Mr Bongo’s second compilation of rare disco, afro-funk, and soul released on 2xLP

With 18 little-known, globe-trotting grooves.

The second instalment of Mr Bongo’s Record Club series is being released on double vinyl this autumn.

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Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Two’s selection of digging delights traverses the world – from Brazil (Inezita Barroso’s ‘Maracatu Elegante’) to Africa (‘Kelenkye Band’s ‘Jungle Music’) and beyond – compiled by David ‘Mr Bongo’ Buttle and Gareth Stephens, with selections from Gary Johnson, Ville Marttila and Graham Luckhurst.

“Volume Two picks up where the last one left off — with a touch more soul and disco — records we’ve been spinning in our DJ sets and on the radio show of the same name, that inspired this series.”

Highlights include the anthemic, full-length album version of Twinkie Clark gospel number ‘Awake O Zion’, horn-filled super-funk from Teaspoon and the Waves’ ‘Oh Yeh Soweto’, and Oby Onyioha’s solar bass boogie ‘Enjoy Your Life’.

Pre-order a copy here ahead of its October 2017 release, listen to ‘Awake O Zion’ and check out the track list below.

Tracklist

A Side

1. Elbernita ‘Twinkie’ Clark ‘Awake O Zion’
2. Dee Edwards ‘Put Your Love On The Line’
3. Abubis ‘Ecology’

B Side

1. Guy Cuevas ‘Ebony Game’
2. Kiru Stars (Julius Kang’Ethe) ‘Family Planning’
3. Teaspoon & The Waves ‘Oh Yeh Soweto’

C Side

1. Leny Andrade Nåo Adianta
2. Rosa Maria ‘Samba Maneiro’
3. Tom & Ditto ‘Obrigado Corcovado’
4. Inezita Barroso ‘Maracatu Elegante’
5. Joao Diaz ‘Capoeira’
6. The Equatics ‘Merry Go Round’

D Side

1. Elias Rahbani and his orchestra ‘Liza… Liza’
2. The Beaters ‘Harari’