And it was a banner year in this category -- there are a number of excellent releases that couldn't crack my top ten or the ten additional honorable mentions. Which means I have lots of great material for you to hear on this week's program -- tune in and hear for yourself.
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Click through for my review of each release.
Top Ten Compilations, Reissues And Historic Recordings Of 2013
1. various artists | Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980 | Vlax
2. Abelardo Carbono | El Maravilloso Mundo De Abelardo Carbono | Vampisoul
3. Barrington Levy | Sweet Reggae Music 1979-84 | 17 North Parade
4. Joseph Kabasele | Le Grand Kalle: His Life, His Music | Sterns
5. various artists | The Rough Guide To Latin Psychedelia | World Music Network
6. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley | Simigwa | Academy LPs
7. various artists | Saoco! Vol. 2: Bomba, Plena And The Roots Of Salsa In Puerto Rico 1955-1967 | Vampisoul
8. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou | Volume 3: The Skeletal Essences Of Afro-Funk 1969-1980 | Analog Africa
9. Dur-Dur Band | Volume 5 | Awesome Tapes From Africa
10. Dieuf-Dieul De Thies | Aw Sa Yone Vol. 1 | Teranga Beat
Honorable Mention
Alpay | Yekte | Pharaway Sounds
Freedom Family | Ayentsoo | Academy LPs
Fela Kuti | The Best Of The Black President 2 | Knitting Factory
Orchestre National De Mauritanie | Orchestre National De Mauritanie | Sahelsounds
Qat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen | Dust-To-Digital
various artists | Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983 | Analog Africa
various artists | Dabke: Sounds Of The Syrian Houran | Sham Palace
various artists | The Ladies At Joe Gibbs | 17 North Parade
various artists | Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock From Singapore And Malaysia 1964-1970 | Sublime Frequencies
various artists | The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Bollywood | World Music Network
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Next week: my favorite songs of 2013
Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label | Year
Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Crucifixion | Barrington Levy (Jamaica) | Sweet Reggae Music 1979-84 | 17 North Parade | 1979
Uptown Top Ranking | Althea & Donna (Jamaica) | The Ladies At Joe Gibbs | 17 North Parade | 1977
La Negra Kulengue | Abelardo Carbono Y Su Conjunto (Colombia) | El Maravilloso Mundo De Abelardo Carbono | Vampisoul | 1982
Piratas En El Titicaca | Conjunto El Opio (Peru) | The Rough Guide To Latin Psychedelia | World Music Network | 1972
Moliendo Café | Cortijo Y Su Combo (Puerto Rico USA) | Saoco! Vol. 2: Bomba, Plena And The Roots Of Salsa In Puerto Rico 1955-1967 | Vampisoul | 1959
Oumletna (La Mone) | Orchestre National De Mauritanie (Mauritania) | Orchestre National De Mauritanie | Sahelsounds | 1973
Aling Na Djimbe | Dieuf-Dieul De Thies (Senegal) | Aw Sa Yone Vol. 1 | Teranga Beat | 1982
Vi E Lo | Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou (Benin) | Volume 3: The Skeletal Essences Of Afro Funk 1969-1980 | Analog Africa | 197x
African Jazz Mokili Mobimbo | African Jazz (RD Congo) | Le Grand Kalle: His Life, His Music | Sterns | 1962
Hare Rama Hare Krishna | R.D. Burman feat Usha Iyer & Asha Bhosle (India) | The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Bollywood | World Music Network | 1971
Ramu, Ramu | Muharem Serbezovski & Ansambl Meda Cuna (Macedonia) | Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980 | Vlax | 1964
Can Karagozlum | Alpay (Turkey) | Yekte | Pharaway Sounds | 1973
Raee-Al-Gamel | Ahmed Al Sonaidar (Yemen) | Qat, Coffee & Qambus: Raw 45s From Yemen | Dust-To-Digital
Love Is Not A Joke | Ahmed Al Kosem (Syria) | Dabke: Sounds Of The Syrian Houran | Sham Palace
God Is Love | Complex Soundz (Ghana) | Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight To Ghana 1974-1983 | Analog Africa | 197x
This Hustling World | Gyedu-Blay Ambolley (Ghana) | Simigwa | Academy LPs | 1975
Holy Worshipping | Freedom Family (Ghana) | Ayentsoo | Academy LPs | 1974
Dooyo | Dur-Dur Band (Somalia) | Volume 5 | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1987
Kembali Lagi | A. Halim & DeFictions (Singapore) | Pop Yeh Yeh: Psychedelic Rock From Singapore And Malaysia 1964-1970 | Sublime Frequencies
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