Hamza El Din“Music of Nubia”1964 Vanguard Records (VMD164) 1. Fegir Nedan :: Call To Worship 2. Desse Barama :: Peace 3. Aiga Denos Ailanga :: Give Back My Heart 4. Hoi to Irkil Fagiu :: The Message Bearer 5. Kuto Fa Pattaroni :: Children’s Songs 6. Shahadag Og :: Believe! 7. Nabra :: Raw Gold…
Paulo Moura “Fibra” Released 1971 Reissue 2007 on Coleção Galeria / Atração 01. Fibra 2:35 02. Ana Lia’s Blue 3:26 03. Filgueiras 2:58 04. Samba de orfeu 3:33 05. Tema dos deuses 3:04 06. Vera Cruz 3:30 07. Aquarela do Brasil 3:20 08. Cravo e canela 2:47 09. General da banda 2:50 10. Bitucadas nº2…
Lightnin’ Hopkins “Soul Blues” Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in May 4-5, 1964. Recording Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder. Originally released on Prestige / Bluesville (PR 7377), 1966 Digital remastering by Phil De Lancie (1991, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley). 01. I’m Going to Build Me a Heaven of My Own 02. My Babe 03. Too Many…
Al GREEN Full of Fire Released on Hi Records, 1976 This pressing, The Right Stuff, 1996 Recorded at Royal Recording Studios, 1320 South Lauderdale, Memphis, Tennessee 38118. Mastered at Audiotronics, Memphis, Tennessee. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Willie Mitchell Yesterday I took a four-hour bus ride with no headphones and this song (above) ran through…
LaBelle – NightbirdsReleased 1974Epic (KE 33075) 1. “Lady Marmalade” (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan) – 3:56 2. “Somebody Somewhere” (Nona Hendryx) – 3:25 3. “Are You Lonely?” (Nona Hendryx) – 3:12 4. “It Took a Long Time” (Raymond Bloodworth, L. Brown, Bob Crewe) – 4:03 5. “Don’t Bring Me Down” (Allen Toussaint) – 2:48 6. “What…
Hallelujah Chicken Run Band Take One (1974-79) Analog Africa No.2 2006, Alula Records (ALU 2002) What a thing of beauty this disc is! Africa during the 1960s witnessed a host of incredible bands that came to prominence playing their music in the dim afterthoughts of colonialism, the sweat and smoke-filled corners of leisure found in…
