African Fiesta Sukisa 1966-? Docteur Nico 05

05/04/13 repost adds 49b Yo Soy Tu Dolor and 50b Para Bailar, thanks to Moos @ Global Groove.
04/23/13 repost adds 68b How Mi Closen, a phonetic Buddy Holly translation via Beatles For Sale. 'How mi closen, tummy now you feel...'
In 1965 African Fiesta split apart, with Docteur Nico carrying on as African Fiesta Sukisa while Tabu Ley Rochereau and band manager Roger Izeidi set up African Fiesta 66 and then African Fiesta National. I've divided what I have of Nico's Sukisa singles tracks into two posts. Plenty of great stuff here, as expected, although I miss the ambiance of the Vita stuff. Tubes vs. transistors, maybe? These have been gathered from vinyl and CDs and downloads including YouTube, so bitrates and sound quality vary considerably. Thanks again to Alastair Johnston for his Docteur Nico Discography (new improved second edition now available), without which these humble compilations would not exist.  
There are two very different versions of Exhibition Dechaud. I now believe the 2:34 track belongs with the fourth collection of Vita singles, the 3:37 one here. Which would mean that the N'Gola 45 reissue of Sukisa 71 posted on YouTube, where I grabbed the b-side, has African Fiesta on one side and African Fiesta Sukisa on the other. But don't quote me. This post and Docteur Nico 04 have been revised.

Docteur Nico African Fiesta Sukisa @ 45Tours
The Far From Complete Sukisa Singles 1966-?
Part 1 of 2

01 11a Comono
02 14a Cimetière
03 20b Zongela Mbeto Na Yo
04 37a Doublez Doublez
05 47a Bougie Ya Motema
06 47b Runeme Mama
07 48a Tour d'Afrique
08 48b Yaka Toyambana
09 49a Chantal
10 49b Yo Soy Tu Dolor
11 50a Sule
12 50b Para Bailar
13 51a La Palomar
14 51b Pauline
15 52a Impercoque
16 52b Saouda
17 53a Mwa Kassanda
18 53b Pokwa Paris
19 54a Yo Canto
20 54b Zaido
21 55a La Jolie Bebe
22 56a Damela Que Tu La Tiennes
23 56b Je M'En Fous
24 57a El Tonto de Mi Lugar
25 57b Mbankada
26 58a Eramorando
27 58b Marie Pauline
28 59a Na Kendeki Na Poto
29 61a Nasali Eloko Te
30 61b Sasonado
31 63a Nzongo
32 63b Sanduku Etundi
33 64a Sanza Zomi Na Mibale
34 64b Suavilo
35 66a Okosambuisa Ngai
36 67a Limbasa Ngai
37 67b Eh Bien Mon Ami
38 68b How Mi Closen
39 71a Exhibition Dechaud
40 71b Nansha Nkayende
41 72a When A Man Loves A Woman
42 72b Charlotte
43 73a Soy Del Siboney
44 73b Sizarinne
45 74a Moni Mambo
46 77a Tu M'as Deçu Chouchou
47 77b Save Me
48 78a Doris
49 78b Si Yorando
50 79a Kiri Kiri Mabina Ya Sika
51 79b Sookie

Vinyl, CD and downloads various bitrates
Part One
Part Two 

African Fiesta Sukisa 1966-? Docteur Nico 06

Last batch of Docteur Nico Vita & Sukisa 45s. As always, Alastair Johnston's discography has been an invaluable resource, without which these six compilations would not exist. And of course, if you might possibly have any missing numbers you would consider sharing, let me know. Especially b-sides.

Docteur Nico African Fiesta Sukisa @ 45Tours
The Far From Complete Sukisa Singles 1966-?
Part 2 of 2 

01 80a Nakei Abidjan
02 80b Lion du Desespoir
03 82a Semeki Etali Yo Te
04 86a Chantal Komonela Ngai
05 87a Mobali Atulaka Te
06 89a Manzedi
07 89b Libaku Eponi Te
08 90b Olga
09 92a Capacite Ya Bolingo
10 93b Mokili Makambo
11 94a Pauline La Preferée
12 94b Mwasi Va Mibali Mibale
13 95a Boya Kobina
14 95b Lassen Yembila Ngai
15 96a Adeline
16 97a Mira
17 97b Mokili Ya Nzambe
18 98a Julienne Importée
19 98b Oluki Likambo Obangi
20 100a Sukisa Miziki Ya Lokumu
21 100b Aimé Zonga!
22 101a Okosi Ngai Libala
23 102a Cherie Julie Nalingaka
24 102b Marie Anne
25 103a Tekele
26 104a Motema Se Likolo
27 104b Kilimadjaro
28 105a Asala Malekoun
29 105b Mbanda Peugeot
30 107b Bolingo Ezali Mpo Na Kisi Te
31 108a Nakopenda Marie Nella
32 108b Ntumba
33 109a Adieu Freetown
34 109b Afrique de l'Ouest
35 110a Lucifer
36 112a Sadi Na Boyi Masumu
37 112b Ruguia
38 113a Nazali Se Mobali Na Yo
39 114a Kamunganzi Ko
40 116b Fanta Diara
41 119a Bolongo
42 119b Adios
43 129a Mandona
44 130a Celina
45 130b Mwika
46 133a Bolingo Ya Kobomba
47 ???? Kamulanga
48 501a Yokolo Pt 1
49 501b Yokolo Pt 2
50 502a Nalingi Yo Na Motema
51 502b Ozali Suka Ya Mobali
52 503a Munka
53 503b Angèle Ozali Wapi
54 504a Talaka Na Miso
55 504b Merengue Nico

cd, vinyl and downloads @ various bitrates
part one
part two
part three

african fiesta @ 45tours on vita 1963-5 docteur nico 02

04/23/13 repost adds 47b Tokeseni Te.
Here's the second act, whatever I've got from Vita singles 26-50. The usual superlatives apply. Favorites here include Eleki Ndelo, Nella Negrita and Mamu Wua Mpoy. Likers of my listenings might like my lookings as well. Thanks, all.

docteur nico african fiesta @ 45 tours
the far from complete vita singles 1963-5
part 02 - vita 26-50

01 26a Ma Kulutu
02 27a Africa Jazz Lipopo
03 27b Mobembo Eleki Tata
04 28b Matulekele
05 30a Mwasi Ya Bangando
06 30b N'Soso Pembe Na Lipopo
07 31a Madina
08 31b Nalembi
09 32a Eleki Ndelo
10 33a Nella Negrita
11 34b Libaku Ya Nguma
12 35a Ah! Congo
13 35b Amicale Lipopo
14 36a Mamu Wua Mpoy
15 37a Mirielle Mwana
16 39a Olingaki Nde Ngai
17 39b Rythi Mboka Muzungu
18 40a Batu Ya Congo
19 40b Donde
20 41b Prosabel Boyoma
21 42b Ndima Maloba
22 44b Paquita
23 46a M. Felie
24 47b Tokeseni Te
25 50a Celibataire Niongo Te
26 50b Aura Moreno

cd and vinyl and downloads @ various bitrates

balla et ses balladins @ 45tours

4/23/13 repost adds track 10 Nanfoule (belated thanks to Nauma).
The Balladins were with Bembeya Jazz the most sophisticated of Guinea's golden age Authenticité bands, their Syliphone 45s holding much of their absolute best work. The quality and variety of these tracks is stunning, as Sakhodougou - Samba - Kognö Koura show. Whether languid or swinging, you can pretty much count on quivering Latin horns as well as electric guitars infusing local traditions with shards of surf and psychedelia. This collection is nearly complete, with Moi Ça Ma Fout b-side Vacillon the only holdout. If you happen to have it and are willing to share, please let me know. Bon appétit.

balla et ses balladins
balladins @ 45tours
the (nearly almost) complete syliphone singles 1968-75

01 J.R.D.A. 1967 (Jardin de Guinée)
02 Diaraby 1967 (Jardin de Guinée)
03 Diaraby SYL 505a 1968
04 Yo Te Contres Maria SYL 505b 1968
05 Bedianamo SYL 506a 1968
06 P.D.G. SYL 506b 1968
07 Soumbouyaya SYL 507a 1968
08 La Guineé Moussolou SYL 507b 1968
09 Tara SYL 508a 1969
10 Nanfoule SYL 508b 1969
11 Moi Ça Ma Fout SYL 517a 1970
12 Kaïra SYL 520a 1970
13 Sakhodougou SYL 520b 1970
14 Samba SYL 545a 1972
15 Kognö Koura SYL 547a 1972
16 Bi Diamana Möo SYL 545b 1972
17 Como Cocina Et La Corda SYL 547b 1972
18 Djina Moussö SYL 549a 1972
19 Manta Lokoka SYL 549b 1972
20 Ancien Combattant SYL 571a 1975
21 Nyo SYL 571b 1975
22 Hafia SYL 572a 1975
23 Wilikabo SYL 572b 1975

cd and vinyl @320

The Secret Gift Of Screws 2001

Hyperactive young finger-picker bound for glory.

Essential Oils -- are wrung --
The Attar from the Rose
Be not expressed by Suns -- alone --
It is the gift of Screws --

The General Rose -- decay --
But this -- in Lady's Drawer
Make Summer -- When the Lady lie
In Ceaseless Rosemary --

                                                - Emily Dickinson

Songs for the original Gift Of Screws were recorded throughout the nineties, but when Warners execs listened to Buckingham's mixed and mastered CD, it was obvious how much more valuable these gems would be as Fleetwood Mac. So seven tracks were tweaked and Stevie'd for inclusion on 2003's Say You Will. Other Gift Of Screws tunes turned up on solo and group projects over the years, the title cut finally appearing as such in 2008, but here's the CD submitted to Warners, supplemented by four outtakes and demos (*), easily revertable to the official seventeen track CD with running sequence in first download. As said, remixes or remakes of many titles are available elsewhere, but they make a fine song cycle as the author intended. Shadow Of The West compiles twenty soundtrack contributions, live cuts, outtakes, demos and guest appearances from 1979 to 2012, as well as the clean, minimal mix of I Know I'm Not Wrong that was used on vinyl copies of Tusk and has not appeared since then, even on a deluxe edition CD set featuring no less than three demos showing stages of that song's evolution. Secret Screws has been assembled from CD, torrent, message board and YouTube, so bitrates are what they are.

Gift Of Screws
Warner/Reprise 2001 (unreleased)
01 Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
02 Miranda
03 Steal Your Heart Away
04 Red Rover
05 Come
06 She Smiled Sweetly
07 Down On Rodeo
08 Murrow
09 To Try For The Sun
10 Shuffle Riff
11 My Little Demon*
12 Deep Dense*
13 Gift Of Screws
14 Bleed To Love Her
15 Go Insane
16 Given Thing*
17 Gotta Get Away
18 Twist Of Fate
19 Wear You Down (Steve's Riff)*
20 Say Goodbye
21 The Singer Not The Song

Shadow Of The West
01 I Know I'm Not Wrong (Tusk original mix)
02 Demo #2 (Tusk demo)
03 Blue Monday (Mirage jam)
04 Goodbye Angel (Mirage outtake)
05 Teen Beat (Mirage outtake)
06 Holiday Road (live on WBCN Boston 03-26-93)
07 Eyes Of The World (Mirage demo)
08 Hold Me (Mirage w/ Lindsey lead vocal)
09 Time Bomb Town (Back To The Future OST)
10 I've Been Loving You Too Long (Mirage jam)
11 I Want You Back (Mick Fleetwood's Zoo)
12 Magnet And Steel (Walter Egan)
13 The Spinning Of The World (John Stewart)
14 Walls (Tom Petty)
15 On The Wrong Side (With Honors OST)
16 Peacekeeper (non-Mac alternate)
17 Stephanie (live in Fort Worth 08-24-12)
18 She Acts Like You (This Is 40 OST)
19 Shadow Of The West (Law And Order)
20 The Farmer's Daughter (Fleetwood Mac Live)

Secret Gift Of Screws
Shadow Of The West

The Secret Open 2004

Q-Tip had a tough time carrying on the fusion of jazz, rock and hip-hop that made A Tribe Called Quest such a big deal. Soon after his second solo effort, 2002's Kamaal The Abstract, was shelved by troubled Arista Records, he signed with equally troubled DreamWorks and recorded a whole other project called Open, which featured guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel with guest appearances by Common, D'Angelo and Andre 3000. But Open went unreleased as well, with DreamWorks shutting down for good one year later. Q-Tip fled to Universal Motown, who promised to release a reworked Open as Live At The Renaissance but did not. In 2008, several remixed Open tracks turned on The Renaissance as well as the Abstract Innovations 'mixtape', with Kamaal The Abstract finally seeing light of day the following year. Pieces of Open were scrounged from here and there including YouTube, so some bitrates may disappoint. Pie is never free.

Open
DreamWorks 2004 (unreleased)
01 Johnny Died
02 Black Boy
03 The Official
04 N/A (w/ Common)
05 Say Something For Me
06 Interlude
07 Not Gone Have It
08 Unknown
09 Feelings
10 Where Do You Go?
11 Unidentified
12 That's Sexy (w/ Andre 3000)
13 Late Mornin'
14 Compute
15 I Believe (w/ D'Angelo)
16 Lisa (extended instrumental)
17 Instrumental
18 Lisa (originial)

Open

Faraquet Live In Cincinnati 06-28-99 Chokebore - Unwound - Phleg Camp - Pitch Fork - Tom Verlaine

01 Yo Yo
02 Whole Thing Over
03 Study In Movement
04 Um Die Ecke
05 Review
06 Call It Sane
07 Pretty (Without The R)
08 The Alaskas
09 Corpse Pose
10 Everything Is Weird
11 Twilight Pink
12 Hog Bottom
13 Thin Ice
14 Goat
15 Sinking
16 Clear It Away
17 Bomb

01-07 Faraquet live in Cincinnati 06-28-99
08 from Chokebore Black Black LP
09-10 Unwound 45
11-12 Phleg Camp 45
13-15 Pitch Fork Saturn Outhouse 45
16-17 Tom Verlaine live in Berlin 04-03-87

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