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Program Information
Global A Go-Go
Music from around the world in the universal language of groove
Music
 Bill Lupoletti  Contact Contributor
Dec. 24, 2011, 9:28 a.m.
The best of 2011, Global A Go-Go stylee, part 2 of 3 -- the best new reissues and compilations of the year
Produced live in the studios of WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio in Richmond, Virginia every Friday from 5 to 7 PM. Available as a webstream simulcast at wrir.org. Downloads for rebroadcast on other non-profit radio stations and as podcasts via the A-Infos Radio Project at radio4all.net. And more information about all of those options and more on my blog, globalagogo.com.
Top Ten Reissues/Compilations of 2011
1. The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbia And Porro As Told By The Phonograph, 1948-1979 | Soundway
2. Ebo Taylor | Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 | Strut
3. Bambara Mystic Soul: The Raw Sound Of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 | Analog Africa
4. Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut
5. Free Africa | Le Son Du Maquis
6. Idrissa Diop & Cheikh Tidiane Tall | Diamonoye Tiopite: L'Epoque De L'Evolution | Teranga Beat
7. Sorry Bamba | Volume One 1970-1979 | Thrill Jockey
8. El Rego | El Rego | Daptone
9. Vijana Jazz Band | The Koka Koka Sex Battalion | Sterns
10. Joni Haastrup | Wake Up Your Mind | Tummy Touch / Soundway

Honorable Mention
101 Things To Do In Bongolia | Electric Cowbell
Black Truth Rhythm Band | Ifetayo | Soundway
Los Destellos | Constelacion | Secret Stash
Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound Of Latin New York | Strut
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas | Blue Album | Secret Stash
Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical 4 | Vampisoul
Guelewar | Halleli N'Dakarou | Teranga Beat
The Lijadu Sisters | Danger | Knitting Factory
El Sonido De Tupac Amaru | Masstropicas
Tabou Combo | Respect | Secret Stash


Song | Artist (Country) | Recording | Label | Year

Separation | Oliver Lake (USA) | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1996
Global A Go-Go | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros (UK) | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Onsta La Yerbita | Los Destellos (Peru) | Constelacion | Secret Stash | 1971
Dambakale | Compaore Issouf (Burkina Faso) | Bambara Mystic Soul: The Raw Sound Of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 | Analog Africa | 197x
Balla Jigi | Guelewar (The Gambia) | Halleli N'Dakarou | Teranga Beat | 1982

Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu | K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas (Ghana) | Blue Album | Continental / Secret Stash | 1976
Heaven | Ebo Taylor (Ghana) | Life Stories: Highlife & Afrobeat Classics 1973-1980 | Strut | 1977

Greetings | Joni Haastrup (Nigeria) | Wake Up Your Mind | Tummy Touch / Soundway | 1978
Hessa | El Rego Et Ses Commandos (Benin) | El Rego | Daptone | 196x

Pont Sur Le Congo | Franklin Boukaka & Cercul Jazz (Congo Brazza) | Free Africa, Disc 1 | Le Son Du Maquis | 1967
Niliruka Ukuta | Vijana Jazz Band (Tanzania) | The Koka Koka Sex Battalion | Sterns | 1975

Caridad | Idrissa Diop & Cheikh Tidiane Tall (Senegal) | Diamonoye Tiopite: L'Epoque De L'Evolution | Teranga Beat | 1975
Astan Kelly | Sorry Bamba & Kanaga Orchestra Of Mopti (Mali) | Volume One 1970-1979 | Thrill Jockey | 197x

Cumbia Del Carnaval | Betopay (Colombia) | The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbia And Porro As Told By The Phonograph, 1948-1979 | Soundway |
Mi Enamorada | Grupo Guinda (Peru) | El Sonido De Tupac Amaru | Masstropicas | 197x
El Diablo | Compay Quinto (Peru) | Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical, Volume 4 | Vampisoul | 1965
Pitchito | Frente Cumbiero (Colombia) | Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque | Strut | 2010

Ti Gran Moun | Tabou Combo (Haiti) | Respect | Secret Stash | 1973
Save D Musician | Black Truth Rhythm Band (Trinidad & Tobago) | Ifetayo | Soundway | 1976

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