Gil E Jorge (1975) - Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben

Available to buy: CD / MP3

Gil e Jorge is a 1975 album featuring collaboration between Brazilian musicians Jorge Ben and Gilberto Gill. The two perform together alongside percussionist Djalma Corrèa on each of the songs, improvising and interacting directly throughout. The songs "Morre o Burro, Fica o Homem" and "Taj Mahal" first appeared in different incarnations on Jorge Ben's 1972 album Ben. Likewise, Gil's songs "Nêga" and "Essa é pra Tocar no Rádio" showed up earlier in alternate arrangements on his 1971 album Gilberto Gil and his 1975 album Refazenda, respectively.

(source: wikipedia)

Tracklisting:

1. "Meu Glorioso São Cristóvão" (Ben)
2. "Nêga" (Gil)
3. "Jurubeba" (Gil)
4. "Quem Mandou (Pé na Estrada)"
5. "Taj Mahal" (Ben)
6. "Morre o Burro, Fica o Homem"
7. "Essa é pra Tocar no Rádio" (Gil)
8. "Filhos de Gandhi" (Gil)
9. "Sarro" (Ben, Gil)

Personnel:
          Jorge Ben - vocals, violão
          Gilberto Gil - vocals, violão
          Djalma Corrêa - percussion
          Wagner Dias - bass

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A Black Man's Soul - Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm

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A Black Man's Soul is an instrumental funk and soul album released by Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm in 1969 on Pompeii Records. The album featured a performance by keyboard legend Billy Preston on the track "Getting Nasty". A Black Man's Soul exposed a side of Turner's music not as popular with his audiences of the time. While Turner's more popular tracks like "Proud Mary" relied heavily on vocal harmonies and popular soul influences, these tracks reflected a more traditional and simple funk popularized by acts such as Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Baby Huey, The Bar-Kays and Brother Jack MacDuff, among others.

(source: wikipedia)


Tracklisting:
all songs written by Ike Turner, unless credited otherwise

1. "Thinking Black"
2. "Black Beauty"
3. "Ghetto Funk"
4. "Blacks' Alley" (Oliver Sain)
5. "Black Angel" (Oliver Sain)
6. "Getting Nasty"
7. "Funky Mule" (Marvin Holmes)
8. "Philly Dog" (Marvin Holmes)
9. "Scotty Souling"
10. "Up Hard" (A. Miller)
11. "Nuttin' Up"
12. "Freedom Sound"

Personnel

       Bass – Jesse Knight

       Drums – Mack Johnson

       Guitar – Ike Turner

       Percussion – Teasky Tribble

       Piano – Fred Sample, Ike Turner, Billy Preston on "Getting Nasty"

       Saxophone – Washee

       Trombone – Jesse Heron

       Vocals – Tina Turner

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Expensive Shit (1975) - Fela Kuti

Available to buy: Vinyl / CD

Expensive Shit is the twelfth full-length album by afrobeat pioneer Fela Ransome Kuti and his Africa 70 band. It was ranked #78 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 100 Albums of the 1970s." The title of the album refers to an incident in which the Nigerian police tried to arrest Kuti by planting a joint on him. Kuti managed to eat the joint, prompting police to bring him into custody and wait for him to produce the excrement. According to legend he managed to use another inmate's feces and was eventually released.

The organ towards the end of Water No Get Enemy was sampled by hip-hop producer Pete Rock for InI's Grown Man Sport which was featured in the album Center of Attention. 

(source: wikipedia)

Find it here.

Tracklisting:
all songs written by Fela Kuti

1. Expensive Shit
2. Water No Get Enemy

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