Manu Dibango Africadelic 1973 (Original release) 2006 reissue Hi & Fly Records HF00019 RIP Emmanuel N’Djoké Dibango, 1933 – 2020, a victim of COVID-19.
Bando da Lua, Grupo “X”, Anjos do Inferno, 4 Ases e 1 Coringa – Samba da Minha Terra (1992 Revivendo)
Bando Da Lua, Grupo “X”, Anjos Do Inferno, 4 Ases E 1 Coringa – Samba da Minha Terra 1992 Revivendo RVCD 019 1 –Bando Da Lua -Saudades Do Meu Barracão 2 –Anjos Do Inferno – Vatapá 3 –Grupo “X” – Até A Lua Chorou 4 –4 Ases E 1 Coringa – Cabelos Brancos
Fela Kuti & Afrika 70 with Ginger Baker – Live! (1971)
Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa ’70 With Ginger Baker – Live! (1971) As the newly-revived “Curb Your Enthusiasm” has made abundantly clear, it is far to late to wish you all a happy new year. In fact, I managed not to post anything at all in the first month of the new decade. I had…
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Christmas Album (1968) [2015 24bit 88.1 khz]
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Christmas Album 1968 Original Release, A&M Records 2015 this 24-bit 88.1 khz Reissue This week, I’ve been enjoying the unexpected and excellent Christmas album by Los Lobos. But since that album is brand new, you will just have to get your own copy or stream it somewhere. Instead, I…
Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Everybody Loves The Sunshine (1976) (2016 UMG Gold Reissue)
Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Everybody Loves The Sunshine Original release 1976 Polydor 2016 Reissue – Polydor / The Verve Music Group B0024310-01 This 40th anniversary gold pressing is a nice reissue of one of the high points of Roy Ayers Ubiquity’s catalog. There is less vibraphone and a lot more Arp on this one. Every…
The Grateful Dead – The Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80 & 10/10/80
Grateful Dead – The Warfield, San Francisco, CA 10/9/80 & 10/10/80 Vinyl rip in 24-bit/192 kHz | Art scans at 300 dpi Grateful Dead Productions / Rhino Records – R1-585396 This is a gorgeous collection of acoustic music from The Grateful Dead. The Dead were doing “unplugged” sets before anybody called them that, but in…