April 26, 2012

Program April 27, 2012

"Everybody get ready / It's time to rocksteady / It's ba ba boom time, yes it is"
This week on Global A Go-Go, seven tracks (count 'em) from Jamaica circa 1966-1968, the glory years of the rocksteady style and the heyday of some of Jamaica's greatest singers: Alton Ellis, Desmond Dekker and John Holt.

Also on this week's program: bugalu y rocanrol, classic Congolese rumba revived, and funky West African music based on traditional rhythms.

Podcast: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/59597
All the podcasts: http://radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go


Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label

Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru
Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat

Gun Man Coming To Town | The Heptones (Jamaica) | Cal-Tone
Ba Ba Boom | The Jamaicans (Jamaica) | Treasure Isle
Cry Tough | Alton Ellis & The Flames (Jamaica) | Treasure Isle
Rudy, A Message To You | Dandy Livingstone (Jamaica) | Ska Beat
Tighten Up | The Untouchables aka The Inspirations (Jamaica) | Upsetter
It Mek | Desmond Dekker & The Aces (Jamaica) | Pyramid
The Tide Is High | The Paragons (Jamaica) | Treasure Isle

Sister Sue | Johnny Rodriguez & Angel Rene Orquesta (USA) | Secret Stash
Boogaloo 33 | Quantic & Alice Russell With The Combo Barbaro (UK-Colombia) | Look Around The Corner | Tru Thoughts
Let's Ball | Joey Pastrana & His Orchestra (USA) | Let's Ball | Cotique

Number 17 | Chicha Libre (France-Venezuela-Mexico-USA) | Canibalismo | Crammed-Barbes
Cancion Protesta | Aterciopelados (Colombia) | Oye | Nacional
Ya Es Hora | Eljuri (Ecuador-USA) | Fuerte | self-released
El Regalo | Senor Flavio (Argentina) | Nueva Ola | Nacional

El Congo | Rumbanella Band (RD Congo) | El Congo Brazza Kin | Marabi
Al-Sy | Ballou Canta Et Luciana (RD Congo) | Rumbalolango | Docura
Kinshasa Havana | Black Bazar (RD Congo) | Black Bazar | Lusafrica

Souvenirs-OK-Jazz | Kekele (RD Congo) | Congo Life | Stern's

Zibote | Ernesto Djedje (Cote D'Ivoire) | Le Roi Du Ziglibithy | Badmos
Guessi-Guere-Guessi | Le Super Borgou De Parakou (Benin) | The Bariba Sound 1970-1976 | Analog Africa
Les Jaloux Saboteurs | Hamed Gazonga (Chad) | L'International Challal D' Hamed Gazonga | Tangent

Abayetidu Ma | Bola (Ghana) | Volume 7 | Awesome Tapes From Africa

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