BONUS .De Frank & his Professionals "Psychedelic Man" & "Biguine-Lélé" avec Francisco.

First of all I'd like to wish you all a happy 2012, I sincerely hope that this new year will brings you all what you want, need and deserve.

Sorry for not being so much active on the posts those days. That happens because I spend a lot of time to get the blog Updated in order to propose you a better contents. Very soon will be available more Infos, more Photos and more Music!
For you to wait until the end of this updating, here are a couple of very special LPs!

First of all I'd like to wish you all a happy 2012, I sincerely hope that this new year will brings you all what you want, need and deserve.

Sorry for not being so much active on the posts those days. That happens because I spend a lot of time to get the blog Updated in order to propose you a better contents. Very soon will be available more Infos, more Photos and more Music!

For you to wait until the end of this updating, here are a couple of very special LPs!

DE FRANK & HIS PROFESSIONALS
.PSYCHEDELIC MAN.
1976 - Ride Away

DE-FRANK KAKRAH is a drummer and a vocalist born on the 6th of January 1953, in Lomé (Teveme), a border town between Togo and Ghana.

His first group which has experience him to know how to modernize HighLife in Funky beats was K. Frimpong's Cubano Fiestas. He also played in Okukuseku No.2, Saints 73, Samdams 8 or The Barbecues.
He passed from one group to another until in 1976, date on which he formed The Professionals.
The music is played with this band is a non-stop HighLife, HighLife in Funky Beats and Reggae.

Generously lent by My Old Friend Fred Martin, here is a full rip of his 'Psychedelic Man' Lp.
Check "Waiting for my Baby"

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.BIGUINE-LÉLÉ avec FRANCISCO
sous le ciel des Antilles.
Hit Parade HPR 50

Denis Mathurin Frantz alias Francisco was born on the 9th of November 1932,
at the Clinique Saint-Paul, in Fort-de-France (Martinique).
Single son, he lived a bourgeois childhood in the shadow of Mount Pelée between the villages of Saint-Pierre and Morne Rouge.
This complex and ambivalent character led a bohemian life while remaining faithful to his bourgeois origins and despite its commitment to the traditional music of his native island, he contributed a lot in the establishment of the Afro-Cuban music in Martinique.

He has revolutionized the accompanying concept of the Creole biguines and mazurkas, but he was very respectful of the specificities of these traditional forms and worked for their reintegration in the repertoire of dance band.

The pieces he recorded are few and very hard to find. He often repeats the same songs from one record to another, but each time they are renewed as they mark a deepening of his personal musical research.
The Lp we are presenting to you is his second Hit Parade album.

Check "Biguine-Lélé"

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This Lp has been found, recorded and shared by My Old Friend Fred Martin so, many thanks to him.