Monday 23 July 2018

va -- Soul Island (Graham's Summer Comp)

Subtitled "Folk, Soul and Liberated sounds from around the Globe", this is not a Soul-music compilation, but a selection of warm and soulful tunes that - I hope - will suit many summery moments and situations!
60's/70's soundtracks (including Willow's Song from British masterpiece The Wicker Man), South-African Jive, Rocksteady, hairy Psych-Pop, Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders' spiritual Jazz, groovy Turkish & Egyptian movers... and more: HERE

A1 Piero Umiliani - Folk Time (Italy)
A2 Miriam Makeba & Harry Belafonte - Train Song (USA/South Africa)
A3 The Meters - Soul Island (USA)
A4 Derrick & Pauline Morgan - Never Miss The Water (Jamaica)
A5 Orchestra Baobab - Aduna Jarul Naawo (Senegal)
A6 Henry Mancini - Wait Until Dark (USA)
A7 Paul Giovanni & Magnet - Willow’s Song (UK)
A8 Mesut Aytunca ve Siluetleri - Bir Dost Bulamadim (Turkey)
A9 The Strawberry Alarm Clock - Strawberries Mean Love (USA)

B10 Ajda Pekkan - Baksana Talihe (Turkey)
B11 Iman El Bahr Darwish - Mahsobko Endas (Egypt)
B12 Mogollar - Ilgaz (Turkey)
B13 Nina Simone - Take Care Of Business (USA)
B14 Kamuran Akkor - Kabahat Seni Sevende (Turkey)
B15 Alice Coltrane & Pharoah Sanders - Stopover Bombay (USA)
B16 The Strawberry Alarm Clock - Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow (USA)
B17 Kamuran Akkor - Bilemem Bilemem (Turkey)
B18 Ammar El Shariey - Funk Excerpt (Egypt)

Thanks: SebCat, Benny Gordini.