Filed under: Ethiopia
♬ Fikrishin Kelkiyiw / ፍቅርሽን ከልክዪው
Tamrat Ferengi was born in the Welega Province of Ethiopia in 1951. He started as trumpet player in the Soul Ekos Band but went on to release two singles on the Kaifa label as a singer. He recorded in Amharic and Oromo. On this single, he is accompanied by the Sensation Band.
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Catalog number KF 41 on Kaifa Records of Ethiopia. Released 1977.
Filed under: Trinidad & Tobago
♬ The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Group Solo were from the Woodbrook district of Port of Spain – the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago. The band was led by organist Robert Bailey – who would go on to be a founding member of Osibisa.
The band recorded four singles for the Atman label and two for a label called Michelle. Besides this Ennio Morricone cover, they also covered “You Only Live Twice“, “Spooky“, and Booker T. & The M.G.’s “Hip Hug-Her“.
Catalog number ATM-58 on Atman Records of Trinidad & Tobago. No release date listed
Filed under: Lebanon
Alain Abadie was from Beirut, Lebanon.
He recorded three singles between 1973 and 1974 – this one being his last. He also had a small role in the French slapstick comedy “Les Quatre Charlots Mousquetaires”. He died in Israel in 2019. And that is all I have been able to find on him.
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Catalog number RF 234 on Société Libanaise du Disque of Beirut, Lebanon. Released 1974.
Filed under: Ghana
Brothers Eric and George Ashey were, to the best off my knowledge, from Ghana.
They recorded five singles of their proto-New Wave, using electric guitar, synth and a drum machine in the mid-70s. But beyond that, there is no information available.
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Catalog number CRS 0587 on Coret Records of Ghana. No release date listed.
Filed under: Indonesia
Inneke Kusumawat was a pop singer from Jakarta, Indonesia.
She recorded at least 11 albums and 4 singles. Her backing band – Band De Galaxies – only recorded one album and one single. Bother was backing Inneke Kusumawat. And whereas I cannot tell you much about Inneke Kusumawat, I do know that Jopie Item was the guitarist for Band De Galaxies. Jopie Item – who has been covered many times previously on this site – played in Band 4 Nada, Eka Septa and Trio Bintang.
Catalog number SCEP 56012 on Canary Records of Malaysia. Released 1971.
Filed under: Pakistan
Master Manzoor – who’s real nam was Manzoor Hussain – was from Lahore, Pakistan.
His father was Fazal Hussain, who was a renowned sarangi player. He had four sons. Manzoor was the eldest. The youngest was Altaf Hussain – not to be confused by the politician of the same name – was better know as Ustad Tafo of the Tafo Brothers.
NOTE: The A side of my copy of the single has a huge gash in the vinyl. I edited another recording I was able to find online. So the last 42 seconds of the track “Title Music” is unfortunately a much poorer sound quality.
Catalog number 7KCE 5002 on Columbia of Pakistan. Released 1972.
Filed under: Brazil
Código 90 were from Brazil. This is their lone single.
Guitarist Marcos ‘Vermelho’ Ficarelli had previously played bass in a surf band called Top Sounds. Singer Pedro Autran Ribeiro went on to form a band called Washington D.C. that released one single in 1971. Guitarist Carlos Eduardo ‘Tuca’ Aun, bassist Victor Malzone and keyboardist Mário Murano went on to form Kompha – who released three singles between 1972 and 1974.
Catalog number 1252 Discos Mocambo. Released 1967.
Filed under: Turkey
Kupa Dörtlüsü Ork. – or Four of Cups Orchestra – were from Turkey. The band was led by Rişar or Richard – but his real name was Ριχαρδος Πρελορεντζος, who, as you may be able to guess, was originally from neighboring Greece.
The band released six albums and a dozen singles. They were also the back up band for many Turkish musicians, including Cengiz Coşkuner, Hayko, Mürüvvet Kekilli, Zerrin Zeren and Taroub who was from Lebanon but did some recording in Turkey.
Catalog number SP 234 Sevilen Plak of Turkey. Released 1972.
Filed under: Dahomey
Orchestre Renova-Band D’Abomey Dahomey were, as you can guess from their name, from Abomey – the same town as Orchestre Picoby-Band – which was the former capitol of the kingdom of Dahomey, which is now known as Benin. They recorded 11 singles during their run – most of which were released on the legendary Albarika Store label.
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Catalog number ASB 107 on Albarika Store of Cotonou, Benin. Released 1972.
Filed under: Singapore
Charlie & The Boys – also seen as Charlie & His Boys, Charlie & His Go-Go Boys and Charlie Electric Guitar Band – were a studio group from Singapore. Charlie was most likely musical director Charles Lazaroo. But despite the fact that they released roughly 36 albums and 48 singles, there is practically no information available.
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Catalog number FM-1270 on Sakura Record of Singapore. Released 1969.
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