African Serenades - Vol 12 (or later)

[grumpy]

Finalised the track list today and recorded master disc but won't copy or distribute for two or three weeks to allow folks to catch up with all the others. Here's the running order:

1. Waldemar Bastos - "Georgina" ('Renascence') Angola

2. Muhammed Jubara - "Nura" ('Sounds of Sudan') Sudan

3. Mosese Fan Fan - "Pele Odidja" ('Belle Epoque') DR Congo/Kenya

4. Oum Kalthoum - "Tab en Nasim al Alil" ('Es Sitt') Egypt

5. Sylvestre Randafison and Jean-Baptiste Ramarondandrasana - "Apela Mataho-Drango Mavo" ('Valiha - Madagascar') Madagascar
- dare you to announce this one on your show, Rob.

6. Bonga - "Ku Tando" ('Angola 72') Angola

7. Abd el Karim el Kabli - "Dannab" ('Limaza') Sudan

8. Bembeya Jazz National - "Madame Tolberg" (Discotheque 72) Guinee Conakry

9. Rukia Ramadhani and Akhwani Safaa Musical Club - "Cheo Chako" ('Zanzibara 1') Tanzania

10. Mahlathini - "Sondelani Ku Jesu" ('Freedom Fire') South Africa

11. Abd Allah el Hubr - "Al Ba'udah" ('Chants Sacres de Nubie et de Kordofan') Sudan

12. Orchestre Super Matimila - "Kidogo Kidogo" ('Mambo') Tanzania

13. Tinariwen - "Alkhar Dessouf" ('Amassakoul') Mali

[ekki]

Looks really nice, Chris. And I don't know a single song...

[lankou2]

someone owes me one or two. Since the BAF days, i must say! but WHO?

[ekki]

Hugh has Vol. 1 - 10 now, so ask your friendly neighbor
Gimme a couple of days and you get your missing Bluebeats...

[lankou2]

Nice of you Ekki, my own series is lagging behind, i need to complete some writing before i can eventually finalise vol 3 & 4. By and large i know who will be on them but i need the time.i'll keep you posted when it's done.hey seems there are 16 BB's now! time is running fast.
still, back to the topic : the mystery remains! ; )

[matt]

So how does this sound:

African Serenades 14 - Early African Rock and ROll?

[lankou2]

there was some sort of African scene in Paris who played music influenced by rock'n'roll, but i can't recall any names.I read an article in a trendy mag ages ago but have forgotten about it. i am pretty much sure manu Dibango played some rock'n'roll in his youth.
some french west indian musicians also played some sort of tropical r'n'r back in the 60's, guys like Les Loups, for instance.

[ekki]

saint said:

So how does this sound:

African Serenades 14 - Early African Rock and ROll?

Sounds great, Matt

[matt]

and its about to hit the streets... a bit of sequencing and then....we're gonna shake rattle and roll

[grumpy]

Vol 12 now being copied and nearly ready to go (just needs external decoration). Will circulate together with the latest Bedward compilations to folk on my distribution list in the next few days.

[matt]

Grumpy-
I'll send the Afrofunk tomorrow in hard format!

[Mrs Trellis]

Grumpy,
Many thanks for the wonderful collection of Serenades comps that dropped through my letterbox today. I'm going to enjoy listening to these over the coming days. Thanks also to the compilers!

Let me know what you'd like in return.

Cheers,
Ian

[zapatoo]

May I echo Ian's thanks, Grumpy - 3 more volumes arrived yesterday, though I haven't had a chance to play them yet.

Thanks also for the letter, Chris - I'd be delighted to have a beer with you when I'm in Bradford - ironically, I'm bringing my older daughter back (following half-term) this week-end, but, due to the social activities of teenagers, this trip is likely to be an "up and back in a day" as she has a local (to us) birthday party to go to on Saturday - so I'll be travelling Sunday

My next trip up is not planned yet...