Mulatu Of Ethiopia
Mulatu Astatke
Strut STRUT129LP

Strut present the first official reissue of a landmark album in the field of African music, ‘Mulatu Of Ethiopia’ from 1972. Recorded in New York, the album arrived at a time when Astatke had begun to master the delicate fusion of styles needed to create Ethio jazz.

• Mulatu
• Mascaram Setaba
• Dewel
• Kulunmanqueleshi
• Kasalefkut-hulu
• Munaye
• Chifara

Heart Of The Congos (40th Anni...
The Congos
VP Records VPRL4212

Special reissue edition of this all time classic reggae album - Triple vinyl set with extra tracks -inc 12" versions + Noah Sugar Pan / Fisherman Dub - Selection of tracks only here...

• Fisherman
• Congoman
• Open Up The Gate
• Children Crying
• La La Bam-Bam
• Can't Come In
• Sodom & Gomorrow
• The Wrong Time
• Ark Of The Covenant
• Solid Foundation
• Don't Blame It On I
• At The Feast
• Neckodeemus
• Solid Foundation (Disco Cork Mix)
• Foundation (Dub)
• Congoman (12" Mix)
• Congoman Chant
• Bring The Mackaback

Very Aombi
Damily
Bongo Joe BJR019

New, furiously exhilarating Tsapiky music from the south-west of Madagascar, beside the Mozambique Channel. A rough, electric, rural take on the classic Congolese, Kenyan and Mozambican urban dancefloor styles of the 60s and 70s — hyper-fast interplay between pumping bass and clattering drums, overlaid with cranked-up high-life guitar — nourished with the musical traditions of local villages, especially in the singing and other passages of acoustic respite.

• Tsiefa
• Very Aomby
• Tany Antsimo
• Havandra
• Hazo Latsakandoha
• Ko Boseke
• Halandongo

Las Flores Del Sol
Nilamaye
Bongo Joe BJR012

Joyous new recordings of Afro-Colombian roots music, from the Pacific coast of the country. Currulao, cumbia, bunde, juga, requentilla, chalupa. Warm, rolling marimba de chonta; thumping cununo and bombo drums, and rhythmic, digressive alegre

• Regresa Pues
• La Plegaria
• El Nazareno
• La Juga Del Nazareno
• Tierra
• Los Negritos
• El Manguito
• La Sirenita

...Space ...Rapture
Potter & Tillman
High Jazz HJLP002

Limited edition Reissue (500) of this soul/jazz-funk fusion album originally released in 1982 on Poet Records. Wonderful and sought-after album is a unique creative project produced and composed by David Eric Tillman including outstanding performances by some of the highest-level musicians whose common thread was their ability to kill up tempo and modal bop and excel in this jazz-funk/fusion style

• ...Space ...Rapture
• Love Is How
• Out West
• New Anniversary Waltz
• It Must Be ESP
• Time Is Love
• I Witness News
• (Sing) A Simple Song Of Praise

Mind Twister
The Apples
Odion ODILIV3LP

Odion Livingstone present another killer reissue from the Nigerian archives, the essential Afro-funk LP rarity ‘Mind Twister’. As part of the St Gregory’s student band scene in Lagos during the late ‘70s alongside Ofege, Grotto and more, Apples were picked up and produced by legendary EMI Nigeria producer Odion Iruoje who added overdubs to the album at Abbey Road in London with Curved Air keyboardist Francis Monkman. Heavy afro funk with 70's rock and disco vibes from their varied influences

• Mother
• Deep Funk
• Try Me
• Lay On The Ground
• Mind Twister
• Don't Drive Me Out
• You
• Time For Me To Go

Ote Maloya: The Birth Of Elect...
Various
Strut STRUT151LP

Strut present a brand new compilation documenting the groundbreaking maloya scene on Réunion Island from the mid-‘70s, as Western instrumentation joined traditional Malagasy, African and Indian acoustic instruments to spark a whole era of new fusions and creativity. Compiled by Réunionese DJ duo La Basse Tropicale, ‘Oté Maloya’ follows up last year’s acclaimed ‘Soul Sok Séga’ release on Strut. A potent fusion of maloya, jazz and psychedelia. 19 Track Double LP (clips for 1st 10 tracks only)

• Cameleon - La Rosee Si Feuilles Songes
• Michou - Maloya Ton Tisane
• Jean Claude Viadere - Moin La Pas Fait Tout Sel
• Daniel Sandie - Defoule 3e Age
• Cormoran Group - P'tit Femme Mon Gate
• Marie Helen Et Ses Creol's - Sega Le Sport
• Francoise Guimbert - Tantine Zaza
• Vivi - Toe Meme Maloya
• Pierrot Vidot - Commandeur
• Herve Imare - Mele-Mele Pas Toue P'tit Pierre

At Last...
Grotto
Odion Livingstone ODILIV2LP

Rare gem from the Nigerian archives, Grotto’s lost Afro-rock classic from 1977. A heavyweight trip, drifting from psychedelic workouts to crunching breaks and funkier directions. They were part of the scene out of “Greg’s” (St Gregory’s college in Ikoyi, Lagos), like Apples. "We played a rock/funk fusion. We were probably aged 15, 16 or thereabouts and we were heavily into music; we listened to Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana and lots of rock bands,” explains lead guitarist Soga Benson.

• Come Along With Me
• Bad Times
• Funk From Mother
• Grottic Depression (2)
• Grottic Depression (1)
• Change Of Tide
• Doomed

Beach Diggin' Vol.5
Various
Heavenly Sweetness HS168VL

Last volume of this compilation series, Tunisian reggae, Japanese disco, West Indian jazz-funk, all sorts of wordly beach vibed delights

• Yasuko Agawa - L. A. Nights
• African Oyibo - Lite Low
• Rebles - Sweetest Taboo
• Koko Ateba - Si T'es Mal Dans Ta Peau
• Raphael Toine - Femmes Pays Douces
• Andre Marie Tala - Sweet Dole

Green Bay Dub RSD2017
The Revolutionaries
Burning Sounds BSRLP969

1979 Revolutionaries Classic Dub album Green Bay Dub, a project by Linval Thompson, released on 180gram Vinyl.

Dread In A Babylon
U-Roy RSD2017
Get On Down GET54090-LP

RSD 2017 release. Comes with 27x27 poster. Limited to 1000 copies

Mulatu Steps Ahead
Mulatu Astatke
Strut STRUT056LP

2010 Mulatu Album back in....his comeback studio LP, tracks were recorded with members of Either/Orchestra in Boston, with contributions by traditional Ethiopian musicians in Addis, members of The Heliocentrics and some of the UK’s leading jazz and African players during the final sessions in London in November 2009.Each track on the album tells its own story.

• Radcliffe
• Green Africa
• The Way To Nice
• Assosa
• I Faram Gami I Faram
• Mulatu's Mood
• Ethio Blues
• Boogaloo
• Motherland

Love Songs Vol.2
Yishak Banjaw
Teranga Beat TBLP021

Back in....Yishak, composer and keyboard player from Addis Ababa known to his country for his innovative compositions and unique sound. His ability to transform traditional Ethiopian songs into spacey Minimal-Wave gems creates an ultra hypnotic and psychedelic atmosphere. A genuine talent who carried the long tradition of Ethiopia into another level...

• Libey Ma'aduley
• Ageren Ayehuwa
• Fikrehoy Temekeri
• Segno Sra Allebign
• Ayine Yisasaleshal

We Got It From Here... Thank Y...
A Tribe Called Quest 2LP
Sony 88985377871

Limited vinyl copies of the new Tribe LP - they seem to be coming in a few at a time...

• The Space Program
• We The People...
• Whateva Will Be
• Solid Wall Of Sound
• Dis Generation
• Kids...
• Melatonin
• Enough!!
• Mobius
• Black Spasmodic
• The Killing Season
• Lost Somebody
• Movin Backwards
• Conrad Tokyo
• Ego
• The Donald

Afro Beat Airways
Various Artists
Analog Africa AALP068

16 Track Double LP, 1st 5 clips only.

• Uppers International - Dankasa
• Apagya Show Band - Ma Nserew Me
• K Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas - Me Yee Owu Den
• Marijata - Break Through
• Ebo Taylor & The Sweet Beans - Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara

Ghana Soundz 2LP
Various
Soundway SNDWLP001

Repress of this now classic Soundway comp - Essential

• Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band - Bukom Mashie
• Marijata - Mother Africa
• Ebo Taylor - Heaven
• Gyedu Blay Ambolley & The Steneboofs - Simigwado
• The Sweet Talks - Eyi Su Ngaangaa
• The Ogyatanaa Show Ban - Ageisheka
• K. Frimpong - Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena
• The Apagya Show Band - Kwaku Ananse
• African Brothers Int. Band - Self Reliance
• Rob - Make It Fast, Make It Slow
• Alex Konadu - W'awu Do Ho No

Afro Disco Beat (Disco Afro Re...
Tony Allen & Africa 70
Comet COMET080

Back in,...Tony Allen classic from his Progress 1977 LP - Remastered for this 12" - with 2 interesting remixes by Africaine 808 & Mexican Institute of Sound - forward.

• Afro Disco Beat
• Afro Disco Beat (Africaine 808 Rework)
• African Message (Mexican Institute Of Sound Rework)

Life Stories
Ebo Taylor
Strut STRUT072LP

Repress of this great 2011 compilation of Ebo Taylor's work - a definitive compilation of his seminal 1970s recordings after studying in London alongside musicians like Fela he began incorporating jazz elements into traditional highlife forms and was prolific on his return to Ghana.. Essential package!

• Ebo Taylor - Heaven
• Ebo Taylor - Atwer Abroba
• Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - What Is Life?
• The Apagya Showband - Tamfo Nyi Ekyir
• Ebo Taylor - Peace On Earth
• Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu - Victory
• Asaase Ase - Ohiani Sua Efir
• Ebo Taylor - Aba Yaa
• Ebo Taylor - Ohye Atar Gyan
• Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenzu - Love And Death
• Ebo Taylor & The Pelikans - Egya Edu
• Pat Thomas & Ebo Taylor - Ene Nyame 'A' Mensuro

Love & Death
Ebo Taylor
Strut STRUT073LP

Repress of this much in demand 2010 LP - Strut linked up Ebo Taylor, for his first ever internationally released studio album. Tracks include new versions of Taylor classics Victory and Love And Death plus a selection of new compositions including Kwame, celebrating Ghana's late, lamented leader Kwame Nkrumah.

• Nga Nga
• African Woman
• Love And Death
• Victory (Instrumental)
• Mizin
• Kwame (Instrumental)
• Aborekyair Aba
• Obra

Egyptian Shumba 7"
The Tammys
Jazzman JM096

The Tammy's were not just another '60s girl group.. party rocker 'Egyptian Shumba', laden with wild shrieks and minor key garage groove its a freaky 60's reissue from Jazzman!

• Egyptian Shumba
• Egyptian Shumba (Alternate Version)