CLOVER is a label man.. i just meant in terms of your other african records, I would rate that comp. one of the weakest of the bunch, and even IT is still pretty good! actually there is one record i still have on hold with a guy on CLOVER.. can't even remember what it's called.. it's really killer afro-beat/soul hybrid sound.. anyways, nice finds dude.. rillly!.. if u ever wanna trade, lemme know.. though i have or can easily get most of those u have unfortunately .. nevertheless, always on the lookout!
With regards to that BONGOS, that IS definitely one the best (if not THE best) one.. seriously nice score.. hearing that one on a loud system is wild!
once again.. smooth work..
RON
Thanks man, yeah I know it's a label - I was not clear in my post. I listened to some other groups on the same label, the one I seem to remember is Mansion. Yeah... not as good. Although I do like a lot of the cuts on here. The only thing I have a couple of is the Lijadu, but hopefully I can dig up another SJOB Orch. We'll just have to see.
125th Street Africans represent. You guys up in TO go serious with the African/Jamaican/Brazilian/etc stuff... "world music" haha. I'm not much of an African collector per se, I just went through the guy's stuff and took what sounded good to my ear. And trust me, it wasn't "a dime a dozen", this was a dealer who knows what's up.
Anyways, cheers!
ya man... no secrets anymore.. plus I have a feeling I know who you dealt with.. 125th is Harlem if i'm not mistaken?
Ya in these parts there is a little clique that really digs that sound... K (soufriere) knows what's up.. part of it is the records that are found here, but also, there are a few folks around here who were really up on that sound eons before it hit the 'record masses', so to speak.. with that being said, a fortunate few of us have been able to learn a lot.. this coupled with the fact that we're far more likely to find an island funk record than a big jazz piece or smth definitely accelerates the learning curve on that front..
if you're ever in Toronto, try to coordinate it with a TURNING POINT.. that'll explain everything and really fine tune your ears to this sound.. also, check out
www.ducktape.ca .. some really nice mixes are up with very nice frican/latin/jazz/etc. flavours..
ok man.. if you find anything else, drop me a line and i'll set u up with a nice trade.. unless soufriere gets to you first hahaha
RON
