Discover Weekly Archive - part 7

New York - Addis - London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975

Yègellé Tezeta

Mulatu Of Ethiopia

Kasalefkut-hulu (Stereo Master)

Mulatu (Stereo Master)

The second title in our Africa 45’s series http://www.mrbongo.com/products/moussa-doumbia-keleya-amadou-balake-super-bar-konon-mousso-7

Moussa Doumbia - Keleya

The second track from Moussa in as many records, and deservedly so.

Keleya is a organ lead, afro-funk bomb with Moussa in full James Brown effect. Taken from the LP of the same title, originally released in 1977 on Pathe, and on 7” by Ivory Coast label SID in 1974. Suffice to say, they are expensive and rare.

Released on 7” in 1974, but very hard to find, and expensive too!

Amadou Balake - Super Bar Konon Mousso

Razor sharp, percussion heavy, guitar lead afro-latin funk.

Taken from the LP of the same name, released by the legendary Sacodisc label run by Lassisi (from Ivory Coast). Sacodisc were the a groundbreaking label experimenting in Afro-Latin crossovers - Balake travelled to the USA in the 1970’s to record with salsa musicians - recording and releasing albums with the likes of Monguito, Labi Sosseh, the great Amadou and Sweet Talks from Ghana.

Moussa Doumbia - Keleya

Root Down

Root Down (And Get It) (Live)

Night And Day

Another World

Invisible Joy

Sad Nile (feat. Hailu Mergia)

Second track from Bill Cooley and Alan Munson's 1972 private press classic "In Debt"

Original LPs change hands for about $700 each. Aaron Milenski in The Acid Archives wrote that this has "a sound similar to the early Chuck & Mary Perrin albums, if they didn't have female vocals. Japanese collectors crave it for those songs, though psych collectors will be more interested in 'Sightly Sue,' which has bizarre use of guitar vibrato, and 'I Need a Change' and 'Where Is The Change,' which have a bit of mild fuzz guitar (the latter has maybe the shortest and most unlikely wah wah break ever.) A few other songs have some jazzy lead guitar and complex chord progressions. Overall, somewhere between stark hippie folk and folky singer/songwriter. Loner folk fans may enjoy it, as a couple of songs are pretty dark in tone."

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