The boom in global cratedigging has led to a plethora of excellent compilations and reissues, and 2014 continued this trend. Classic recordings from Turkey, southeast Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Brazil, and all parts of Africa: all these and more are represented on my list, and on this week's show. Tune in and find some new old music to love.
Click "Read more" to see my 2014 Top Ten (compilations and reissues division).
Click through for my review of each recording.
Top Ten Compilations/Reissues of 2014
1. Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978 | Strut
2. Golden Afrique, Volume 1 | Network
3. Abelardo Barroso With Orquesta Sensacion | Cha Cha Cha | World Circuit
4. Voltaique Panoramique, Volume 1: Popular Music Ouagadougou & Bobo-Diolasso 1968-1978 | Kindred Spirits
5. The Afrosound Of Colombia, Vol. 2 | Vampisoul
6. Les Ambassadeurs | Les Ambassadeurs Du Motel De Bamako | Sterns
7. Los Nuggetz: '60s Garage And Psych From Latin America | RockBeat
8. Hailu Mergia & The Walias | Tche Belew | Awesome Tapes From Africa
9. Feedback Madagascar | ARC
10. Tinariwen | The Radio Tisdas Sessions & Amassakoul | Modern Classics
Honorable Mention
25 Years Of Mr Bongo | Mr Bongo
Edip Akbayram | Edip Akbayram | Pharaway Sounds
Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean 1955-69 | Soul Jazz
Mestre Cupijo E Seu Ritmo | Siria | Analog Africa
Penny Penny | Shaka Bundu | Awesome Tapes From Africa
The Rough Guide To Latin Rare Groove | World Music Network
The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Cambodia | World Music Network
Slavic Soul Party | Five Albums | self-released
The Sound Of Siam, Volume 2: Molam & Luk Thung From North-East Thailand 1970-1982 | Soundway
Bobby Valentin | El Mensajero | Andale
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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
Arawan | Tinariwen (Mali) | Amassakoul | Modern Classics | 2004
Musicawi Silt | Hailu Mergia & The Walias (Ethiopia) | Tche Belew | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1977
Lam Plearn Tua Yaang | Petch Asia Band (Thailand) | The Sound Of Siam, Volume 2: Molam & Luk Thung From North-East Thailand 1970-1982 | Soundway | 197x
Cyclo | Yos Olarang (Cambodia) | The Rough Guide To Psychedelic Cambodia | World Music Network | 1973
En Guantanamo | Aberlardo Barroso With Orquesta Sensacion (Cuba) | Cha Cha Cha | World Circuit | 1955
Yolanda | Los Bestiales (Colombia) | The Afrosound Of Colombia, Vol. 2 | Vampisoul | 1974
Take Me Back To Piaui | Juca Chaves (Brazil) | 25 Years Of Mr Bongo | Mr Bongo | 1970
Todo Negro | Los Salvajes (Spain) | Los Nuggetz: '60s Garage & Psych From Latin America | RockBeat | 1966
Seguiras Criticando | Bobby Valentin (USA) | El Mensajero | Andale | 1965
Papa Was A Rolling Stone / Papa Fue | Rumba Caliente (UK) | The Rough Guide To Latin Rare Groove | World Music Network | 2006
Negro Heart | Lord Cobra Y Los Pana Afros (Panama) | Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean 1955-69 | Soul Jazz | 1968
An Septieme | Les Difficiles De Petion-Ville (Haiti) | Haiti Direct: Big Band, Mini Jazz & Twoubadou Sounds, 1960-1978 | Strut | 1972
Caboclinha Do Igapo | Mestre Cupijo E Seu Ritmo (Brazil) | Siria | Analog Africa | 1975
Deniz Ustu Kopurur | Edip Akbayram (Turkey) | Edip Akbayram | Pharaway Sounds | 1973
Draganin Cocek | Slavic Soul Party (USA) | Five Albums | self-released | 2012
Woulouni | Mangue Konde (Burkina Faso) | Voltaique Panoramique, Volume 1: Popular Music In Ouagadougou & Bobo-Dioulasso 1968-1978 | Kindred Spirits | 197x
M'bouran-Moussou | Les Ambassadeurs (Mali) | Les Ambassaduers Du Motel De Bamako | Sterns | 1976
Amio | Bebe Manga (Cameroon) | Golden Afrique, Volume 1 | Network | 1980
Maintsokely | Oladad (Madagascar) | Feedback Madagascar | ARC | 2010
Shaka Bundu | Penny Penny (South Africa) | Shaka Bundu | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1994
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