The best of 2011, Global A Go-Go stylee, part 2 of 3 -- the best new reissues and compilations of the year
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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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