Flying through the skies travelling throughout the continents on an old DC-10. Sexy air hostesses serving Bourbon and finger food. Everyone happy and smiling away.
This is the soundtrack of the journey.
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Tracklist
Wally Badarou – Theme From Countryman – Island [OST]
Tommy T – Eden – Easy Star Records [The Prester John Sessions]
Michal Urbaniak – Cameo – CBS [Fusion III]
Harold Butler – June Day – Dynamic Sounds [My Life Part One]
Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes – Golden Dreams – Flying Dutchman [Reflections Of A Golden Dream]
Earl Rodney – Peace Pipe – Antillana [Friends & Countrymen]
Earth, Roots and Water – Lou Sent Me – Light In The Attic [Innocent Youths]
Count Ossie And The Rasta Family – Mystic Memories – Vista Sounds [Man From Higher Heights]
Keith Hudson – California – Basic Replay – [Playing It Cool & Playing It Right]
Third World – Irin Ajo – Island Records [Aiye-Keta]
Stone Alliance – Tribute To Afreeka – PM [Heads Up]
Assagai – Kinzami – Sounds Superb [Afrorock]
Jerry Peters – Kuri Monga Nuie – Mercury [Blueprint For Discovery]
Manu Dibango – Goro City – Decca [Gone Clear]
Negril – Lighthouse – Kilk [Negril]
Ural Thomas – Smile – Mississippi/Change Records 7″
John Klemmer – Walk With Me My Love And Dream – MCA Records [Touch]
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Wally Badarou – Theme From Countryman – Island [OST]
The Chief Inspector Wally Badarou kicks off the proceedings with his track from the cult classic reggae film Countryman. A film about a Fisherman who uses his skills of the land and his way in the Kung-Fu to help rescue two Americans whose plane crashes in Jamaica during political unrest. Bit of voodoo magic chucked in along with a cracking soundtrack of classic names from the likes of Jah Lion, Rico, Aswad and a whole heap of Bob Marley and The Wailers. The film was made in 1982 and Wally Badarou had a few other cuts on the OST. Worth catching the film if it ever gets a screening on the telly.
Tommy T – Eden – Easy Star Records [The Prester John Sessions]
Thomas ‘Tommy T’ Gobena is an Ethiopian multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter who plays bass for an American Gypsy Punk Band from the Lower east Side of Manhattan called Gogol Bordello. Not really sure they are my thing but Tommy T went off and did this solo project fusing roots, dub, reggae with African sounds and jazz with a wonderful spiritual sound. It’s really works well, with some tracks sound like they are recorded straight from the 70’s. A very recommended project for jazz and reggae heads alike. A very talented guy. Wish there was more but I believe this is his only recording. Hope I’m wrong, please let me know. You can check the track The Eighth Wonder on Episode 4
Michal Urbaniak – Cameo – CBS [Fusion III]
Good old Michal Urbaniak. This Polish violin jazz musician has followed me through my teens. With my first purchase of Fusion, with that great cover of his head poking over the top of his electric violin. It was pretty radical psychedelic mash up of rock and jazz but it grabbed me and I picked up any record I saw of his. I have to admit though that I had totally missed the tune Cameo on first listens, skipped passed it I’m ashamed to say. But this is a good thing really as when recording tunes for this show I decided to have a flick through and low and behold, bam this amazing incredible tune. It’s rather beautiful. So very happy to be finding little gems on my old records. Note to self “Know your records Mike”!!
Harold Butler – June Day – Dynamic Sounds [My Life Part One]
The very talented Jamaican Harold Butler is a superb keyboardist, arranger, and producer. I had a special journey with this album of Harold’s and especially June Day. It’s such a blissful beautiful tune. I did an article about my love of it over HERE
Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes – Golden Dreams – Flying Dutchman [Reflections Of A Golden Dream]
This man does have a wonderful collection of woolie hats. A wizard of the mellow electric piano and arrangement. Lonnie has such a talent for creating the most beautiful landscapes of enchanting sounds. Have always called this tune “Dream Girl” because of the vocal, this used to be a classic of our smoke sessions when I was a teenager. Brings back deep memories of being crashed unable to move from way to much weed and this tune would come on and float through your spirit. Who was this “Dream Girl”? Thinking how beautiful this goddess looked. An incredible deep and bliss record. Then Journey Into Space would come on and scare the poop out of you. Like someone trying to get in through the air lock. Never sure if it was on the outside or inside, creeping along tapping it’s fingers along the ship. Still a super tune mind hehe!
Earl Rodney – Peace Pipe – Antillana [Friends & Countrymen]
Earl Rodney is a steelband arranger and pan player out of the Barbados. Picked this gem of an lp up when I was about 16 and really wanted to love it but did struggle as I wasn’t a fan of steel drums at first but being a bit of a pot head at the time Peace Pipe was always going to shine. The rest of the album followed into my heart soon after. I still love listening to it till this day. It’s a great recording and the steel drums really set off the afro cuban jazz funk music. The title track is ace along with Conversation Of Love and the harder Junk Junk. Petty damn hard to pick up an original nowadays I would imagine but I do see that Japan re-issued it on CD not too long ago. I plan to do an article on this record so please pop back if your interested or mail me to let you know it’s ready.
Earth, Roots and Water – Lou Sent Me – Light In The Attic [Innocent Youths]
This is an unearthed Canadian roots reggae gem of an album by those great guys at Light In The Attic. Recorded out of Toronto in 1977 on Summer Records. This great piece raw and heavy sounds has quite a unique sound and style. Reverb percussion and echo to heartfelt vocals. I love the whole recording and if you can still get hold of a copy you get some super sleeve notes from Kevin “sipreano” Howes and a poster too. You don’t get that love with a MP3! I really love this record.
Count Ossie And The Rasta Family – Mystic Memories – Vista Sounds [Man From Higher Heights]
Jamaican drummer and bandleader Count Ossie famous for his chanting and rhythmic Rastafarian Nyabhingi drum style teamed up with this band of percussionists and players of instruments and formed Count Ossie and the Rasta Family. This recording has the novelty of having keyboards and Synths in the mix which sets it off from other Nyahbingi recordings. Love the contrast between raw percussion and the electric string sounding keyboards.
Keith Hudson – California – Basic Replay – [Playing It Cool & Playing It Right]
Keith Hudson was one hell of a talented musician. Jeez I love his raw sound so much. Deep and dark, meaningful conscious lyrics. I have his Flesh Of My Skin, Blood Of My Blood on Atra which is bonkers brilliant and an album very close to my heart. A righteous masterpiece. I picked up Playing It Cool, Playing It Right last year on the Basic Replay re release. I was never going to afford the original if it ever popped up. Really happy with it. More raw productions and a pleasure to have more Hudson back in my life. Unfortunately we lost this great musician in 1984. Would love to hear what other works he would of created. His back catalogue is getting reissued and I very much recommend picking them.
Third World – Irin Ajo – Island Records [Aiye-Keta]
Not to be confused with the classic reggae band “Now That We’ve Found Love” etc. This is a raw african project featuring Steve Winwood, Abdul Lasisi Amao and Remi Kabaka. Great cover with the guys hidden under traditional straw outfits. Another lp I’ve had for years and gets dragged out for a relisten every so often. It was a good excuses to go through it again for this mix. It’s a cheapy to pick up and is well worth adding to your collection. Afro Super, Shango, Happy Vibes, Black Beauty are all great afrobeat tunes filled with Synths, Moog touches, tons of percussion and hits of flute. It seems like there are a few different incarnations of the record with different covers and Third World being dropped from the title. Guessing to stop it being mixed up with the reggae group but I could be so wrong! and the group is Aiye-Keta?
Stone Alliance – Tribute To Afreeka – PM [Heads Up]
Wow this is a crazy tune. Beats and percussion just going total nuts with that woody sounding synth noise flying all over the place. Probably one of those love it or hate tunes. I love it hence it being on here and fitting in quite nicely sandwiched in between Irin Ajo and Kinzami. Three key members saxophonist Steve Grossman, bassist Gene Perla, and drummer/percussionist Don Alias lead the way through their first few lps but Steve Grossman seems to be missing from this LP’s lineup, their last recording I believe. There’s some great info on this link about them on PM RECORDS
Assagai – Kinzami – Sounds Superb [Afro Rock]
Assagai was an Afro Rock band original out of South Africa. Very heavy funky rock and funk, horn lead band who record in London for Vertigo Records. I think there are two album recordings floating around, one called Assagai, which I don’t own but for what I have heard is a super record and been on my “list” for sometime, and Zimbabwe. The one I have is Afro rock which is basically Zimbabwe released by the “Music For Pleasure / Sounds Superb” label. Picked it up in the late 80’s from a charity shop for 50 odd pence. For what I have researched some of the band members where from British progressive rock band Jade Warrior also signed to Vertigo at the time. It was a battle between Kinzambi and Sanga to make the mix this time. Kinzambi being the tune I’ve played the most out at clubs I went for that one. The quality mind is not the best but it kind of adds to the record.
Jerry Peters – Kuri Monga Nuie – Mercury [Blueprint For Discovery]
Absolutely love this record. It has everything. Soul Jazz Funky selections. It’s one of those records you can just leave on from start to finish. A real long player in the right use of the term. Not my favourite from the lp but its brilliant and fits just perfectly. Fav? Too hard to say but check Love Song and If You Leave Me Now just to name two. But it’s all good. Shame it seems it was his only solo lp. He did a soundtrack with Jerry Butler called Melinda I havent heard it. What’s it like?
Manu Dibango – Goro City – Decca [Gone Clear]
Great head boppin funky disco tune from Cameroon master saxophonist Manu Dibango. The Makossa man firing out afrobeat vibes to get you giggling your jives. Had a monster hit with his classic Soul Makossa. Make sure you check his New Bell tune from his 1972 album O Boso. Cracking piece of funk and a super recording through-out. I’ve got it on the Blue Elephant label release with the sexy lady in her lime green hot pants! The guy has been pumping out rhythms over countless lp’s for 40 plus years.
Negril – Lighthouse – Kilk [Negril]
This is quite an interesting record. A mix of jazz, reggae and funk tunes. A project by producer and arranger Eric Gale. This features mainly classic reggae artists like Peter Tosh, Cedric Brooks and Keith Sterling but also jazz guys Gale and keyboardist Richard Tee. Has superb cover art which is worth the record alone. Red Ground Funk is pretty good, so too Rasta and a credible version of I Shot The Sheriff. I believe Lighthouse to be the best tune on the lp. It keeps building and dropping off and building back up again but when it reaches the “climax” it is so good with psychedelic keyboards, synthesizer sounds and fuzz guitar. It’s quite relentless, a real funky head nodder.
Ural Thomas – Smile – Mississippi/Change Records 7″
Jeepers creepers man, this is one mellow tune with such a positive message. I quote this “Ural sends a positive message out to the world. Ural self pressed 300 copies of this way back when just to prove to the kids accompanying him on it that they can do anything they want if they put their minds to it. Its message rings true today.” This has been released by Portland label Mississippi label which is part of Little Axe Records. I don’t any of their catalogue so I would be grateful if you can give me the heads up of what to look out for. Thanks. Check them out here http://littleaxerecords.com/ looks like some real interesting sounds to be found in there. On the cover of the single he looks like some Kung-fu Shaolin Monk flying across the picture.
John Klemmer – Walk With Me My Love And Dream – MCA Records [Touch]
American jazz saxophonist, composer, producer John Klemmer has done tons of records. This one was a recent purchase from a couple of years ago. From a local record shop called Red Rose Records. I had heard the chilled Glass Dolphins before but was bowled over by Walk With Me My Love And Dream and couldn’t stop listening to it. A beautiful mellow ode to some lady I imagine. A wonderful tune to finish the show off.
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