João Donato “Lugar Comum” Released 1975 on Philips Reissued 2004 on Dúbas Música 1 Lugar comum (Gilberto Gil, João Donato) 2 Tudo tem (Gilberto Gil, João Donato) 3 A bruxa de mentira (Gilberto Gil, João Donato) 4 Ê menina (Guarabyra, João Donato) 5 Bananeira (Gilberto Gi, João Donato) 6 Patumbalacundê (Orlandivo, Durval Ferreira, Gilberto Gil,…
Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Egypt 80“Army Arrangment” Released 1985 on Celluloid (CELL 6109) Reissued 2001 on MCA (314 549 381-2) I am too upset and angry to write a commentary for this album. I stayed awake all night watching online live coverage of the situation in Egypt, then woke up and watched their Vice President…
Bama, The Village Poet Ghettos of the Mind”1972 on Chess Records (CH-50032)Reissue on Aware Records A1 I Got Soul 4:46 A2 Welfare Slave 5:47 A3 Nothingness 2:26 A4 Thanksgiving 3:52 A5 Ghettos Of The Mind 0:31 B1 The Right To Be Wrong 4:17 B2 Blessed Marie 3:55 B3 Justice Isn’t Blind 2:35 B4 Social Narcotics…
This is a repost from an old entry made in 2008, by request. In the first few months I was not posting FLACs at all and this em pee tree set is also higher quality. Unfortunately there is nothing I can do about the ugly art scans since my copy is currently locked in my…
This is an old post disguised as a new post (as you surmise from the verb tense used related to the box set). It was written in May. I have not written anything new for it. Except that last sentence where I wrote that I wasn’t going to write anything new — and this one…
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes “Cosmic Funk” Released 1974 Flying Dutchman Records (BDL 1-0591) 1 Cosmic Funk Smith 5:39 2 Footprints Shorter 6:11 3 Beautiful Woman Smith 6:58 4 Sais (Egypt) Mtume 8:16 5 Peaceful Ones Smith 5:03 6 Naima Coltrane 4:01Produced by Bob Thiele Engineered by Bob SimpsonElectric bass – Al Anderson…
