Various Artists - Mr Bongo Record Club Vol.6 (2023)

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.
Tracklist
1. Dora Morelenbaum - Japão (3:27)
2. Chiemi Eri - Okosa-Bushi (2:18)
3. Manny Corchado & His Orchestra - Pow-Wow (3:34)
4. Sven Wunder - Easy Going (4:15)
5. Dina Ögon - Bakom glaset (3:11)
6. Vee Gees - Talkin (2:56)
7. Mave & Dave - Do You Really Want My Love (3:11)
8. Hazel Scott And The Braza Brasi - Ye-Me-Le (2:59)
9. Inês Soares - Um Amor Para Toda A Vida (2:20)
10. Hareton Salvanini - Estrada (4:06)
11. Copa 7 - Copa Sete No Samba (2:58)
12. Mirna - A Volta (2:34)
13. Dina Ögon - Tombola 94 (4:02)
14. Matty - Blood (3:29)
15. The Flaming Souls - Admission (2:57)
16. Philip Melala And The Movers - Intandane (11:55)