Dick’s Records from Onitsha Nigeria we find this strange
album. It contains a funny rhyme, “A pretty kitten, All black
and white. Call him to play, I think he might”. As far as I can
see, it has got nothing to do with the music. We hear benga
from Kenya by Orchestre Varieté Africaine? Except for one
offering on Afrowanted, it is ungoogleable so to speak. The
label nor sleeve give us any information on the topic. No
song titles, nothing at all. If anyone can shine a light
on this record, please do .. enjoy listening ..

Op Dick’s Records uit Onitsha Nigeria vinden we deze wel
zeer vreemde plaat. Hij heeft een rijmpje op de hoes dat
voor zover ik kan vaststellen niets met de muziek van doen
heeft. “A pretty kitten, All black and white. Call him to play,
I think he might”. We horen benga uit Kenya door Orchestre
Varieté Africaine? Behalve een aanbieding op Afrowanted
is de plaat ungoogleable zogezegd. Het label noch de hoes
geven enige informatie over de band en het album, geen
titels, helemaal niets. Als er iemand is die erover ver-
tellen kan, heel graag, veel luisterplezier ..

tracks;

01 – track #1
02 – track #2
03 – track #3
04 – track #4
05 – track #5
06 – track #6
07 – track #7
08 – track #8

Tja Gerrit, je zei het al, ik ben benieuwd hoeveel reacties je hierop
krijgt. Alleen jij kon je er nog mee identificeren kennelijk. Dit is echter
geen reden om mijn Zappa revival te cancelen. Het is december en dat
is de maand van nostalgische popplaten hier op de Global Groove. Hier
is dus deel twee in de Frank Zappa en de Mothers of Invention story.
Absolutely Free, een heerlijke uitspatting uit het jaar 1967, luister ..

Yes folks, as blogpal Gerrit already predicted, the first Mothers of Invention
did not provoke any reactions except for his own. Meanwhile we continue
our little Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention revival for it is december,
the month for nostalgic popmusic records here at the Global Groove. So here’s
part two, Absolutely Free from 1967. Enjoy listening .. or not ..

Wikipedia
Discogs, the Mothers
Discogs, Frank Zappa

tracks ;

#1 in a series of underground oratorios
01 – Plastic people
—–The duke of prunes
—–Amnesia vivace
—–The duke regains his chops
—–Call any vgetable
—–Invocation & ritual dance of the young pumpkin
—–Soft-sell conclusion & ending of side #1
#2 in a series of underground oratotios
02 – America drinks
—–Status-back baby
—–Uncle bernie’s farm
—–Son of suzy creamcheese
—–Brown shoes don’t make it
—–America drinks & goes home

Click on it !

..and now for something completely different.. These words
were famous of course through Monty Pythons Flying Circus.
Since small I was very much amused by everything out of
the ordinary, absurd, freaky if you will .. The music
of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention came to me
when I was about 15 years old and it shook me. My first
encounter was with ‘Live at Fillmore East’ a live registration
that left me with red ears at that young age. My love for the
works of Frank Zappa was born. Later I managed to collect
most of his wonderful records. If you are young like I was
then, let me shock you a bit and let you hear the works of
this great musician. This is his very first from 1966.
Fasten your seatbelts and fly with the Mothers ..

..and now for something completely different.. Dit gezegde
werd beroemd door de jongens van Monty Pythons Flying
Circus. Vanaf jonge leeftijd werd ik altijd al blij van alles wat
baanbrekend anders was, lekker absurd en freaky als je wil..
De muziek van Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
bereikte me op vijftien jarige leeftijd, het was de live plaat
‘Live at Fillmore East’ die me met rode oortjes achterliet.
Mijn liefde voor het werk van Frank Zappa was geboren.
Later wist ik de meeste van zijn geweldige elpees te be-
machtigen. Als jij nu zo jong bent als ik toen, laat me je
dan shockeren met de werken van deze grote musicus.
Dit is zijn allereerste uit 1966. Fasten your
seatbelts and fly with the Mothers ..

tracks ;

01 – Hungry freaks daddy
02 – I ain’t got no heart
03 – Who are the brain police ?
04 – Go cry on somebody else’s shoulder
05 – Motherly love
06 – How could I be such a fool
07 – Wowie zowie
08 – You didn’t try to call me
09 – Any way the wind blows
10 – I’m not satisfied
11 – You’re probably wondering why I’m here
12 – Trouble every day
13 – Help, I’m a rock
14 – The return of the son of monster magnet

Discogs
Wikipedia

tracks ;

01 – Don’t fight
02 – Follow selassie I
03 – Ethiopia pretty
04 – Cleanse your heart
05 – Garvey words
06 – Repatriations
07 – Hard life
08 – Psalm 121

Jah Woosh, real name Neville Beckford, is 23 years old, a
virgo, and one of the most exciting ‘toasters’ to emerge
from Jamaica in 1976. In may, during his visit to England
he had three records in the reggae top ten at the same
time. We feel this must be some kind of a record!
On this album, his first major solo album to be released in
England, he is backed by the Mighty Clouds and on several
of the titles his vocals are assisted by other Jamaican
artists.
On Albert Classau he is joined by Shelton Wallis and on
Falling in Love, Veronica Adams accompanies him. He
is also joined by Levi Williams on Don’t Do That and
Hubert Lee on In Deh.
All titles are written and produced by himself and
recorded at King Tubby’s and Channel One studio.
A fine debut album from Jah Woosh which should
really establish him as one of the front-line
skankers from Jamaica. (liner notes)

tracks ;

01 – Omega dollar
02 – Midnight version
03 – Albert classau
04 – Shimi skank
05 – Riding melody
06 – Falling in love
07 – Dreadlocks affair
08 – Natty ball head
09 – Don’t do that
10 – Rocking blues
11 – Black freedom
12 – In deh

Ze smaken zoals ze kraken, welk zoutjesmerk gebruikte deze
leus ook alweer ? Doet er niet toe. Ik ga eens een zwikkie lp’s
posten die eigenlijk teveel achtergrond geluid meedragen.
Zoveel dat het eigenlijk voorgrondgeluid wordt. Tegelijk zijn
het muzikale juweeltjes die beter verdienen. Sommigen van
jullie hebben tools in huis om kraakjes te verminderen, als
er daardoor niet teveel verloren gaat, een prima oplossing.
Vandaag een plaatje met Ali Chukwuma uit Nigeria’s 1977.
Laat ‘m je smaken ondanks het vele kraken ..

Some records that deserve better are doomed to get forgotten
because they carry far too much background noise. A real shame.
I’m going to post some of those despite the crackle and pops they
have. Some of you have the tools to reduce these disturbing sounds.
If that doesn’t hurt the recording too much, a good idea I’d say. Today
we find this record with Ali Chukwuma from Nigeria’s 1977, a nice
one if not so noisy. Part from audio freaks maybe interesting
for some of you ..

tracks ;

01 – Odi ofele
02 – Ogalanya enwe ikpeazu
03 – Onwu obinma
04 – Onye melu njo
05 – Nnewi young boys timber special

tracks ;

01 – Amin Xaaji Cusmaan, Cabdulaahi Iman “Zamir”, Kuusow “Kurtunwaarey” – Jamiila
02 – Xasan Xaaji Maxamed, Amin Xaaji Cusmaan – Laac
03 – Amin Xaaji Cusmaan – Dakhtar
04 – Amin Xaaji Cusmaan, Nuur Maxamed “Curuba”, Kuusow “Kurtunwaarey” – Yaabint
05 – Amin Xaaji Cusmaan, Cabdulaahi Iman “Zamir”, Kuusow “Kurtunwaarey” – Muumina
06 – Xasan Xaaji Maxamed, Amin Xaaji Cusmaan – Ma korto
07 – Amin Xaaji Cusmaan – Laiilaaf
08 – Amin Xaaji Cusmaan, Nuur Maxamed “Curuba”, Cabdulaahi Iman “Zamir – Siina miiri

Some people keep walking against this from time to time.
If the numbers you fill in to download keep coming back,
do not despair. If you try again on a later moment, it
will probably work as meant. We can’t seem to find out
why this occurs, it just does. Hang on, stay tuned and
eventually your patience will be rewarded ..

Lately I am experiencing a new problem, The moment I try
to launch a new post, the whole left column of the blog vanishes.
It is very annoying and I have several people looking at it.
It seems we’ll need to make some severe changes on the set up.
For the time being I can’t make any new posts without losing
the left part of the page, so hang on and some day in the near
future I’ll be back with new uploads. Thank you for understanding ..

Moos