va -- Pitter-Patter (Graham's Vinyl Rips Vol.2)

A selection of 18 great tracks - a lot of crazy R'n'B and raw Funk but also Lousiana Cajun, Soukous, Italian pop... The man on the image is Pigmeat Markham, an American comedian who recorded a handful of records - some of which are regarded as the first Rap recordings!

01 - Pigmeat Markham - Here Come The Judge
02 - Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol
03 - Carl Lester - When You See Me Hurt
04 - Chris Kenner - Land of 1000 Dances
05 - Lonnie Donegan - Lorelei
06 - Don& Juan - Pot Luck
07 - Cyril Neville - Gossip
08 - Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier - Teen Tonic
09 - Orchestre Tout Mopia - Mokili Mayi Ya Buatu
10 - Sam Cooke & Karl Bryan - Lost & Lookin'
11 - The 4 Sportsmen - Pitter-Patter
12 - Lee Dorsey - Can You Hear Me
13 - Marie Falcon - Mme Entelle Two Step
14 - Badeau & the Louisiana Aces - Back Door
15 - Big Brown & the Gamblers - My Testament
16 - Bunker Hill - Hide & Go Seek
17 - Delano Stewart - That's life
18 - Moondog - Bird's Lament

Volume 3 coming up very soon!

va -- Claustrofobia [Tristes Humanistes Mixtape]

A mixtape of dance music with usual afro & latin stuff to move and be happy to. Thanks to all friends and bloggers for contribution.

Tracklist:

Side A
01 - Urbano de Castro - Kiá Lumingo
02 - Super Mama Djombo - Dissan Na M'bera
03 - Roger Lejuste - Col Coller
04 - Los Hijos Del Sol - Cariñito
05 - Los Corraleros de Majagual - La Burrita
06 - Alfredo Gutierrez y Sus Acordeones Dorades - Cumbia Colombia
07 - Luiz Gonzaga - Pedido A Sao Joao
08 - Dominguinhos - Sanfona Sentida
09 - Martinho da Vila - Claustrofobia

Side B
10 - Dixie Kwankwa - Kulusizi
11 - Cissé Abdoulaye & Les Vautours - Les Vautours
12 - Chico Mann - Mayombe
13 - Zouk All Stars - Zouk Zombi
14 - Francis Bebey - The Coffee Cola Song
15 - King Coleman- Down In The Basement
16 - Walker Edmiston - I Dreamt I Saw Krushchev
17 - Bill Haley & The Comets - Thirteen Women

va -- Nobody But You [Tristes Humanistes Mixtape]

New selection for spring on it's way. All my favorite tunes of now ─ hope you like them too.

Side A:
01 - The Talbot Brothers - Waiting For Mary Jane
02 - Lord Tanamo - Rainy Night In Georgia
03 - Manos Hadjidakis - The Urchins Down In The Meadow
04 - Dionne Warwick - Walk On By
05 - Luiz Gonzaga - A Morte Do Vaqueiro
06 - Orkes Al Wathan Medan - Anak Yatim
07 - Ozdemir Erdogan - Gurbet
08 - Frank Nagai - Yogiri Ni Kieta Jan

Side B:
09 - Aoe Mina - Nagasaki Blues
10 - Unknown
11 - Katsutaro Kouta - Tokyo Ondo
12 - Unknown - I Xenitia (Gurbet)
13 - Missa Luba - Kilio
14 - Thione Seck & Son ensemble - Diamono Y Tey
15 - Mama Mama Divua Diame - Avozinho
16 - Dee Clark - Nobody But You
17 - The Kavaliers - Get That Communist, Joe
18 - Del Close & John Brent - Summary

va -- Furusato: Early Enka 1930's & 50's [Tristes Humanistes Mixtape]

Here's a comp of haunting Enka music from Japan. Side A is all girls (except Fujiyama Ichiro) from the 30's, and side B is all boys from the 50's. The 30's songs have a crazier sound, but also the arrangement is wilder. The 50's recordings usually feature strings and the voice is louder in the mix.

The picture on the cover is that of Katsutaro Kouta.

Side A (30's Gals)
01 -  Kouta Katsutaro -  Tokyo Ondo
02 -  Ichimaru -  Tenryuu Kudareba
03 -  Kouta Katsutaro -  Musumegokoro
04 -  Kouta Katsutaro -  Ooshima Okesa
05 -  Miss Columbia -  19 no Haru
06 -  Kouta Katsutaro -  Sanosabushi
07 -  Kouta Katsutaro & Mishima Isse -  Gionbayashi
08 -  Kouta Katsutaro -  Okesa Odori
09 -  Fujiyama Ichiro -  Moeru Gojinka

Side B (50's Boys)
10 -  Hayashi Isao -  Dance Party no Yoru
11 -  Obata Minoru -  Namida no Changu
12 -  Tabata Yoshiro -  Tsuki no Defune
13 -  Kirishima Noboru -  Guitar-zuki yo
14 -  Tsumura Ken -  Otoko no Sugao
15 -  Oka Haruo -  Aitakatta Ze
16 -  Tsuruta Kouji -  Aka to Kuro no Blues
17 -  Tabata Yoshiro & Shiratori Miz -  Oyako Funauta
18 -  Frank Nagai -  Yogiri ni Kieta Jan

Martinho Da Vila -- Rosa Do Povo [1976]

Beautiful album by Martinho Da Vila. I've had this for some time but never realised how good it was till today ─ specially the opening song 'Claustrofobia'. Wiki here and tracklist below.

1. Claustrofobia
2. João e José
3. Não tenha medo, amigo
4. Invenção de Orfeu
5. História da liberdade no Brasil
6. Coisa louca
7. Chorar não cabe agora
8. Quem me dera
9. Piquenique
10. Choro chorão
11. Ai, que saudade que eu tenho

TURKISH TAPE SPECIAL #6 Hüseyin Bıçak -- Sekreter Kız [1997]

No pop music this time ─ after the highly commercial Seda Sayan, here is a very nice tape by kemence master Hüseyin Bıçak. Repetitive and fast fiddle music with voice and percusion in odd signatures.

TURKISH TAPE SPECIAL #5 Seda Sayan -- Varmısın [2001, Marsandiz International]

Very modern and commercial production, but I don't know, I quite like this tape by superstar Seda Sayan. I'm not sure about the track names since my tape has no j-card, and since the tracklist I found on internet mentions only 10 songs.

An earlier (and better) tape by Seda Sayan here.

Monks -- Black Monk Time [1966]

Very good album by garage band 'Monks', formed by american GIs in Germany in the 60's.

El-Hadj Wasiu Kayode As-Sideeq & Alfa Qamardeen Yusuff (Ayeloyun) -- Opeloyeru [Tape Rip]

If I am not mistaken, this is a 2002 tape of islamic Yoruba music from Lagos. I bought this tape in Dalston Market in London, from a miserable looking stall. The cassettes were litteraly covered in earth, but under the plastic they were brand new and in perfect condition (did the earth protect them from the sun?).

Since the music doesn't stop in between the songs and the beat stays the same, I made only two files ─ one fer each side. The tracks are:

A1. Opeloyeru
A2. Gbese Oni Wole Tomi
A3. Allah Ya Allah
A4. Foriji Mi

B1.Duniyana Hasanata
B2. Iwo Baba Iwo Momo
B3. Moni Allah Nile
B4. A O Maa Kirun

Below are videos of El-Hadj Wasiu Kayode As-Sideeq (who I suppose to be the singer on side A) and Alfa Qamardeen Yusuff aka Ayeloyun (side B).

Anu Malik -- Naajayaz OST [Tape Rip]

Tape rip of 1995 Bollywood film soundtrack by Anu Malik ─ courtesy of Graham Mushnik. Delightful stuff.

1. Kya Tum Mujhse Pyar Karte Ho
2. Darwaza Khula Chhod
3. Tujhe Pyar Karte
4. Ek Kadam Tera Ek Kadam Mera
5. Barsaat Ke Mausam Mein
6. Tujhe Pyar Karte Karte
7. Lal Lal Hothon Pe
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