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Label: Shanachie
Artists
Safi Abdullah
:
Another One Gone
[1990]
Dele Abiodun
:
Adawa Super Sound
[1985]
A-
King Sunny Ade
:
The Best of the Classic Years
[2003]
A+
Gems From the Classic Years 1967-1974
[2007]
***
M'Bilia Bel
:
Bameli Soy
[1991]
**
Alpha Blondy
:
Apartheid Is Nazism
[1987]
B+
Cocody Rock!!!
[1988]
B-
Revolution
[1989]
A-
The Best of Alpha Blondy
[1990]
A
Alpha Blondy and the Wailers
:
Jerusalem
[1988]
B+
Dennis Brown
:
The Best of the Joe Gibbs Years
[2007]
*
Stella Chiweshe
:
The Healing Tree
[1998]
***
George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love
:
George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love
[2008]
Culture
:
Two Sevens Clash
[1987]
A+
Culture at Work
[1987]
A-
Cumbolo
[1989]
A-
Nuff Crisis!
[1989]
B+
Three Sides to My Story
[1991]
*
Two Sevens Clash: The 30th Anniversary Edition
[2007]
Dama and D'Gary
:
The Long Way Home
[1994]
B+
D'Gary
:
Malagasy Guitar
[1993]
Sona Diabaté
:
Girls of Guinea
[1990]
B+
Diblo
:
Super Soukous
[1989]
A-
Henri Dikongué
:
Wa
[1999]
Nahawa Doumbia
:
Didadi
[1990]
Lucky Dube
:
Slave
[1989]
B+
Victims
[1993]
Eek-A-Mouse
:
The Very Best of Eek-a-Mouse Vol. 2
[2003]
***
Sue Foley
:
Where the Action Is . . .
[2002]
**
Four Bitchin' Babes
:
Gabby Road
[1997]
Some Assembly Required
[2002]
Franco & Rochereau
:
Omona Wapi
[1985]
A+
Ghazal
:
As Night Falls on the Silk Road
[1998]
Joe Higgs
:
Family
[1988]
B+
Joe Higgs With the Wailers
:
Blackman Know Yourself
[1990]
*
Huun-Huur-Tu
:
60 Horses in My Herd--Old Songs and Tunes of Tuva
[1993]
A-
Gregory Isaacs
:
Mr. Isaacs
[1982]
B+
Gregory Isaacs & Friends
:
Dance Hall Don
[1994]
Leela James
:
Let's Do It Again
[2009]
***
Linton Kwesi Johnson
:
In Concert With the Dub Band
[1985]
A-
Tings An' Times
[1991]
A
Cheb Kader
:
From Oran to Paris
[1991]
**
Henry Kaiser
:
A World Out of Time: In Madagascar
[1992]
A-
A World Out of Time, Vol. 2
[1993]
*
A World out of Time, Vol. 3
[1996]
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
:
Greatest Hits
[1997]
A-
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party
:
Intoxicated Spirit
[1996]
A-
Ali Hassan Kuban
:
From Nubia to Cairo
[1991]
A-
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
:
O D O O
[1990]
**
Forward Kwenda
:
Svikiro
[1997]
*
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
:
Induku Zethu
[1984]
A-
Ulwandle Oluncgwele
[1985]
A-
Inala
[1986]
A-
Umthombo Wamanzi
[1988]
B+
Classic Tracks
[1990]
A-
The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo
[1992]
A-
Liph' Iqiniso
[1994]
A-
Thuthukani Ngoxolo (Let's Develop in Peace)
[1996]
*
Heavenly
[1997]
***
The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Vol. 2
[1998]
B+
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
[1999]
A-
Loketo
:
Soukous Trouble
[1990]
A-
Extra Ball
[1991]
A
Mahlathini and Amaswazi Emvolo
:
You're Telling Tales
[1990]
B+
Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens
:
Rhythm and Art
[1990]
The Lion Roars
[1991]
**
Stoki Stoki
[1996]
**
Mahotella Queens
:
Izibani Zomgqashiyo
[1986]
A-
Marriage Is a Problem
[1990]
Women of the World
[1993]
Malouma
:
Desert of Eden
[1998]
Mama Sana
:
Music from Madagascar
[1992]
Cheb Mami
:
Prince of Rai
[1989]
B
Rita Marley
:
Who Feels It Knows It
[1982]
C+
Jimmy Mbaye
:
Dakar Heart
[1997]
The Meditations
:
Greatest Hits
[1984]
B+
Mighty Diamonds
:
Reggae Street
[1981]
B+
The Roots Is There
[1982]
B
Judy Mowatt
:
Black Woman
[1983]
B-
Working Wonders
[1985]
C+
Tshala Muana
:
Soukous Siren
[1991]
A-
Mutabaruka
:
Outcry
[1984]
B-
The Mystery Unfolds
[1986]
A-
Any Which Way . . . Freedom
[1989]
B+
Blakk Wi Blak . . . K . . . K . . .
[1991]
***
The Ultimate Collection
[1996]
A
Najma
:
Qareeb
[1988]
A-
Atish
[1990]
Obed Ngobeni
:
My Wife Bought a Taxi
[1988]
A-
Ebenezer Obey
:
Juju Jubilee
[1985]
B+
Sonny Okosuns
:
Liberation
[1984]
B+
Augustus Pablo
:
East of the River Nile
[2002]
A
Pure Gold
:
By the Rivers of Babylon
[1990]
***
Rara Machine
:
Break the Chain
[1991]
Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus
:
Rally Round
[1985]
A-
Tabu Ley Rochereau
:
Tabu Ley
[1984]
B+
Man from Kinshasa
[1991]
A-
Max Romeo
:
Holding Out My Love to You
[1981]
B-
The Roots All Stars
:
The Roots All Stars: Gathering of the Spirits
[1998]
**
Rossy
:
One Eye on the Future One Eye on the Past
[1994]
Sabri Brothers
:
Greatest Hits
[1997]
***
Yandé Codou Sène
:
Night Sky in Sine Saloum
[1997]
Shadow
:
Columbus Lied
[1991]
3 Tenors of Soul
:
All the Way From Philadelphia
[2007]
A-
Tiempro Libre
:
What You've Been Waiting For/Lo Que Esperabas
[2006]
Tubuai Choir
:
Polynesian Odyssey
[1993]
Bunny Wailer
:
Roots Radics Rockers Reggae
[1983]
B+
Marketplace
[1985]
B-
Rule Dance Hall
[1987]
B
Rootsman Skanking
[1987]
A-
Liberation
[1989]
B
Gumption
[1990]
Yabby You
:
One Love, One Heart
[1983]
B+
Fleeing from the City
[1985]
A-
Compilations/Soundtracks
African Ambience: The Ultimate African Dance Party
[1999]
A
Afrobeat . . . No Go Die!
[2000]
***
Afrobeats Hot Hits: New Urban Dance Grooves From Africa
[2017]
B+
Divas of Mali
[1996]
***
Every Road I Take: The Best of Acoustic Blues
[1999]
The Heartbeat of Soweto
[1988]
A
Holding Up Half the Sky: Voices of African Women
[1997]
**
The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
[1986]
A+
Lach's Antihoot: Live from the Fort at Sidewalk Cafe
[1996]
Christine Lavin Presents Laugh Tracks Volume 1
[1996]
*
Christine Lavin Presents Laugh Tracks Volume 2
[1996]
The Mystic Fiddle of the Proto-Gypsies: Masters of Trance Music
[1997]
***
The Panic Is On
[2009]
A-
Sarafina!
[1988]
B
Soweto Never Sleeps
[1986]
A-
Take Cover
[1987]
B+
The Power of the Trinity: Great Moments in Reggae Harmony
[1997]
A-
What a Bam Bam! Dancehall Queens
[1996]
**
Wind Your Waist
[1991]