“I'm spiritually 6,000 years old, I'm mentally 98, and emotionally five.’” - Asha Puthli
Whilst flicking through the racks at Mr Bongo’s record st..
hozan yamamoto
beautiful bamboo-flute
Seminal Japanese jazz album from 1971. Journeys through jazz fusion, soul and big band moods. Impossible to obtain in its original format, these days...
cymande
second time round
The incredible second album from the legendary Cymande.
Cymande (pronounced Sah-mahn-day) are a legendary funk group formed in 1971 in London by mu..
ian carr
belladonna
Official half-speed mastered re-issue of British trumpeter and bandleader Ian Carr's iconic jazz-fusion-rock hybrid ‘Belladonna’ from 1972.
Origina..
marijata
this is marijata
Marijata was a group made up of three members – Kofi 'Electric' Addison on drums, Bob Fischlan on organ and Nat Osmanu on guitar, hailing from Ghana. ..
olli ahvenlahti
the poet (black)
black vinyl
reissue of Olli Ahvenlahti’s second solo LPs on vinyl. This is his second and best known album The Poet.
If there is any single ..
power of zeus
the gospel according to zeus
Seminal funk-rock album originally released on Rare Earth in 1970. Featuring the monster breakbeat on 'The Sorcerer Of Isis’.
Formed in Detroit in..
skull snaps
skull snaps
Widely available for the first time in forty-five years, featuring ‘It’s A New Day’, one of the most sample breaks in history. Official Mr Bongo reiss..
blo
chapter one
Re-mastered audio pressed on high quality vinyl, packaged in a gatefold with exact original artwork. Also available on CD.
African rock pioneer, Bl..
rubinho e mauro assumpcao
perfeitamente, justamente quando cheguei
Rubinho E Mauro Assumpção's 'Perfeitamente, Justamente Quando Cheguei' has to be up there as one of the finest Brazilian-psych-folk-MPB records we kno..
lula cortes
satwa
Written, recorded and released just as Brazil’s military dictatorship reached the climax of its long black arc, the one and only album by Satwa is a d..
tadao sawai, kazue sawai, takeshi inomata, norio maeda, hozan yamamoto
jazz rock
They say you can't judge a book by its cover, and going by 'Jazz Rock’, nor a record by its title. Though entering into jazz territory and featuring s..