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Global A Go-Go's favorite recordings of 2020, part 3 of a 3 part series: top ten compilations and reissues, plus ten more honorable mentions
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Top Ten Compilations & Reissues of 2020
1. various artists | La Locura De Machuca: Barranquilla-Colombia, 1975-1980 | Analog Africa
2. Pedro Lima (Sao Tome & Principe) | Maguidala | Bongo Joe
3. K. Frimpong & Super Complex Sounds (Ghana) | Ahyewa Special | Hot Casa
4. Alfredo Linares (Peru-Venezuela) | Lo Que Tengo | Vampisoul
5. various artists | Leve Leve: Sao Tome & Principe Sounds 70s-80s | Bongo Joe
6. various artists (Guadeloupe) | Cadence Revolution: Disques Debs International Vol. 2 | Strut
7. Orchestra Baobab (Baobab-Gouye-Gui De Dakar) (Senegal) | Mouhamadou Bamba | Stern's
8. Sharhabil Ahmed (Sudan) | The King Of Sudanese Jazz | Habibi Funk
9. Pete Rodriguez (USA) | I Like It Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi) | Fania / Craft / Concord
10. Azumah (eSwatini-South Africa) | Long Time Ago | Nyami Nyami
Honorable Mention
Los Afroins (Colombia) | Goza La Salsa | Vampisoul
Abelardo Carbono Y Su Conjunto (Colombia) | Guana Tangula | Vampisoul
K. Frimpong (Ghana) | K. Frimpong Backed By Vis-A-Vis | Hot Casa
various artists | Guasa, Cununo Y Marimba: Afro-Colombian Music From The Pacific Coast | Vampisoul
various artists | Mukambo Presents Global Afrobeat Movement | NYP
Penny Penny (South Africa) | Yogo Yogo | Awesome Tapes From Africa
Ranil Y Su Conjunto Tropical (Peru) | Ranil Y Su Conjunto Tropical | Analog Africa
Tabansi Studio Band (Nigeria) | Wakar Alhaizi Kano / Mus'en Sofoa | BBE
various artists (Turkey) | Uzelli Electro Saz | Uzelli
Voz Di Sanicolau (Cabo Verde) | Fundo De Mare Palinha | Analog Africa
Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year
Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001
Pete Rodriguez | USA | Micaela | I Like It Like That (A Mi Me Gusta Asi) | Fania / Craft / Concord | 1967
Los Afroins | Colombia | Matusa | Goza La Salsa | Vampisoul | 1975
Alfredo Linares | Peru-Venezuela | Sujetate La Lengua | Lo Que Tengo | Vampisoul | 1980
Sharhabil Ahmed | Sudan | El Bambi | The King Of Sudanese Jazz | Habibi Funk | 196x
King Somalie | Colombia | Monkey's Dance | La Locura De Machuca: Barranquilla-Colombia, 1975-1980 | Analog Africa | 197x
Penny Penny | South Africa | Kulani Kulani | Yogo Yogo | Awesome Tapes From Africa | 1996
Voz Di Sanicolau | Cabo Verde-Netherlands | Nha Antonia Engracia | Fundo De Mare Palinha | Analog Africa | 1976
Pedro Lima | Sao Tome & Principe | Maguidala | Maguidala | Bongo Joe | 1985
Tiny Das Neves & Conjunto Sol D'Africa | Sao Tome & Principe | Cladenco Pade Cluco | Leve Leve: Sao Tome & Principe Sounds 70s-80s | Bongo Joe | 1983
Azumah | eSwatini-South Africa | Woza Moya | Long Time Ago | Nyami Nyami | 1989
Orchestra Baobab (Baobab-Gouye-Gui De Dakar) | Senegal | Gnawoe | Mouhamadou Bamba | Stern's | 1980
Guadafrica Combo | Guadeloupe-RD Congo-Congo Brazzaville | Moin Ce Roi Roi | Cadence Revolution: Disques Debs International Vol. 2 | Strut | 1975
Gertrudis Bonilla | Colombia | La Canoa Ranchara | Guasa, Cununo Y Marimba: Afro-Colombian Music From The Pacific Coast | Vampisoul | 198x
Ranil Y Su Conjunto Tropical | Peru | Las Oladas | Ranil Y Su Conjunto Tropical | Analog Africa | 197x
El Grupo Folclorico | Colombia | Tucutru | La Locura De Machuca: Barranquilla-Colombia, 1975-1980 | Analog Africa | 1979
Abelardo Carbono Y Su Conjunto | Colombia | La Camisa Raya | Guana Tangula | Vampisoul | 1980
Myrian Makenwa | Colombia | El Platano | La Locura De Machuca: Barranquilla-Colombia, 1975-1980 | Analog Africa | 1981
K. Frimpong & Super Complex Sounds | Ghana | Side 1: Osaw, Samaniwa, Mfofoo, Kyiri Owio, Otwie, Komfo Adu | Ahyewa Special | Hot Casa | 1975
