I've been a fan of the Analog Africa label and its enterprising founder Samy Ben Redjeb ever since I picked up on its first title some time toward the end of 2006.

 

I've learned that you can count on each Analog Africa release to deliver the goods: criminally underheard music (usually previously unreleased in Europe or the USA), high quality production and mastering, vintage photos and intelligent essays in a well-designed package that's well worth owning, with each song fully licensed so the artists receive the royalties they deserve.

 

This week on Global A Go-Go, the entire program is devoted to Analog Africa's nine-release catalog.  I'll play you some of my favorite tracks from each of Samy's projects, with a special emphasis on his latest, Angola Soundtrack: The Unique Sound Of Luanda 1968-1976.

 

Click "Read More" for today's tracklist; click here for a podcast of today's program:

 

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/48805

 

The complete catalog of Global A Go-Go podcasts is here:

 

http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Global+A+Go-Go