Mazouni -- C.S.P. 5057 [Casaphone]

Real nice 7" by Mazouni. I thought the man from Phocéephone would post this, but since he hasn't, here it is. However, you can hear many more Mazouni songs on his blog.

A. Ya Zoubji
B. Houa Aaatitih Egalbek

va -- Fast Spinning Wax [Tristes Humanistes Mixtape]

There is a web page with a series of 5850 78 rpm records from someone's collection. They're divided into 7 categories: Arabic, Japanese, Greek, Italian, French, Russian and Latin. I made a selection of 21 songs, but go check out the rest if you like: http://78records.cdbpdx.com/ All the labels have been scanned, but the titles in arabic, cyrillic or greek alphabets are not decyphered. I'm not any better at doing so, so I added the labels to the zip. The tape has Brazilian, Latin, Arabic (Egyptian, I think) and Russian songs on side A, and Greek songs on side B. All 128kbps I'm afraid.

Here it is.

 

Soulef et Groupe Elfen -- Sidi Mansour [Tunisia]

A nice 7" from Tunisia.

Lucho Bermudez - El Padre De La Cumbia

Luis Eduardo Bermúdez was a colombian musician & composer. In the late 30's, after being a member of big/marching bands, he started to direct his own orchestras. Mainly performing in Colombia, he soon got the world's attention for his witty and wild songs, based on traditional colombian music (porros, gaitas, bolleros & new-born cumbia) with a tropico-american twist.
Here is a compilation of his famous 'Grandes Exitos' for the dancefloor, alongside darker, slower tunes sang by mysterious divas, who probably looked a bit like this:

1. Mi Cumbia
2. Arroz Con Coco
3. Colombia Tierra Querida
4. Caminito de Guarenas
5. Tambores de Chambacu
6. Mantequilla
7. La Bramadora
8. Tolu
9. Navidad Negra
10. Mapale Sabroso
11. Danza Negra
12. Prende La Vela - Toto la Momposina

Be Colombian here

Orlando Julius & His Afro Sounders -- Orlando's Afro Ideas [1969-1972]

Re-issued on short-lifed label EkoSound (a Soundway Records's side project) in 2003, these 'afro ideas' are Nigerian magic!

Here comes the groove

va -- Try Dance To This [Tristes Humanistes Mixtape]

An early-spring selection of more-or-less danceable tunes for you to enjoy. A kind of follow up to the 'End Of The World Party' series you can still find on ze right.

DöwnLöadHëre.

Side[A]
01--Arun Amin & Bonnie Remedios--Hippie Hindustani
02--Trinidad & Tobago Steel All Stars--Do Your Thing
03--Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou--Malin Kpon O
04--Umtali Chipisa Band--Zuwa Rashona
05--Alcides Lopes--Cidade-mulher
06--Michi Sarmiento y su Combo Bravo--Cumbia Raja
07--Banda Bajera de San Pelayo--Descarga en Cumbia
08--Iqbal Quereshi--Unknown (from Love in Simla)
09--M. Ashraf--Unknown (from Ibadat Vol.II)
10--Nestor Hountondji & Les Doyens--Mé Adomi Nan

Side[B]
11--Kwamy & O.K. Jazz--Tika kobebisa muana
12--Vicky & O.K. Jazz--Una bella muchacha
13--Andre Williams--Mozelle
14--Gary Davis and His Professor--The Pop
15--Baligh Hamdi--Qissat Hob
16--Zia--Helelyos
17--The Green Arrows--Nyoka Yendara
18--Bereket Mengistab

Santé!

va -- Tony's Wife [Tristes Humanistes]

Been some time now. Here's a new comp with sublime music from everywhere. Thanks to all the friends and bloggers who contributed without knowing: Perez Zeledon, Graham Mushnik, Mohahaha, Asparagus Dave, Jeremy, Claire, Roady, Thomas and more. A drink to all of them, and one to Tony and his wife. Also one to Owl for courage.

Downlink load.

01 helmut qualtinger: marcia funebre/drei gaunze schüleng
02 sun ra: tony's wife
03 unknown: chemirocha (jimmy rogers)
04 hoang oanh: mua xuan nay anh hat quanh nam
05 yao su yong: unknown
06 orchestre paillote: kadia blues
07 mahmoud ahmed: unknown
08 luiz eca & sagrada familia: please garcon
09 vinicius de moraes: berimbau
10 rasha: leali
11 le thu: sao bien
12 aksak maboul: ciobane
13 centaurus: carinha di bo pai
14 kamil efendi: hicaz taksim 1
15 willamu osale: usimalize mali
16 nji raden hadji djoeleha: lindeuk djapati
17 romke de waard: cylinder music box
18 robert wyatt: alifib

The cover looks a bit pale because it was made with a pencil, but it works fine when printed out, I think.

va - Let's Go Calypso! -- Top Singers And Bands From The Bahamas [195?]

"Features King Scratch and the Bay Street Boys, ca. late 1950s. "These two acts," the brief liner notes attest, "have long been favorites in the islands and many a tourist has felt the gay and carefree spell they cast with the charm of their readings and infectious Calypso rhythms. This is as much a part of the islands as the palm trees or lovely beaches." Despite a preponderance of cruiseship standards (e.g., "Marianne," "Sly Mongoose," "Jamaica Farewell," "Donkey Wants Water"), the performances are refreshingly "native" and highlighted by raucous percussion. Meaning, these recordings were not prettied up for export." [I. Chusid]

Here lives it.

Les Chakachas -- Eso Es El Amor & 11 More Songs On RCA [196x]

"The Chakachas were a group of Belgian-based studio musicians, formed and led by Gaston Boogaerts, who served as the group's arranger. They first appeared during the early '60s, recording a playful mixture of Latin music, jazz, and European-style exotica."

So here we have three early 60's Eps by them. I finally took a bit of time to rip a few records. Get them here.


RCA 75.117
a1 - Eso Es El Amor
a2 - Canalla
b1 - Ma-Ma-Du
b2 - Tou Bou Dou






RCA 75.119
a1 - Guapacha
a2 - Arriba La Conga
b1 - Chouchou
b2 - Pa La Paloma






RCA 75.123
a1 - El Charlatan
a2 - Conga Del Mayorar
b1 - Serenata Negra
b2 - Conga Maye

va - GIME SOME CHEWING GUM! (Graham's Vinyl Rips Vol.1) [Mixtape GRHM#02]

Here's a selection of 18 songs ripped from my record collection, it includes a lot of 60's R'n'b and Soul-Jazz, some Psychedelic, Reggae or Cajun Zydeco, a couple of experimental soundtracks...

1. Grundig Announcer - Apollo 70 (excerpt)
2. Mel Torme - Right Now
3. Danny Brown - Chewing Gum
4. The Emperors - Karate
5. Nino Ferrer - Les Cornichons
6. Delano Stewart - Dance With Me
7. The Tony Hatch Orchestra - Out Of This World
8. Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier - Jericho Jerk
9. Cannonball Adderley - Why (am I treated so bad)
10. Betty Harris - Ride Your Pony
11. Sun Ra - Tony's Wife
12. Humane Society - Eternal Prison
13. Clifton Chenier - Zydeco Son Pas Sale
14. J.B. Lenoir - I Feel So Good
15. Ko Ko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
16. Garnett Mimms - Look Away
17. The Fabulous Playboys - Honky Tonk Woman
18. Kenny Graham & His Satellites - Sunday

Get it here.
(new link)
Vol. 2 to come very soon!

va - Գարուն: GARUNA (Spring) [Mixtape TH#14]

New seasonal (rather out of season actually) mixtape with more minor scales, falling leaves, broken hearts...

Tracklist:
A
1. Komitas Vardapet «Garuna»
2. Bessie Banks «Go Now»
3. Phongsi Woranut «Phit Wang Yang Khoi»
4. T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo «Ako N'Venan Niwa»
5. Pedro Santos «Agua Viva»
6. Mário Rui Silva e Ana Paula «Zeca Camarão»
7. Artur Nunes «Tia»
8. Wilmoth Houdini «Black But Sweet»
9. Roza Eskenazi «Mas Kynigoun Ton Argile»
10. Stellakis Perpiniadhis Anna Pagana «Dhervisis ke Anna»
B
11. J. Baczkowskiego Orkiestra «Oberek Pulawiak»
12. Reet Hendrikson «Haanja miis»
13. Washington Phillips «Lift Him Up That's All»
14. Elizabeth Cotten «Freight train»
15. Daniel Johnston «Surely you don’t work at night»
16. West Coast Art Experimental Band «I Won't Hurt You»
17. Betty LaVette «Let me Down Easy»
18. Prince Buster «Faith»
19. Komitas Vardapet «Garuna»

The first version of Garuna (track 1) is sung by Komitas' star pupil, Armenak Shahmuradian, with Komitas himself accompanying on piano (thank ya øשl). The second version (track 19) was performed by Anna Parsamyan in my local church.

va - END OF THE WORLD PARTY VOL.03 [Mixtape TH#11]

A new home compilation to keep the feet busy. Will go fine with your favourite whisky and a bunch of sweaty boys and girls.

01 - MEL TORME - RIGHT NOW
02 - LEE DORSEY - CAN YOU HEAR ME
03 - ALTHEA & DONNA - UPTOWN TOP RANKING
04 - JOYA LANDIS - MOONLIGHT LOVER
05 - PHYLLIS DILLON - WOMAN OF THE GHETTO
06 - ORQUESTA SONORA CURRO - PATULECO
07 - IDAMERICA RUIZ CON O. AYALA - NO LLORES PORQUE ME VOY
08 - THE MIGHTY TERROR & HIS CALYPSONIANS - CALYPSO WAR
09 - C.W. STONEKING - THE LOVE ME OR DIE
10 - THE NEW JERSEY QUEENS - PARTY DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT
11 - RAIL BAND - MARABAYASA
12 - EBO TAYLOR & UHURU-YENZU - LOVE AND DEATH
13 - ZURYASH ABEYE - ARADA
14 - MOHAMMED AD MADLOUL - TITLE UNKNOWN
15 - OMAR KHORSHID - AH YA ZEIN

Thanks to the Baron and the Major who opened my eyes to most of these tracks.

 Download link.

Volume two is here.
Volume one is here.