balla et ses balladins @ 45tours

Vacillon added 9/14/16.
Nanfoule added 4/23/13 (belated thanks to Nauma.) The Balladins stand alongside Bembeya Jazz as the most sophisticated of Guinea's golden age authenticité bands, among so many great ones. Their Syliphone 45s hold much of their absolute best work, stunning in its quality and variety, as the Sakhodougou - Samba - Kognö Koura sequence shows. Whether languid or swinging, you can pretty much count on quivering Latin horns as well as electric guitars that use surf, soul and psychedelia to recast ancient stories in service of a revolution. This collection is now complete, the heretofore missing b-side Vacillon a very fine guitar workout.

balla et ses balladins
balladins @ 45tours
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 Vacillon SYL 517b 1970
13 Kaïra SYL 520a 1970
14 Sakhodougou SYL 520b 1970
15 Samba SYL 545a 1972
16 Kognö Koura SYL 547a 1972
17 Bi Diamana Möo SYL 545b 1972
18 Como Cocina Et La Corda SYL 547b 1972
19 Djina Moussö SYL 549a 1972
20 Manta Lokoka SYL 549b 1972
21 Ancien Combattant SYL 571a 1975
22 Nyo SYL 571b 1975
23 Hafia SYL 572a 1975
24 Wilikabo SYL 572b 1975

CD/VINYL FLAC 

Jim Jones & The Legendary Stardust Cowboy

The Legendary Stardust Cowboy's three Mercury 45s along with some Ohio obscurities that the discerning and deceased Jones squirreled away for me long long ago at the Record Rendezvous on Prospect in downtown Cleveland. Both Johnny Angel and Tom Claire were local lounge Sinatras, the former liable to scare off even the wildest divorcée with his deranged BANG! BANG! BANG! scatting. Bluesman Travis 'Moonchild' Haddix moved to Cleveland when he got out of the U.S. Army in 1959, joining Ernest & D.L. Rocco's band that same year. Around 1988, after decades in local joints, he signed with Ichiban and began a successful career while continuing to work full time for the U.S. Postal Service to support his family. The Ohio State Penitentiary's 511 Jazz Ensemble, named for the prison's PO box, was inspired by a program the Columbus Jazz Society prepared for Ohio State's FM station called Jazz Roundtable, a brief but welcome jailhouse respite from the prevailing Country and Rock in a city surrounded by farms. Alan Zahorchak on the other hand maintains an orbit of his own. Total WHAT, Jones?! That phrase was absorbed by all who knew another departed soul, Brian Kinchy aka Brian Sands aka Brian Biddulph, who introduced me to Jones on one of my many drives from Fostoria to be guided to Cleveland's secret promo bins, troves of forgotten 45s in shops all over town and of course the bargain bins in the big box stores, where one might find Shadows Of Knight picture sleeves for 2¢ or Nico's Marble Index 3/$1.00. Total WHAT?! can be used to express disbelief ranging from enchantment to exasperation. And if any kind soul happens to have files of Ernest & D.L.'s other single Billy's Bagg/How To Keep Your Man they'd be willing to share, I'd be eternally grateful!

01 Paralyzed     1968
02 Who's Knocking At My Door     1968
03 I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship     1968
04 Down In The Wrecking Yard     1968
05 Kiss And Run     1969
06 Everything's Getting Bigger But Our Love     1969
07 Cleveland's A Winner! - Tom Claire     1981
08 Singles - Johnny Angel     circa 1979
09 Night Time Girl - Johnny Angel     circa 1979
10 I Wake Up And It Rains - Alan Zahorchak     1977
11 End Up Losing - Alan Zahorchak     1977

12 Moon Child - Ernest & D.L. Rocco     1984
13 Count Terry Devine - Ernest & D.L. Rocco     1984

14 Counterry Bosa Davan - 511 Jazz Ensemble     1971

lossless

Don Covay - The REAL Mick Jagger

Although Don Covay is best known as the composer of numerous R&B standards, his voice should be familiar to almost everyone on Earth since a Rolling Stone has been using it for nearly two hundred years. Here is yet another exhaustive singles compilation to satisfy a persistent personal need, this one covering two decades. In that time Little Richard's one-time chauffeur went from doo-wop to black rockabilly to dance craze novelty to classic Atlantic R&B to sixties revival blues to slick Philly disco to Ohio Players funk. Selections have been scrounged from vinyl and CD as well as numerous YouTube posts with bitrates likely to drive sensitive listeners crazy. In addition to early singles as Pretty Boy (Penniman's term of endearment) and stuff released under Covay's own name; here are covers by Little Richard, Gladys Knight, Wanda Jackson, Wilson Pickett, Gene Vincent, Joe Tex, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Otis Clay, The Staple Singers, Small Faces, Shirelles, Capitols and many others. Still missing is Landa 704 b-side Truth Of The Light. Jimi Hendrix appears on both sides of Rosemart 801 as well as Little Richard's amazing I Don't Know What You've Got (But It's Got Me) while Wilson Pickett's I'm Gonna Cry features Ohio Untouchables' Robert Ward and his watery Magnatone. It's a shame that an exhaustive anthology with pages of notes and rare photos wasn't released before Covay's death on January 30, 2015. This 2020 quarantine edition adds a couple dozen files and upgrades others to lossless. DC3 consists of stuff I wasn't crazy about although your mileage may differ. DC2b has been blessed with a better rip of Soul Stirrer as of 01/09/21.

The REAL Mick Jagger - Don Covay @ 45Tours 1957-76
01 [Pretty Boy] Bip Bop Bip (Covay/Pedas/Perri) - Atlantic 1147a 1957
02 [Pretty Boy] Paper Dollar (Covay/Pedas/Perri) - Atlantic 1147b 1957

03 [Pretty Boy] Rockin' The Mule (Prosen) - Big 617b 1958

04 Ooh My Soul (Penniman) [alt]

05 [Pretty Boy] Mary (Ting-A-Ling) (Covay) - Norton EP-118 2004

06 [Pretty Boy] Switchen In The Kitchen (Covay) - Big 617a 1958
07 Believe It Or Not (Randolph/Murray) - Sue 709a 1958
08 Betty Jean (Randolph) - Sue 709b 1958

09 Ooh My Soul (Penniman) - Firefly 313b 1958
10 Wanda Jackson - There's A Party Goin' On (Covay/Berry) 1958

11 I'm Lonely Too (Holloway/Summers) - Blaze 350b 1959

12 Lillian Briggs - Diddy Boppers (Covay/Berry) 1959

13 Jimmy Jones - I Just Go For You (Covay) 1960

14 Sheiks - Please Don't Take Away The Girl I Love (Covay/Berry) 1960

15 Gene Vincent - Big Fat Saturday Night (Covay/Berry/Dixon) 1960
16 Comin' Down With The Blues (Covay) - Big Top 3060b 1960
17 Pony Time (Covay/Berry) - Arnold 1002a 1961

18 Hank Ballard - The Continental Walk (Conrad/Covay/Ballard/Berry) 1961
19 [Big Charlie & His Lemon Twisters] - Twist It Up (Berry/Covay) 1961
20 Every Which A-Way (Covay/Berry) - Columbia 41981b 1961

21 Wanda Jackson - Tongue-Tied (Covay/Berry/Lewis) 1961
22 Shake Wid The Shake (Covay/Berry) - Columbia 41981a 1961

23 See About Me (Covay/Porter) - Columbia 42058a 1961

24 Mary Ann Fisher - Give (Covay/Berry) 1961

25 Teen Life Swag (Randolph) - Columbia 42197b 1961
26 Where Are You (Now That I Need You) (Loesser) - Columbia 42197a 1961
27 Gladys Knight & The Pips - A Letter Full Of Tears (Covay) 1961

28 Stereos - Big Knock (Covay/Blackwell/Berry) 1961
29 Twistin' Train (Covay/Berry) - Epic 9484b 1961

30 Soldier Boys - You Picked Me (Covay/Spencer) 1962
31 Solomon Burke - I'm Hanging Up My Heart (Covay/Berry) 1962

32 Wade Flemons - Welcome Stranger (Covay/Berry) 1962

33 Gerri Granger - Castle In The Sky (Covay/Berry) 1962
34 Sam Cooke - Hold On (Covay/Berry) 1962

35 Jerry Butler - You Can Run (But You Can't Hide) (Covay/Dennison) 1962

36 One Little Boy Had Money (Mann/Appell) - Cameo 239b 1962

37 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Come See About Me (Covay/Porter) 1963

38 Do The Bug (Mann/Appell) - Cameo 251b 1963
39 Did You Hear (Covay) [demo] 1963

40 Marie Knight - I Was Born Again (Ott/Covay) 1963

41 Sandy Selsie - Don't Destroy Me (Covay) 1963

42 Bertha Colbert - Teardrop Avenue (Ott/Covay) 1963
43 Dee Clark - I'm Goin' Home (Covay) 1963

44 Turn It On (Jackson/Covay/Wisner) - Parkway 910b 1964

45 Three Time Loser (Covay/Miller) [demo] - Versatile NED 1123 c.1964
46 Your Love Has Got To Me (Covay) [demo] - Versatile NED 1123 c.1964

47 Bette Boothe - Teardrop Avenue (Ott/Covay) 1964
48 Tommy Tucker - Long Tall Shorty (Covay/Abramson) 1964

49 Shirelles - Doomsday (Covay/Abramson) 1964

50 Meridians - Blue Victory (Ott/Covay) 1964
51 Wilson Pickett - I'm Gonna Cry (Covay/Pickett) 1964

52 You're Good For Me (Covay/Ott) - Landa 704a 1964
53 Mercy Mercy (Covay/Miller) - Rosemart 801a 1964
54 Can't Stay Away (Covay/Ott) - Rosemart 801b 1964

55 Please Don't Let Me Know (Terry/Smith) - Rosemart 802b 1964
56 Take This Hurt Off Me (Covay/Miller) - Rosemart 802a 1964
57 Come See About Me (Covay/Porter) - Atlantic SD 8104 1965 
58 Can't Fight It Baby (Covay/Ott) - Atlantic SD 8104 1965

59 You Must Believe Me (Curtis Mayfield) - Atlantic SD 8104 1965
60 You're Good For Me (Covay/Ott) - Atlantic SD 8104 1965
61 Please Do Something (Covay/Miller) - Atlantic 2286a 1965

62 Little Richard - I Don't Know What You've Got (But It's Got Me) (Covay) 1965

63 I Never Get Enough Of Your Love (Covay/Cropper) - Atlantic 2301b 1965

64 See-Saw (Covay/Cropper) - Atlantic 2301a 1965
65 Everything Gonna Be Everything (Covay/Miller) - Atlantic SD 8120 1966

66 Sookie Sookie (Covay/Cropper) - Atlantic 2323a 1966

67 Watching The Late Late Show (Covay) - Atlantic 2323b 1966
68 Ben E. King - Don't Drive Me Away (Covay/Ott) 1966

69 Solomon Burke - Tonight's The Night (Covay/Burke) 1966
70 Iron Out The Rough Spots (Jones/Porter/Cropper) - Atlantic 2340b 1966
71 You Put Something On Me (Covay) - Atlantic 2340a 1966
72 Wilson Pickett - Mercy Mercy (Covay/Miller) 1966

73 Percy Sledge - I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You (Covay/Berry) 1966
74 Somebody's Got To Love You (Covay) - Atlantic 2357a 1966
75 Temptation Was Too Strong (Covay) - Atlantic 2357b 1966

76 Wilson Pickett - Three Time Loser (Covay/Miller) 1966

77 40 Days 40 Nights (Covay) - Atlantic 2407a 1967
78 The Usual Place (Covay/Randolph) - Atlantic 2407b 1967

79 Small Faces - Take This Hurt Off Me (Covay/Miller) 1967

80 Percy Milem - I Don't Know What You've Got (But It's Got Me) 1967
81 You've Got Me On The Critical List (Covay) - Atlantic 2440a 1967
82 Never Had No Love (Covay) - Atlantic 2440b 1967
83 Otis Redding - Demonstration (Covay/Redding) 1967
84 Otis Redding - Think About It (Covay/Redding) 1967
85 Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools (Covay) 1967
86 Little Richard - Try Some Of Mine (Covay) 1968

87 Etta James - I'm Gonna Take What He's Got (Covay) 1968

89 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Letter Full Of Tears (Covay) 1968
90 Otis Clay - That Kind Of Lovin' (Covay) 1968

91 It's In The Wind (Covay) - Atlantic 2494b 1968
92 Gonna Send You Back To Your Mama (Covay) - Atlantic 2521a 1968
93 House On The Corner (Covay) - Atlantic 2521b 1968
94 Soul Clan - Soul Meeting (Covay) - Atlantic 2530a 1968
95 Soul Clan - That's How It Feels (Covay/Womack) - Atlantic 2530b 1968

96 I Stole Some Love (Covay) - Atlantic 2565a 1968

97 Snake In The Grass (Redd/Martin) - Atlantic 2565b 1968

98 Aretha Franklin - See-Saw (Covay/Cropper) 1968
99 Etta James - You Got It (Covay) 1968

100 Sweet Inspirations - Watch The One Who Brings You The News (Covay) 1968

101 Capitols - Up On Top Now (Covay) 1968
102 Sweet Pea (Covay) - Atlantic 2609a 1969
103 Mad Dog Blues (Covay/Richardson) - Atlantic SD 8237 1969
104 Lou Johnson - I Can't Change (Covay) 1969
105 Wilson Pickett - Night Owl (Covay) 1969
106 Joe Tex - She Said Yeah (Covay/Nash/Pickett/Stevenson) 1969
107 Everything I Do Goin' Be Funky (Allen Toussaint) - Atlantic 2725a 1969

108 Soul Stirrer (Covay/Whyce) - Atlantic 2742b 1970

109 Brook Benton & Dixie Flyers - Shoes (Covay/Soule) 1970
110 Sweet Thang (Covay) - Janus 164a 1971
111 Standing In The Grits Line (Covay) - Janus 164b 1971

112 If There's A Will There's A Way (Covay/Hathaway) - Janus 3038 1972
113 Staple Singers - This Old Town (Covay/Pickett/Stevenson) 1972

114 King Floyd - Think About It (Covay/Redding) 1973
115 I Was Checkin' Out, She Was Checkin' In (Covay) - Mercury 73385a 1973
116 Money (That's What I Want) (Barrett Strong) - Mercury 73385b 1973
117 Somebody's Been Enjoying My Home (Scott/Darby) - Mercury 73430a 1973
118 Bad Mouthing (E. Darby/N. Jean) - Mercury 73430b 1973
119 We Can't Make It No More (Covay/Von) - Mercury 73468b 1975
120 Travelin' In Heavy Traffic (Covay/Wansel) - Philadelphia Intl. 3602a 1976
121 Once You Have It (Covay) - Philadelphia Intl. 3602b 1976

DC1 '57-65

DC2a '66-8

DC2b '69-76

DC3

I thought I would get it
From a missile flying through the sky
I thought it would be a hundred years
Before I turned over and died
Surely the end will come
I thought it would be an atomic bomb
But if you take your love away
Doomsday
Sha-la-la-la-la

Frith Greaves Blegvad - ZU 12/19/78

ZU was a project of UK scenemaker Giorgio Gomelsky, who relocated to New York after helping launch the careers of the Rolling Stones and Yardbirds from his Crawdaddy Club as well as producing early sessions for John McLaughlin, Graham Bond, Alexis Koerner and Soft Machine. He was soon forcing the likes of Magma, Henry Cow and Plastic People Of The Universe on unsuspecting Americans as well as encouraging young Bill Laswell to form a band that became Material after backing Daevid Allen as ZU Band and New York Gong. The present concert took place some two months after Gomelsky's ZU Manifestival - the first progressive rock summit in the United States. Frith played several Manhattan solo shows around this time, including one at Artists Space in Soho where he harmonized with sirens passing in the street below. There was also a misguided booking at the Mudd Club, where devoted fans were refused admittance for showing up in jeans, stocking caps, long hair and pimples. I was once halfway through the door of this chic nitespot behind two downtown celebrity pals when a great arm came down like a railroad crossing gate. Quality control figured there was no way the two sharp suits had come with Travis Bickle. According to the wondrous Blegvad discography that appeared on the defunct idiot dog website, there should be a nine minute reading between Silence and Big Guns Theme, where there is an audible edit. At any rate, it's great to hear the tapers gasping in wonder as they experience their imported heroes in the flesh for the first time.

Fred Frith, John Greaves, Peter Blegvad
w/ Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, Lisa Herman, Eugene Chadbourne, Michael Beinhorn, Dr. Dan
ZU Loft, New York City, December 19, 1978

01 Milk
02 Mostly Twins And Trios
03 For Bearings
04 The Rose Sob
05 Silence
06 Big Guns Theme
07 Alcohol
08 Strayed
09 Actual Frenzy
10 22 Proverbs
11 Riding Tigers
12 A Little Something
13 improv
14 improv
15 improv
16 improv

Photograph from Peter Blegvad / Andy Partridge Orpheus booklet.

FLAC

Recent English Experimental Music - Audio Arts Magazine Volume 3 Number 2

As murky and distorted as any early Hendrix bootleg.

Recent English Experimental Music
Audio Arts Magazine Volume 3 Number 2 
1976 

01 Howard Skempton - Waltz
02 Christopher Hobbs - Aran
03 Christopher Hobbs - Three Piano Duets
04 Gavin Bryars - Ponukelian Melody
05 John White - Piano Duet 10
06 John White - Piano Duet 11
07 John White - Piano Duet 12
08 John White - Piano Duet 13
09 John White - Photo-Finish Machine
10 Michael Parsons - Piano Piece 5
11 James Lampard - The Caterpillar
12 Michael Nyman - The Otherwise Very Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz

deteriorating cassette FLAC

L'Orchestre National Jazz du Dahomey - Impressions Sonores du Benin 1968

A joint effort with Benin music enthusiast Oro, whose original post of NJD 002 was my introduction to these almost forgotten heroes. 002 is reposted here along with 001 & 003, my own recent finds, as natural bookends. Explore Oro for more National-Jazz and countless other African treasures.

L'Orchestre National Jazz du Dahomey
Impressions Sonore du Benin eps circa 1968

NJD 001
01 Gbèto Koclozin Dohoun
02 Homé Su Bu Dè Ko
03 Étoile Sportive de Porto-Novo

NJD 002
01 Ave N'Dé Gninan
02 Jerk-Houélié
03 Ablanon
04 Ade Wè Dji Vi Ton

NJD 003
01 To Hô Gnon
02 A Vespa Ya
03 De L'Argent

FLAC

Prae-Kraut Kindergarten 1964-69

"THE SHAGGYS... Ah, the band that started it all! It was the irresistible charm of kindergarten bands like Rene & The 10 Less 5, Ric & The Skyliners, Magic Herbs and Wildcats that pushed us to share the results of our vinyl archaeology with the rest of the world. The Shaggys' first 45 was always top of the bill. Rumours of a second single gave us quite a hard time until we finally tracked it down. Like the Ragged Men record, it came out on Patria, formerly known as the R&B label. (R&B stands for whatever you like, but definitely not Rhythm and Blues.) "I'm Shy" features the immortal line, "You know it's hard to say, because I'm many shy". How can they say there's no German sense of humor?"   

Seventy-nine sacred minutes from the twenty-some volume Prae-Kraut and Electrick Loosers series, concentrating on the very weediest. To misquote The Rhythm Checkers, I know a dog when I find it; to paraphrase Captain Beefheart, They couldn't have done this if they knew what they were doing.

Prae-Kraut Kindergarten
German, Swiss & Austrian primitives

01 The Starfighters - I Like Trouble
02 The Slaves - Shut Up
03 The Skins - It's Too Late
04 The Rhythm Checkers - Theme Of The Rhythm Checkers
05 The Red Devils - Little By Little
06 Gesine Darieux & The Chosen Few - Crazy, Crazy
07 The Slaves - Get Out Of My Way
08 The Ragged Men - Love Is A Fight
09 The Candidates - Bad Bad Baby
10 The Slaves - You're The Only One
11 The Loosers - Understand
12 The Pralins - Jumpin' Run
13 The Wildcats - All Right
14 The Bats - Got A Girl
15 The Shaggys - I'm Shy
16 The Party Brothers - Every Night
17 The Retreads - You You You
18 The Robots - Soldier Beat
19 Time Out - Babe
20 The Shaggys - I Need You So
21 The Shaggys - Only An Hour
22 The Venture 5 - Yes Pretty Baby
23 The Slaves - Panic
24 The Slaves - Slaves Time
25 The Party Brothers - Our Love Is Gone
26 The Pontiacs - You Know Me
27 The Venture 5 - What's Your Name?
28 The Robots - It's Hard To Say
29 The Skins - What To Do
30 The Roadrunners - Little Ruby
31 The Rhythm Checkers - On Your Way Down The Drain
32 The Loosers - Sensitive

Downloads all. 
Numerous files have been upgraded over the years, with one Robot, one Party Brother and two Slaves now lossless.

Open Secret 2004

Q-Tip had a tough time carrying on the meld of hip-hop, jazz and elsewise 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, he signed with equally troubled DreamWorks and recorded a whole other project called Open, featuring 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 and then didn't. It wasn't until 2008 that rescued Open tracks appeared on Abstract Innovations and The Renaissance, with Kamaal The Abstract seeing light of day the following year. Many Secret Open tracks were scrounged from YouTube, so 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 Gon' 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

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 heard Buckingham's mixed and mastered CD it was obvious how much more valuable these gems would be as Fleetwood Mac. So seven of the songs were quickly Stevie'd up for release on the mothership's Say You Will. Other songs from the Lindsey sessions turned up on various solo and group projects over the years, the title cut finally appearing as such in 2008, but here's the 2001 Warners CD supplemented by four outtakes and demos. As said, many of these titles are available elsewhere, but they make a wondrous song cycle as originally intended. Shadow Of The West compiles twenty soundtrack contributions, live cuts, 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 original vinyl copies of Tusk. Tracks have been gathered from vinyl, CD, torrent, message board download and YouTube, so bitrates are what they are.

Lindsey Buckingham
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)
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

African Fiesta @ 45tours on Vita 1963-5 Docteur Nico 01.6

Version 01.6 replaces 9 mp3s with lossless.
Version 01.5 adds 22b Kingo Mwambe.
Version 01.4 adds 01b Tremendo Punto, at long last.
Version 01.3 adds 19b Liwa Na Ngai.
Version 01.2 adds 03a Eso La Vida.
Version 01.1 Enthusiast discographer Alastair Johnston has kindly provided information and files, resulting in the addition of four tracks - 08a En Guantanamo, 13b Nkembo Na Nzambe, 18b Willy Mopaya, 23a Azongi Na Bomengo. I thank him for his generosity and infinite wisdom.
According to Johnston's invaluable Docteur Nico Discography, African Fiesta came together in 1963, featuring Nicolas Kasanda on lead, his brother Dechaud on rhythm guitar and Tabu Ley Rochereau on lead vocals, with Roger Izeidi, Kwamy Munsi, Joseph 'Mujos' Mulamba, Joseph Mwena and Depuissant, adding Faugus Izeidi, Paul Mizele, Dominique Kuntima and Jeef Mingiedi in due time. Having developed his electric guitar skills in African Jazz and Rock-a-Mambo, Nico was really sailing by this time, exploring exotic tones and textures like a Congolese Jeff Beck. Cascades of single notes alternate with thick clusters, generally plucked instead of flat-picked, all purring and growling with natural tube sustain and distortion, tremolo and reverb. Check Angola Siempre for a characteristic 'Dieu de la Guitare' solo. African Fiesta managed to record over 250 sides in just two years, with 128 Vita singles released and nary a dud among the ones I've heard. This collection comes from my own vinyl and CDs along with many many downloads from across the interwebs, with Moos @ Global Groove a prime source. I've been advised that compilation tracks are not necessarily the same takes as the original 45s, but I don't often have multiple sources to compare. 25 Vita numbers will be covered in each post, however many tracks I actually have, with downloads revised if and when additions turn up. A list of missing sides is included in the rar, and any digital contributions would be very greatly appreciated.

docteur nico african fiesta @ 45 tours
the far from complete vita singles 1963-5
part 01 - vita 01-25

01 01a Rendezvous Chez Labas
02 01b Tremendo Punto
03 02a Bilomba Ya Africa
04 02b Mwasi Abandaka
05 03a Eso La Vida
06 03b Naleli Leo
07 04a Angola Siempre
08 04b Permission
09 05a Moto Abungaka
10 05b Rythmo Ya Suka
11 06a Bandimi Ngaï Tata
12 06b Tembe Nde Tembe
13 07a Camalée
14 07b Seli Kutu
15 08a En Guantanamo
16 08b Keba
17 09a Pesa Le Tout
18 09b Vivo Africa
19 10a Toyei Na Sango
20 10b Vidas
21 13a Nico Azongi
22 13b Nkembe Na Nzambe
23 14a Conseil Monetaire
24 14b Barumbu
25 15a Boni Boye
26 17a Bisengo Na Capitale
27 18b Willy Mopaya
28 19a Arsène Dionge
29 19b Liwa Na Ngai
30 20a A.M. Decantonio
31 21b Natuna Nani
32 22b Kingo Mwambe
33 23a Azongi Na Bomengo
34 25a Ngonga Ebeti
35 25b Godee

cd, vinyl, downloads @ various bitrates

African Fiesta @ 45tours on Vita 1963-5 Docteur Nico 02.2

Version 2.2 replaces 10 mp3s with lossless.
Version 02.1 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 33b Nganda Ya n'Somi
12 34b Libaku Ya Nguma
13 35a Ah! Congo
14 35b Amicale Lipopo
15 36a Mamu Wua Mpoy
16 37a Mirielle Mwana
17 39a Olingaki Nde Ngai
18 39b Rythi Mboka Muzungu
19 40a Batu Ya Congo
20 40b Donde
21 41b Prosabel Boyoma
22 42b Ndima Maloba
23 44a Eso Querida
24 44b Paquita
25 46a M. Felie
26 47b Tokeseni Te
27 50a Celibataire Niongo Te
28 50b Aura Moreno

cd and vinyl and downloads @ various bitrates

African Fiesta @ 45tours on Vita 1963-5 Docteur Nico 03.1

More of mankind's greatest achievements, now 60% lossless.

docteur nico african fiesta @ 45 tours
the far from complete vita singles 1963-5
part 03 - vita 51-75 

01 51a Natiya Zuwa Tina
02 51b Seis Linda Cubana
03 53a Ivi
04 54a Ya Gaby
05 54b L'Age Et L'Amour
06 55b Mwama Wa Mamu
07 56a Rochereau Pascal
08 57a Fiesta Kombo Ya Sika
09 57b Tozali Kozila
10 58b Contentieux Belgo-Congolais
11 59a Mama Egee
12 59b Maria Chantal
13 60a Lucie
14 60b Nadie No Puede
15 61a Santa
16 61b Tokei Koyekola
17 63b Mi Amore
18 64a Fiesta Na Milano
19 64b Mwana Ya Tabu
20 65a Sawa Ayaka Mozemba
21 65b Sey Sey
22 66a Madina 2
23 66b Nakokoma
24 67a Ba Bill Oye
25 67b Nin'zi
26 68a Mukala
27 68b Natali Yango Pamba
28 70b Guantanamera
29 71a Na Landa Baninga
30 71b Tosa Mpe Banga
31 72a Merengue President
32 72b Me Voy A Cantar
33 73a Biantondi Kasanda
34 73b Lolita
35 74a Domingo O Sabado
36 74b N'Daya Paradis

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African Fiesta @ 45tours on Vita 1963-5 Docteur Nico 04.2

4.2 adds 102a Alvoga, 104a Indicatif African Fiesta, 107a Bonne Année 64 and upgrades 20 mp3s to lossless.
4.1 adds 83a L'Age Et L'Amour, 83b Ya Gaby 2, 114a Una Sabroso, 115a Dit Coco, 121a African Club, 121b Porti Caliente, 122a Belinda, 122b Faux Millionaire, 124a African Fiesta Congo, 124b Tu Son, 125a Djeke, 125b Sangana, 133b Mwanza Distinguée.
Here's the final installment of the Nico Vita story, with two Fiesta Sukisa posts to come.

docteur nico african fiesta @ 45 tours
the far from complete vita singles 1963-5
part 04 - vita 76-133

01 76a Camalée
02 76b Kiboloso
03 77a Exhibition Dechaud
04 78a Mambo Hawaiienne
05 78b PB Zonga
06 79a Imana Ya Daring
07 81a Au Complet
08 82a Libala Nde Bisengo
09 82b Naleli Godee
10 83a L'Age Et L'Amour
11 83b Ya Gaby 2
12 100a Amartes
13 100b Minge Rumba Fiesta
14 101a Amasco Rwe Dima
15 101b Makila Eyina Nzoto
16 102a Alvoga
17 103a A Mimeza
18 103b Worriend
19 104a Indicatif African Fiesta
20 104b Nkulu Mobongisi
21 105a Asi Tu Viere
22 105b Molangi Ya Malasi
23 106a Foti Ya Ye
24 106b Le Chant De Malory
25 107a Bonne Année 64
26 107b Calabosso
27 108a Sukisa
28 108b Tabalissimo
29 109a Cubana Na Vis-a-Vis
30 109b Pablito
31 110a Café Rio
32 110b Majolina
33 111b Jaloux Jaloux
34 113a Carolina Carolina
35 114a Una Sabroso
36 114b Mama Ida
37 115a Dit Coco
38 121a African Club
39 121b Porti Caliente
40 122a Belinda
41 122b Faux Millionaire
42 123a Kele Ya Nini Saka
43 123b Pablo Gonzales
44 124a African Fiesta Congo
45 124b Tu Son
46 125a Djeke
47 125b Sangana
48 128a Omeli Mavi Na Tonga
49 133b Mwanza Distinguée 

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African Fiesta Sukisa 1966-73 Docteur Nico 05.5

Version 05.5 adds 18b Sophia Yaya and upgrades 14 mp3s to lossless.
Version 05.4 adds 59b Si Te Que Moura Casa and 68a Ah! Mokolo Wana.
Version 05.3 adds 69a Tika Navanda Na Ya and 69b Oye Congo.
Version 05.2 adds 49b Yo Soy Tu Dolor and 50b Para Bailar, thanks to Moos @ Global Groove.
Version 05.1 adds 68b How Mi Closen, a phonetic translation of Buddy Holly's Words Of Love 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. As expected, plenty of buried treasure here, although I miss the ambiance of the Vita stuff. Maybe Nico switched from tube amplifiers to transistors? 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.  

Docteur Nico African Fiesta Sukisa @ 45Tours
The Far From Complete Sukisa Singles 1966-73
Part 1 of 2

01 11a Comono
02 14a Cimetière
03 18b Sophia Yaya
04 20b Zongela Mbeto Na Yo
05 37a Doublez Doublez
06 47a Bougie Ya Motema
07 47b Runeme Mama
08 48a Tour d'Afrique
09 48b Yaka Toyambana
10 49a Chantal
11 49b Yo Soy Tu Dolor
12 50a Sule
13 50b Para Bailar
14 51a La Palomar
15 51b Pauline
16 52a Impercoque
17 52b Saouda
18 53a Mwa Kasanda
19 53b Pokwa Paris
20 54a Yo Canto
21 54b Zaido
22 55a La Jolie Bebe
23 56a Damela Que Tu La Tiennes
24 56b Je M'En Fous
25 57a El Tonto de Mi Lugar
26 57b Mbankada
27 58a Eramorando
28 58b Marie Pauline
29 59a Na Kendeki Na Poto
30  59b Si Te Que Moura Casa
31 61a Nasali Eloko Te
32 61b Sasonado
33 63a Nzongo
34 63b Sanduku Etundi
35 64a Sanza Zomi Na Mibale
36 64b Suavilo
37 66a Okosambuisa Ngai
38 67a Limbasa Ngai
39 67b Eh Bien Mon Ami
40 68a Ah! Mokolo Wana
41 68b How Mi Closen
42 69a Tika Navanda Na Ye
43 69b Oye Congo
44 71a Exhibition Dechaud
45 71b Nansha Nkayende
46 72a When A Man Loves A Woman
47 72b Charlotte
48 73a Soy Del Siboney
49 73b Sizarina
50 74a Moni Mambo
51 77a Tu M'as Deçu Chouchou
52 77b Save Me
53 78a Doris
54 78b Si Yorando
55 79a Kiri Kiri Mabina Ya Sika
56 79b Sookie

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African Fiesta Sukisa 1966-73 Docteur Nico 06.3

Version 06.3 adds 81a Nabatela Ebonga Ya Bana, 81b Cumbre Pachanga plus others I've forgotten, 8 mp3s are now lossless.
Version 06.2 adds 88a Sukisa Liwa Na Ngai and 141a Makambo.
Version 06.1 adds 82b Mal, 86b I Got The Feelin', 90a Nalapi, 99a Baoule, 133b Mobali Akolimbisa Mwasizon and 506a Echantillon Ya Pambamazon.
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.

Docteur Nico African Fiesta Sukisa @ 45Tours
The Far From Complete Sukisa Singles 1966-73
Part 2 of 2 

01 80a Nakei Abidjan
02 80b Lion du Desespoir
03 81a Nabatela Ebonga Ya Bana
04 81b Cumbre Pachanga
05 82a Semeki Etali Yo Te
06 82b Mal
07 86a Chantal Komonela Ngai
08 86b I Got The Feelin'
09 87a Mobali Atulaka Te
10 88a Sukisa Liwa Na Ngai
11 89a Manzedi
12 89b Libaku Eponi Te
13 90a Nalapi
14 90b Olga
15 92a Capacite Ya Bolingo
16 93a Cumbre Pachanga
17 93b Mokili Makambo
18 94a Pauline La Preferée
19 94b Mwasi Va Mibali Mibale
20 95a Boya Kobina
21 95b Lassen Yembila Ngai
22 96a Adelina
23 97a Mira
24 97b Mokili Ya Nzambe
25 98a Julienne Importée
26 98b Oluki Likambo Obangi
27 99a Baoulé
28 100a Sukisa Miziki Ya Lokumu
29 100b Aimé Zonga!
30 101a Okosi Ngai Libala
31 102a Cherie Julie Nalingaka
32 102b Marie Anne
33 103a Est-Ce Que Tekele?
34 104a Motema Se Likolo
35 104b Kilimadjaro
36 105a Asala Malekoun
37 105b Mbanda Peugeot
38 107b Bolingo Ezali Mpo Na Kisi Te
39 108a Nakopenda Marie Nella
40 108b Ntumba
41 109a Adieu Freetown
42 109b Afrique de l'Ouest
43 110a Lucifer
44 110b Okusuka Wapi?
45 112a Sadi Na Boyi Masumu
46 112b Ruguia
47 113a Nazali Se Mobali Na Yo
48 114a Kamunganzi Ko
49 116b Fanta Diara
50 119a Bolongo
51 119b Adios
52 120a Naboyi Yo
53 129a Mandona
54 130a Celina
55 130b Mwika
56 133a Bolingo Ya Kobomba
57 133b Mobali Akolimbisa Mwasizon
58 141a Makambo
59 501a Yokolo Pt 1
60 501b Yokolo Pt 2
61 502a Nalingi Yo Na Motema
62 502b Ozali Suka Ya Mobali
63 503a Munka
64 503b Angèle Ozali Wapi
65 504a Talaka Na Miso
66 504b Merengue Nico
67 506a Echantillon Ya Pambamazon
68 507b Timbero
69 xxx Cuento Na Ma

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part one
part two

Ahouanou Jazz - Badmos 5009

Information is scarce on this 1970s Ivory Coast release, but it's a beauty. Modern and ancient, familiar and remote, thankfully on vinyl nowhere near as trashed as its cover. Leader/composer Appia Morroh also released records under his own name.

ahouanou jazz
badmos 5009 (cote d'ivoire) 

01 Aloco
02 Acobrecou
03 Alaima
04 Yedjaimannou
05 Agnambiedi
06 Moniama
07 Il N'ya A Pas De Faux Métier
08 Bedio Gnoma

lossless vinyl rip

Cowpers - Lost Days

Melodic Japanese roar influenced by San Diego's stupendous Drive Like Jehu. Lost Days is joined here by the Cowpers' recreation of Jehu's Bullet Train To Vegas/Hand Over Fist 45, and a 1995 debut single, which closes with the shuddering squealing Zero To 0. LP files are now lossless, singles tracks less so.

cowpers
lost days
zk records 1998 

01 Lost
02 Junk
03 Wreck My Faith
04 Curve II
05 Crawl Space
06 Out Of Bunch
07 Bleedin' Red
08 Days
09 Curve
10 Sink
11 88
12 Rust
13 Bullet Train To Vegas
14 Hand Over Fist
15 Curve II
16 #3
17 Zero To 0

cd / vinyl downloads flac / not flac

Ornette Coleman - Who's Crazy?

lossless cd rip

Wild Canada - Sixties Garage From The Great White North

Not as weedy as Prae-Kraut Kindergarten, but getting there, even without The British Modbeats or Canadian Beadles. Tracks were originally gathered long ago from a TokenSurfer YouTube account, but thanks to soulseek most of this is now lossless. Progress indeed. Check out The Canadian Squires aka Levon & The Hawks aka The Band, long before international fame and fortune complicated everything.

01 BENT WIND - SACRED COWS
02 THE CANADIAN SQUIRES - LEAVE ME ALONE
03 THE GREAT SCOTS - THAT'S MY GIRL (ROTTEN TO THE CORE)
04 THE HAUNTED - EIGHT O'CLOCK
05 THE UGLY DUCKLINGS - NOTHIN'
06 SATAN & THE D-MEN - SHE'LL LIE
07 THOSE ROGUES - GIRL
08 A PASSING FANCY - I'M LOSING TONIGHT
09 OUR GENERATION - COOL SUMMER
10 THE CHECKERLADS - BABY SEND FOR ME
11 A PASSING FANCY - SOUNDS SILLY
12 THE HAUNTED - 1-2-5
13 THE JURY - WHO DAT?
14 THE UGLY DUCKLINGS - SHE AIN'T NO USE TO ME
15 GROWING PAINS - I'M DOOMED
16 THE KIDDS - CHILDREN IN LOVE
17 THE MIDNIGHT ANGELS - I'M SUFFERIN'
18 THREADS OF FYBRE - BELIEVE ME
19 THE MOOD - WHO DO YOU LOVE?
20 THE ROYALE COACHMEN - KILLER OF MEN
21 THE AMEN - PETER ZEUS
22 THE ARDELS - PIECE OF JEWELRY
23 THE CANADIAN VIP'S - I KNOW
24 IT'S ALL MEAT - FEEL IT
25 THE ESQUIRES - IT'S A DIRTY SHAME
26 THE UNDERWORLD - GO AWAY
27 THE UNDERWORLD - THE STRANGE EXPERIMENT OF DR. JARROD
28 ROCKADROME - GOOD DREAM
29 UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS - OTIS

new, improved, now 90% lossless!

Feel you. I feel you. I feel you somewhere way down deep inside. 
Love you. I love you. I love you more than words can ever hide.

Billie Jo Spears - United Artists 45s 1966-7

Three elusive and amazing singles produced by Kelso Herston just before Spears followed him to Capitol. On her first major-label releases, Billie Jo is already resigned to the fact that men are dogs. She acts accordingly, grimly determined to make the most of whatever flashes of happiness fall her way, her voice breaking throughout these six tales of classic honky-tonk hurt.

From the darkest taverns
I rescued you
Gave you all the good things
A love so sweet and true
The dens of lust have lured you to the dark side of the town 
There's just not enough of you to go around

You're a willing victim
You can't say no
Followed by sorrows everywhere you go
You always overlook me when you're fannin' all your fires
Count the hearts that you have broken curbing desires

As I walk the streets of evil
Searching for you
I'd bet my last breath you can be found
With the dirt in your favorite tavern
There's just not enough of you to go around

Billie Jo Spears 1966-7
UA 50022, UA 50092, UA 50184
Produced by Kelso Herston

01 Much Too Busy To Cry
02 Easy To Be Evil
03 If That's What It Takes
04 Conscience Keep An Eye On Me Tonight
05 Not Enough Of You To Go Around
06 You're Too Much Like Me

LOSSLESS

We were cut from the same lowly pattern
Since we met, all we do is disagree
Even drink from the same pain-filled bottles
I can't love you, you're too much like me

When you cheat, I just smile and forgive you
Take you back, prop you up with sympathy
Then go out, find someone, start gettin' even
I can't love you, you're too much like me

I thought I could lead you from the barroom to the altar
Take you and show you the good side of the street
But the alike that we're a-livin' seems never ending
I can't love you, you're too much like me


You took him from me so easy
I just called to let you know I'm not mad
You don't love him no more, so tell me
How do I go about goin' bad?

Show me how to wear my makeup
With red wine, what perfume works the best
With your help, I will learn how to hold him
Learn to love all the things I detest

If that's what it takes to hold him
Surely you can correct my mistakes
If you'll wait, I'll come down to the tavern
Yes, I'll go bad, if that's what it takes


Standin' together, all the lies you ever told me
Side by side, they're all walkin' toward me
Pretty soon they'll look me in the eye
But I'll be much too busy to cry

My apologies for any misheard lyrics...