Please forgive a copy-and-paste from the “other” forum.
I confess to a bit of CD indulgence.
Let’s see, 4 Rough Guides, Madagascar, Kenya, Kenya & Tanzania, and the second edition of Mali. Not like I don’t have much of this material already, but I do appreciate a good compilation. And Rough Guides are slowly disappearing from the sensibly priced marketplace. That’s my excuse anyway.
Then there’s a little streak of compilation titles from the Sheer label’s “Tales Of” series, African Guitar Kings, Zimbabwe, and Tsotsi Beat. I have a small obsession with that series.
Listening to one of Joe Strummer’s London Calling radio shows convinced me I needed some Monkey Mafia, specifically the Adrian Sherwood versions of “Long As I Can See The Light.” And then ‘cos the extra postage from the seller wasn’t much I topped up with CDs of two things I already have on vinyl, The Woodshed’s “Devil’s Jukebox” (how can one resist that title?) and Galliano : 4 (a long way from their best, but what’s a completist to do?) and then ‘cos it was there, a collection of The Woodshed’s 12”, “Highbury Fields Forever - Collected Tales.”
And I found a cheapo copy of Monkey Mafia’s CD “Shoot The Boss,” so I was in for that also.
True obsession struck when I saw a sealed copy of “Jungle Dub” from Bob Marley on eBay and the seller cut the price! Yeah, I have every track already but it’s well sequenced.
I didn’t expect this order to go through, but Amazon kicked up a Japanese CD of another Bob Marley collection, ‘Welcome To Dubrock.” Newly split into two vinyl releases at pretty astronomical prices, but the CD was, well, moderate. Still on its way.
Also on the way from Dusty Groove are the new rererererelease from Doctor Bird of “Dubbing With The Observer,” vintage King Tubby dubs, Niney productions, extra tracks, etc. but I think I have three vinyl copies of the original album plus a CD set, so I thought I’d better get some genuine music of today from Bokani Dyer with “Radio Sechaba” and Sunborn’s new self-titled release after their string of releases as The KutiMangoes.
The last two are just to prove (to myself if no one else) that I’m not a complete dinosaur!
End of the month sees new releases from African Head Charge, “Yebo!,” a South African collection from John Armstrong (a favourite compiler of mine) on BBE, the Finis Africae collection, a new title from Bokante, “History,” and the Franklin Boukaka compilation on Fremeaux is already out and very appealing, but one must exercise restraint. Sometimes!
Just remember, “Music will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no music.”
