Global A Go-Go presents:
Top 10 compilations & reissues of 2022
This week on Global A Go-Go (Sunday January 8, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site), I’m wrapping up a 3-week-long look at my favorite recordings of 2022 by playing my favorite compilations and reissues of the year.
When every year begins, I think to myself “Well, this just might be the year when cratediggers start running out of worthwhile historical recordings to reissue and compile.” And when every years ends, I say “Well, it was another big year for compilations and reissues — those cratediggers really found some great ones this year.”
2022 was one of the best years for historic recordings yet. I personally added more than 50 compilations and reissues to my own personal collection last year. Narrowing those down to a top ten and ten additional honorable mentions required a sharp pencil. Tune in this week and hear the results.
Without further ado, here are my top compilations and reissues of 2022:
Top Ten Compilations & Reissues of 2022
1. Lee “Scratch” Perry (Jamaica) | King Scratch (Musical Masterpieces From The Upsetter Ark-ive) | Trojan
2. Vibro Success Intercontinental Orchestra (Central African Republic) | Drunkard | Dig This Way
3. Le Super Djata Band Du Mali (Mali) | En Super Forme Vol. 1 | Numero Group
4. various artists (Perú) | 14 MAGnificos Bailables | Vampisoul
5. Son Palenque [Kaine Sound Band] (Colombia) | Es La Idea | Palenque
6. África Negra (São Tomé & Príncipe) | Antologia Vol. 1 | Bongo Joe
7. Viviano Torres & Ane Swing (Colombia) | Joyas Champetuas De Todos Los Tiempos | Palenque
8. various artists (Perú) | Perú Selvatico: Sonic Expedition Into The Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986 | Analog Africa
9. Tinariwen (Mali-Algeria) | Kel Tinariwen | Wedge
10. Los Caramelos De Aucayacu (Perú) | El Sabor El Sabor Dulcíssimo | Discos Fantástico
Honorable Mention
Lucho Bermudez Y Su Orquesta (Colombia) | The Coastal Invasion | Radio Martiko
Bio Ritmo (RVA USA) | Salsa System EP | Electric Cowbell
Ernesto Djédjé (Côte d’Ivoire) | Roi De Ziglibithy (Limited Dance Edition Nr. 15) | Analog Africa
Abdullah Ibrahim (South Africa) | Water From An Ancient Well | Yellowbird
Marcos (Cabo Verde-Portugal) | Saudade | Comets Coming
Pablo Moses (Jamaica) | Revolutionary Dream | Baco
various artists (Mexico) | Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962-1983 | Analog Africa
Idrissa Soumaoro Et L’Eclipse De L’I.J.A. (Mali) | Le Tioko-Tioko | Mr Bongo
Üç Hürel (Turkey) | 3 Hür-El | Turkofon
Celestine Ukwu (Nigeria) | No Condition Is Permanent | Mississippi
My top 20 compilations & reissues are available as a Spotify playlist: bit.ly/3QBN6Y9
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Show Archive
Play show / Add show to playlistPlaylist:
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”
from Global a Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
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Abdullah Ibrahim, “The Wedding”
from Water From An Ancient Well
Tiptoe - 1986
South Africa-USA-Panama
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Junior Byles, “Place Called Africa”
from King Scratch (Musical Masterpieces From The Upsetter Ark-ive)
Trojan Records - 2022
Jamaica, 1971
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Lee "Scratch" Perry & Max Romeo, “Chase the Devil / Disco Devil (with The Full Experience)”
from King Scratch (Musical Masterpieces from the Upsetter Ark-ive)
Trojan Records - 2022
Jamaica, 1976
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Los Ecos, “La Fuga Del Bandido”
from Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962-1983
Analog Africa - 2022
Perú, 1975
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Fresa Juvenil De Tarapoto, “La Palmerita”
from Perú Selvático - Sonic Expedition into the Peruvian Amazon 1972 - 1986 (Analog Africa No.36)
Analog Africa - 2022
Perú, 1980s
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Los Caramelos de Aucayacu, “El Pecado Original”
from El Sabor Dulcíssimo
Music Shop - 2003
Perú, 1983
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Lucho Bermudez Y Su Orquesta, “Arroz Con Coco”
from The Coastal Invasion
Radio Martiko - 2022
Colombia, 1967
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Son Palenque (Kaine Sound Band), “Bonojaya (feat Betilsa)”
from Es La Idea
Palenque - 2022
Colombia, 1986
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Africa Negra, “San Tome Plodozu”
from Antologia, Vol. 1
Les Disques Bongo Joe - 2022
São Tomé & Príncipe, 1983
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Ernesto Djédjé, “Golozo”
from Roi De Ziglibithy (Limited Dance Edition Nr. 15)
Analog Africa - 2022
Côte d'Ivoire, 1979
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Vibro Success Intercontinental Orchestra, “The Drunkard”
from Drunkard
Dig This Way - 2022
Central African Republic, 1978
Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go January 8th, 2023
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