Mississippi Records' African Guitar Box

Mississippi Records' excellent five-LP set, The African Guitar Box, was limited to 200 pressings and sold out upon its release back in June. Lucky for us, the heroic Root Blog recently posted a rip of this now out-of-print gem. Grab it here and enjoy five selections from it below:

Jean Bosco Mwenda • "Massanga"

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Losta Abelo • "Bulayo"

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Abdul Karim el Kably • "Husenek Fa Masher"

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Francis Bebey • "Black Tears"

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Joseph Mkwana • "Maisha Yangu"

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Mississippi Records' Lullabies and Dream Songs

Brilliancy Medley's Derek Jenkins recently linked me to a rip of an excellent cassette, Mississippi Records' Lullabies and Dream Songs. The title is fairly self-explanatory, so naturally the songs are right up No Words' alley. The cassette was released in 2010 and posted by the also-excellent Root Blog that same year. It was reposted earlier this week. Here are four excerpts, including Afunakwa's "Rorogwela," which was sampled on Deep Forest's hit "Sweet Lullaby":

Afunakwa • "Rorogwela" • 1969

Itsutsu No Akai Fusen • "I Will Kick a Pebble" • 1971
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Areski & Brigitte Fontaine • "Les Murailles" • 1974
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Yoko Ono • "Remember Love" • 1969