Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Six

Curating and ordering the tracks for a Mr Bongo Record Club is always special. You’re reminded of the feelings you had when sitting at home with a cassette player on pause trying to compile the perfect mixtape to impress the latest object of your affection, or that friend with whom you share a musical kinship and spark off each other’s latest discoveries. Hearing old tracks for the first time or diving into the most upfront selections keeps the fires burning and passions alight. 

Here, for volume six, we present recent finds and treasured classics from Brazil, Sweden, the USA, South Africa, Portugal, Japan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Canada. We have included selections by the Brazilian rising star Dora Morelenbaum as well as from heritage-Brazilian musicians and vocalists Haréton Salvanini, Copa 7, and Mirna. There’s also the wonderful Brazilian-not-Brazilian take of 'Ye Me Le' by Hazel Scott And The Braza Brasil, plus sublime gospel from the New York Community Choir. We’ve picked disco and soul rarities by General Lee and Ash Soul, Inc., and for the first time on vinyl, an incredible psych-pop song by the illustrious Matthew Tavares. There are cuts from some of our favourite contemporary Swedish musicians, Sven Wunder and Dina Ögon too. This compilation is packed full of gems that are plucked from differing times and spaces, but somehow all gel together beautifully. We hope you love them too.

Artwork illustration by Nicolas Burrows.

Tracklist

A1.   Dora Morelenbaum - Japao
A2.   The New York Community Choir - I'll Keep My Light In My Window (12" Mix)
A3.   General Lee - Pleasure
A4.   The Drive - Africa Bossa

B1.   Chiemi Eri - Okosa-Bushi
B2.   Manny Corchado & His Orchestra - Pow Wow
B3.   Sven Wunder - Easy Going
B4.   Dina Ögon - Bakom Glaset
B5.   Vee Gees - Talkin
B6.   Mave & Dave - Mave & Dave - Do You Really Want My Love

C1.   Hazel Scott & The Braza Brasil - Ye Me Le
C2.   Inês Soares - Um Amor Para Toda A Vida
C3.   Hareton Salvanini - Estrada
C4.   Copa 7 - Copa Sete No Samba
C5.   Mirna - A Volta
C6.   Dina Ögon - Tombola 94

D1.   Unknown Artist - I Do You Love
D2.   Ash Soul, Inc. - I Do Love You
D3.   Ponderosa Twins Plus One - Bound
D4.   Matty - Blood
D5.   Shira Small - Eternal Life