Curating and ordering the tracks for a Mr Bongo Record Club is always special. You’re reminded of the feelings you had when sitting at home with a cassette player on pause trying to compile the perfect mixtape to impress the latest object of your affection, or that friend with whom you share a musical kinship and spark off each other’s latest discoveries. Hearing old tracks for the first time or diving into the most upfront selections keeps the fires burning and passions alight. 

Here, for volume six, we present recent finds and treasured classics from Brazil, Sweden, the USA, South Africa, Portugal, Japan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Canada. We have included selections by the Brazilian rising star Dora Morelenbaum as well as from heritage-Brazilian musicians and vocalists Haréton Salvanini, Copa 7, and Mirna. There’s also the wonderful Brazilian-not-Brazilian take of 'Ye Me Le' by Hazel Scott And The Braza Brasil, plus sublime gospel from the New York Community Choir. We’ve picked disco and soul rarities by General Lee and Ash Soul, Inc., and for the first time on vinyl, an incredible psych-pop song by the illustrious Matthew Tavares. There are cuts from some of our favourite contemporary Swedish musicians, Sven Wunder and Dina Ögon too. This compilation is packed full of gems that are plucked from differing times and spaces, but somehow all gel together beautifully. We hope you love them too. 

Artwork illustration by Nicolas Burrows.

Various Artists - Mr Bongo Record Club Vol.6

Joe Junior

Late Night Tales: Digging In The Crates

Late Night Tales: Digging In The Crates 2

Older music we're (literally) digging deep for. Join us in the search for the best music. Follow Late Night Tales on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/latenighttalesofficial">Instagram</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/latenighttales1">Facebook</a>

Funk It Up: The Best Of Miami

Freak Around

Wizdom 
At The Disco Dance

T.K. Disco – TKD-419 
Vinyl, 12", 33 1/3 RPM 
US-1979

http://www.discogs.com/Wizdom-At-The-Disco-Dance-Funkee-Melodee/release/1027568

Wizdom - At The Disco Dance 12''

It is hard to believe we are now up to Volume 6 of our renowned Record Club series. Curating these compilations, where we share our latest musical discoveries and old favourites from the global stage, is always a labour of love. 

When one of our most revered artists offered us the chance to include a digital exclusive track we of course jumped at the chance. As expected, what we received blew us away and we knew it had to be the lead single from the compilation. 

Hearing the Swedish outfit Sven Wunder for the first time is as refreshing as an ice-cold Limoncello after an Italian meal. One of those artists that feel instantly familiar like an old friend, yet simultaneously fresh and new. Having released three stunning albums adored by a rapidly growing fanbase, and a host of critical acclaim from the likes of the New York Times, Pitchfork and the Quietus to name just a few, the expectation of what is to come next from this wonderfully unique artist is palpable. 

‘Easy Going’ is a digital exclusive for our Mr Bongo Record Club Vol.6 compilation. The track was previously pressed to a limited edition 7” on Piano Piano Records that sold out within 24hrs, so the demand for a digital version is high. ’Easy Going' sounds like it would be at home on a lost Brazilian Trilha Sonora Original Da Novela (original TV Soundtrack From The Novel). Sven has assembled beautifully orchestrated strings that swirl over bubbling keys, snappy drums, and calls on a harmonica to take the role as the lead instrument.

Sven Wunder - Easy Going

7. Mave & Dave - Do You Really Want My Love

6. Vee Gees – Talkin

5. Dina Ögon -Bakom Glaset

2. Chiemi Eri - Okosa-Bushi

1. Dora Morelenbaum -  Japão

Carlos, Erasmo

Gente Aberta

Sonhos E Memórias - 1941 / 1972

Mane Joao

É Preciso Dar Um Jeito, Meu Amigo

A Arte De Erasmo Carlos

De Noite Na Cama

A Quiet Storm

Where Were You When I Needed You

Diamond Touch

Love in Motion (2013 Remaster)

The Best Of The TK Years 1975 - 1985

Let Me (Let Me Be Your Lover)

Greatest Hits: The Spring Years

Theme from Cleopatra Jones

Odyssée - EP

Parfum thérémine

Soul Sides

King Kong

Love Cure: Man Needs Woman

Just In The Nick Of Time

Street People

Never Get Enough of Your Love

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